Brent Bellamy
@brentbellamy.bsky.social
Architect | Number TEN Architectural Group
Columnist | Architecture+City Building - Winnipeg Free Press
Columnist | Architecture+City Building - Winnipeg Free Press
Now call Ontario ‘Central Canada’ and incur the wrath of people in Winnipeg.
November 28, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Now call Ontario ‘Central Canada’ and incur the wrath of people in Winnipeg.
Winnipeg is certainly a good place to test a restaurant that won’t sell you a hamburger unless you are driving a car.
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Winnipeg is certainly a good place to test a restaurant that won’t sell you a hamburger unless you are driving a car.
Over the past two years in Winnipeg, 25 pedestrians and cyclists have been killed in motor vehicle collisions. More than one per month.
When do we start genuinely prioritizing safety over vehicle speed in our street design?
When do we start genuinely prioritizing safety over vehicle speed in our street design?
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Over the past two years in Winnipeg, 25 pedestrians and cyclists have been killed in motor vehicle collisions. More than one per month.
When do we start genuinely prioritizing safety over vehicle speed in our street design?
When do we start genuinely prioritizing safety over vehicle speed in our street design?
My column today: From the first curved rink boards, to wrist shots, goalie pads and stick, arena score clock, and Stanley Cup parade. The city of Winnipeg has shaped the game of hockey and the game of hockey has shaped Winnipeg. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
November 23, 2025 at 12:17 AM
My column today: From the first curved rink boards, to wrist shots, goalie pads and stick, arena score clock, and Stanley Cup parade. The city of Winnipeg has shaped the game of hockey and the game of hockey has shaped Winnipeg. www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews...
A comfortable bike ride to the Jets game on November 21 in the coldest big city on the continent.
November 22, 2025 at 6:38 AM
A comfortable bike ride to the Jets game on November 21 in the coldest big city on the continent.
I was standing in an open field 5 kms from the city, right when everyone was posting. I call digital hoax. Ha ha.
November 12, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I was standing in an open field 5 kms from the city, right when everyone was posting. I call digital hoax. Ha ha.
This goal will be shown around the world.
November 10, 2025 at 1:39 AM
This goal will be shown around the world.
This CPL final is the most Canadian soccer game of all time.
November 10, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This CPL final is the most Canadian soccer game of all time.
Elm Street in Winnipeg is crawling with little people. A few projection screens set up along the block showing the ball game.
November 1, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Elm Street in Winnipeg is crawling with little people. A few projection screens set up along the block showing the ball game.
This World Series commercial shows something crazy. That giant blob of light south of Manitoba is bigger than Chicago but there’s no big city there. It’s actually light from burning off natural gas during the fracking extraction process in the Bakken Oil Fields of North Dakota.
October 28, 2025 at 2:41 AM
This World Series commercial shows something crazy. That giant blob of light south of Manitoba is bigger than Chicago but there’s no big city there. It’s actually light from burning off natural gas during the fracking extraction process in the Bakken Oil Fields of North Dakota.
Colonel Sanders behind home plate at the World Series game in Toronto.
It’s a fun fact that he lived in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga from 1965 until his death in 1980.
It’s a fun fact that he lived in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga from 1965 until his death in 1980.
October 26, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Colonel Sanders behind home plate at the World Series game in Toronto.
It’s a fun fact that he lived in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga from 1965 until his death in 1980.
It’s a fun fact that he lived in the Toronto suburb of Mississauga from 1965 until his death in 1980.
Covid was a death blow for Winnipeg’s Portage Avenue, but it looks a neighbourhood focussed rebirth is happening. A small grocery store is opening in the old Don’s Photo’s spot, a new convenience store is joining another that opened last year. All within a block of each other.
October 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Covid was a death blow for Winnipeg’s Portage Avenue, but it looks a neighbourhood focussed rebirth is happening. A small grocery store is opening in the old Don’s Photo’s spot, a new convenience store is joining another that opened last year. All within a block of each other.
Tom is mad! Don’t give me some artsy fartsy city, Bellamy. I want the minimum and nothing more!
