The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) has announced that the 2022 RAIC International Prize will be awarded to The Warming Huts, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The architecture firm behind the project is Sputnik Architecture Inc, Winnipeg, leader of a consulting team that includes Engineers Crosier, Kilgour & Partners, Specialist Consultant Luca Roncoroni, the Forks Renewal Corporation, and a host of other collaborators.
PHOTO: THE FORKS RENEWAL CORPORATION
PHOTO: LEIF NORMAN
Conceived, coordinated and often constructed by members of Sputnik Architecture, the Warming Huts are episodic and transformative, linking parts of a city divided by waterways, creating spaces of encounter and exchange, and reconnecting citizens to healthy lifestyles and the history of place.
The Warming Huts are the product of a recurring exercise in design and construction that takes place on the frozen rivers of Winnipeg every winter. They have been created over more than a decade with the support of hundreds of collaborators, both local and international.

The collaborators over the years have included the following:
2010: artist Jon Pylypchuk (Winnipeg); 5468796 Architecture with Ewa Tarsia (Winnipeg); 701 Architects with Merri-Lou Paterson (Winnipeg); Antoine Predock Architect (Albequerque, NM) with Scatliff + Miller + Murray (Winnipeg); Richard Kroeker with Neil Forrest (Halifax).
2011: Patkau Architects (Vancouver); Team Ha(y)ven (Transnational); Talmon Biran Architecture Studio (I...