Jerome Markson

• Name — Jerome Markson • Born — 1929 • Birthplace — Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Died — 18 November 2023 • Place of death — Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Education — University of Toronto • Practice — Jerome Markson Architect • Significant Projects — * Alexandra Park Public Housing • Group Health Centre, Sault Ste. Marie • David B. Archer Co-operative Housing • Market Square Condominiums • Awards — RAIC Gold Medal (2022) • Spouse — Mayta Silver • Illustration — Looking down a Group Health Centre Stairwell

Above their father's street-level medical practice, Markson and his siblings were raised between two booming immigrant neighbourhoods, Kensington Market and the (no longer existent) Ward. His parents Etta and Charles were eastern European immigrants from Lithuania and Poland respectively.

In 1948, Markson began his architectural studies at the University of Toronto along with other members of a new generation of architects who emerged after the war. He, along with the rest of his first year peers began their studies in a building which had been used as a bomb-making facility during WWII in Ajax, Ontario. • Illustration — Looking upward at the Group Health Centre in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Markson also attended summer courses at the Cranbrook Academy of Art, where his design style and philosophy was greatly impacted by Eliel Saarinen, a long-time director of the school. It was here where he would also meet ceramics artist, and his soon-to-be spouse Mayta Silver.

Markson died in Toronto on November 18, 2023, at the age of 94.

Markson began his architecture career working in smaller positions for architects Eugene G. Faludi, James Murray, George Robb and Venchiarutti & Venchiarutti.

Markson was known for his innovative use of lightwells, atriums, courtyards and greenspaces to blur the line between the interior and exterior.

Moses Residence 1961 https: www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctv6cfrnw?googleloggedin=true&oauth_data=eyJlbWFpbCI6ImtlbkBvYnZ1cy5tZSIsImluc3RpdHV0aW9uSWRzIjpbXSwicHJvdmlkZXIiOiJnb29nbGUifQ • Goldblatt Residence, 1955 • Goldblatt II was built in 1957 for Malcolm and Sondi Goldblatt • Bathurst Jewish Centre, 1961 • Group Health Centre, 1962 • Alexandra Park, 1965 • David B. Archer Co-operative Housing, 1976 • Market Square Condominiums, 1980