John C. Parkin
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| John Cresswell Parkin | |
|---|---|
| Born | March 24, 1922 Sheffield, England |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Toronto, Ontario |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | C.C. |
| Practice | The Tara Association |
| Buildings | National Gallery of Canada |
John Cresswell Parkin, CC OOnt (March 24, 1922 – October 22, 1988) was a Canadian architect and urban planner.
He received his B.Arch. from the University of Manitoba in 1944 and at Harvard University under Walter Gropius. He entered into an architectural practice with John Burnett Parkin in 1947.
Projects involving Parkin:
- National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario 1976
He was a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. He was a member of the Ontario Association of Architects and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, where he served as president from 1970 to 1980.[citation needed]
In 1972 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada "for his services to architecture, urban planning, industrial design and the arts".[1]
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- 1922 births
- 1988 deaths
- Harvard University alumni
- Canadian architects
- Companions of the Order of Canada
- English emigrants to Canada
- People from Sheffield
- People from Toronto
- Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts
- Members of the Order of Ontario
- 20th-century architects
