HTFC News

Hilderman Thomas Frank Cram is proud to announce the investiture of Jim Thomas to the College of Fellows of the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects (CSLA). Fellow is the highest honour granted to CSLA members and is in recognition of outstanding contributions to the profession over an extended ...

HTFC congratulates Katie Black, who has received the MALA Student Book Award for her academic proficiency in the Landscape + Urbanism program in the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Manitoba. Katie finished off her fourth year with the highest grade in her class. The award was announced at the 2013 MALA Annual General Meeting/ MALA ...

Hilderman Thomas Frank Cram is pleased to announce the appointment of Maureen Krauss as Associate. Maureen holds degrees in arts and fine arts from the University of Manitoba and draws on nearly two decades of experience in visitor services, marketing, development, operations and public programm...

HTFC is proud to announce that The Keg Steakhouse & Bar on Garry Street has received a Commerce Design Winnipeg Jury Grand Prize. HTFC were honoured, along with owner Gord Howard, and fellow designers David Goyer Architecture Inc., and Cheryl Watson of Keg International. The awards recognize ...

Construction of Upper Fort Garry Heritage Park continues this spring as the planning of the interpretive elements of the park and interpretive centre moves forward: Kilcona Park/Harbourview workshops with stakeholders:

HTFC congratulates Nataša Juck on her recent retirement! Nataša has been a part of the HTFC family for 28 years. She has worked on a diverse range of projects, bringing her passion for design, horticulture, biology and ecology to each project. During her time at HTFC she has been a mentor to ...

On Saturday, February 25, HTFC once again entered the Chris McCubbins Get Off Your Butt and Ski Corporate Challenge Event. Naturally, as is tradition, we focussed much of our energy on our costumes. This year was the event's 10th anniversary and the Clan McCubbins, a rogue team of Scottish curlers ...

HTFC wishes everyone best wishes for the holiday season! Happy New Year. Our office will be closed from Monday, December 24, 2012 until Tuesday, January 1, 2013. We will re-open in the New Year on January 2.

Congratulations to our HTFC Photo Contest winners! First place went to Allan Beech's Urban Wetland. The second place entry was Courtyard at Night by Shannon Baxter and David Moder picked up third place with Soaring. Please visit our HTFC Photo Contest site to see the winning photos and all of our ...

HTFC has been featured in the latest issue of Canadian Business Quarterly in an article on the Variety Heritage Adventure Park at The Forks, which was completed this past summer. Click here to read the article.

May you find peace, prosperity, and happiness this holiday season ...and a snowflake, a boot, a bird, some mittens, a gift, and a toboggan! Find these icons in the image above. Click the icons for clues to their locations Click the map for a larger image Give up? Click here to show the ...

Travel up the Assiniboine River Look West Northwest of Winnipeg, near Marquette Perched on a branch near Stony Mountain Drive west on Highway 2 to Starbuck Take a stroll along the Red River Floodway He's heading down the hill toward Kenora [Back to the Card]

On November 27, 2012, the Winnipeg Folk Festival unveiled their Donor Forest as part of their Staging the Future fundraising campaign. The Donor Forest will be a permanent feature of their Site Redevelopment Project, which also includes a new festival village and two forest stages. The Donor ...

On October 16, 2012 the City of Winnipeg's Access Advisory Committee held its annual Winnipeg Accessibility Awards in the Mayor's Foyer at City Hall. HTFC is proud to announce that Variety Heritage Adventure Park at The Forks and Steinkopf Gardens at the Manitoba Centennial Centre both received ...

Kipekiskwaywinan, York Factory First Nations's report in the Keeyask Environmental Impact Statement: St. Laurent Community Consultation: Proposed design for Maples Collegiate:

Congratulations to Lana and Dan on your big day! Thanks for stopping by at Parlour for PARK(ing) Day. It was a great day! More photos to come.

The Millennium Library Park in downtown Winnipeg officially re-opened to the public on Friday July 20, 2012. HTFC invites you to go down and enjoy a summer afternoon taking in all the new features! We welcome your comments and suggestions. An evening party for the official opening of the two ...

The 39th Winnipeg Folk Festival was, quite literally, a scorching success! Many HTFC staff have returned to the office thoroughly exhausted from a weekend of music, fun, great food, and prairie sunshine. The Winnipeg Folk Festival, in partnership with HTFC, Milestone Project Management, ...

