Donald Schmitt

Donald Schmitt (born 1951) is a Canadian architect.[1]

Donald Schmitt
Born1951
South Porcupine, Ontario
NationalityCanadian
Alma materUniversity of Toronto Faculty of Architecture
OccupationArchitect
PracticeA.J Diamond; Diamond Schmitt Architects Incorporated

Born in 1951 in South Porcupine, a mining town in northern Ontario, he went to high school at the University of Toronto Schools (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.[2] He served on the Design Review Panel of the National Capital Commission[3] for over a decade and for many years for Waterfront Toronto.[4]

Buildings of Note
  • 1983: Metro Toronto YMCA, Toronto, Ontario, Canada[1]
  • 2002: Bahen Centre for Information Technology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada[5][6]
  • 2002: University of Ontario Institute of Technology Master Plan
  • 2003: Max M. Fisher Music Center, Detroit, Michigan, USA
  • 2004: Pierre Berton Resource Library, Vaughan, Ontario, Canada[7]
  • 2005: University of Guelph-Humber Academic Building, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • 2008: Cambridge City Hall, Cambridge, Ontario
  • 2010: Evergreen Brick Works Centre for Sustainability, Toronto, Ontario, Canada[8]
  • 2013: Hospital for Sick Children Research Building, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Work in Progress
  • Barrie Waterfront Development Project, Barrie, Ontario, Canada
  • St. Catharines Centre for the Performing Arts, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
  • Brock University School of Performing Arts, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
  • Emily Carr University of Art+Design, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Publications

1996: Works: The Architecture of A.J. Diamond, Donald Schmitt and Company, 1968-1995[9]

2008: Insight and On Site, The Architecture of Diamond and Schmitt.[10][11]

Awards

References
  1. Robinson, John. "Architecture for the People." Toronto Star, April 26, 1987
  2. "DRC Members".
  3. "National Capitol Commission Advisory Committee on Planning, Design and Realty". Archived from the original on 2011-01-22. Retrieved 2009-07-03.
  4. "Donald Schmitt". 7 February 2019.
  5. University of Toronto Capital Projects Archived February 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  6. Polo, Marco. "Green Giant." Canadian Architect, January 2003
  7. Oder, Norman. "Looking Snazzy on the Inside." Library Journal 15 09. 2006.
  8. "An ever changing face at the Brick Works." World Architecture News 23 11. 2007". Archived from the original on 2010-03-13. Retrieved 2009-07-16.
  9. Diamond, A.J. , Donald Schmit. " Works: The Architecture of A.J. Diamond, Donald Schmitt and Company, 1968-1995" Halifax: Tuns Press, 1996
  10. Diamond, A.J., Donald Schmitt, and Don Gilmour. "Insight and On Site. The Architecture of Diamond and Schmitt." Toronto: Douglas & McIntyre, 2008
  11. Canadian Architect Review
  12. Wall, Don (16 July 2019). "Architect Schmitt humbled by Order of Canada nod". ConstructConnec. Daily Commercial News. Government, Others. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
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