Manitoba Business: Libling Michener and Associates / LM Architectural Group

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Founded by architects Gerald A. Libling and Mel Peaslee Michener in 1954, this firm rebranded as LM Architectural Group in 1970 after Libling's departure.

Partners

Period	Partners / Senior Staff
1954-1970	Gerald A. Libling, Mel Peaslee Michener
1970-?	John James, Al Leader, Mel Peaslee Michener, Oscar Rosenhahn, Desmond St. Lawrence, Leslie Joseph “Les” Stechesen
?-2019	Terry Danelly, Michael Isbister, David Kressock

Work Examples

Building	Location	Year	Status
Ralph Maybank School	20 Donnelly Street, Winnipeg	1956-1957
Executive House	390 Wellington Crescent, Winnipeg	1957
Manitoba Teachers' Society Building	950 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	1957
École Taché	744 Langevin Street, Winnipeg	1958
Birchwood School	150 Moray Avenue, Winnipeg	1959
Manitoba Health Services Commission	599 Empress Street, Winnipeg	1959
Winnipeg Hydro Sub-Station No. 21	132 Emonton Street, Winnipeg	1959
Austin Collegiate	Austin, Municipality of North Norfolk	1960
Grosvenor House	811 Grosvenor Avenue, Winnipeg	1960
Monastery of the Precious Blood	3507 Vialoux Drive, Winnipeg	1960
William Morton Collegiate	141 Morris Street South, Gladstone, Municipality of WestLake-Gladstone	1960-1961
Chapel St. Louis Le Roi	610 Rue la Fleche, Winnipeg	1961
City of East Kildonan Refuse Disposal Plant	901 Melrose Avenue, Winnipeg	1961
St. Eugene Church	1007 St. Mary's Road, Winnipeg	1961
Moosehorn Collegiate	Moosehorn, RM of Grahamdale	1961-1962
Education Building (University of Manitoba)	71 Curry Place, Winnipeg	1962
Grosvenor House	811 Grosvenor Avenue, Winnipeg	1962
Inwood Collegiate	Inwood, RM of Armstrong	1962
Poplarfield Collegiate	Poplarfield, RM of Fisher	1962
Odeon Drive-In	4415 Portage Avenue, Headingley	1963
St. Paul's High School	2200 Grant Avenue, Winnipeg	1964
Public Safety Building	151 Princess Street, Winnipeg	1965
St. John Brebeuf Church	1707 John Brebeuf Place, Winnipeg	1965
Manitoba Institute of Applied Arts	2055 Notre Dame, Winnipeg	1968-1970
Fisher Branch Collegiate Institute (expansion)	Fisher Branch, RM of Fisher	1970
One Evergreen Place	1 Evergreen Place, Winnipeg	?
Courts of St. James	2727 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg	?
Place Louis Riel	190 Smith Street, Winnipeg	1970
Holiday Towers North	170 Hargrave Street, Winnipeg	1973
Manulife Building	386 Broadway, Winnipeg	1977

See also:

Memorable Manitobans: Gerald A. Libling (1930-2008)

Memorable Manitobans: Mel Peaslee Michener (1930-2017)

Sources:

Firms [LM Architectural Group], Winnipeg Architecture Foundation, Accessed 25 June 2021.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough and S. Goldsborough.

Page revised: 28 May 2022