Hilderman Thomas Frank Cram is thrilled to announce the official opening of the Variety Heritage Adventure Park at The Forks. The ribbon-cutting ceremony, hosted by Variety The Children's Charity and Parks Canada, took place at 10:00am on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Children from three local schools ...

On Site with Sagkeeng First Nation Traditional Knowledge Study - Pointe du Bois Spillway Replacement Project: . . Variety Heritage Adventure Park at The Forks is nearly complete: Salvation Army Multicultural Family Centre in St. Vital under construction: . Millennium Library Park: Bill ...

Each year, as part of the annual Commuter Challenge during Canadian Environment Week (June 3-9, 2012), HTFC principals, associates and staff participate in logging their distances using greener methods of travel from home to the office. This year, a new mode of transport has been added to our ...

In February, HTFC was the proud recipient of the Manitoba Local Government's 2012 Manitoba Planning Excellence Award for Outstanding Achievement in Community Planning for the Fisher River Cree Nation Community Plan. Hilderman Thomas Frank Cram, along with J.R. Cousin Engineering Consultants, ...

HTFC was the proud recipient of a 2012 National Honour Award for our work with First Nation land claims; and a 2012 Regional Citation Award for our work within the City of Kenora from the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects. National Honour Award for Resolve: Negotiation and Implementation of ...

HTFC is pleased to announce the recent appointments of Constantina Douvris, CSLA and Christopher Werner as Associates of the practice.  Constantina holds a Masters of Landscape Architecture degree from University of Manitoba, with professional experience in Ottawa, Minneapolis and Winnipeg.  Her ...

HTFC participated in Movember with gusto and celebrated the results with an office favourite: Taco-in-a-Bag!  HTFC raised $225.00 toward cancer research and the donation was made in our contest winner's name, Mr. Tim Hogan!  Congratulations to all of our participants and thanks to all for their ...

Corey Greenham of LM Architectural Group and Shannon Baxter of HTFC took a break from their site inspection to enjoy a skate at the new Virden Recreational Complex. Congratulations on your new facility Virden!

“The Bruce D. Campbell Farm and Food Discovery Centre, located at the University of Manitoba’s Glenlea Research Station, is a hands-on interpretive facility exploring how food is made in Canada. Interactive exhibits lead visitors from the farmer’s wheat field all the way to the kitchen table - covering all aspects of farming practices, food ...

Designed by Spectrum Skateparks in 2008, the Fort Garry SK8 Park has been a hub of activity in its community.  The art wall feature has been recently completed, with the assistance of the art teacher at Vincent Massey Collegiate who kindly took on this part of the project along with some of her ...

The community of Kenora is aglow with excitement! Check out the images of the completed tensile structure  and stay tuned for more!

Photo courtesy of Ian Frank, 2011

HTFC's design for the Lake of the Woods Plaza and Harbourfront in Kenora, Ontario are emerging!  The truss which supports the tensile structure on the harbourfront is fabricated; the boardwalk surrounding the harbourfront is near completion; and the Lake of the Woods Plaza is already connect...

On Thursday, May 19, 2011 HTFC was proud to participate in the 8th Annual, MPPI-MALA Making the Links Golf Tournament at the Lorrette Golf Course.   Proceeds from the event support two scholarships at the University of Manitoba; one for a graduate student in the Master of City Planning ...

The new playground at Kildonan Park has yet to officially open, but is already a smashing success with children young and old.  Nestled beneath a glorious canopy of mature trees, the playground creates a lovely shady spot to enjoy one of Winnipeg's oldest and most loved parks.  HTFC's design ...

The Manitoba Association of Landscape Architects (MALA) is pleased to announce that the member firm Hilderman Thomas Frank Cram Landscape Architecture • Planning received a 2011 National Honour Award from the Canadian Society of Landscape Architects for their project “The Red River Floodway ...

Hilderman Thomas Frank Cram's team entered The Great Get Off Your Butt and Ski Corporate Challenge Event in Honour of Chris McCubbins, an annual cross-country ski race to fund inner city youth ski programs in Winnipeg. Once again, the HTFC team took top costume prize for their Polska Aychtiefski theme.