Annual General Meeting - Ontario Association of Architects

O n t a r i o
Association
of Architects
126
Annual
General
Meeting
To r o n t o, O n t a r i o
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Ontario Association of Architects
On the occasion of the 126th
Annual General Meeting of the
Association.
Allstream Centre, Toronto, ON
May 11, 2016
Cover Image:
The ornate image used for the cover
of this program is a small section
of the artwork created in 1920 by
painter J.E.H. MacDonald, founding
member of the Group of Seven,
for the Association’s certificates for
newly licensed members. MacDonald
was one of Canada’s leading graphic
designers and his work was strongly
influenced by the Arts and Crafts
designers in England and Canada.
These certificates remained in use
until 1935.
Program
Members of Long Standing
Newly Licensed Members
In Memoriam
OAA Council 2016
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Members of
Long Standing
Recognising those who have been
members of the Association for
at least 50 years.
Joseph Bogdan
A.J. Diamond
Milton Katz
Morris Melamed
Allan Rae
Barry Padolsky
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Joseph Bogdan
M.Arch., OAA, FRAIC
Joseph Bogdan received a Bachelor of Architecture from the University
of Manitoba and a Master of Architecture in Urban Design from Harvard
University, where he studied under Josep Lluís Sert and Fumihiko Maki. He
was recipient of the RAIC Medal and the AIA Edward Langley scholarship.
Following graduation, Joe returned to Prack and Prack Architects in Hamilton,
where he designed the Massey Medal honouree McMaster University Physical
Education Complex. In 1965, Joe joined John B. Parkin and Associates as
Head of Urban Design. His five-year tenure included the design of the
Toronto Sheraton Centre, Place du Canada, and St. John’s City Hall.
Since opening his own practice, Joe has designed a wide range of projects
including the master plan and redevelopment of the Eaton’s College Street
site; Hyde Park Village, Tampa; and new community master plans in Pankow
Nord Berlin, Prague, and Vienna. With his good friend and colleague
John Preston, NSAA, FRAIC, Joe designed three projects that each won a
Canadian Architect Award of Excellence: the DND Ship Repair Complex,
the Pockwock Water Treatment Facility, and the Forum Mixed-Use Complex.
Joe’s international work also includes a mixed-use tower in Shanghai, and
“Science City”, the adjunct campus to the University of Sharjah, UAE.
Currently, his work includes the design of a new city of one million in Kuwait
and an equestrian-focused resort community in Qatar.
Joe has been fortunate to have the support of his wife for the past 55 years,
Dr. Deanne Bogdan, Professor Emerita University of Toronto, as well as the
joy of daughters Elisabeth Bogdan, MA Royal College of Art, London, UK,
and Stasia Bogdan, B.Arch., OAA here in Toronto, and their husbands and
children.
Throughout his career, Joe has served on the Toronto Society of Architects
and OAA committees; participated as thesis jury member at the University of
Toronto, lectured on urban design at York University and Queen’s University,
and is a Fellow of McLaughlin College. His community work includes a 15year tenure as Board Member and President of the Don Mills Foundation for
Seniors and Governor of the Moatfield Farm Historical Foundation.
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Photography Credit: The Digital Journal
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A.J. Diamond
OC, O.Ont., D.Eng.(Hon), B.Arch., M.Arch., MA, OAA, FRAIC
A.J. Diamond’s degrees include a Bachelor of Architecture (with Distinction)
from the University of Cape Town, a Master of Arts in politics, philosophy
and economics from Oxford University and a Master of Architecture from
the University of Pennsylvania. At Oxford, he earned a Rugby Blue.
Mr. Diamond is a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and
the Canadian Institute of Planners and an Honorary Fellow of the American
Institute of Architects. Honorary doctorates include Engineering from
DalTech and Law from the University of Toronto. He is a recipient of the
University of Cape Town Vice-Chancellor’s medal and is a Senior Fellow
of Massey College. Mr. Diamond is a RAIC Gold Medalist, recipient of the
Ontario Association of Architects Lifetime Achievement Award, the Jane
Jacobs Lifetime Achievement Award from the Canadian Urban Institute, a
member of the Order of Ontario and an Officer of the Order of Canada.
A.J. Diamond is the founding member of Diamond Schmitt Architects Inc.,
which has been the recipient of numerous awards for design and sustainability.
The firm has been named one of the 50 Best Managed Companies in Canada.
