Research news

Dr. Rae St. Clair Bridgman publishes the children's picture book "W is for Winnipeg: A Little Architect's ABC" (FriesenPress, 2025) (Nov 2025)

Orly Linovski, Acting Head and Associate Professor, Department of City Planning featured in the Free Press: Overhaul Upheaval (Sept 2025)

UofM Science Courtyard, designed by Dietmar Straub and Anna Thurmayr, has been nominated for the German Landscape Architecture Prize 2025 (Sept 2025)

Raphael Ayambire and co-authors examine a global dataset of conservation conflicts to identify factors that contribute to successful outcomes for groups mobilizing against unjust conservation projects (Sept 2025)

Dr. Yuhao Lu and team Re-(De)fined Level of Detail for Urban Elements: Integrating Geometric and Attribute Data (Feb 2025)

Dr Yuhao Lu and team release new open data sets for data-driven urban design (Dec 2024)

Strikingly Genuine Blending Technical Skills, Visual Poetry, and True-Scaled Renderings. Anna Thurmayr gave a keynote at the 2024 Vectorworks Design Day in Vancouver. (Oct 2024)

Dietmar Straub and Anna Thurmayr were invited to share thoughts on Decarbonize Design (2024)

Professor Ayambire dives into how effective governance can make or break conservation success (Oct 2024)

UM Science Courtyard, designed by Prof. Dietmar Straub and Prof. Anna Thurmayr recognized with the prestigious LILA 2024 Jury Award (Oct 2024)

Two projects by Brenda Brown – one including projects by former LA students, Aaron Bomback and Michaela Peyson, are included in the new book, Fieldwork in Landscape Architecture. (Sept 2024)

Jean Trottier and Ryan Coates received the 2024 CSLA Award of Excellence (Research) for their Little Forks / Petite Fourche National Urban Park Proposal. (May 2024)

Manitoba Farmstead Shelterbelts: Stories of Land, Trees, People and Dwelling, an exhibit of works by Brenda Brown and her research assistants, will be at the Manitoba Agricultural Museum from June 2 to September 30, 2024. The exhibit is one outcome of Brown’s SSHRC Insight Development Grant. (May 2024)

Prof. Dietmar Straub, Prof. Anna Thurmayr, Dr. Cara Brown and team received full funding from the Indigenous Initiatives Fund 2023 for the Shared Path project in collaboration with Lake Manitoba First Nation. (2023)

Anna Thurmayr and Dietmar Straub design courtyard behind Armes Lecture building on UM campus (Nov 2023)

Alan Tate and Marcella Eaton published Design Landscapes: 37 Key Projects (Sept 2023)

Prof. Brenda Brown edits publication titled "Landscape Fascinations and Provocations" (May 2023)

Landscape Australia features design work and philosophies of Prof. Dietmar Straub and Prof. Anna Thurmayr (Nov. 7, 2022)

PhD student Hooman Hematian publishes study on public space and mental health in the Journal of Transport and Health (Dec 2022).

PhD candidate Honoure Black presents on Sites of Resurgence at the Past+Future virtual conference (Dec. 1-3, 2022).

Prof. Dietmar Straub publishes “The Snow Academy” in Fall 2022 edition of Landscapes Paysages (vol 24, no. 3)

Prof. Brenda Brown publishes “Blinking” in Fall 2022 edition of Landscapes Paysages, vol. 23, no. 3 (Oct. 21, 2022)

Research of Faculty of Architecture professors advanced through the UM Undergraduate Research Award program (Sept. 2, 2022)

Dr. Mercedes Garcia-Holguera and Prof. Shawn Bailey and team receive New Frontiers Research Funding for biomaterials research toward resilient architecture in northern Canada (Aug. 16, 2022)

Dr. Sarah Cooper and City Planning students call for ‘just recovery' (March 4, 2022)

Prof. Kamni Gill presents “Sylvan City: A New Forest Urbanism” at KULeuven’s International Conference on Urban Forests, Forest Urbanisms & Global Warming (June 27, 2022)

Profs. Shawn Bailey and Lancelot Coar with PhD student Honoure Black publish “Decolonizing the Design Process with Five Indigenous Land-Based Paradigms” in Canadian Architect (May 1, 2022)

Dr. Rae St. Clair Bridgman publishes "Good Night, Good Night, Victoria Beach" (FriesenPress) (April 27, 2022).

Profs. Shawn Bailey and Lancelot Coar join Architects Against Housing Alienation to represent Canada at the 2023 Venice Biennale of Architecture (April 26, 2022)

Prof. Kurt Esperson-Peters and collaborators publishes an 8-part webinar series as part of the SSHRC-supported Mindful Modernism(s) project (Feb. 5, 2022)

Dr. Orly Linovski presents with panel on sustainable and equitable transportation (April 5, 2022)

Dr. Mercedes Garcia-Holguera receives funding from the New Frontiers in Research Fund (April 4, 2022)

Prof. Kamni Gill presents “Sylvan City: A New Forest Urbanism” at the University of Minnesota’s Arboreal Inquiries Symposium: Recent Explorations in Forests + Design (March 31, 2022)

Dr. Sarah Cooper publishes “Becoming landlords: the changing interests of non-profit and co-operative housing providers in Manitoba, Canada” in Housing Studies journal (March 30, 2022)