Kelvin Crawford Stanley was a Canadian architect based in

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from 1946 until 1964. He subsequently worked in

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and

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in the late 1960s.

Life

Kelvin Crawford Stanley was born in 1919 and obtained a degree in architecture from the

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in 1945. Following graduation, Stanley worked as an assistant architect at

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. Stanley joined the Alberta Association of Architects in 1946 and continued to work in Edmonton until the mid 1960s. The

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made Stanley a Fellow in 1961. Stanley worked in Montreal from 1965 to 1967 where he was Director of Structures at

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. Stanley became Chief Architect for Canada's Department of Public Works later in 1967.

Projects

Paramount Theatre

The Paramount Theatre on Jasper Avenue was designed by Stanley and Stanley Architects, of which Kelvin Crawford Stanley was a principal architect. Architect David Murray described the Paramount Theatre as "one of the most sophisticated International Style modern buildings constructed in dmontonat the time," going on to explain that the theater "displays many of the stylistic devices used at the time: expensive materials -- limestone, marble, and granite, asymmetrical composition, strong vertical sign element contrasted with the horizontal angled canopy, expressionistic ground floor exposed columns and zigzag entrance planning."

Other projects

The Baker Clinic at 10004 105 Street in Edmonton, the former Minor Type A building of the Griesbach Quartermaster Stores at 14530 112 Street, and the

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of 1957 (which has since been demolished) were all designed by Dewar Stanley Stevenson, of which Kelvin Crawford Stanley was a principal architect. The Ford Parts & Accessories Depot in

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was designed solely by Stanley and was added to the Edmonton Inventory of Historic Sites in 2006 on the basis of its modern architecture. Stanley designed several other significant buildings in Edmonton such as the YMCA Building, the Imperial Oil Marketing Building, the Edmonton Post Office, the Edmonton Exhibition Sports Building, and the King Edward Park Church of Christ.

References

External links

Kelvin Crawford Stanley profile
on

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