John Peter Thomson
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| Born | January 10, 1885 Sydney, Australia |
| Died | September 9, 1973 (aged 88) Windsor, Ontario, Canada |
| Citizenship | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Robert Gordon's College |
| Occupation | Architect |
John Peter Thomson (Sydney, Australia, 10 January 1885 - Windsor, Ontario, Canada, 9 September 1973) was an Australian-born Canadian architect who practiced in Scotland, England, Canada, and the United States with architects George D. Mason and Albert Kahn.[1]. He is best known for introducing a Post Modern style during the upcoming Canadian Centennial year.[2]
Biography
Born in Sydney, Australia, John Peter Thomson moved to Scotland, where he studied at Robert Gordon's College[3] in Aberdeen and then took night courses in architecture at Gray's School of Art. After graduation, he apprenticed with the architectural firm W. Kelly & J. Nichol of Aberdeen.[4] Later, he worked briefly in London before emigrating in 1911 to the Dominion of Canada. He settled in Toronto, where he worked as a draftsman with the architectural firm Burke, Horwood & White[5] from 1911 to 1913 before moving to Windsor. There he commuted daily to Detroit to work with George D. Mason from 1913 to 1915, and then Albert Kahn from 1915 to 1935. He also took commissions under his name from the mid-1920s, and in 1936 opened a firm JP Thomson Architects Ltd,[6] still in existence.
In 1961, Prime Minister John Diefenbaker announced that the federal government would provide funding for the construction of about 860 buildings as Canadian Centennial projects.[7] Under the Centennial Commission, convened in January 1963, various projects were commissioned to commemorate the Centennial year.[8] The most distinguished architects were chosen around the country to accomplish the Canadian Centennial project with "national unity" in mind.[9] The public school building in Maidstone is unique for its orientation to landscape, horizontal, clean lines, flat facade, with the main entrance doors surrounded in glass and decorative ceramic tiles.[10]
John Peter Thomson died in Windsor on 9 September 1973.
References
- ↑ name="auto">Cite web|url=http://dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/node/510%7Ctitle=Thomson, John Peter | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada|website=dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org
- ↑ "Thomson, John Peter | Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada".
- ↑ "History of Gordon's - Robert Gordon's College". www.rgc.aberdeen.sch.uk.
- ↑ The British Architect: A Journal of Architecture and the Accessory Arts. 1892.
- ↑ "Burke, Horwood and White". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca.
- ↑ Cite web|url=https://www.jpthomson.com/about/%7Ctitle=About – JP Thomson Architects Ltd
- ↑ cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/centennial-buildings-50th-anniversary-1.3654283 |title=50 years on, centennial buildings still important symbols |last=Sanderson |first=Blair |work=CBC News |date=29 June 2016 |access-date=21 April 2023
- ↑ name=Local
- ↑ name="CBC-2016">cite news|title=50 years on, centennial buildings still important symbols|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/centennial-buildings-50th-anniversary-1.3654283 |agency=CBC News |date=29 June 2016 |access-date=16 March 2025
- ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/maidstone-school-targeted-for-closure-1.866801
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