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Raymond Moriyama, architect, planner (b at Vancouver 11 Oct 1929). Educated at the University of Toronto and McGill, Moriyama began to practise architecture in Toronto in 1958; in 1970 he went into partnership with Ted Teshima to form the firm of Moriyama & Teshima.
Through the years, Raymond Moriyama has distinguished himself as a designer of innovative projects across Ontario in which the space pleases the public for whom the buildings were intended. The Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library (1977) (winner of a Governor General's Medal for Architecture), the Scarborough Civic Centre (1973), and Sudbury's Science North (1984), also the winner of a Governor General's Medal, are among these major projects. His work has ranged in scale from the design of an award-winning Japanese ceremonial bell, the Goh Ohn Bell at Ontario Place, to long-term, environmentally sensitive planning projects such as the 100 Year Vision for Niagara Falls (1988) and the vast master plan for Saskatchewan's Meewasin Valley (1979). During the past decade Moriyama has also established himself on an international basis with projects such as the high-profile Canadian Embassy in Tokyo which opened in 1991. Work has also been executed on Buffalo's Main Street Transit Mall (1987), and Place St. Charles (1985), an office tower in New Orleans. In 1995 Raymond Moriyama completed the innovative Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto. Its outward tilting limestone walls and 2-storey glass entrance occupies one of Toronto's major architectural sites at Bloor and St George streets. In 1996 construction was completed on another innovative project, Casino-Rama, Ontario's first native casino, built on the Rama Reserve north of Toronto. Raymond Moriyama is the recipient of numerous honours including honorary degrees from 8 Canadian universities, a Confederation of Canada Medal, and a Life Time Achievement Award from the Art Foundation of Greater Toronto. He was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1985 and promoted to Companion in 2008. He has also won Governor General's Awards for Architecture. Moriyama has stated that for him, "architecture is a relentless, investigative process that must be concerned with human, ecological, technical, economic, and aesthetic issues," and his work endows that principle.
 Bata Shoe MuseumLocated on Bloor Street, Toronto, and designed by Roy Moriyama, the Bata Shoe Museum is an innovative project with a two-storey glass entrance and outward tilting walls (photo by Steven Evans).
 Canadian War MuseumArchitect Raymond Moriyama was determined to create an architecture that grows out of the land by the Ottawa River. Some of the landscape around the museum has been deliberately disturbed to suggest the craters and swells of battlefields.
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Links to Other Sites
U of T's Great Minds
This site features brief biographies of some of the illustrious alumni, students, faculty, and staff associated with the University of Toronto throughout its 175 year history.
Moriyama & Teshima Architects
The website for Moriyama & Teshima Architects. Features an overview of their many Canadian and international projects, including the Ontario Science Centre and the Canadian War Museum.
Moriyama & Teshima Architects Fonds
This Archives of Ontario website features selected drawings and photographs of notable Ontario buildings designed by Moriyama & Teshima Architects.
Moriyama & Teshima Architects
The website for the internationally acclaimed Moriyama & Teshima Architects.
Canadian Architectural Archives
Nicely illustrated online archival exhibits featuring prominent Canadian architects and various architectural themes. From the Canadian Architectural Archives, the University of Calgary.
Canadian War Museum: Guided Tour With Moriyama
Architect Raymond Moriyama takes viewers on a guided tour of the new Canadian War Museum. A CBC website.
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