46 BUILD MANITOBA winnipegconstruction.ca With more than 13,000 carvings, drawings, prints, textiles and new media, the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) has – in trust – the world’s largest public collection of contemporary Inuit art, all supported by an unparalleled record of Inuit art exhibitions, publications and research. The sheer size of that collection, coupled with Manitoba’s looming 150th anniversary in 2020, was the impetus to add to Winnipeg’s already formidable cultural profile by commissioning a new Inuit Art Centre (IAC) on the northwest corner of St. Mary Ave. and Memorial Blvd. FLUID FAÇADE Inside the Inuit Art Centre’s visionary design By Kelly Parker Aerial view of the southeast corner of the new Inuit Art Centre The new Inuit Art Centre interior gallery space Renderings courtesy of Cibinel Architecture Ltd.