Raymond Moriyama

Raymond Moriyama, CC, O.Ont (born October 11, 1929, Vancouver, Canada)^[1] is a Canadian architect. He has designed several buildings at Brock University from the 1970s through the latest campus expansion. He also served as the University's chancellor.

Of Japanese descent, Moriyama with his family was forced out of Vancouver and confined to an internment camp during World War II. He has said that these years have particularly informed his later career.

Early life and education

Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Raymond Moriyama was confined to an internment camp with his family as a child, as Japanese Canadians on the West Coast were classified as security threats, in a policy similar to that of the United States. He said these years were influential in his later career.^[2] After the war, his family resettled in Hamilton, Ontario, where he attended Westdale Secondary School. 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.

Career

After years of working with other firms, in 1970 Moriyama co-founded a private practice in Toronto with Ted Teshima, Moriyama & Teshima Architects.^[1]

In 1985, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and promoted to Companion in 2008. He was also awarded the Order of Ontario. In 2009, he was one of nine laureates to receive a Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts. In June 2013, he received a honorary doctorate from the University of Calgary.

Notable projects

• Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Toronto (1958)
• Health Services Building, University of Waterloo (1968)
• Toronto Reference Library (1977)
• Museum London in London, Ontario (1980)
• Peterborough Public Library, Peterborough, Ontario (1980)
• North York Central Library (1987)
• Canadian Embassy in Tokyo, (1991)
• John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario (1993)
• National Museum of Saudi Arabia in Riyadh (1999)
• Seneca College's Seneca@York campus in Toronto
• Civic Garden Centre, Toronto (1965)
• Ontario Science Centre, Toronto (1969)
• Harvest Bible Chapel York Region, Markham, (1967)^[3]

Gallery

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  Bata Shoe Museum, (1991) Toronto, Ontario
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  Canadian War Museum Ottawa (2005)
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  Ottawa City Hall (1990)
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  Scarborough Civic Centre (1969), Scarborough, Ontario
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  Toronto Reference Library(1973)
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  Seneca@York Campus, Toronto (1999)
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  Ontario Science Centre, Toronto (1964)
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  Ottawa Civic Centre (1968)
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  L'Amoreaux Collegiate Institute Scarborough, Ontario, (1973)
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  Albert Campbell Collegiate Institute Scarborough, Ontario, (1976)
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  John McCrae (Senior) Public School Scarborough, Ontario, (1969)
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  Science North in Sudbury, Ontario, (1980)
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  Nova Scotia Community College Waterfront Campus (with Barrie and Langille Architects)
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  Peterborough Public Library, (1980) Peterborough, Ontario
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  Toronto French School - new additions
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  A.Y. Jackson Secondary School, (1970) North York, Ontario

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Raymond Moriyama.

• Moriyama & Teshima Architects
• Raymond Moriyama fonds
• Moriyama and Teshima Architects fonds, Archives of Ontario
• Architectural Dialogues... / Dialogues architecturaux... Moriyama & Teshima, 2010, Archives of Ontario YouTube channel