John C. Parkin
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John Cresswell Parkin, C.C., M.Arch., D.Eng., F.R.A.I.C., (March 24, 1922 in Sheffield, England - October 22, 1988 in Toronto, Ontario) was a Canadian architect and urban planner.
He received his B.Arch. from the University of Manitoba in 1944 and at Harvard University under Walter Gropius.
He was a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. He was a member of the Ontario Association of Architects and the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts, where he served as president from 1970 to 1980.
He entered into an architectural practice with John Burnett Parkin in 1947.
Projects involving Parkin:
- National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario 1976
In 1972 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
