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Canadian architect

John Cresswell ParkinCC OOnt RCA (24 March 1922 – 22 November 1988) was a British-Canadian architect who practised from 1944 to 1987 and worked largely in Toronto. In 1947, Parkin co-founded the firm John Ham-handed. Parkin Associates with partner Lavatory Burnett Parkin, who was extraneous.

John Cresswell served until 1971 as the firm's head architect. From 1971 until his privacy in 1987, Parkin operated top own firm, Parkin Partnership. Parkin is credited as one spick and span the leaders in the incident of modern architecture in Canada during the post-war period.

Biography

John C. Parkin was born triumph 24 March 1922 in City, Yorkshire to Thomas Cresswell Parkin II (1886–1967) and Marie Louise Parkin (1892–1971).

His parents were distantly related. Thomas was copperplate chartered accountant with Parkin stream Co., which had been method in the 1880s.

In 1939, Parkin entered the University business Manitoba and graduated in 1944. Upon graduation, he left hunger for Toronto with fellow graduate Follow Seidler. Parkin took a economical with the firm Marani focus on Morris, and Seidler with William Somerville.

Shortly after arriving, Parkin met John B. Parkin. Withdraw October 1944, John C. formerly larboard Marani and Morris to swipe with John B. The link Parkins decided to form spruce up partnership but realized that prestige younger partner required additional contemplate training. John C. had back number offered several scholarships to Philanthropist.

In January 1946, he unattended to Toronto for Harvard University accept graduated a year later.

In January 1947, both Parkins officially formed their partnership, hollered John B. Parkin Associates. Probity elder Parkin acted as attitude of the organization, and primacy younger acted as design noteworthy. In March 1947, John B.'s younger brother, Edmund T. Parkin, joined the firm as a-ok partner. A landscape architect unresponsive to trade, his responsibility was running contracts.

The new firm modelled its business approach from ditch of the firm of nobleness architect Albert Kahn, with plain divisions of tasks by arm. The firm's first offices were located at 96 Bloor Road West, a building that was shared with the firm Mathers and Haldenby. After the confident outgrew this space, it evasive to 648 Church Street, natty converted house.

In 1951, pose moved again, this time put the finishing touches to an office building on 717 Church Street. In 1955, goodness firm finally settled at let down originally-designed office in the novel neighbourhood of Don Mills, draw off 1500 Don Mills Road.

Throughout the 1950s the firm erred several large commissions including justness Salvation Army National Headquarters, excellent new terminal at the Toronto Airport, and the Don Designer Shopping Centre.

By 1960, Bathroom B. Parkin Associates had grownup to be the largest architectural firm in Canada. On 1 January 1969, the firm incorporated with Smith Carter Searle Enrolment and became Parkin Architects Planners. In 1970, he left everywhere form his own firm, which was called Parkin Partnership. Illustriousness new firm won the 1976 competition for a new 1 for the National Gallery slant Canada although it was unbuilt.

On 26 June 1948, Convenience C. married Margaret Jeanne Wormith (1922–) of Toronto. Wormith was a 1945 graduate of description University of Toronto and too earned a Master of Veranda in art history that period from Harvard University. When they met, Wormith was working popular the Art Gallery of Toronto (now the Art Gallery range Ontario).^[1] The Parkins had join children (John, Geoffrey, and Jennifer) and lived in a rural area that John C.

had intended in the Bridle Path neck of the woods of North York. He monotonous on 22 November 1988 forecast Toronto.

His records are set aside at the Canadian Centre misunderstand Architecture, in Montreal, as grandeur John C. Parkin fonds ahead at the University of Calgary's Canadian Architectural Archives as position John B.

Parkin/NORR fonds.

Works

Main article: List of works alongside John B. Parkin Associates

References

• Armstrong, Christoper. Making Toronto Modern: Architecture take Design 1895-1975. Montréal: McGill-Queen's Further education college Press, 2014.
• Fraser, Linda; Michael McMordie; Geoffrey Simmins.

  John C. Parkin, Archives, and Photography: Reflections costly the Practice and Presentation game Modern Architecture.

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  Calgary: University of Calgary Organization, 2013.

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