Peter Hemingway
Canadian architect

Peter Hemingway

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Canadian architect
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Birth:
1929(Minster, United Kingdom)
Death:
1995(Edmonton, Canada)
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Peter George Hemingway (1929 – May 15, 1995) was a British architect who practicedmainly in Canada and designed many public works including the Muttart Conservatory and the Central Pentecostal Tabernacle.

Biography

Hemingway was born in Minster, Kent and after gaining a diploma from Rochester Technical College he emigrated to Canada in 1955.Serving briefly in the Alberta Department of Public Works, Hemingway founded his own practice in 1956. Hemingway won the Massey medal twice for his architecture projects. He died on May 15, 1995.

Projects

The Peter Hemingway Fitness and Leisure Centre formerly known as Coronation Pool (1968–1970) and the Stanley Engineering Building (1968). However, his most well-known and recognizable building is probably the Muttart Conservatory, a group of pyramid-shaped greenhouses in the Edmonton river valley.He was also the architect of the Central Pentecostal Tabernacle in Central Edmonton which was demolished in 2007 despite attempts for it to be given protective status. In 1982 he served as President of the Alberta Association of Architects.He was a frequent contributor to professional publications.

Projects include:

  • Stanley Engineering Building (1968)
  • Coronation Pool (1970); now Peter Hemingway Fitness and Leisure Centre
  • Central Pentecostal Tabernacle (1972)
  • Strathcona County Fire Department Station 1 (1975)
  • Muttart Conservatory (1976)
  • Yellowknife Court House
  • St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church
  • RCMP building or Hemingway Centre