Designing Beyond the Formula: Get to Know the Works of 5468796 Architecture in Canada

Founded in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in 2007 by Johanna Hurme and Sasa Radulovic, and shortly afterward joined by its third partner, Colin Neufeld, 5468796 Architecture was established as an architecture firm whose early work explored the current state of housing in North America. The Canadian studio operates as a collaborative group of approximately 20 designers, where they prioritize the collective value of ideas over individual authorship.

Barefoot Architects codesign the largest Co-Housing development in the UK yet with Bridport Cohousing CLT – trailblazing a viable alternative to the open market. The homes are more affordable, more sustainable, and more neighborly. Bridport Co-Housing CLT came together in 2008 to address the critical shortage of affordable, sustainable, and community-oriented housing in Bridport, Dorset. Fourteen years later, in collaboration with Barefoot Architects, they have delivered a community housing project that faces up to issues of affordability, loneliness, health, and environmental sustainability.

The revitalization of Bukhara's historical district is a multi-layered initiative that proposes a contemporary urban space within a UNESCO World Heritage Site. waiwai was commissioned to develop a masterplan for the restoration of the central heritage district, which was inaugurated with the first edition of the Bukhara Biennial in September 2025.

The future of urban planning and architecture is promising if the world, collectively, looks beyond the concept of mere sustainability and instead embraces a nature-positive approach. As global population growth drives rapid urbanization—requiring humanity to build the equivalent of a city the size of Madrid every week for decades to come—the construction sector faces a defining challenge: how to build durable, energy-efficient, and resilient urban environments in harmony with natural ecosystems.