Abel Joseph "Jack" Diamond, OC OOnt (November 8, 1932 – October 30, 2022) was a South African-born Canadian architect.
[1] Jack Diamond was born on November 8, 1932, in Piet Retief, South Africa,[1] and he belongs to a Jewish family.
He subsequently studied philosophy, Politics and Economics at University College, Oxford, graduating in 1958.
[6] In 1964, Diamond moved to Canada and became the director of the Architecture Program at University of Toronto.
[9][8] Diamond served as a member of the Ontario Human Rights Commission from 1986 to 1989, as Chairman of the Design Advisory Committee for the National Capital, Ottawa, and as a Commissioner of the Greater Toronto Area Task Force.
[10] Diamond began his career in architecture in 1968,[11] shortly after he joined University of Toronto.
In 1970, Diamond persuaded people in Toronto to consider heritage preservation of an old ceramics manufacturing plant.
Diamond Schmitt Architects have designed academic, cultural, commercial, healthcare, civic and residential buildings.
Located in Victoria Tower Gardens, the entrance of the Memorial is a ramp that circles around the middle.
The sunken middle opens up to the sky to bring lightness into the memorial and contrast to the darker walls.
Acoustic quality and the experience of a performance were two main goals when designing the Mariinsky II.