October 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Tom is mad! Don’t give me some artsy fartsy city, Bellamy. I want the minimum and nothing more!
Amazing new billboard going up on Main Street (the side of Palomino Club). A celebration of three time Stanley Cup Champion Winnipeg Victorias. The first team outside of Montreal to win the cup.
October 24, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Amazing new billboard going up on Main Street (the side of Palomino Club). A celebration of three time Stanley Cup Champion Winnipeg Victorias. The first team outside of Montreal to win the cup.
Donald Trump has one thing in common with Canada. Both destroyed the White House. One in 2025, one in 1812.
October 23, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Donald Trump has one thing in common with Canada. Both destroyed the White House. One in 2025, one in 1812.
We had a great day at Number TEN Architectural Group's annual 10.10 retreat (October 10th of course). This year's theme was storytelling in architecture, and its ability to create layers of meaning and inspiration that can establish deeper and more personal connections to our buildings and spaces.
October 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We had a great day at Number TEN Architectural Group's annual 10.10 retreat (October 10th of course). This year's theme was storytelling in architecture, and its ability to create layers of meaning and inspiration that can establish deeper and more personal connections to our buildings and spaces.
My column tomorrow: Imagine if Canada Post's transition to community mailboxes in dense, mature neighbourhoods was approached as the world’s largest installation of functional public art - beautiful, locally representative objects set within the urban landscape of every Canadian city.
October 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
My column tomorrow: Imagine if Canada Post's transition to community mailboxes in dense, mature neighbourhoods was approached as the world’s largest installation of functional public art - beautiful, locally representative objects set within the urban landscape of every Canadian city.
On the way to hockey practice this morning and stumbled across this beautiful church in the small farming town of Starbuck, Manitoba. Designed by Étienne Gaboury in 1967.
October 19, 2025 at 9:58 PM
On the way to hockey practice this morning and stumbled across this beautiful church in the small farming town of Starbuck, Manitoba. Designed by Étienne Gaboury in 1967.
First new Winnipeg Jets banner raised to the rafters since the last Avco Cup victory in 1979.
October 10, 2025 at 12:06 AM
First new Winnipeg Jets banner raised to the rafters since the last Avco Cup victory in 1979.
Skies over Winnipeg make it feel like the whole city is in a dance club. (Sound on)
October 4, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Skies over Winnipeg make it feel like the whole city is in a dance club. (Sound on)
60 years of American design.
October 3, 2025 at 2:47 AM
60 years of American design.
Protest t-shirt at the game today. CFL rules produce more scoring, more passing, more touchdowns, and more comeback wins than the NFL. Turning our backs on a century of history just to look more American on tv is selling out our uniquely Canadian game.
September 27, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Protest t-shirt at the game today. CFL rules produce more scoring, more passing, more touchdowns, and more comeback wins than the NFL. Turning our backs on a century of history just to look more American on tv is selling out our uniquely Canadian game.
Walked through a few days ago. The opening is going to be amazing. Proud to be part of this project.
September 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Walked through a few days ago. The opening is going to be amazing. Proud to be part of this project.
I am part of discussion panel at The Forks tomorrow (Tuesday) for the Winnipeg Design Festival. We will be chatting about the Railside development. I will be focusing on the design thinking behind the project I am working on.
Link to register. www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Link to register. www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
September 23, 2025 at 12:01 AM
I am part of discussion panel at The Forks tomorrow (Tuesday) for the Winnipeg Design Festival. We will be chatting about the Railside development. I will be focusing on the design thinking behind the project I am working on.
Link to register. www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
Link to register. www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticket...
$350k condo in a vibrant and walkable urban neighbourhood in a city of a million people. Germany intentionally created specialized industry sector hubs in secondary cities, instead of concentrating the economy in a few mega-cities. Could this be a solution to Canada’s affordability issues?
September 19, 2025 at 1:25 AM
$350k condo in a vibrant and walkable urban neighbourhood in a city of a million people. Germany intentionally created specialized industry sector hubs in secondary cities, instead of concentrating the economy in a few mega-cities. Could this be a solution to Canada’s affordability issues?