MAY 2017
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business elite canada
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By Anna Guy
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Leading Canadian architecture firm
ParkinArchitects Limited, is an award-
winning firm with a legacy of innova-
tive and practical design for some of
the country’s most notable buildings.
W
hen John B. Parkin founded John B.
Parkin Architects in the late 1930s,
the firm quickly established a repu-
tation for preeminent modernist architecture,
and was the go-to firm for institutional design.
As more and more projects came in, John B.
sought out a partner to help manage and sup-
port the growth, and found one in the seren-
dipitously named John C. Parkin (of no family
relationship). Eventually, John B. Parkin moved
his talents to Los Angeles, leaving John C. Par-
kin to continue the history of developing large
institutional buildings in Canada.
Work of successor firm Parkin Architects Lim-
ited, (founded in 1986), spans Canada, influ-
encing design in eight of the 10 provinces and
Wilfrid Laurier University, Centre for
Cold Regions and Water Science
