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Warming Huts Competition: Ice Art and Architecture Challenge

architecture-design · 2026-07-17

The Warming Huts competition invites architects, architecture students, landscape architects, interior designers, artists, and industrial designers with a proven design portfolio to form multidisciplinary teams. The huts or installations are located along the Nestaweya River Trail at The Forks in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The Forks sits at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers, historically a meeting place for over 6,000 years, now attracting more than four million visitors annually. The competition aims to foster and promote multidisciplinary collaboration. Submissions are open until a specified deadline (not provided in source).

Key facts

  • Open to architects, architecture students, landscape architects, interior designers, artists, and industrial designers.
  • Requires a proven design portfolio.
  • Aims to promote multidisciplinary team formation.
  • Huts are located along the Nestaweya River Trail at The Forks, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
  • The Forks is at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers.
  • The site has been a meeting place for over 6,000 years.
  • Receives more than four million visitors annually.
  • Competition published on July 17, 2026.

Entities

Institutions

  • The Forks
  • ArchDaily
  • Warming Huts Competition

Locations

  • Winnipeg
  • Manitoba
  • Canada
  • Nestaweya River Trail
  • The Forks
  • Red River
  • Assiniboine River

Sources