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In 1947, this architectural firm was founded by Ernest John Smith, Dennis Hampton Carter, and Walter Lionel Katelnikoff. Based in Winnipeg, at one time it operated satellite offices at Brandon, Thunder Bay (Ontario), Toronto (Ontario), and Los Angeles (California). The firm was responsible for the design and construction of many prominent buildings around Manitoba, some of which are listed below.
In early 2012, the company was acquired by the Montreal-based Genivar Incorporated and, two years later, renamed Architecture49.
Period
Firm Name
1947-1950
Smith Carter and Katelnikoff
1950-1954
Smith Munn Carter and Katelnikoff
1954-1959
Smith Carter and Katelnikoff
1959-1969
Smith Carter Searle and Associates
1969-1971
Smith Carter Parkin
1971-1986
Smith Carter Partners
1986-2014
Smith Carter Architects and Engineers
2014-present
Architecture49
Period
Office Location
1948-1950
289½ Garry Street, Winnipeg
1950-1954
408-257 Smith Street (Tribune Building), Winnipeg
1954-1956
804-173 Portage Avenue East (Trust and Loan Building), Winnipeg
1956-1961
65 Dewdney Avenue, Winnipeg
c1960
244 Tenth Street, Brandon
1961-1978
1190 Waverley Street, Winnipeg
1978-2004
1601 Buffalo Place, Winnipeg
2004-present
1600 Buffalo Place, Winnipeg
Architect / Engineer
Period
Valdis Martins “Val” Alers (1924-1988)
1959-1970
Ian McKenzie Brown (1928-1974)
?-?
Dennis Hampton Carter (1920-2012)
1947-?
Robert Owen “Bob” Harwood (1919-2010)
1952-1994
Walter Lionel Katelnikoff (1920-1974)
1947-1959
Elizabeth Merle Crawford “Betty” Lord (1918-1994)
1972-?
Ewart Fitz Munn (1885-1968)
1950-1954
Jim Orzechowski (1944-2003)
1974-2003
James Elmhurst “Jim” Searle (1929-2020)
1959-1969
Ernest John Smith (1919-2004)
1947-1985
Building
Location
Year
Status
619 Des Meurons Street, Winnipeg
1950
Woodlawn School (expansion)
1186 St. Mary’s Road, Winnipeg
1951
Kildonan Park, Winnipeg
1951-1952
22 Varennes Avenue, Winnipeg
1951-1952
Windsor School (restoration and underpinning)
80 Cunnington Avenue, Winnipeg
1952
615 School Road, Winnipeg
1953
Demolished (1993)
850 Woodvale Street, Winnipeg
1953
Central Mortage and Housing Building
870 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
1954
160 Elmdale Street, Steinbach
1954
Glenlawn Collegiate (expansion)
770 St. Mary’s Road, Winnipeg
1954
1129 Third Street, Brandon
1954
Smith-Jackson School (auditorium addition)
701 First Street SE, Dauphin
1954
Windsor School (renovations)
80 Cunnington Avenue, Winnipeg
1954
Winkler School (expansion)
Winkler
1954
Glenwood School (expansion)
51 Blenheim Avenue, Winnipeg
1954
13th Street NW, Portage la Prairie
1954-1955
410 Sixth Avenue NW, Portage la Prairie
1954-1955
151 St. George Road, Winnipeg
1954-1955
Flin Flon Junior High School
Hudson Street, Flin Flon
1954-1955
Hartney School
209 Airdrie Street, Hartney
1954-1955
Liquor Control Commission Building (five-storey warehouse addition)
85 Adelaide Street, Winnipeg
1954-1955
Archwood School (four-classroom addition)
800 Archibald Street, Winnipeg
1954-1955
Kirkfield Park School (four-classroom addition)
615 School Road, Winnipeg
1955
Sixteen-classroom school with Assembly Room, General Shop, and Home Economics Room
Portage la Prairie
1955
St. Charles School (four-classroom addition)
77 Dundurand Avenue, Winnipeg
1955
Stony Mountain School
Stony Mountain
1955
Twelve-classroom school and auditorium
Altona
1955
Steinbach Fire Hall
Steinbach
1955
Second Avenue North, Stonewall
1955-1956
188 St. Mary’s Road, Winnipeg
1955-1956