Mr. Diamond’s work includes the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing
Arts, Toronto; La Maison Symphonique, Montreal; Harman Center for the
Performing Arts, Washington D.C.; the new Mariinksy Theatre, St. Petersburg;
Israeli Foreign Ministry, Jerusalem; Southbrook Winery, Niagara; Banff Centre
revitalization, Alberta; and Life Science complexes for McGill and UBC. He is
currently working on projects in Canada, the USA, Switzerland, and the UK.
He has served as member of the Ontario Human Rights Commission,
Chairman of the Design Advisory Committee for the National Capital, and
Commissioner of the Greater Toronto Area Task Force.
Three exhibitions have been held of Mr. Diamond’s sketches and paintings.
His lecture tours have included Australia, the UK, Italy, Czech Republic, and
South Africa. Publications include Insight and Onsite (Douglas & McIntyre),
Sketches from Here and There (Douglas & McIntyre), and Words and Watercolours
by A.J. Diamond.
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Milton Katz
B.Arch., OAA, MRAIC
Milton Katz was born in Toronto and attended Harbord Collegiate Institute.
In 1962 he graduated with a Bachelor of Archtiecture degree from the
University of Toronto.
In 1966 Milton opened his own office and has been involved in the planning
of industrial, residential and restoration projects.
Milton presently continues to practise.
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Morris Melamed
B.Arch., OAA, MRAIC
Morris Melamed was born in Montreal, Quebec and graduated with a Bachelor
of Architecture from McGill University in 1958. After graduation he worked
for two years with the architectural firm of Ross, Fish, Duchesne & Barrett
in Montreal.
Between 1960 and 1968, Melamed practised in Montreal as a partner in the
firm of Fish, Melamed, Croft and Grainger, Architects after becoming a
member of the Ordre des architectes du Québec (Quebec Association of
Architects).
In 1966, Melamed became a member of the Ontario Association of Architects.
In 1968, the firm became Melamed, Croft and Grainger, Architects and
moved to Ottawa. The firm continued to practise until 1979.
Since 1979, the firm of Morris Melamed Architect has continued to practise
as a sole practitioner.
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Barry Padolsky
B.Arch., M.Sc. (Urban Design), OAA, FRAIC, CAHP, RCA
Barry Padolsky was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1939. He attended the local
elementary school (Machray) and “Tech” (St. John’s Technical High School),
before obtaining a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from the University of
Manitoba in 1961. In 1970, thanks to a Canada Council for the Arts grant, he
earned a Master’s degree in Urban Design, M.Sc. (Social Sciences) from the
University of Edinburgh while living part time in Dubrovnik, Croatia.
In 1965, Barry became a member of the Ontario Association of Architects
and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, becoming a RAIC Fellow
in 1987. In 2003, he achieved membership at the Canadian Association of
Heritage Professionals, and became member of the Royal Canadian Academy
of Arts in 2006.
Barry is a practising Ottawa-based architect, urban designer, and heritage
consultant. He is the founder of Barry Padolsky Associates Inc., Architects
(BPA), starting the practice in 1969. He has led his firm in realizing over
160 major architectural, urban design and heritage conservation projects as
well as hundreds of smaller projects in Canada’s capital. BPA has received
32 national, provincial, and civic design awards, including 22 for heritage
conservation. The awards include the Massey Medal; the Governor’s General
Award for Residential Design; the OAA Award of Excellence, and the
Chicago Atheneum International Architectural Award.
In the field of heritage conservation, BPA has executed over 60 heritage
restoration, rehabilitation and adaptive re-use projects. Prominent
achievements include the 160 million dollar rehabilitation of the Victoria
Memorial Museum Building, home of the Canadian Museum of Nature
(BPA/ KPMB / GLCRM Joint Venture Architects) and the rehabilitation of
Ottawa’s Byward Market Building.
Barry has been a heritage and urban planning advocate since 1972, when he
was Co-Chair of the Citizens’ Committee to save Ottawa’s Rideau Convent.
He has served on public boards and committees and is currently Vice-Chair
of the City of Ottawa Built Heritage Sub-Committee. Barry is an occasional
theatre set, graphic and exhibit designer.
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Allan Rae
B.Arch., OAA, MRAIC, ARIBA
Allan Rae was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, spending the first 25 years
of his life on the Toronto Islands. An avid sailor, Allan has had his hand on
the tiller of a sail boat since he was 10 years old. He attended Island Public
School and Jarvis Collegiate before studying at the University of Toronto’s
School of Architecture between 1956 and 1960. Allan studied under the
mentorship of James A. Murray, James Ackland and Eric Arthur, and was
President of the Architectural Society in 1960.
