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30-583: After receiving his Dip. Arch. from the University of Toronto in 1935, Parkin moved to London, England, where he worked briefly for the National Coal Board, H.M. Office of Works, and finally the London practice of Howard and Souster. In 1937, he returned to Canada, where he operated in private practice until 1947. He entered into an architectural practice with John Cresswell Parkin in 1947 and

60-596: A modernist style. Several names were proposed for the new development, including Eptown after Taylor. It was called Yorktown at its initial unveiling, but the name Don Mills was finally adopted at the suggestion of Hancock. The design was based on five planning principles, which had not been implemented in Canada before: Home situation design was also influential to subsequent subdivisions in Canada. The homes were located on square lots with long street frontages. Houses were previously situated on rectangular lots, narrow end to

90-696: A centre for the Ismaili community in Canada. The city places Don Mills in a community called Banbury-Don Mills. In 2006, it had a population of 25,435. Major ethnic and cultural groups (by ancestry ) in 2001: The percentage of population below the poverty line dropped from 13% (in 1996) to 12% (in 2001). The Toronto District School Board (TDSB) is a public school board that operates three elementary schools in Don Mills, Greenland Public School, Norman Ingram Public School, and Three Valleys Public School. TDSB also operates one secondary school in

120-769: A converted house. In 1951, it moved again, this time to an office building on 717 Church Street. In 1955, the firm finally settled at an originally-designed office in the new neighbourhood of Don Mills , at 1500 Don Mills Road. Throughout the 1950s the firm acquired several large commissions including the Salvation Army National Headquarters, a new terminal at the Toronto Airport, and the Don Mills Shopping Centre. By 1960, John B. Parkin Associates had grown to be

150-460: A new town on the 2,000 acres (8.1 km ) he had acquired. In 1951, he began planning the Yorktown community (as it was first known), and it was announced on March 11, 1953. The community was to be built on about 8.35 km (3.22 sq mi) of farmland centred at the intersection of Don Mills Road and Lawrence Avenue East, with an expected cost of $ 200 million. Development was headed by

180-815: Is active in most of Canada's provinces, and in Nunavut, from offices in Vancouver, Toronto and Ottawa. Since 1986, there are no longer any Parkins associated with the firm. In 1968 Parkin associate Roy Marshall left to join Neish Owen Rowland Roy (NORR Limited) and was seen as a successor firm, while the name of the firm lives on as Parkin Architects Limited., John C. Parkin John Cresswell Parkin CC OOnt RCA (24 March 1922 – 22 November 1988)

210-621: Is provided by the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC). The TTC operates several bus routes in the neighbourhood. The TTC plans for light rail service in the neighbourhood by 2024, with the opening of Line 5 Eglinton , a light rail line to be operated as a part of the Toronto subway system. Stations for the new line would be located along Eglinton Avenue, with Aga Khan Park & Museum and Science Centre station situated just south of Don Mills. The neighbourhood serves as

240-643: The Canadian Centre for Architecture , in Montreal , as the John C. Parkin fonds and at the University of Calgary 's Canadian Architectural Archives as the John B. Parkin/NORR fonds . Don Mills Don Mills is a mixed-use neighbourhood in Toronto , Ontario, Canada. It was developed in the 1950s and 1960s to be a self-supporting " new town " and was at the time located outside Toronto proper in

270-400: The University of Manitoba and graduated in 1944. Upon graduation, he left for Toronto with fellow graduate Harry Seidler . Parkin took a job with the firm Marani and Morris, and Seidler with William Somerville. Shortly after arriving, Parkin met John B. Parkin . In October 1944, John C. left Marani and Morris to work with John B. The two Parkins decided to form a partnership but realized that

300-698: The Aga Khan , is designed by award-winning architects: India-based Charles Correa , Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki , Lebanese landscape architect Vladimir Djurovic and the Toronto-based Moriyama & Teshima Architects . The project was completed in 2014, with the opening of the Ismaili Centre , the Aga Khan Museum and a public park. The museum provides an exhibition space for Islamic art and history and it also provides

330-678: The Don Mills area remained rural until after the Second World War . It was cut off from the city by ravines to the south, east, and west. Only two roads connected to the area: York Mills Road and Don Mills Road . In 1950 the area consisted of about 20 farms. Don Mills was designed as a model community between 1952 and 1965. Land use, architectural design and building materials were carefully regulated. Many aspects of its design have been imitated in suburban developments across Canada. Its planners would give people priority over industry and cars. This combination of emptiness and proximity to

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360-562: The Taylor-owned Don Mills Development Company, (known as O'Keefe Realty in the days of the brewery development). The design of Don Mills was influenced by Ebenezer Howard 's Garden City , and by the principles of two American town planners, Clarence Stein and Henry Wright , who developed the garden city community of Radburn, New Jersey . Design of the project was entrusted to Macklin Hancock ,

390-551: The city attracted the attention of industrialist E.P. Taylor . His original plan was to erect a brewery on the site, along with a small community to house the workers. Taylor had limited previous experience in the property development business, but had built a project named the Wrentham Estates in York Mills. Seeing the profit to be made with such projects, Taylor abandoned the brewery idea and decided to simply build

420-489: The east. It is part of federal and provincial electoral district Don Valley East , and Toronto electoral ward 16: Don Valley East. The Don Mills area was first settled by Europeans in 1817. The area was a considerable distance from the town of York , but the Don River provided an easy means of transportation, and also a source of power for a number of mills along its length. While the city of Toronto steadily expanded,

450-432: The firm as a partner. A landscape architect by trade, his responsibility was handling contracts. The new firm modelled its business approach from that of the firm of the architect Albert Kahn , with clear divisions of tasks by department. The firm's first offices were located at 96 Bloor Street West, a building that was shared with the firm Mathers and Haldenby. After the firm outgrew this space, it moved to 648 Church Street,

