Raymond Moriyama
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Raymond Moriyama, B.Arch , M.Arch (born Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Japanese-Canadian architect. He has designed several buildings at Brock University from the 1970s through the latest campus expansion and currently serves as the university's Chancellor.
Born in Vancouver, Raymond Moriyama received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Toronto in 1954, and a Master of Architecture degree in civic and town planning from McGill University in 1957.
In 1985, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. He was also awarded the Order of Ontario.
Raymond Moriyama is a founding partner of the internationally celebrated Toronto firm, Moriyama & Teshima Architects.
[edit] Notable projects
- Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto, (1958)
- Ontario Science Centre, (1964)
- Ottawa Civic Centre, (1968)
- Scarborough Civic Centre, Scarborough, Ontario, (1969)
- Toronto Reference Library, (1973)
- Albert Campbell Collegiate Institute, Scarborough, Ontario, (1976)
- Science North in Sudbury, Ontario, (1980)
- North York Central Library, (1987)
- Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto, (1991)
- Canadian Embassy in Tokyo, (1991)
- National Museum of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh (1999)) to international acclaim
- Canadian War Museum (2005)
- Toronto French School - new additions
- Seneca@York in Toronto, Ontario
- Vari Hall at York University, North York, Ontario
- Albert Campbell District Library in Toronto, Ontario
- North York City Centre in Toronto, Ontario
- Casino Rama
- Burnhamthorpe District Library in Mississauga, Ontario now the Burhamthorpe Branch Library
