Gavin Affleck

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Full Name	Gavin Affleck
Occupation	Architect
Date Of Birth	Oct 11, 1958(1958-10-11)
Age	66
Birthplace	Montreal
Country	Canada
Birth City	Quebec
Horoscope	Libra

Gavin Affleck Biography

Gavin Affleck is one of the most popular and richest Architect who was born on October 11, 1958 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Gavin Affleck was born in Montreal on the 11th of October 1958. He was the son of Ray Affleck. Ray Affleck was an respected architect and was the founding member of the architectural firm Arcop that was known for the design of many famous structures in Montreal such as Place Bonaventure and Place Ville-Marie. Growing in a family with an architect and especially during the time that the firm that his father founded was active in shaping the cityscape and the cityscape of Montreal, Affleck got an insider’s view of the profession at a young age, which was not the case for the majority of. On his sixth birthday, Affleck “was given the working model for Place Bonaventure” which was later destroyed inside a basement home with four boys and animator Neil Affleck. Affleck claims that this gave him a glimpse of “how a building was put together by taking it apart.”

Through his entire profession, Affleck was a researcher of “the potential of landscape and history to generate contemporary architecture”. The integration of landscape into his work at the Katz House (1990) is explained in the words of Elizabeth Wood as: “Affleck’s esteem for the openness of the Canadian landscape, his love of natural material, and his respect for the delicate and subtle relationship between an architectural structure and its surrounding environment.” A respect for the needs of the client as well as a respect for client requirements, which Affleck said was an “much stronger architectural idea” than his signature, was evident within his Minton Hill house Minton Hill House (2004). He also has been a proponent of community involvement in the process of designing. For the Square des Freres-Charon project the comments of citizens on a site for community members were the main source of design. In the belief that the best urban space “is simple, flexible and free of physical encumbrances” that encourages “human activity”, his redesign of Cabot Square has been described in Canadian Architect as “an inclusive place that multiple communities may call home.” Additionally, concerned with the integration of modern designs into historic settings, Affleck wrote in 2004 that Montreal housing “projects have a better appreciation of the following elements of their design: urban planning and respect for traditional housing forms, integration into historical environments, environmental performance and interpretation ….” The architect has also realized that restoration must be based on traditional techniques as a method of evaluating Brossard’s City Hall renovation: “Affleck de la Riva’s project respects the massive masonry elevations of the building and preserves the existing vegetation and also completes with the enclosure that forms the city hall’s brand new place for civic gatherings.” It was noted that “The work of the firm grows out of a belief that quality environmental design is an agent of social change and a key element in fostering citizenship, social equity, and healthy lifestyles.”

In 2014 Affleck was elected Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (FRAIC) for his contribution to design excellence and distinguished service to the profession and community. Throughout his career he has participated in numerous professional activities including the Technical Review Committee of the Green Municipal Fund, Federation of Canadian Municipalities (Ottawa ON), the Canadian Centre for Architecture/Université de Montréal symposium “Dealing with the 60s: How to intervene in the architecture of the 60s,” and the Quebec Order of Architects’ lecture series on environmental design, les Mardis verts. Affleck has also taught at schools of architecture including McGill University (Montreal QC), Dalhousie University (Halifax NS) as well as the Université de Montréal. As an architectural critic he has written for Vie des Arts and the Montreal Gazette and was a contributing editor to Canadian Architect from 2004 to 2014. Affleck was elected in 2016 to the Minister of Culture and Communication’s advisory board on the promotion and protection of Quebec culture, the Conseil du patrimoine culturel du Québec.

Affleck’s residential designs, including his Katz House (1990) and the Minton Hill House (2004) were praised locally, as well as in professional journals from around the world. Affleck has also worked on public projects are also highly regarded as a designer or project coordinator, Affleck has been interviewed on the projects of Square des Freres-Charon Cabot Square, and Brossard City Hall in the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s journal Canadian Architect. Affleck de la Riva has received awards of excellence in The Quebec Order of Architects (OAQ), Canadian Society of Landscape Architects as well as Canadian Architect magazine, as in addition to an Home of the Year Award from Architecture Magazine, the National Trust Award, Prix de the Institut de Design of Montreal and Grand Prix de l’Operation of Montreal.

Gavin Affleck Net Worth

Gavin Affleck is one of the richest Architect from Canada. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Gavin Affleck 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Gavin Affleck (born October 11 1958), FRAIC, is an Canadian architect renowned for his architecture of institutions for culture as well as public spaces. He is the co-founder with Affleck de la Riva, a Montreal Affleck de la Riva firm. Affleck of La Riva together with Richard de la Riva, and is the father of the architect, as well as Arcop creator Ray Affleck. Affleck was elected Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (FRAIC) as well as is a part of both the Quebec Order of Architects (OAQ) as well as OAQ, and the Ontario Association of Architects (OOA) as well as an architect certified by LEED.

In the year 1980, Affleck began studies at McGill University’s School of Architecture and graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Architecture in 1984 , and a Master of Architecture degrees in the year 1985. After a stint in Jodoin, Lamarre, Pratte and associes architects (1986-88) as well as at Arcop (1988-89), Affleck established his own firm. In 1990, his house plan was given First Prize in a pan-Canadian design contest, and in 1992, a design for a home, submitted to La casa the most bella del mondo (Milan) was awarded a special jury note. In 1995, Affleck was joined by Governor General’s Award recipient, Richard de la Riva, to create Affleck and Richard de la Riva. Their concept of La Maison des trois jardins was awarded the 1998 Canadian Architecture Award of Excellence, while Minton Hill House received a 2005 Home of the Year Award from Architecture Magazine.

During the early 2000s Affleck designed the City of Montreal’s nursery, Pépinière municipale de la Ville de Montréal (2001), Hampstead Park Pavilion (2002) and the Côte Saint-Luc Recreation and Community Centre (2003). Other early Affleck de la Riva projects included the multiple dwellings Plex de la rue Saint-Ambroise (2003) and Les condominiums Clark-Bernard (2004), as well as the residential-commercial building, Habitations Wilson Monkland (2013). The firm’s design for Les Habitations Joseph-Le-Caron (2009) in Montreal North earned an Outside the Box Award for Innovative Social Housing from Building Magazine. In 2009 Affleck was accredited in “Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design” (LEED) and began to focus on inner-city revitalization and urban design projects. He developed plans for Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic (2009) and for Square des Frères-Charon (2009) which received the 2009 Canadian Society of Landscape Architects’ Award of Excellence. Affleck was also project manager for the LaSalle Waterworks Building (2012) which included geothermal heating and photovoltaic solar collectors. In 2013 his green plan for Montreal’s Quartier 21 Peter-McGill, received the Conseil régional de l’environnement de Montréal’s sustainable development award, while his redesign of Victoria School, École des métiers de la restauration et du tourisme de Montréal, was the first LEED-certified school in the Commission scolaire de Montréal. Awarded the 2015 National Trust Award, Affleck spoke on its refurbishment at the OAQ’s environmental design lectures, Mardis verts. His interest in the craft-based trades also led to public commissions for the restoration of Bonsecours Market (2012) and Montreal City Hall (2010-17), both National Historic Sites of Canada. In 2016 at the time of his election to the cultural advisory board, the Conseil du patrimoine culturel du Québec, Affleck’s projects included the new Rigaud City Hall, as well as the refurbishment of Brossard City Hall and Cabot Square, Montreal.

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