480-474: The former Don Mills Centre. Several major roadways are situated in Don Mills, including Lawrence Avenue, and York Mills Road, which serves as the neighbourhood's northern boundary. To the east, the neighbourhood is bounded by the Don Valley Parkway , a major municipal controlled access highway . Eglinton Avenue is a major roadway situated south of Don Mills. Public transportation in Don Mills

510-630: The largest architectural firm in Canada. On 1 January 1969, the firm merged with Smith Carter Searle Associates and became Parkin Architects Planners. In 1970, he left to form his own firm, which was called Parkin Partnership. The new firm won the 1976 competition for a new building for the National Gallery of Canada although it was unbuilt. On 26 June 1948, John C. married Margaret Jeanne Wormith (1922–) of Toronto. Wormith

540-503: The leaders in the development of modern architecture in Canada during the post-war period. John C. Parkin was born on 24 March 1922 in Sheffield, Yorkshire to Thomas Cresswell Parkin II (1886–1967) and Marie Louise Parkin (1892–1971). His parents were distantly related. Thomas was a chartered accountant with Parkin and Co., which had been established in the 1880s. In 1939, Parkin entered

570-543: The neighbourhood are managed by the Toronto Parks, Forestry and Recreation Division . The neighbourhood is also home to the Don Mills branch of the Toronto Public Library . Several retail outlets, and shopping malls are also located in Don Mills. Shops at Don Mills is a lifestyle center -styled shopping centre located at the southwest corner of Lawrence Avenue and Don Mills Road , on the site of

600-523: The neighbourhood, Don Mills Collegiate Institute . In addition to TDSB, three other public school board also offers schooling to residents of Don Mills, the Toronto Catholic District School Board (TCDSB), secular school board; and two French first language public school board, the secular Conseil scolaire Viamonde (CSV), and it separate counterpart, Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir (CSCM). However, none of

630-421: The son-in-law of Taylor's executive assistant. Still in his mid-20s, Hancock was a graduate student at Harvard when approached for the job. At Harvard Hancock had studied under a number of the founders of modernism and new town planning including Walter Gropius , William Holford , and Hideo Sasaki . These studies led Hancock to envision a self-contained community distinguished by consistent design principles and

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660-440: The street. The square lots meant that houses faced the street with their long side, but had less deep backyards. The developers also affected two highway projects being developed concurrently. The 'Toronto Bypass', now known as Ontario Highway 401 does not have an interchange at Don Mills Road due to the development. The Don Valley Parkway , built in part to service the community, was originally to be built on Don Mills Road, but

690-480: The suburb of North York . Consisting of residential, commercial and industrial sub-districts, it was planned and developed by private enterprise. In several ways it became the blueprint for postwar suburban development in Toronto and contemporary residential neighbourhoods. It is bounded by York Mills Road to the north, Canadian Pacific Railway to the south, Leslie Street to the west, and Don Valley Parkway to

720-544: The three school boards operate school in Don Mills, with CSCM, CSV, and TCDSB students attending schools situated in other neighbourhoods in Toronto. Don Mills is home to a number of municipal parks including Bond Park, which has sports fields and an arena, Chipping Park, and Moccasin Trail Park. The latter two parks are situated near the Don Valley , which forms a part of the Toronto ravine system . Municipal parks in

750-461: The younger partner required additional design training. John C. had been offered several scholarships to Harvard. In January 1946, he left Toronto for Harvard University and graduated a year later. In January 1947, both Parkins officially formed their partnership, called John B. Parkin Associates. The elder Parkin acted as head of the organization, and the younger acted as design chief. In March 1947, John B.'s younger brother, Edmund T. Parkin, joined

780-405: Was a British-Canadian architect who practised from 1944 to 1987 and worked predominantly in Toronto . In 1947, Parkin co-founded the firm John B. Parkin Associates with partner John Burnett Parkin , who was unrelated. John Cresswell served until 1971 as the firm's head designer. From 1971 until his retirement in 1987, Parkin operated his own firm, Parkin Partnership. Parkin is credited as one of

810-637: Was a 1945 graduate of the University of Toronto and also earned a Master of Arts in art history that year from Harvard University. When they met, Wormith was working at the Art Gallery of Toronto (now the Art Gallery of Ontario ). The Parkins had three children (John, Geoffrey, and Jennifer) and lived in a home that John C. had designed in the Bridle Path neighbourhood of North York . He died on 22 November 1988 in Toronto. His records are held at

840-459: Was continued by one of his sons, John B. Parkin Jr . The LA practice was eventually acquired by Cannon Design. John C. Parkin continued to practise in Canada under various different firm names until, in 1986, under the leadership of Harland C. Lindsay, certain assets of the firm were acquired and Parkin Architects Limited was established. The firm is Canada's leading healthcare architecture practice. It

870-756: Was joined, two months later, by his brother, landscape architect Edmond T. Parkin (1912–1994). Parkin's records are held at the Canadian Architectural Archives in Calgary as the John B. Parkin/NORR fonds . He left Toronto in 1969 and established an office in Los Angeles , where he joined Roy Marshall (a structural engineer) and Lloyd Laity to form Parkin Architects, Engineers & Planners. After his death in 1975, his practice

900-644: Was moved east to the Woodbine Avenue right-of-way north of Lawrence. In 2006, Don Mills Centre was demolished to make way for Shops at Don Mills , a large shopping centre. The shopping centre opened in April 2009. At Wynford Drive and the Don Valley Parkway, a new $ 300 million cultural project was built on 6.8 hectares (17 acres) of land. The project, whose foundation was laid on May 28, 2010 by Prime Minister Stephen Harper and His Highness

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