Education
Born in 1951 in South Porcupine, a mining town in northern Ontario, Canada, he went to high school at the University of Toronto Schools (UTS) and studied afterwards at the University of Toronto Faculty of Architecture.
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Works: The Architecture of A.J. Diamond, Donald Schmitt and Company, 1968-1995 (Documents in Canadian Architecture)
(Fourteen prominent projects including Jerusalem City Hall...)
Fourteen prominent projects including Jerusalem City Hall and the award-winning University of Toronto Earth Sciences Centre from these masters of urban architecture.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0929112318/?tag=2022091-20
Insight and On Site: The Architecture of Diamond and Schmitt
( Over the past 30 years Diamond and Schmitt Architects, ...)
Over the past 30 years Diamond and Schmitt Architects, one of the world's leading architecture firms, has produced a portfolio that reflects their core belief in the importance of content and context in architecture. Buildings should live in their environments, not be set apart. Since its formation in 1975, Diamond and Schmitt Architects has also been at the vanguard of socially responsible architecture and urban planning, and Jack Diamond and Donald Schmitt have long been vocal advocates for environmental sustainability. Today the firm is at the center of a critical debate: How do we make cities livable in the twenty-first century? An increasing number of trophy buildings-structures that consume money, steel, and glass, and require huge energy expenditures-are being erected as advertisements for cities. Suburban sprawl is eroding irreplaceable green space and contributing to pollution and environmental degradation. The need for socially and environmentally responsible architecture has never been greater. Part manifesto, part architectural monograph, this book addresses today's most important architectural issues at a critical point in the future of the urban form. It features the most important projects in Diamond & Schmitt's oeuvre, interspersed with 11 essays, including one by Witold Rybczynski.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1553652770/?tag=2022091-20
Insight and On Site: The Architecture of Diamond and Schmitt by A. J. Diamond (2008-07-07)
(Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)
Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01A0CD3EW/?tag=2022091-20
Donald Schmitt
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Donald Schmitt has practiced architecture with A.J Diamond since 1978 and is a Principal in the firm currently known as Diamond Schmitt Architects Incorporated. He is the Founding Chair of the City of Toronto Public Art Commission. This group is responsible for reviewing waterfront designs for Toronto, Ontario Canada.
1983: Metro Toronto Young Men’s Christian Association, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2002: Bahen Centre for Information Technology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2002: University of Ontario Institute of Technology Master Plan
2003: Max M. Fisher Music Center, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
2004: Pierre Berton Resource Library, Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
2005: University of Guelph-Humber Academic Building, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2008: Cambridge City Hall, Cambridge, Ontario
2010: Evergreen Brick Works Centre for Sustainability, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2013: Hospital for Sick Children Research Building, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Barrie Waterfront Development Project, Barrie, Ontario, Canada
Saint Catharines Centre for the Performing Arts, Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Brock University School of Performing Arts, Saint Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Emily Carr University of Art+Design, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Works
book
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Insight and On Site: The Architecture of Diamond and Schmitt
( Over the past 30 years Diamond and Schmitt Architects, ...)
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Works: The Architecture of A.J. Diamond, Donald Schmitt and Company, 1968-1995 (Documents in Canadian Architecture)
(Fourteen prominent projects including Jerusalem City Hall...)
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Insight and On Site: The Architecture of Diamond and Schmitt by A. J. Diamond (2008-07-07)
(Will be shipped from US. Brand new copy.)
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Insight and On Site: The Architecture of Diamond and Schmitt
Membership
He is currently a member of the Advisory Committee on Planning, Design and Realty for Canada’s National Capitol Commission in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada and is also a member of the Waterfront Toronto Revitalization Corporation (TWRC) Design Review Panel.
