Officer of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 1984-06-25
Invested on: 1984-10-03
This Toronto architect of international fame had his early training in the revived Bauhaus in post-war Weimar. Great projects such as Toronto Place and the Eaton Centre in Toronto, the McMaster Health Sciences Centre in Hamilton and Canada Place in Vancouver have demonstrated his capacity for innovation and his vision of a humanized urban environment.