Donald Schmitt (born 1951) is a

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architect.Robinson, John. "Architecture for the People." Toronto Star, April 26, 1987 Born in 1951 in

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, a mining town in

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, he went to high school at the

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(UTS) and studied afterwards at the University of Toronto Faculty of Architecture. Donald Schmitt has practiced architecture with A.J Diamond since 1978 and is a Principal in the firm currently known as Diamond Schmitt Architects Incorporated. He is the Founding Chair of the Public Art Commission for the City of Toronto for which he was awarded the Civic Medal and is currently a member of the University of Toronto Design Review Panel. He served on the Design Review Panel of the

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for over a decade and for many years for Waterfront Toronto.

Buildings of note

*1983: Metro Toronto

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, Toronto, Ontario, Canada *2002: Bahen Centre for Information Technology,

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, Toronto, Ontario, Canada *2002: University of Ontario Institute of Technology Master Plan *2003: Max M. Fisher Music Center, Detroit, Michigan, USA *2004:

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Resource Library,

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, Ontario, Canada *2005: University of Guelph-Humber Academic Building, Toronto, Ontario, Canada *2008: Cambridge City Hall, Cambridge, Ontario, Canada *2010: Evergreen Brick Works Centre for Sustainability, Toronto, Ontario, Canada *2012: Daniels Spectrum, Toronto, Ontario, Canada *2013: Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning at the Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada *2017: Emily Carr University of Art+Design, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada *2017: National Arts Centre Rejuvenation, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada *2017: The Globe and Mail Centre, Toronto, Ontario *2019: The

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, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada *2021: The Drake Hotel's new Modern Wing, Toronto, Ontario, Canada *2022:

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, New York, New York, USA

Work in Progress

*Ādisōke, Ottawa Public Library - Library and Archives Canada joint facility, Ottawa, Ontario *Dani Reiss Modern and Contemporary Gallery at the

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, Toronto, Ontario *Clinical Support and Research Centre at St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia *

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, Saint John, New Brunswick *Park Road, Toronto, Ontario * Temerty Faculty of Medicine's new James and Louise Temerty Building at the

, Toronto, Ontario

Publications

1996: Works: The Architecture of A.J. Diamond, Donald Schmitt and Company, 1968-1995 2008: Insight and On Site, The Architecture of Diamond and Schmitt 2024: Set Pieces: Architecture for the Performing Arts in Fifteen Fragments

Awards

* 2019

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References

External links

Diamond and Schmitt Architects Incorporated
{{DEFAULTSORT:Schmitt, Donald Canadian architects Living people 1951 births Members of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada University of Toronto alumni