ABOUT.
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Where's the washroom?
We answer this question
We answer this question
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BridgmanCollaborative designs public washrooms, and we design the libraries, schools, day cares, housing, cultural centres, community centres, museums around them
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Everyone deserves good design.
Everyone deserves dignity.
Everyone deserves dignity.
hello! a bit about us
BridgmanCollaborative – we are designers, architects, placemakers, puzzlers, advisors and advocates.
For 25 years, our practice has been rooted in Manitoba on ancestral lands in Treaty 1 Territory and the heartland of the Red River Métis people. "Winnipeg is a prairie city, a winter city, a sunshine city and a river city" (OurWinnipeg). Our work takes many forms – from architectural design, heritage planning and community planning, to exhibits, poster campaigns, writing and films. We have received some 30 awards in accessible, inclusive design and heritage architecture.
Community activism infuses our work.
We build relationships. We work towards making people's lives better and our communities stronger. We listen and we ask careful questions. Our CO-LAB BLOG shares our passion for architecture, design, and urban issues (our opinion pieces have often featured on CBC News).
We're helping to lead change. Here are some firsts. We designed the accessibility ramp for Manitoba's Legislative Building (the first in Canada), the first passive house in Manitoba, the first pop-up public toilet in Winnipeg - and we have worked to bring permanent public toilets back to Winnipeg.
We honour the nexus of new and old design.
While most of our architectural projects feature new design, we also specialize in the adaptive re-use of heritage buildings and innovative, energy-efficient retrofits. We honour the dynamic nexus of new and old design, including the firm’s own offices in Winnipeg’s historic Old Dominion Bank Building. Watch a small film about our heritage work here.
We celebrate collaboration and communication.
Our inclusive design process encourages collaboration among our design team, consultants and clients. The results . . . inventive, resourceful, simple and elegant design solutions.
Welcome to our website.
To learn more about our design collaborations, visit IN THE WORKS & PORTFOLIO.
Meegwetch – The BridgmanCollaborative Team
2019 SPIRIT OF WINNIPEG DESIGN & BUILDING AWARD WINNER.