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Manitoba Business: Moody and Moore / MMP Architects

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Firm Names | Office Locations | Architects / Engineers | Work Samples | Sources

This Winnipeg-based architectural firm was founded in 1936 by partners Herbert Henry Gatenby Moody and Robert Elbert “Bob” Moore. The firm later merged with Duncan Rattray Peters and Searle (1969) and McFeetors Tergesen Sedun Architects (1978) to form MMP Architects.

Firm Names

Period

Firm Name

1936-1958

Moody and Moore

1958-1969

Moody Moore and Partners

1969-1974

Moody Moore Duncan Rattray Peters Searle Christie

1974-1979

MMP/Winnipeg

1979-1983

MMP Architects and Engineers

1983-present

MMP Architects

Office Locations

Period

Office Location (Winnipeg)

1936-1948

216 Graham Avenue

1948-1984

295 Broadway (Moody and Moore Building)

1984-1992

120 Fort Street (Radio Industries Building)

1992-2010

?

2010-2016

300 - 214 McDermot Avenue (Criterion Hotel)

2016-present

200 - 123 Bannatyne Avenue (Marshall Wells Warehouse)

Architects / Engineers

Architect / Engineer

Period

James Hamilton “Jim” Christie (1929-2014)

1969-1974

David Edward “Dave” Cross (?-2024)

c1983

John H. Duncan

1969-?

Melville James “Jim” McFeetors (1933-2014)

1978-2002

Herbert Henry Gatenby Moody (1903-1991)

1936-1976

Robert Elbert “Bob” Moore (1909-1995)

1936-?

Helmut J. Peters

1969-?

Michael David “Mike” Rattray (1931-2022)

1969-1983

Samuel “Sam” Searle

1969-?

Orest Sedun (c1940-2015)

1978-?

William Bell Wilson (1921-2013)

1950-1986

Donald Riddell “Don” Wookey (1929-2001)

1951-?

Robert Wrublowsky

?-present

Work Samples

Building

Location

Year

Status

Ravenscourt School for Boys (gymnasium, classrooms)

400 South Drive, Winnipeg

1937

 

King Edward Memorial Hospital (renovations)

Morley Avenue, Winnipeg

1937

 

Lion House

Assiniboine Park Zoo, Winnipeg

1937-1938

 

Wilson House (Samuel L. Wilson)

106 Handsart Boulevard, Winnipeg

1938

 

Grace Hospital Nurses’ Residence

210 Evanson Street, Winnipeg

1941-1942

 

Holt Renfrew store (alterations)

354 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1942

 

Deer Lodge Hospital (Red Cross Lodge)

2109 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1944-1945

 

Roblin Park Community Centre

640 Pepperloaf Crescent, Winnipeg

1946

 

Lac du Bonnet School

Lac du Bonnet

1946-1947

Demolished (?)

Winnipeg Electric Company Osborne Street Substation

265 Osborne Street, Winnipeg

1947

Demolished (2019)

Moody and Moore Building

295 Broadway, Winnipeg

1948

 

Dickson Motors Garage

634-640 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1949

Demolished (2019)

Minnedosa Hospital

Minnedosa

1949

 

Winnipeg Winter Club

200 River Avenue, Winnipeg

1949

 

Princess Elizabeth Hospital

1 Morley Avenue, Winnipeg

1949-1950

 

Women’s Pavilion

735 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg

1950

 

Goodrich Rubber Building

1111 Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg

1950-1951

 

Western Savings and Loan Building

Smith Street, Winnipeg

1950-1951

 

Pigott Motors Building

1290 Main Street, Winnipeg

1951-1952

 

Concordia Hospital (expansion)

437 Desalaberry Avenue, Winnipeg

1951-1953

 

Winnipeg Stadium

Winnipeg

1952-1953

 

Airport Hotel

Ellice Avenue at Berry Street, Winnipeg

1953

 

Deer Lodge Hospital (expansion)

2109 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1953

 

Churchill High School

510 Hay Street, Winnipeg

1953-1958

 

Harrow School

550 Harrow Street, Winnipeg

1954

 

Winnipeg Arena

1430 Maroons Road, Winnipeg

1954-1955

Demolished (2006)

