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Raymond Affleck
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(1922-1989)
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Raymond Tait (Ray) Affleck was born on November 20, 1922, in Penticton, British Columbia. He was a Canadian architect. He attended McGill University, receiving a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1947, and in 1948, he undertook postgraduate studies at the Federal Technical Institute in Zurich. He later taught at prominent universities including Harvard University, University of Manitoba, University of Toronto, and Technical University of Nova Scotia. In 1965, he was a Fellow in the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and in 1967, an Academician in the Royal Academy of Arts. In 1952, he opened the R.T. Affleck independent architectural practice and in 1955, he participated in the creation of an architecture firm together with Guy Desbarats, Dimitri Dimakopoulos, Fred Lebensold, and Hazen Sise. This firm changed its name to Arcop Associates, Architects, and Planners in 1970.
Projects undertaken by Arcop ranged from Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver (1955) to St John's (Newfoundland) Arts and Cultural Centre (1967). These projects helped to establish Affleck as an influential architect. Between 1964 and 1968 he was mainly engaged on the Place Bonaventure complex project in central Montreal. Other prominent projects included Place Ville Marie (1956-1965); Maison Alcan (1983) in Montreal; University Centre, McGill University, Montreal (1965); Stephen Leacock Building, McGill University, Montreal (1965); Life Sciences Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax (Nova Scotia) (1971); Place Air Canada, Montreal (1983); Post Office, Mont-Royal and Number One Wood Avenue, Montreal.
In projects such as Place Bonaventure, Affleck sought to include indoor pedestrian routes and atria, design features suited to a cold climate. The aim was an integrated architectural plan encompassing buildings, streets, and main highways.
In 1950, he married Betty Ann Henley. They had five children, including animator Neil Affleck and architect Gavin Affleck. He died on March 16, 1989, in Montreal, Quebec.
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"Architectural drawings", 56 projects are represented in this archive including:
1947 - MCGILL UNIVERSITY LIBRARY (Thesis design)
1948 - STUDIEN BLATT (student work)
1950 - ERE, Mr. L. / Residence, St. Lambert
1950 - DUNBAR, Mr. G. / Residence, Chateauguay Heights, QC
1953-59 PHILLIPS HOUSE / Renovation 1953, 54, 55, 58, 59
1953-59 CENTRAL HOUSING & MORTAGE 1953, 54, 56, 58, 59
1954 - BRETT, Mr. & Mrs. John / Proposed house, Hudson, QC
1955 - SPIRODEX HOUSE / Proposed
1955 - HAND, E. / House, Baie d’Urfe, QC
1955 - PARISH OF STE. ANNE, Baie d’Urfe, QC
1956-71 ST. GEORGE (High) School, Montreal 1956, 57, 69, 71
1957 - INTER-CITY TRANSPORT / Warehouse
1962 - LAKEHOUSE UNITARIAN CHURCH (Playhouse for Nursery School)
1962-81- AFFLECH HOUSE, Libbytown additions 1962, 63, 78, 80, 81
1963 - MONTREAL CONCERT HALL (and others)
1967 - EXPOSITION UNIVERSAL CANADIENNE
1967 - FISCH, Mr. G. G. / Residence, Ste. Agathe, QC
1973-74 HARRISON, Mr. G. / House, Mont Tremblant, QC
1974 - THE BONDMANS BARN
1974 - INSTITUTE OF PSYCHOSYNTHESIS
1976 - BLAKE, Mr. & Mrs. Ken / House
1977 - HARVEY/ Residence
1977 - TILDEN / Residence Greenhouse
1977 - PORCH ENCLOSURE, 20 Anworth
1977 - HEATH, Mr. P. / House, Stanstead, QC
1974-77- ARCOP ASSOCIATION / Office renovation, 1440 Ste. Catherine O.