Provincial Exhibition Swine Barn
Brandon
1956
Earl Oxford School (addition)
540 Eighteenth Street, Brandon
1956
1020 Brandon Avenue, Brandon
1956
Dominion City
1956
Safeway Store
Corydon and Lanark, Winnipeg
1956
509 Grey Street, Winnipeg
1956-1957
127 Glendale Boulevard, Winnipeg
1956-1957
Portage Collegiate Institute (four-classroom addition)
Saskatchewan Avenue West, Portage la Prairie
1957
Victoria School (eight-classroom addition)
32 Fifth Street SE, Portage la Prairie
1957
Liquor Control Commission Building
Virden
1957
1970 Ness Avenue, Winnipeg
1957
Liquor Control Commission Building
Transcona
1957
Tuxedo Park School (addition)
2300 Corydon Avenue, Winnipeg
1957
Liquor Control Commission Building
Dauphin
1957
Garson School
Garson
1957
Kane, RM of Morris
1957
Rae & Jerry's Steakhouse
1405 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
1957
898 Henderson Highway, Winnipeg
1957
445 Hospital Street, Neepawa
1957-1958
Angus McKay School (five-classroom addition)
850 Woodvale Street, Winnipeg
1957-1958
Silver Heights Collegiate (expansion)
350 Lodge Avenue, Winnipeg
1957-1958
Demolished (c2009)
405 Munroe Avenue, Winnipeg
1958
1 Braintree Crescent, Winnipeg
1958
Virden Community Club Skating Rink
Virden
1958
84 Curry Place, Winnipeg
1958-1959
Pilot Mound School
Pilot Mound
1958
Fort la Reine School (addition)
13th Street NW, Portage la Prairie
1959
Varennes School (addition)
22 Varennes Avenue, Winnipeg
1959
Norberry School (addition)
900 St. Mary’s Road, Winnipeg
1959
Imperial Bank Building
Portage la Prairie
1959
Tuxedo Park School (addition)
2300 Corydon Avenue, Winnipeg
1959
Treherne School (eight classrooms)
Treherne
1959
Tuxedo Community Centre
Cuthbertson at Tuxedo Boulevard, Tuxedo
1959
Emerson School
Emerson
1959
Gretna School
Gretna
1959
McKeag Building
Portage Avenue at Spruce Street, Winnipeg
1959
530 McLeod Avenue, Winnipeg
1959
795 Prince Rupert Avenue, Winnipeg
1959
290 Drury Avenue, West St. Paul
1959
Demolished (2004-2010)
1750 Grosvenor Avenue, Winnipeg
1959
St. James Collegiate (addition)
1900 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg
1959
Stonewall Hospital (addition)
Stonewall
1959
330 Bruce Avenue, Winnipeg
1959
Emerson, Municipality of Emerson-Franklin
1959-1960
Charleswood Collegiate (expansion)
505 Oakdale Drive, Winnipeg
1960
Angus McKay School (expansion)
850 Woodvale Street, Winnipeg
1960
Neil Campbell School (expansion)
845 Golspie Street, Winnipeg
1960
920 Hampstead Avenue, Winnipeg
1960
Deer Lodge Junior High School (expansion)
1970 Ness Avenue, Winnipeg
1960
Golden Gate School (expansion)
330 Bruce Avenue, Winnipeg
1960
415 Queens Avenue, Brandon
1960
Oakville, RM of Portage la Prairie
1960
975 Dowker Avenue, Winnipeg
1960
St. John’s Ravenscourt School (expansion)
400 South Drive, Winnipeg
1960
St. James YMCA Building (swimming pool)
St. James
1960
Liquor Control Commission Building
Thompson
1960
Liquor Control Commission Building
Morris
1960
East Kildonan Senior Citizens Building
Winnipeg
1960
333 Broadway, Winnipeg
1960-1961
489 Empress Street, Winnipeg
1960-1962
Animal Science Building
Fort Garry Campus, University of Manitoba
1960-1962
Linwood School (auditorium)
266 Linwood Street, Winnipeg
1960-1961
Britannia School (classrooms and auditorium)
361 Hampton Street, Winnipeg
1960-1961
Pembina Crest School (expansion)
1551 Pembina Highway, Winnipeg
1961
2nd Avenue East, Oak Lake, RM of Sifton
1961
59 First Street NE, Teulon
1961
500 Seventh Street NW, Portage la Prairie
1961-1962
Medical Arts Parkade
