Ray Affleck

Raymond Affleck
Born	20 November 1922 Penticton, British Columbia
Died	16 March 1989 Montreal
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	McGill University
Occupation	Architect
Awards	Award of excellence, Canadian Architectural Yearbook, 1968; Prix d'excellence, Ordre des architectes du Québec, 1984; Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) Gold Medal (posthumously), 1989
Practice	Arcop
Projects	Place Bonaventure, Place Ville Marie, Maison Alcan

Raymond Tait (Ray) Affleck (1922–1989) was a Canadian architect. He was born on 20 November 1922 in Penticton in British Columbia. He died in Montreal on 16 March 1989. One of the founders of Montreal-based architectural firm Arcop, he also taught at leading universities in Canada and the USA.

Raymond Affleck attended McGill University, receiving a Bachelor of Architecture degree in 1947, and in 1948 undertook postgraduate studies at the Federal Technical Institute in Zurich. He later taught at prominent universities including Harvard University, University of Manitoba, University of Toronto and Technical University of Nova Scotia. He was a Fellow in the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (1965) and an Academician in the Royal Academy of Arts (1967).

He opened the R.T. Affleck independent architectural practice in 1952, and in 1955 participated in the creation of an architecture firm together with Guy Desbarats, Dimitri Dimakopoulos, Fred Lebensold and Hazen Sise. This firm changed its name to Arcop Associates, Architects and Planners in 1970.

Projects undertaken by Arcop ranged from Queen Elizabeth Theatre, Vancouver (1955) to St John’s (Newfoundland) Arts and Cultural Centre (1967). These projects helped to establish Affleck as an influential architect. Between 1964 and 1968 Affleck was mainly engaged on the Place Bonaventure complex in central Montreal, which has been described as "a somewhat forbidding example of Brutalism". Other prominent projects included Place Ville Marie (1956-1965) and Maison Alcan (1983) in Montreal.

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