Regina home recognized internationally for architectural design

Jane Arthur and her husband David began a unique construction project in 2014. Now, a decade later, their home in Regina's Cathedral neighbourhood has won a title in the Urban House and Villa category at the World Architecture Festival.

Jane Arthur and her husband David began a unique construction project in 2014. Now, a decade later, their home in Regina's Cathedral neighbourhood has won a title in the Urban House and Villa category at the World Architecture Festival.

"Sort of on a whim, contacted them and said we'd be interested in building a house, partly because David is a craftsman himself. And we thought, well, this would be an interesting craft project if you can call building a house a craft, and that's how we proceeded. We contacted them and it kind of snowballed from there,” Jane explained.

The house was designed by the 5468796 Architecture firm located in Winnipeg. Colin Neufeld, principal architect of 5468796 Architecture expressed why this title is particularly meaningful.

"This is a great project. It's with a really great client, in a particularly sort of unique setting. We are from Winnipeg. We're not from Regina, but we sort of love the Prairies. We feel that the Prairies in Canada can produce world class architecture and world class buildings and people and professionals, and we try to celebrate that," Neufeld said.

This recent title is actually the second one awarded to the Arthur house. In 2020, the home was awarded a similar title in the design category after the original concept for the house was submitted for consideration.

While accolades were not the intention when building the house, Arthur expressed that it is always a good feeling to have hard work recognized.