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Context and Content: The Memoir of a Fortunate Architect
A deeply personal memoir from one of Canada's most celebrated architects.
A.J. (Jack) Diamond is rightly recognized as a leader in modern architecture. In this highly personal account of his life and work, Jack shares how he came to found the leading architecture firm Diamond Schmitt.
Journey with Jack as he moves from his hometown in South Africa; to university, where he had considerable rugby success, first in Cape Town, then at Oxford, and lastly at the University of Pennsylvania; and finally on to Toronto, where he founded Diamond Schmitt, one of the country’s largest and most successful architecture firms.
Against the backdrop of his life, Context and Content provides insights into some of Jack’s architectural projects including the Mariinsky Concert Hall in St. Petersburg, the most significant building in Russia in decades, Jerusalem’s City Hall, and Toronto’s Four Seasons Opera house, which has some of the best acoustics in the world.
Jack Diamond’s work and influence can be seen from New York to Texas, from Toronto to Vancouver, from Montreal to Mustique. Context and Content is evidence of a life well spent.
A.J. (Jack) Diamond is rightly recognized as a leader in modern architecture. In this highly personal account of his life and work, Jack shares how he came to found the leading architecture firm Diamond Schmitt.
Journey with Jack as he moves from his hometown in South Africa; to university, where he had considerable rugby success, first in Cape Town, then at Oxford, and lastly at the University of Pennsylvania; and finally on to Toronto, where he founded Diamond Schmitt, one of the country’s largest and most successful architecture firms.
Against the backdrop of his life, Context and Content provides insights into some of Jack’s architectural projects including the Mariinsky Concert Hall in St. Petersburg, the most significant building in Russia in decades, Jerusalem’s City Hall, and Toronto’s Four Seasons Opera house, which has some of the best acoustics in the world.
Jack Diamond’s work and influence can be seen from New York to Texas, from Toronto to Vancouver, from Montreal to Mustique. Context and Content is evidence of a life well spent.
- GenresArchitecture
208 pages, Paperback
Published June 14, 2022
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