218 Edmonton Street, Winnipeg
1961-1962
363 Enfield Crescent, Winnipeg
1962
149 Tenth Street, Brandon
1962
Closed (2001)
Fine Arts Building (University of Manitoba)
56 Curry Place, Winnipeg
1964-1965
Music Building (University of Manitoba)
56 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg
1964-1965
555 Main Street, Winnipeg
1965-1968
Pan-Am Pool
25 Poseidon Bay, Winnipeg
1966
300 Booth Drive, Winnipeg
1966-1967
1 Lombard Place, Winnipeg
1966-1969
730 Pandora Avenue West, Winnipeg
1967-1968
Third Street Southwest, Portage la Prairie
1969
1095 Concordia Avenue, Winnipeg
1971-1974
RM of Victoria
1975-1978
661 Banning Street, Winnipeg
1976-1977
Great West Life Building
100 Osborne Street North, Winnipeg
1979
Trizec Building
Winnipeg
1980
121-141 Sixth Street, Brandon
1981-1982
Deer Lodge Centre (redevelopment)
Winnipeg
1983
St. Boniface Hospital Research Centre
Winnipeg
?
Air Canada Building
Winnipeg
1985
John Buhler Research Centre
Winnipeg
1992
Winnipeg Blood Centre
Winnipeg
1999
Notable designs outside Manitoba included Place d’Accuiel Expo 67 in Montreal, the Canadian Chancery Building in Warsaw, Kermanshah Technical Training Centre in Iran, and the Canadian Embassy Building in Moscow.
“Smith Carter Katelnikoff Architects,” Winnipeg Free Press, 24 January 1948, page 7.
“Tender [Varennes School, Woodlawn School],” Winnipeg Tribune, 20 June 1951, page 26.
“Tenders wanted [Windsor School, underpinning],” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 May 1952, page 36.
“Tenders wanted [Windsor School, restoration],” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 May 1952, page 36.
“Notice of tender [Fort la Reine School, North Memorial School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 May 1954, page 41.
“Notice of tender [Flin Flon Junior High School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 May 1954, page 43.
“Notice of tender [Hartney School],” Winnipeg Tribune, 28 May 1954, page 34.
“Notice of tender [Government Liquor Control Commission],” Winnipeg Tribune, 9 June 1954, page 33.
“Notice of tender [Central Mortgage & Housing Corporation],” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 July 1954, page 31.
“Notice of tender [Archwood School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 1 October 1954, page 37.
“Notice of tender [Kirkfield Park School],” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 February 1955, page 32.
“Tender notice [Sixteen-classroom school at Portage la Prairie],” Winnipeg Free Press, 13 June 1955, page 33.
“Tender notice [Four-classroom addition to St. Charles School],” Winnipeg Tribune, 20 June 1955, page 28.
“Tender notice [Stony Mountain School],” Winnipeg Tribune, 23 June 1955, page 26.
“Tender notice [Twelve-classroom school at Altona],” Winnipeg Tribune, 15 July 1955, page 26.
“Tender notice [Steinbach Fire Hall],” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 August 1955, page 44.
“Tender notice [Stonewall School],” Winnipeg Tribune, 30 August 1955, page 28.
“Tender notice [Norwood Collegiate Institute],” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 October 1955, page 38.
“Tenders wanted [Provincial Exhibition Swine Barn],” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 February 1956, page 17.
“School tender notice [Earl Oxford School, Brandon Composite High School],” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 March 1956, page 18.
“School tender notice [Dominion City School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 March 1956, page 24.