Between 1960 and 1961, he worked as a Junior Designer at Colletti Brothers
in Boston, and lectured in the second-year Architectural Design and History
course at the Boston Architectural Club’s syllabus program.
In 1961, Allan took a passenger freighter from Montreal across the Atlantic
and up the Thames to London, England. He bought a 150cc VESPA scooter
and wandered from Aalto’s Town Hall in Saynatsalo in darkest Finland, down
to Le Corbusier’s Unité d’habitation on the sunny Mediterranean - two of the
many highlights of an architectural pilgrimage (and extensive wine-tasting)
throughout Western Europe.
Between 1961 and 1964, Allan was a Senior Designer at Howard Lobb &
Partners in London, England, and in 1963 he became a member of the Royal
Institute of British Architects. Between 1964 and 1984 he was a Design
Associate and then Design Partner with Bregman & Hamman, where he
worked on numerous projects including the Master Plan for Harbour Square
and 33 Harbour Square, Toronto, as well as the Variety Village Indoor Track
and Training Facility for Able and Challenged Athletes in Scarborough.
In 1965, he became a member of the Ontario Association of Architects, and
served on various committees. Since 1984, Allan has been Principal at Allan D.
Rae Architect Inc., working on a wide range of projects including the Cowie
Residence, Toronto; Quaker Village Prototypes, Uxbridge; 96 St. Patrick
Street Condos, Toronto; the Roddy Retreat, Balsam Lake; the MacFarlane
Retreat, Mulmur Hills; and YMCA Child Care Centres across the Greater
Toronto Area.
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Newly Licensed
Architects
April 1, 2015 March 31, 2016
Kamel Fayek K. Abdelmalek
Drew Stephen Adams
Sarwat Syed Ahmed
Akhilesh Ahuja
Mohammed Al Riffai
Maryam Alavi
Ali Ghalib Mazin Al-Rawi
Safwan Al-Shaheen
Oruba Alwan
Rafik Nassif Amin
Pietro Amoroso
Logan Ward Amos
Yomna N. Anani
Shadi Arani
Andre D. Arseneault
Theresa R. Ayre
Lina Barsoum Aziz
Bryan Lemos Beca
L. Mauricio Bernal Vanegas
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Meghna Laxman Bhambore
Hassan Bitar
John Nectario Blias-Cabezas
Adetokunbo Bodunrin
Jordan Emmanuel Breccia
Andrea Rebeca Buchsbaum
Mark Buckley
Donovan J. Bumanglag
Heather Christine Button
Philip Cates
Constantinos Elias Catsaros
Wai Ming Chak
Tonia Sapphira Johanna Charles
Henry Wei-Yu Chen
Dominique Cheng
Lang Cheng
Julio Cesar Cifuentes-Diaz
Steven David Cooper
Paul A. Cooper
Yakdehikandage Ruwan Costa
Elisa F. Costa
Jonathan Cummings
Idette Zwaatina de Boer
Brooke K. Dedrick
Anthony Bernard Di Donato
Tomer Ze’ev Diamant
Riad Djilali
Emily Dovbniak
Erin A. Duncan
Elie Emile El Daccache
Laith El-Bahrani
Leila Nathania Emmrys
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Concettina Facciponte
Gabriel Febres Anez
Alejandro Fernandez
Andrew Foote
Blanca E. Franco
Gabriel Friedman
Jason Wayne Fung
Emira Galeteanu
Jeffory James Geldart
Joel D. Gerber
Zachariah Elan Glennon
Patricia Graham
Bernadette Gregor
Brian Lee Hagood
Tamara Julie Hains
Jennifer L. Haliburton
Hee-Won (Alice) Han
Bernard Hau
Luz Marina Henao Vargas
Wai Chong (Stella) Ho
Ihor Hrytskiv
Roxanne Hsin-I Huang
Viluong Huynh
Hayley Kyle Imerman
Nenad Jankovic
Jennifer L. Janzen
Christian M. Joakim
Niji John
Luke A. Johnston
Christina M. Kalt
Joseph Juen-Wei Kan
Muhammad S. Kareem
Richard G. Kemp
Negar Khalili Motlagh Kasm
Safora Khoylou
Kamyar Khozeimeh
Michael Klebanov
Feby Merin Kuriakose
Viktor Paul Kuslikis
Gordon K.H. Lai
Hongling (Jessie) Lau
John Thomas Lawson
Pierre-Alexandre Le Lay
Robert J.W. Lee
Adrienne E. Lee
Amie Lee
Cheng Shuan Liu
