Shore Tilbe Irwin + Partners
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| Industry | Architecture |
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| Founded | 1945 |
| Headquarters | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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Key people
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Stephen Irwin D'Arcy Arthurs Andrew Frontini Duff Balmer Brian Aitken Stephen Ploeger David Mitchell |
| Website | www |
Shore Tilbe Irwin + Partners (STIP), now Shore Tilbe Perkins+Will, is an architecture firm based in Toronto, Ontario. Since its founding as Shore and Moffat in 1945, STI&P completed numerous buildings, complexes, and master plans across Canada, as well as in locations in the United States and Bermuda. From early educational and residential projects, the firm rose to prominence in the early 1950s, winning Governor General's Medals in Architecture and commissions from the government of Ontario for departmental buildings, and went on to design prominent landmarks such as Purdy's Wharf in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and the redesign of Nathan Phillips Square in Toronto. STI+P's scope today mostly encompasses community centres, libraries, pharmaceutical laboratories, and office and university teaching buildings, though the firm has also completed religious spaces, corporate interiors, and public plazas.
Founded as Shore and Moffat by Leonard Shore and Bob Moffat in 1945, the first project completed was the Meaford Public School in Meaford, Ontario. After the completion of some small-scale residential and commercial projects, the two partners received their first large commission from the Ontario Food Terminal Board in Toronto, in 1947.
By the early 1950s the firm had expanded to take on 10 employees, including Alfred Tilbe. Schools and other educational buildings supplied most of the work, and the firm completed Brock High School, Goderich Collegiate, Stayner Collegiate, and Collingwood Collegiate. Shore and Moffat designed the York Township Municipal Offices in 1952, which won them the Massey Medal. They also submitted a proposal for the Toronto City Hall international competition, which was ultimately unsuccessful. The later part of the decade brought three significant projects: the William Lyon Mackenzie Building, which was to be the second-largest building in Toronto at the time; the Union Carbide Head Office, and the Imperial Oil Research Centre. The later building won Shore and Moffat another Massey Medal, and launched the firm into the research field, bringing them projects for Petro Canada, Royal Dutch Shell, and Teck Cominco. By 1959 the office had expanded to 40 staff, and was now providing engineering services as well.
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