1977- RESIDENCE, corner Mount Pleasant & Montrose avenues. Proposed Kitchen Layout 77
1978 - THEATRE, St.Denis, Montreal, QC
1978 - COHEN, Diane / House alterations, Hatley, QC
1978-80 MARITIME MUSEUM, Halifax, NS
n.d.- AFFLECK HOUSE / 16 George’s St., Westmount, QC
1980-83- BIRD, Mr. & Mrs. F. / Kitchen
1986 - Happy recovery Wishes from all Macdonald dwellers
1983-84- HODGSON HOUSE & KENT HOUSE, Hatley (Massawhippi)
1984 - UNIDENTIFIED SKETCHES (4)
1984 - STUDIES FOR OFFICE building, etc. , Sherbrooke, Mansfield, Metcalfe
1984-86 MCGILL UNIVERSITY / Project
1985 - ALDO HOUSE, Lake Champlain, NY
1985 - ROYAL BANK / Proposed extension, Saskatoon, SK
1985-86 SHEARD HOUSE (Preliminaries)
1986 - ALCAN BERKELEY CONTROL GATE
1986 - RENOVATION to 26 Apple-Hill, Baie d’Urfe, QC
1986 - NO 1 WOOD AVENUE CONDOMINIUM, Westmount, QC
1964 1985 - PLACE BONAVENTURE (General, South & West Plaza)
1987 - PLACE BONAVENTURE / Renovation
n.d.- BANKERS HALL
n.d. - BEDROOKE, E.P. / House, Beaurepaire, QC
n.d.- DEVONSHIRE SCHOOL
n.d.- HIGH MEADOWS FARM, Georgeville, QC
n.d.- ITC PALA CENTER, Calcutta
n.d.- MONTREAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTTRA, McGill College, Montreal, QC
n.d.- PHILLIPS, Mr. & Mrs. / House
n.d.- PLACE VILLE MARIE, Montréal, QC
n.d.- TEXACO GAS STATION, Dorval, QC
n.d.- TITLE BLOCK M (Opti négatives), Master les Cours Montréal
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Raymond Tait Affleck, architect (b at Penticton, BC 20 Nov 1922; d at Montréal 16 Mar 1989). Educated at McGill and in Zurich, Switzerland, he began independent practice in
1953 and in 1955 joined in forming the firm of Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Michaud, Lebensold, Sise, from 1958-70 Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulis, Lebensold, Sise, and from 1970 called ARCOP Associates, Architects and Planners.
While his firm participated in many important projects from St John's (Arts and Culture Centre, 1967) to Vancouver (Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 1955) Affleck is particularly associated with the Montréal developments Place Bonaventure (1964-68), Place Ville Marie (1956-65), and the Maison Alcan (1983, awarded the Prix d'excellence in 1984);
Affleck's concern for the quality of life in a northern climate is expressed in Place Bonaventure and other projects that interweave many different strands of urban activity with indoor pedestrian streets and atria. The Maison Alcan joins a restored historic hotel and greystone houses on Sherbrooke St to the reticent but entirely modern glass and aluminum-clad headquarters behind by means of a glazed atrium. Market Square (Saint John, 1983) is another important architectural conservation and infill project, and provides further evidence of Affleck's urban sympathies.
McMordie, Michael. Raymond Tait Affleck. In Canadian Encyclopedia . Retrieved from http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/raymond-tait-affleck
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Raymond Tait Affleck, architecte (Penticton, C.-B., 20 nov. 1922 -- Montréal, 16 mars 1989). Il fait ses études à l'U. McGill et à Zurich, en Suisse. Il commence à pratiquer seul en 1953 et, en 1955, s'associe pour former l'agence Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Michaud, Lebensold, Sise, qui devient, de 1958 à 1970, Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulis, Lebensold, Sise, puis, en 1970, ARCOP Associates, Architects and Planners.
Son agence participe à plusieurs projets importants, de St John's (Arts and Culture Centre, 1967) à Vancouver (Queen Elizabeth Theatre, 1955), mais Affleck est surtout connu pour sa participation à des réalisations montréalaises comme la Place Bonaventure (1964-1968), la Place Ville Marie (1956-1965) et la Maison Alcan (1983), qui remporte le Prix d'excellence en 1984.
Le souci d'Affleck pour la qualité de vie dans un climat nordique se manifeste clairement dans sa conception de la Place Bonaventure et dans d'autres projets qui relient les diverses activités urbaines par des rues piétonnières intérieures et des atriums. La Maison Alcan, rue Sherbrooke, incorpore, au moyen d'un atrium vitré, un hôtel historique restauré, des maisons de pierres grises et un siège social ultramoderne revêtu de verre et d'aluminium. Le Market Square (Saint John, 1983), autre exemple de conservation architecturale, illustre là encore les affinités urbaines d'Affleck.
McMordie, Michael. Raymond Tait Affleck. In Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/articles/fr/raymond-tait-affleck
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82
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Q71844205
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