Stephen Irwin
Stephen Van Egmond Irwin RAIC, RIBA, OAA, BArch, MArch (March 10, 1939 – March 5, 2019) was a Canadian architect and "partner emeritus" of Shore Tilbe Irwin + Partners in Toronto, Ontario.
Also recorded as Stephen Van Egmond Irwin
Stephen Irwin
- Name
- Stephen Irwin
- Birth Name
- Stephen Van Egmond Irwin
- Born
- 10 March 1939
- Birthplace
- Oakville, Ontario
- Died
- 5 March 2019
- Place of death
- Toronto, Ontario
- Education
- Harvard University
- Awards
- * British Prix de Rome (1963)
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- architect
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Stephen Van Egmond Irwin RAIC, RIBA, OAA, BArch, MArch (March 10, 1939 – March 5, 2019) was a Canadian architect and "partner emeritus" of Shore Tilbe Irwin + Partners in Toronto, Ontario.
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Stephen Irwin (1939–2019) was a Canadian architect. The architect was born in Oakville. Stephen Irwin studied at Harvard Graduate School of Design, Harvard University and University of Toronto.
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• Name — Stephen Irwin • Birth Name — Stephen Van Egmond Irwin • Born — 10 March 1939 • Birthplace — Oakville, Ontario • Died — 5 March 2019 • Place of death — Toronto, Ontario • Education — Harvard University • Practice — Shore Tilbe Irwin + Partners • Significant Buildings — * Toronto Police Headquarters • Xerox Research Centre, Mississauga • Queen's University Bioscience Complex • Purdy's Wharf, Halifax • Mississauga Central Library. • Awards — * British Prix de Rome (1963) • Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
Biography
Biography
Irwin trained at the University of Toronto, where he was a member of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. He later studied at Harvard University, where he received MArch. In 1963 he received the British Prix de Rome in Architecture. Irwin began his design career in 1962 in Sweden, for Gronwall-Hirsch, and worked for one year in London, England, for Casson, Conder and Partners. He returned to Canada in 1965, where he joined Shore & Moffat (now Shore Tilbe Irwin + Partners). He was a partner of the firm from 1971. • Illustration — Toronto Police Headquarters Irwin died on March 5, 2019.
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• Bioscience Complex, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario • Central Library, Mississauga, Ontario • Xerox Research Centre, Mississauga, Ontario • Toronto Police Headquarters • Purdy's Wharf office complex, Halifax, Nova Scotia
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1939
Stephen Irwin born at Oakville.
2019
Stephen Irwin died.
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- 1.The Executive Council of The Alpha Delta Phi Fraternity. Catalogue of the Alpha Delta Phi: 1832–1966. 205. 1966.
- 2.City of Mississauga. Jury Members.
- 3.Shore Tilbe Irwin and Partners. People / Stephen Irwin.
- 4.University of Toronto. Hazel McCallion Academic Learning Centre Team Biographies.
- 5.Legacy.com. Stephen IRWIN Obituary – Toronto, ON The Globe and Mail. The Globe and Mail. March 9, 2019.
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