The first of my signature works – the Parkade Park – was never built. To add insult to architectural injury, Domus published it under the wrong name, correcting it on a back page only 18 months later.

In any event, it was to be an urban site across from the City’s new convention centre and was programmed to have a four-storey above-grade car park. I designed a double-trussed transfer structure over three-quarters of the site to create a covered park where crowds of up to 6,000 people might attend a rally or a concert, protected by the ‘roof’ from untimely rains or snow. In the summer, people could gather at its sidewalk cafés around the reflecting pools. From late September to mid-May, the pools could become artificial ice ponds, extending Winnipeg’s short outdoor skating window by four good weather months (it’s often just too cold to skate outside from December through mid-March).

It was my first flirtation with delight.