John Burnett Parkin
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Los Angeles, California
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) was a Canadian
Canada
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architect.
Parkin received his B.Arch. from the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
in 1935 and went to England
England
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to practice architecture. He later return to Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
in 1937.
He entered into an architectural practice with John Cresswell Parkin in 1947 and later with his brother Edmond T. Parkin
Edmond T. Parkin
Edmond T. Parkin was a landscape architect and partner of his brother's firm John Parkin and Associates in Toronto in 1947. Retired in 1964, Parkin is no longer with the current Parkin firm.-External links:* *...
(1912-present).
Projects Parkin has been involved in
- Bata Shoes Canadian Headquarters, Toronto, Ontario 1964; demolished
- Bell Trinity Square 1982, Toronto - 15 storey office tower
- Citibank Place 1983, Toronto - 20 storey office towerk
- John C. Parkin and Associates Head Office, 1500 Don Mills Road 1958; demolished
- Toronto Aeroquay (Terminals 1 and 2), Toronto International Airport 1957-1965 - demolished
- Ottawa Train StationOttawa Train StationOttawa Station in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, located at 200 Tremblay Road, is served by Via Rail inter-city trains connecting it to Toronto and Montreal. OC Transpo’s Train rapid transit station carries railway passengers into the city centre or into the eastern suburbs.The station was designed by...
, Ottawa, Ontario 1966 - IBM Heaquarters, Don Mills, Ontario - now home to CelesticaCelesticaCelestica Inc. is a multinational electronics manufacturing services company headquartered in Toronto, Canada. Celestica’s global manufacturing network comprises more than 40 locations in 11 countries in the Americas, Europe and Asia, supplying a wide variety of leading OEMs...
- Toronto City HallToronto City HallThe City Hall of Toronto, Ontario, Canada is the home of the city's municipal government and one of its most distinctive landmarks. Designed by Finnish architect Viljo Revell and landscape architect Richard Strong, and engineered by Hannskarl Bandel, the building opened in 1965...
- Toronto-Dominion CentreToronto-Dominion CentreThe Toronto-Dominion Centre, or Centre, is a cluster of buildings in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, consisting of six towers and a pavilion covered in bronze-tinted glass and black painted steel. It serves as the global headquarters of the Toronto-Dominion Bank, as well as providing office and...
1967 - Yorkdale Mall 1964
Ten Newest Buildings
- Phoenix BuildingPhoenix BuildingPhoenix Building is an historic building at 315–321 Union Street in Rockland, Massachusetts.The building was built in 1929 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989....
1973 - 22 storey office tower at 439 University AvenueUniversity Avenue-Canada:*University Avenue *University Avenue *University Avenue *University Avenue *University Avenue *University Street, Montreal-United States:...
, TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... - National Life Building 1972 - 15 storey office tower on University AvenueUniversity Avenue-Canada:*University Avenue *University Avenue *University Avenue *University Avenue *University Avenue *University Street, Montreal-United States:...
, TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... - Royal Trust TowerToronto-Dominion CentreThe Toronto-Dominion Centre, or Centre, is a cluster of buildings in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, consisting of six towers and a pavilion covered in bronze-tinted glass and black painted steel. It serves as the global headquarters of the Toronto-Dominion Bank, as well as providing office and...
1969 - Sheraton CentreSheraton Centre (Toronto)The Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel is the 33rd-tallest building in Toronto, and is the tallest all-hotel building in Toronto. When it opened in 1972 it was the second largest hotel in Toronto with 1,450 rooms, behind only the Royal York Hotel...
and Richmond Tower 1972, Toronto - 43 storey main hotel tower and 12 storey hotel extension - Simpson TowerSimpson TowerThe Simpson Tower is the 26th-tallest building in Toronto. Completed in 1968 by architect John B. Parkin, as the headquarters of the Simpsons department store company, it has 33 floors and is 144 metres high. In 1978, as part of a corporate takeover, the Simpson Tower became the property of the...
1968 - now home to Hudson's Bay CompanyHudson's Bay CompanyThe Hudson's Bay Company , abbreviated HBC, or "The Bay" is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and one of the oldest in the world. A fur trading business for much of its existence, today Hudson's Bay Company owns and operates retail stores throughout Canada...
head office - Vanier CollegeVanier CollegeVanier College is an English-language public college located in the Montreal borough of Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 1970 as the second English-language public college of Quebec's public college system...
Residences, York UniversityYork UniversityYork University is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is Canada's third-largest university, Ontario's second-largest graduate school, and Canada's leading interdisciplinary university....
1967 - Centre for Addiction and Mental HealthCentre for Addiction and Mental HealthThe Centre for Addiction and Mental Health is a consortium of mental health clinics at several sites in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Its name in French is Centre de toxicomanie et de santé mentale...
1964 - 15 storey office tower, TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... - 200 University Avenue 1961 - 14 storey office tower, Toronto
- Rosedale Valley Bridge (extension of the Prince Edward ViaductPrince Edward ViaductThe Prince Edward Viaduct System, commonly referred to as the Bloor Viaduct or the viaduct, is the name of a truss arch bridge system in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that connects Bloor Street East, on the west side of the system, with Danforth Avenue on the east...
) with Delcan Cater & Co. 1966
Post Parkin
He left TorontoToronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
and established an office in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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in 1970. After his death in 1975, his practice was continued by his son John B. Parkin Jr.
Parkin's firm changed names over the years and remains active in Toronto:
- John C. Parkin Architects Engineers Planners, 1971-1972
- Parkin Architects Engineers Planners, 1972-1976
- Parkin Partnership Architects Planners, 1976-1986
- Parkin Architects Limited, 1986-present
- Parkin Consultants Limited, 1986-present
Since 1986, there are no longer any Parkin associated with the firm. In 1986 Parkin associate Roy Marshall left to join Neish Owen Rowland Roy (NORR Limited) and was seen as a successor firm, while the name of the firm lives on with a new partnership under Parkin Architects Limited.,