Stephen Van Egmond Irwin RAIC,

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(March 10, 1939 – March 5, 2019) was a Canadian architect and "partner emeritus" of

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Biography

Irwin trained at the

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, where he was a member of the

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fraternity. He later studied at

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, where he received MArch. In 1963 he received the British Prix de Rome in Architecture. Irwin began his design career in 1962 in Sweden, for Gronwall-Hirsch, and worked for one year in London, England, for Casson, Conder and Partners. He returned to Canada in 1965, where he joined Shore & Moffat (now Shore Tilbe Irwin + Partners). He was a partner of the firm from 1971. Irwin died on March 5, 2019.

Buildings

* Bioscience Complex, Queen's University,

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* Central Library,

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, Ontario *

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Research Centre, Mississauga, Ontario * Toronto Police Headquarters * Purdy's Wharf office complex, Halifax,

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Shore Tilbe Irwin and Partners
1939 births 2019 deaths Harvard Graduate School of Design alumni University of Toronto alumni Canadian architects Prix de Rome (Britain) winners {{Canada-architect-stub