Harrow School (expansion)

550 Harrow Street, Winnipeg

1955

 

Monarch Lumber Building

207 Donald Street

1955-1956

 

Sovereign Life Building

287 Broadway, Winnipeg

1956-1957

 

Manitoba Hydro-Electric Board Building

650 Harrow Street / 820 Taylor Avenue, Winnipeg

1957-1958

 

Agriculture Building

66 Dafoe Road, Winnipeg

1958

 

St. John’s College and Chapel

92 Dysart Road, Winnipeg

1958

 

Great-West Life Assurance Company Building

60 Osborne Street, Winnipeg

1958-1959

 

Provincial Building

Third Street West, The Pas

1958-1959

 

Manitoba Rehabilitation Hospital

800 Sherbrook Street, Winnipeg

1960

 

Chown Building

753 McDermot Avenue, Winnipeg

1962-1964

 

Donnelly United Church

1226 Waller Avenue, Winnipeg

1964

 

University College, University of Manitoba

210 Dysart Road, Winnipeg

1964

 

Centennial Concert Hall

555 Main Street, Winnipeg

1965-1968

 

Centennial Hall, University of Winnipeg

515 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1969-1972

 

Lockhart Hall, University of Winnipeg

Ellice Avenue, Winnipeg

1972

 

Medical Arts Building

223 Kennedy Street, Winnipeg

1972

 

Hudson’s Bay House

79 Main Street, Winnipeg

1972

 

J. H. Bruns Collegiate

250 Lakewood Boulevard, Winnipeg

1972

 

Westdale Junior High School

6720 Betsworth Avenue, Winnipeg

1972

 

Basic Medical Sciences Building

730 William Avenue, Winnipeg

1974

 

Pebble Beach School

200 Pebble Beach Road, Winnipeg

1974

 

Shamrock School

831 Beaverhill Boulevard, Winnipeg

1974-1975

 

Assiniboine Credit Union Building

125 Garry Street, Winnipeg

1976

 

RCMP Headquarters

1091 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg

1978

 

Fort Whyte Interpretive Centre

Winnipeg

1983

 

Radio Industries Building (renovation)

120 Fort Street, Winnipeg

1984

 

Fred Douglas Place

333 Vaughan Street, Winnipeg

1989

 

Sources:

“Tenders to be called for Ravenscourt School,” Winnipeg Tribune, 29 May 1937, page 6.

“New zoo building planned for park,” Winnipeg Tribune, 25 September 1937, page 14.

“Tenders called for four-storey building by the Grace Hospital [Nurses’ Residence],” Winnipeg Free Press, 28 June 1941, page 9.

“Tenders [Red Cross Lodge],” Winnipeg Tribune, 30 August 1944, page 24.

“Tender for school [Lac du Bonnet School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 March 1946, page 5.

“Tenders [Minnedosa Hospital],” Winnipeg Free Press, 3 May 1949, page 21.

“Work starts on new head office; ready by 1951,” Winnipeg Free Press, 4 August 1950, page 3.

“Halt in prices reported due to synthetic rubber [Goodrich Rubber Building],” Winnipeg Free Press, 25 October 1950, page 3.

“Our new showrooms open [Pigott Motors Building],” Winnipeg Free Press, 10 January 1952, page 13.

“Board soon to call tenders on 2 schools [Harrow School],” Winnipeg Free Press, 7 May 1952, page 3.

“Staduim bids to be called,” Winnipeg Free Press, 5 September 1952, page 4.

“Here is what Winnipeg’s new stadium will look like,” Winnipeg Free Press, 17 September 1952, page 1.

“$500,000 Airport Hotel opens in July,” Winnipeg Free Press, 9 January 1953, page 3.

[illustration, Deer Lodge Hospital], Winnipeg Free Press, 7 February 1953, page 3.

“Shortage of architects in Winnipeg: Moore,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 September 1969, page 16.

“Credit union office opens,” Winnipeg Free Press, 12 June 1976, page 40.

“MMP/Winnipeg,” Winnipeg Free Press, 15 July 1978, page 216.

Obituary [James Hamilton Christie], Winnipeg Free Press, 6 September 2014.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 29 September 2024