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17-436: Le Centre Sheraton has 825 rooms and stands 118 metres (387 ft) tall with 38 floors. It was built by Arcop and was completed in 1982. The hotel was planned to open in time for the 1976 Olympics as the world's largest Holiday Inn . However, the project suffered from cost overruns to the tune of $ 81 million. Construction took eight years and a different hotel chain opened the building. The mayor of Montreal officially opened

34-683: A building or structure in Quebec is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Arcop Arcop (also ARCOP ) was an architectural firm based in Montreal, renowned for designing many major projects in Canada including Place Bonaventure , Place Ville-Marie and Maison Alcan . The firm was originally formed as a partnership under the name Affleck, Desbarats, Lebensold, Michaud & Sise between Ray Affleck , Guy Desbarats, Jean Michaud, Fred Lebensold and Hazen Sise , all graduates and/or professors at

51-517: The McGill School of Architecture . In 1959, after the departure of Michaud and the addition of Dimitri Dimakopoulos , another McGill Architecture graduate, the firm was renamed Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold, Sise which it maintained for a decade afterward. The company did not adopt the name Arcop, which stands for "Architects in Co-Partnership", until 1970. The concept of the firm

68-722: The Montreal Casino in 1993. In 2011, Senior architect Robert La Pierre was recognized by his peers of the RAIC and introduce into the Royal College of Fellow . In 2011, Arcop and Montreal-based engineering consulting firm Genivar announced a strategic alliance. In 2014, Arcop merged with five other architecture firms, namely AE Consultants, North 46, PBK, Smith Carter and WHW Architects to form one national firm, Architecture49. Dimitri Dimakopoulos Dimitri Dimakopoulos CQ RCA (14 September 1929 – 7 November 1995)

85-548: The Georges-Vanier Library for Loyola College (now Concordia University ) (1962–1964) and the Stephen Leacock Building (1962–1964) and University Centre (Student Union Centre) (1963–1966) at McGill University . In 1968, Hazen Sise retired, Guy Desbarats departed and Dimitri Dimakopoulos left to open his own office, and in 1970, Ray Affleck, Fred Lebensold and Arthur Boyd Nichol (who had been an associate in

102-658: The Vancouver Civic Auditorium in 1954, for which they won first place. This building was subsequently known as the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver and was constructed from 1958–1962. In 1954, Dimitri Dimakopoulos (1929–1995), another McGill School of Architecture graduate, joined the firm, and after becoming a full partner three years later, the architects consolidated as Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold, Michaud & Sise, and in 1959, with

119-491: The building in May 1982. Baseball Hall of Fame member Don Drysdale died in room 2518 on July 3, 1993. It hosted a meeting of G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors on October 24–25, 2000. It also hosted Wikimania 2017 , attended by Civil Rights Movement historian Randy Kryn and 914 others. This article about a hotel or resort in Canada is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about

136-535: The departure of Jean Michaud, the firm became Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold, Sise and remained so for a full decade. In 1959, Eva Vecsei , who would later become one of the most prominent female architects in Canada, joined the firm and continued to work there until 1971, when she left to join Dimitri Dimakopoulos ' practice and in 1973, opened her own practice, Eva H. Vecsei Architect, in Montreal. The firm's prospectus around 1960 stated "The aim

153-817: The design of Place Ville-Marie , a landmark skyscraper in Downtown Montreal . The firm later worked on other major projects in Quebec and the rest of Canada , including Expo 67 , Place Bonaventure in Montreal, and the National Arts Centre in Ottawa , Ontario . In 1968, he created a new firm, "Dimakopoulos & Associates". The firm designed projects in Quebec City , Gatineau , Winnipeg and Hong Kong . From 1991 to 1992, alongside Lemay & Associates , Dimakopoulos & Associates designed 1000 de La Gauchetière ,

170-601: The final work during his studies, Dimakopoulos designed the foundations of the Queen Elizabeth Auditorium in Vancouver , British Columbia , in 1954. In 1955, he participated in the creation of the Affleck, Desbarats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold, Michaud & Sise architecture firm, which changed names in 1970 to become ARCOP (Architects in Co-Partnership). This firm worked with Henry N. Cobb and Ieoh Ming Pei on

187-725: The firm for over a decade, founded Arcop Associates, which continued to thrive for decades later until 2014, when the firm merged with five other architecture firms to form one national firm, Architecture49. Arcop began as the architectural office of Affleck, Desbarats, Lebensold, Hasen & Sise in Montreal , Quebec in 1953 when a partnership was formed between three graduates from the School of Architecture at McGill University , Ray Affleck , Guy Desbarats and Jean Michaud, and two McGill architecture professors, Fred Lebensold and Hazen Sise , who joined in 1954. The earliest examples of projects from

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204-476: The firm partnered with I.M. Pei from 1958–1964 as well as Place des Arts from 1962–1965. Other major buildings followed, including Place Bonaventure (1964–1968), two Theme Pavilions for Expo 67 (1964–1967) and the National Arts Centre in Ottawa (1965–1968). During this period the firm also designed churches, government buildings, exhibition pavilions, residential and cultural buildings, commercial and industrial buildings and educational buildings including

221-677: The firm since 1956) founded Arcop Associates. The firm continued to design many buildings in Canada and other countries, such as Le Centre Sheraton Hotel in Montreal in 1982, the Maison Alcan in Montreal in 1983 and the Legislative Building of Nunavut in Iqaluit, Nunavut in 1998–99. They also undertook the transformation of the Palais des civilisations (formerly the French pavilion of Expo 67 ) into

238-585: The firm's founding members include the Post Office in Town of Mount Royal by Affleck and Michaud from 1953–1955, Pre-cut Housing for Beaugrand-Champagne in Montreal by Affleck, Michaud and Desbarats in 1954 and the Beaver Lake Pavilion on Mount Royal in Montreal by Sise and Desbarats from 1955–1958. The first project that all members of the firm worked on together was an entry for a national competition to design

255-656: Was a Greek-Canadian architect . He was best known for having been involved in the design of several notable buildings in Downtown Montreal . Dimakopoulos was born in Athens , Greece , on September 14, 1929. He grew up in Athens before emigrating to Montreal , Quebec , Canada, in 1948. He continued his education at the School of Architecture at McGill University . During this period, he earned awards from Anglin Norcross and Hobbs Glass and designed several theatres and concert halls . As

272-465: Was to establish an organization that could carry out large and complex building projects; maintain a high level professional and technical competence; and above all develop to the utmost the social and aesthetic values that represent the highest contribution of architecture to our civilization". At this point, the firm had approximately 70 employees and was the largest architecture firm in Canada. Major projects in Montreal included Place Ville-Marie , where

289-485: Was to pool together knowledge from multiple individual architects and was based upon the principles of The Architects' Collaborative , founded in 1945 by eight architects in Cambridge, Massachusetts , including Walter Gropius . During the 1960s, Arcop was the largest architecture firm in Canada and at its peak in 1966, it employed over 150 people. In 1970, Ray Affleck, Fred Lebensold and Arthur Boyd Nichol, an associate at

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