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    Frederick Gage Todd

    For nearly half a century Frederick G. Todd planned, designed and carried out "public and private works of beautification and utility with nature herself as partner.

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    George Baird

    George Baird, CM, architect, critic, educator, author (born 25 August 1939 in Toronto, ON; died 17 October 2023 in Toronto). Baird was professor emeritus and former dean of the University of Toronto's John H. Daniel’s Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design. As an architect, scholar, and educator, Baird has been recognized as one of the most broadly influential figures in his generation of Canadian architects (see Architecture).

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    Moshe Safdie

    Moshe Safdie, CC, architect, professor, urban planner, educator, theorist, author (born 14 July 1938 in Haifa, Palestine [now Israel]). A Companion of the Order of Canada, Moshe Safdie’s architectural designs include residential housing, galleries, fine arts complexes, parks, airports, museums, colleges, libraries, government buildings, memorials, masterplans and multi-use complexes. He is perhaps best known in Canada for the Habitat 67 housing complex in Montreal, the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa and Vancouver Library Square. Safdie’s influence is wide reaching, covering nearly 100 projects on five continents. His Boston-based office has extended its branches to Jerusalem, Toronto, Singapore and Shanghai.

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    Peter Cardew

    Peter Cardew, architect (born 8 June 1939 in Guildford, England; died 26 October 2020 in Vancouver, BC). Cardew immigrated to Canada in 1966 and established his own architectural firm in Vancouver in 1980. Cardew’s architectural projects received critical acclaim and he was the recipient of numerous awards during his career, including the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s Gold Medal in 2012. (See also Architecture.)

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    Raymond Moriyama

    Raymond Moriyama, CC, OOnt, architect, planner (born 11 October 1929 in Vancouver, BC; died 1 September 2023). Raymond Moriyama is recognized for several landmark buildings both in Canada and abroad. He is renowned for his sensitivity in considering and addressing human scale, for his humanistic approach to design, and his ability to connect architecture with nature and landscape.

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