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( In watercolours and words, South African–born A.J. Diam...)
In watercolours and words, South African–born A.J. Diamond gives a rare glimpse into the sights that informed his life and career on three continents. From childhood and youth in South Africa to education in England and the United States and finally to life in Toronto, Diamond has kept a sketchbook, paints and a pen at hand. Wandering and wondering, this book gives visual and narrative illustrations of how he has viewed the world he has travelled.
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( 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.
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Born in Piet Retief, South Africa, he received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Cape Town in 1956. He received a Master of Architecture degree from the University of Pennsylvania in 1962 where he studied with Louis Kahn. In 1964, he emigrated to Canada to become the founding director of the Master of Architecture program at the University of Toronto, a position he held until 1970.
He received a Master of Arts degree in politics, philosophy and economics from University of Oxford in 1958 as well as earning a rugby blue. In 1975, he established his own firm, today called Diamond and Schmitt Architects. In 1997, he was awarded the Order of Ontario.
1978: Citadel Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1981: Central Young Men’s Christian Association Toronto
1986: Newcastle Town Hall
1988: Jerusalem City Hall, Israel
1988: York University Student Centre, Toronto, Ontario Canada
1989: Richmond Hill Library, Richmond Hill, Ontario Canada
1995: Baycrest Retirement Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2001: Jewish Community Center in Manhattan
2006: Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts, Toronto, Ontario Canada
2007: Harman Center for the Arts, Washington District of Columbia, United States of America
2008: Southbrook Vineyards Winery, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada
2009: Women"s College Hospital Master Plan, Toronto, Ontario Canada
2010: Corus Quay Building, Toronto, Ontario Canada
2011: Montreal Symphony House, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (with SNC Lavalin and Aedifica, Montreal)
2011: Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Toronto, Ontario Canada
2011: Burlington Performing Arts Centre, Burlington, Ontario, Canada
2012: Osgoode Hall Law School, Toronto, Ontario Canada
2013: Bridgepoint Health Chronic Long Term Health Care Complex, Toronto, Ontario Canada
2013: The Mariinsky Theatre (Second Stage) New Opera, Saint St. Petersburg, Russia
Black Sea Residential Resorts, Obzor, Bulgaria (with Urbiarch, Obzor).
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He has served as a member of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, as Chairman of the Design Advisory Committee for the National Capital, Ottawa and as a Commissioner of the Greater Toronto Area Task Force.
