5468796 is a Winnipeg-based design studio. Working around a single table, our office unites the diverse knowledge and experience of twenty young professionals. Together, we believe that every client, user and civic environment – regardless of budget – deserves an outcome that advances architecture.

Established in Winnipeg in 2007, 5468796 Architecture began as a reaction to decades of public apathy and ambivalence about architecture. Born from a place where architecture was lost from the cultural radar and conventional solutions and regressive planning strategies prevailed, the firm aims to disrupt this status quo through new architectural propositions. 

Instead of looking for silver-bullet solutions 546 pursues invention as a way to re-instate legitimacy of Architecture in everyday life — we do so by finding opportunities in the most rudimentary of briefs and re-imagining the role of architecture in our city. While aiming to execute our agenda locally on all fronts, from advocacy to teaching to public engagement and making, our work continues to be recognized throughout the world for its resilience, resourcefulness and the rigorous pursuit of innovation, further inspiring us to re-invent our approach for every new challenge.

Firm recognitions include the Rice Design Alliance Spotlight Award and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s inaugural Emerging Architectural Practice Award for “the quality of their built work, service to their clients, innovations with practice and public recognition,” and project recognitions that include three Governor General’s Medals in Architecture. In 2012, 5468796 co-curated Migrating Landscapes, Canada’s official submission to the Venice Biennale in Architecture. In 2013, the Canada Council for the Arts awarded 5468796 the Professional Prix de Rome in Architecture for their project, Table for Twelve, which has allowed them to visit and research cities around the world with a thriving design culture.