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Ants Elken, Architect

"Architecture and Art do not need verbal explanations"

SOUTH ELEVATION: Seaway Motor Hotel, Toronto. (Photo1955)

SOUTH ELEVATION: Seaway Towers Hotel, Toronto. (Photo:1961)

WEST ELEVATION: Bell Tower, St. Peter's Estonian Lutheran Church, Toronto. (Photo:1969)

ELEVATION: Battle Memorial Building, Upper Canada Village, Morrisburg. (Photo:1961)

ELEVATION: Wylie Press Limited, Toronto. (Photo:1959)

Ants Elken Bio:
born, Estonia
studied architecture at the University of Helsinki and Munich Technical University
emigrated to Canada in 1949
taught at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Architecture, 1949-1982
FRAIC, RCA. Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto
art student (ceramics) at the Ontario College of Art, Toronto, 1982-1992
Ants Elken Project List: (incomplete)
Seaway Hotel, Toronto, 1955 (renovated)
Wylie Press, Toronto, 1959
Seaway Towers Hotel, Toronto, 1961 (demolished)
Battle Memorial Building, Upper Canada Village, Morrisburg,1961
The Gerity Weekend House, MulmurTwp., Ontario. 1962
Eatonville Library, Toronto, 1963 (demolished)
Blacksmith Crescent Public School, Toronto, 1967
Chalmers House, Terra Cotta, Ontario, 1969
Bell Tower, St. Peter's Estonian Lutheram Church, Toronto, 1969
Mon Sheong Home for the Aged, Toronto, 1974
Shadow Lake Summer Camp, 1985
Bridge @ Harbourfront, Toronto, 1976

Ants Elken's architectural projects have been carried out in partnership with the following architects:
Bob Becksted
Bruce Fair
Yusing Jung
Doug Lee
Bill McBain
Roger Paulsen
George Robb
Architectural Design Awards
Seaway Hotel, Massey Silver Medal
Wylie Press, Finalist, Massey Awards, 1961
Battle Memorial Building, OAA Tourist Award, 1964
Eatonville Library, OMRC Award of Excellence
Mon Sheong Home for the Aged, OMRC Award of Merit, 1974

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