Ahmad Lmohamad
Michael Lo
Melissa Lui
Ana Lukas
Ian W.N. Maclaren
Agata Z. Mancini
Ashley T. Marcynuk
Pedro Martinez
Jenna Elizabeth Maw
Melissa A. Mazik
David McConnachie
Jonathan McGinn
Amanda McLeod
Christopher Michael McQuillan
Kirtidev (Dev) Mehta
Timothy D. Mitanidis
Farzam Mohajer-Ashjai
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Ali Moini
Mitsa Montaser Koohsari
Katherine Movilla-Fung
Ardavan (Adam) Mozafari
Joanne Beth Myers
Przemyslaw Myszkowski
Andrea Larisa Nagy
Hajime Nakamura
Leandra Nascimento
Ladan Niknam Fard
Amy Norris
Lyn Yvonne Northey
Kevin Gerald Offin
Ryan Michael Ollson
Eva Onufrak
Charisma Panchapakesan
Richard Papa
Neda Pavela-Mogus
Ventzislav Pavlov
Ashley Phillips
Stephen Pollock
Lauren Elizabeth Ga-Wah Poon
Caroline Jane Prochazka
Irma Rovika Pyziak
Craig W. Race
Marija Rakocevic
Rabindra Robin Ramcharan
James J.J.V. Rasor
Sara Rassekh
Norberto Rodriguez Alvarez
Giulia Rosalie Rosanova
Soodeh Salehin
Moda Samsam
Jelena Savic-Brkic
Karen A. Sekikawa
Wenjiao Shan
Bronwyn Christina Sibbald
Andrew Charles Benson Slade
Kathryn Marie Slotek
Heather Anne Smith
Steven Bradley Socha
Natasa Stamenovic
Andela Stojanovic
David R. Stone
Christopher A. Sullivan
Martin Sun
Christopher W. Telfer
Kenzie Brookes Thompson Terzic
Andrew Ross Thomson
Ke Leng Tran
Martin Karl Van Es
Robert A.R. van Lin
Marco Vander Maas
Jason Zhen-Shan Wah
Christopher James Warden
Eric Michael Wingelaar
Michael Winters
Romanna Yakivchyk
Nicholas S. Yamich
Joseph T. Yau
Alana E. Young
Chun Zhang
Mengdi Zhen
Ming-die (Mandy) Zheng
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Newly Licensed
Licensed
Technologists OAA
April 1, 2015 March 31, 2016
James Christopher Bell
Henning Bruchmuller
Jeffrey Chaput
Christina Marie Facey
Natalia Nicole Fleishman
Scott James Jennings
Wojtek J. Kowalewski
Chi Man Vincent Lee
Feng Liu
Gregory Ian McLeod
Alison Michelin
Paul Porcellato
Jonathan David Ring
Phillip M. Sharron
Clifford Geoffrey Smith
Tom Tsaktsiris
Karl Tuomisto
Braden Walker
Joseph Xerri
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In Memoriam
With deep sorrow the Ontario
Association of Architects
recognizes the following members
who have passed away.
Robert W. Anderson
Robert W. Becksted
Andres Bernal
Denis M. Bowman
Kirsty Lee St. Clair Bruce
Brian L. Curtner
Fiorella Dinoi Giombini
Roger du Toit
David Ross Easton
Robert Gretton
George Fredrick Hamann
Douglas Cumming Johnson
Lauris Kuksis
Martin James Lambert
Istvan Lendvay
Hershel Okun
Aldo Riva
Donald Snider
Arthur F. Taylor
Evan Herbert Walker
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OAA Council 2016
January 1, 2016 December 31, 2016
Toon Dreessen
President
Eastern Ontario
John Stephenson
Senior Vice President and Treasurer
Province of Ontario
Barry Cline
Vice President Regulatory
Province of Ontario
Vanessa Fong
Vice President Communications
City of Toronto
Kathleen Kurtin
Vice President Practice
City of Toronto
David C. Rich
Vice President Strategic
City of Toronto
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Donald Ardiel
Namita Kanishkan
J. Gordon Erskine
Wayne Medford
Cornel Ionescu
Elaine Mintz
Evangelo Kalmantis
Robert Sirman
Western Ontario
Lieutenant Governor in Council
Appointee
Lieutenant Governor in Council
Appointee
Eastern Ontario
Central Ontario
Lieutenant Governor in Council
Appointee
Lieutenant Governor in Council
Appointee
Western Ontario
Jeffrey Laberge
Northern Ontario
Brian Luey
Central Ontario
David Sin
Province of Ontario
Sheena Sharp
Province of Ontario
André Sherman
City of Toronto
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