“School tender notice [Woodhaven Elementary School,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 June 1956, page 23.
“New Safeway store opens at Corydon and Lanark,” Winnipeg Free Press, 16 July 1956, page 23.
“School tenders notice [Eight-classroom school on Grey Street],” Winnipeg Tribune, 5 December 1956, page 33.
“School addition tender notice [Portage la Prairie Collegiate, Victoria School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 January 1957, page 17.
“Building tender notice [Liquor Control Commission Building],” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 March 1957, page 38.
“School tender notice [Deer Lodge Junior High School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 March 1957, page 37.
“Building tender notice [Liquor Control Commission Building],” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 April 1957, page 29.
“The School District of Tuxedo No. 1709 [tender notice],” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 May 1957, page 48.
“Building tender notice [Liquor Control Commission Building],” Winnipeg Free Press, 20 May 1957, page 28.
“Tender notice [Garson School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 May 1957, page 39.
“Tender notice [Kane School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 June 1957, page 38.
“Neepawa Collegiate [tender notice],” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 September 1957, page 33.
“Tender notice [Virden Community Club Skating Rink],” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 May 1958, page 43.
“Notice of tender [Pilot Mound School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 27 June 1958, page 38.
“School tender notice [Salisbury Junior High School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 11 December 1958, page 48.
“Tender notice [Fort la Reine School addition],” Winnipeg Tribune, 11 April 1959, page 68.
“Tender notice [additions to Varennes School and Norberry School],” Winnipeg Tribune, 20 April 1959, page 26.
“Tender notice [Tuxedo School addition],” Winnipeg Tribune, 11 May 1959, page 22.
“Tender notice [Treherne School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 May 1959, page 49.
“Tender notice [Tuxedo Community Centre],” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 June 1959, page 13.
“Tender notice [Emerson School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 July 1959, page 32.
“Tender notice [Gretna School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 8 July 1959, page 43.
“Tender notice [Stonewall Hospital addition],” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 August 1959, page 41.
“Tender notice [Charleswood Collegiate addition],” Winnipeg Tribune, 29 January 1960, page 34.
“Tender notice [Angus McKay School addition, Hampstead School],” Winnipeg Tribune, 12 February 1960, page 34.
“Tender notice [Deer Lodge Junior High School addition, Goldengate School addition],” Winnipeg Tribune, 27 February 1960, page 38.
“Tenders [Harrison High School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 March 1960, page 43.
“Tenders [Oakville School],” Winnipeg Tribune, 22 April 1960, page 27.
“Tender notice [St. John’s Ravenscourt School lower school accommodation, new science wing],” Winnipeg Tribune, 6 May 1960, page 35.
“Tender notice [Thompson Liquor Control Commission Building],” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 June 1960, page 19.
“Tender notice [Morris Liquor Control Commission Building],” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 July 1960, page 37.
“Notice of tender [Animal Science Building],” Winnipeg Free Press, 16 September 1960, page 53.
“Tender notice [East Kildonan Senior Citizens Building],” Winnipeg Free Press, 30 September 1960, page 41.
“Tenders [Manitoba Telephone System Administration Building],” Winnipeg Free Press, 14 October 1960, page 54.
“Tender notice [Linwood School addition, Britannia School addition],” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 December 1960, page 56.
[advertisement of new head office building], Winnipeg Tribune, 28 October 1961, page 40.
“Medical Arts Parking,”Winnipeg Tribune, 13 January 1962, page 51.
“Work gets underway on new city alleys,” Brandon Sun, 25 April 1962, page 1.
“Merger may bring expansion here,” Winnipeg Free Press, 11 March 1969, page 47.
[advertisement of name change], Winnipeg Free Press, 29 October 1971, page 11.
“We've had designs on Winnipeg's skyline for 40 years,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 December 1986, pages 12-13.
“Genivar acquires Smith Carter Architects and Engineers,” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 March 2012.
Our History, Smith Carter Architects and Engineers, Internet Archive, 6 April 2014.
Smith Carter, Winnipeg Architecture Foundation.
We thank Nathan Kramer and Jordan Makichuk for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 16 December 2024
