Jack Diamond (architect)

Jack Diamond
Born Piet Retief, South Africa
Alma mater University of Cape Town
University of Oxford
University of Pennsylvania
Awards Order of Canada
Order of Ontario

Abel Joseph "Jack" Diamond, OC OOnt is a Canadian architect.

Born to a Jewish family in Piet Retief, South Africa,[1] he received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Cape Town in 1956. 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.[2] 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. In 1975, he established his own firm, today called Diamond and Schmitt Architects.

In 1995, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.[3] In 1997, he was awarded the Order of Ontario.[4]

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.[5]

Buildings of note

Work in progress

Publications

  • 1996: Works: The Architecture of A. J. Diamond, Donald Schmitt and Company, 1968–1994[10]
  • 2007: "Urban Form, Transportation and Sustainability". Ideas that Matter, July 30
  • 2007: "Sprawl is our 'Inconvenient Truth'". The Globe and Mail, May 18
  • 2008: Insight and On Site, The Architecture of Diamond and Schmitt.[11][12]
  • 2010: Sketches from Here and There [13]

References

  1. ↑ Waldie, Paul (10 March 2017). "For U.K.'s Holocaust memorial, a Canadian architect envisions light in a personal darkness". The Globe and Mail.
  2. ↑ "404 Not Found | The Leo Baeck Day School". www.leobaeck.ca. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  3. ↑ Order of Canada Archived 2007-12-11 at the Wayback Machine.
  4. ↑ Order of Ontario Appointees Archived 2009-06-28 at the Wayback Machine.
  5. ↑ FRENCH, PAUL. "Jack Diamond". The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  6. ↑ "Jerusalem City Hall Square." Canadian Architect 35(7), July 1990: 18-23.
  7. ↑ Tommasini, Anthony. "A Brand New ‘Ring’ in a Brand New Space." The New York Times, September 14, 2006
  8. ↑ "Southbrook Farms Limited". www.southbrook.com. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  9. ↑ "WAN:: Diamond and Schmitt waterfront project by Diamond and Schmitt Architects in Toronto, Canada". www.worldarchitecturenews.com. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
  10. ↑ Diamond, A. J., Donald Schmit. Works: The Architecture of A. J. Diamond, Donald Schmitt and Company, 1968–1995" Halifax: Tuns Press, 1996
  11. ↑ Diamond, A. J., Donald Schmitt, and Don Gilmour. "Insight and On Site. The Architecture of Diamond and Schmitt". Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 2008
  12. ↑ Canadian Architect Review
  13. ↑ "Douglas & McIntyre Publishers". www.dmpibooks.com. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
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