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Peter George Hemingway (1929 – May 15, 1995) was a British architect who practiced mainly in Canada and designed many public works including the Muttart Conservatory and the

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Biography

Hemingway was born in Minster,

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and after gaining a diploma from

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Technical College he emigrated to Canada in 1955. Serving briefly in the Alberta Department of Public Works, Hemingway founded his own practice in 1956. Hemingway won the Massey medal twice for his architecture projects. He died on May 15, 1995.

Projects

Hemingway designed and was awarded the Massey Medal for the Stanley Engineering Building (1968) and the Peter Hemingway Fitness and Leisure Centre (1968-1970), which was formerly known as Coronation Pool and renamed after the architect in 2007. However, his most well-known and recognizable building is probably the

Muttart Conservatory The Muttart Conservatory () is a botanical garden located in the North Saskatchewan river valley, across from the downtown core in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. One of the best-known landmarks of Edmonton, the conservatory consists of three city-ope ...

, a group of pyramid-shaped greenhouses in the Edmonton river valley. He was also the architect of the

in Central Edmonton which was demolished in 2007 despite attempts for it to be given protective status. In 1982 he served as President of the Alberta Association of Architects. He was a frequent contributor to professional publications. Projects include: *Stanley Engineering Building (1968)/ *Coronation Pool (1970); now Peter Hemingway Fitness and Leisure Centre *

(1972) *Strathcona County Fire Department Station 1 (1975) *Muttart Conservatory (1976) *Yellowknife Court House *St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church *RCMP building or Hemingway Centre File:Muttart Conservatories Edmonton Alberta Canada 11A.jpg, Muttart Conservatories File:Stanley-Building-Edmonton-Alberta-Canada-08-1.jpg, Stanley Engineering Building File:Coronation Pool Edmonton Alberta Canada 17A.jpg, Peter Hemingway Fitness and Leisure Centre

References

External links

Peter Hemingway
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hemingway, Peter 1929 births 1995 deaths 20th-century Canadian architects People from Minster, Swale People from Edmonton English emigrants to Canada