Manitoba Business: Smith Carter and Katelnikoff / Smith Carter Architects and Engineers / Architecture49

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In 1947, this architectural firm was founded by Ernest John Smith, Dennis H. Carter, and Walter L. 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 2012, the company was acquired by the Montreal-based Genivar Incorporated.

Firm Names

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

Office Locations

Period

Office Location

1947-1950

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

Architects / Engineers

Architect / Engineer

Period

Valdis Martins “Val” Alers (1924-1988)

1959-1970

Ian McKenzie Brown (1928-1974)

?-?

Dennis Hampton Carter (1920-2012)

1947-?

Walter L. Katelnikoff (1918-1974)

1947-1959

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

Work Samples

Building

Location

Year

Status

Marion School

619 Des Meurons Street, Winnipeg

1950

 

Rainbow Stage

Kildonan Park, Winnipeg

1951-1952

 

Woodlawn School (expansion)

1186 St. Mary’s Road, Winnipeg

1951

 

Varennes School

22 Varennes Avenue, Winnipeg

1951-1952

 

Windsor School (restoration and underpinning)

80 Cunnington Avenue, Winnipeg

1952

 

Kirkfield Park School

615 School Road, Winnipeg

1953

Demolished (1993)

Angus McKay School

850 Woodvale Street, Winnipeg

1953

 

Glenlawn Collegiate (expansion)

770 St. Mary’s Road, Winnipeg

1954

 

George Fitton School

1129 Third Street, Brandon

1954

 

Windsor School (renovations)

80 Cunnington Avenue, Winnipeg

1954

 

Winkler School (expansion)

Winkler

1954

 

Glenwood School (expansion)

51 Blenheim Avenue, Winnipeg

1954

 

Fort la Reine School

13th Street NW, Portage la Prairie

1954-1955

 

North Memorial School

410 Sixth Avenue NW, Portage la Prairie

1954-1955

 

St. George School

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

 

Smith-Jackson School (auditorium addition)

701 First Street SE, Dauphin

1954

 

Central Mortage and Housing Building

870 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1954

 

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

 

R. W. Bobby Bend School

Second Avenue North, Stonewall

1955-1956

 

Norwood Collegiate

188 St. Mary’s Road, Winnipeg

1955-1956

 

Provincial Exhibition Swine Barn

Brandon

1956

 

Earl Oxford School (addition)

540 Eighteenth Street, Brandon

1956

 

Neelin High School

1020 Brandon Avenue, Brandon

1956

 

Dominion City School

Dominion City

1956

 

Safeway Store

Corydon and Lanark, Winnipeg

1956

 

Sherwood School

509 Grey Street, Winnipeg

1956-1957

 

Woodhaven School

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

 

Deer Lodge Junior High School

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 School

Kane, RM of Morris

1957

 

Rae & Jerry's Steakhouse

1405 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1957

 

John Black Memorial United Church

898 Henderson Highway, Winnipeg

1957

 

Neepawa Collegiate

445 Hospital Street, Neepawa

1957-1958

 

Angus McKay School (five-classroom addition)

850 Woodvale Street, Winnipeg

1957-1958

 

Munroe Junior High School

405 Munroe Avenue, Winnipeg

1958

 

Jameswood School

1 Braintree Crescent, Winnipeg

1958

 

Silver Heights Collegiate (expansion)

350 Lodge Avenue, Winnipeg

1957-1958

Demolished (c2009)

Virden Community Club Skating Rink

Virden

1958

 

John A. Russell Building

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

 

McLeod School

530 McLeod Avenue, Winnipeg

1959

 

Morse Place Junior High School

795 Prince Rupert Avenue, Winnipeg

1959

 

Manitoba Home for Girls

290 Drury Avenue, West St. Paul

1959

Demolished (2004-2010)

Westworth United Church

1750 Grosvenor Avenue, Winnipeg

1959

 

St. James Collegiate (addition)

1900 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1959

 

Stonewall Hospital (addition)

Stonewall

1959

 

Golden Gate School

330 Bruce Avenue, Winnipeg

1959

 

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

 

Hampstead School

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

 

Harrison High School

415 Queens Avenue, Brandon

1960

 

Oakville School

Oakville, RM of Portage la Prairie

1960

 

Vincent Massey Collegiate

975 Dowker Avenue, Winnipeg

1960

 

Monarch Life Building

333 Broadway, Winnipeg

1960-1961

 

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

 

Manitoba Telephone System Administration Building

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

 

Oak Lake Collegiate

2nd Avenue East, Oak Lake, RM of Sifton

1961

 

Teulon Collegiate

59 First Street NE, Teulon

1961

 

La Verendrye School

500 Seventh Street NW, Portage la Prairie

1961-1962

 

Medical Arts Parkade

218 Edmonton Street, Winnipeg

1961-1962

 

Queen Elizabeth School

363 Enfield Crescent, Winnipeg

1962

 

Thunderbird Bowl

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

 

Centennial Concert Hall

555 Main Street, Winnipeg

1965-1968

 

Pan-Am Pool

25 Poseidon Bay, Winnipeg

1966

 

Grace General Hospital

300 Booth Drive, Winnipeg

1966-1967

 

Richardson Building

1 Lombard Place, Winnipeg

1966-1969

 

Transcona Public Safety Building

730 Pandora Avenue West, Winnipeg

1967-1968

 

Prince Charles School

Third Street Southwest, Portage la Prairie

1969

 

Concordia General Hospital

1095 Concordia Avenue, Winnipeg

1971-1974

 

Our Lady of the Prairies Trappist Monastery

RM of Victoria

1975-1978

 

General Wolfe School

661 Banning Street, Winnipeg

1976-1977

 

Great West Life Building

100 Osborne Street North, Winnipeg

1979

 

Trizec Building

Winnipeg

1980

 

Greyhound Bus Depot

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.

Sources:

“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: 1 January 2024