Étienne Gaboury

Étienne Gaboury
Born	April 24, 1930 Swan Lake, Manitoba
Occupation	Architect
Awards	CM
Buildings	Royal Canadian Mint building in Winnipeg, the Precious Blood Church, the new Saint Boniface Cathedral and the Esplanade Riel

Étienne Gaboury, CM OM (born Étienne-Joseph Gaboury on April 24, 1930 in Swan Lake, Manitoba) is a Canadian architect from Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Gaboury was born on April 24, 1930, in Swan Lake, Manitoba to French parents Napoléon and Valentine Gaboury, who were farmers. Gaboury was the youngest of 11 children.

Gaboury, a distant relative of Louis Riel, studied architecture and Latin at the University of Manitoba. He began his studies at the University of Manitoba in 1949 and graduated in 1953 with a BA in Latin philosophy. He then graduated with a bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Manitoba in 1958 before studying at the Ecole Des Beaux Arts in Paris in 1958-59.

Gaboury is known for his regional prairie designs which incorporate elements of the physical, emotional and spiritual. He has completed more than 300 projects around the world including the Canadian Embassy in Mexico and is considered one of the most important Canadian architects working today.

Notable projects by Gaboury include the Royal Canadian Mint building, the new Saint Boniface Cathedral and the Esplanade Riel, all in Winnipeg. The tipi-style Precious Blood Church completed in 1968 in St. Boniface, Manitoba, features eleven interior wood beams which form a smoke hole like skylight thirty meters above the altar. Gaboury's work in Manitoba is not limited to Winnipeg, as he was the architect for the Helen Betty Osborne Ininew Education Resource Centre (HBOIERC) in Norway House, Manitoba.

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