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Stark Architects Inc. is a continuation
and refinement of the practice that John Stark, President and owner of
the company, founded as a partnership in Mississauga in late 1973. John
remained the senior Partner as the partnership took several forms in its
evolution into a very successful business by the start of the 1990's as
Stark Temporale, Stark Hicks Spragge, and Stark Spragge + Company. Under
John's leadership, the firm accomplished a strong record of achievement
not just in the field of architecture, but also in support of numerous
community activities, one of John Stark's personal interests. These accomplishments
are the foundation of Stark Architects Inc. as John's practice pursues
the areas of his specific personal and professional interests, shared
with his colleagues.
Stark Architects Inc.'s Business Plan
is committed to providing the highest standard of architectural service
and design to clients through strong and direct interaction with its experienced
people, exploiting technologies as a virtual office. Design work and management
of architectural projects is focused only in the areas which company personnel
most enjoy and have gained the greatest professional experience.
The company's activities are almost
equally spread into commercial, retail and industrial design under the
direction of Vice President Paul Sipos, and recreational residential and
community design under the direction of John Stark, assisted by Kelly
Dixon. John has selected these key individuals after enjoying long standing
professional relationships with each.
In response to implementation of this
Business Plan, the firm has been retained to provide major residential
design by a number of prominent Canadian families. Recreational design
also includes a new marine services buildings and new golf and ski clubhouses.
Commercial and retail design is being provided to Ikea Canada (the practice
designed the Head Office and store in Burlington, the Ottawa store, and
renovated the Vancouver, Montreal and Toronto stores, and the company
is now building new Toronto area stores. Industrial design has been provided
to SMC Pneumatics, Egan Visual, and Labelad/Sandylion, among others. Under
John Stark's direction, the practice has designed a number of other Canadian
Head Offices including those of Avis, Motorola Cellular, Sunquest Vacations
and Maersk Sealand.
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Stark, Communication / Marketing Coordinator, intern architect Alina Wachala,
and senior architectural technologist Mike Jones, supporting the company's
construction document production. The company uses all current technologies
with in house systems of Computer design and drafting. The use of on line
communications facilitates direct contact with Canadian and international
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The practice has received more than
20 major design awards since 1973. John Stark has received recognition for
his service to the community in volunteer posts including 1992 Chairman
of the United Way of Peel, and 1989 President of the Mississauga Board of
Trade. He was named Mississauga Business Person of the Year in 1992, awarded
the prestigious 1993 Community Service Award by the Ontario Association
of Architects, and elected a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute
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The following awards were received in recognition
of the work of John Stark in the partnership:
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada,
1994 - Elected to Fellow John B. Stark, B. Arch. - became a Fellow of
the Institute, a lifetime honour, for contributions to Canadian Architecture.
Ontario Association of Architects, 1993
- Community Service Award John B. Stark, B.Arch., F.R.A.I.C.
Ontario Association of Architects, 1993-94
- Residential Design Award Honourable mention for Georgian Bay island
cottage
Mississauga Board of Trade, Business
Person of the Year, 1992 - John B. Stark, B.Arch., F.R.A.I.C.
Canadian Wood Council Merit Award, 1988
- Georgian Bay Cottage
Ontario Association of Architects Design
Excellence Award, 1988 - Marketblock Toronto Properties
Markham Environmental Design Award, 1987
- St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
Ontario Renews Award, 1987 Marketblock
- 41-45 Front Street, East, Toronto
Mississauga Outstanding Business Achievement Award, 1987
Mississauga Urban Design Award, 1983 - Port Credit Streetscape
Mississauga Urban Design Award, 1981 - Clarkson Galleria,
Mississauga
Ontario Mason's Relations Council Award, 1979 - Sunquest
Vacations Head Office, Toronto
The Art Directors Club of Toronto Award of Merit, 1975/76 - Port
Credit Secondary Plan Poster
Ontario Association of Architects Design Award, 1977 - Applewood
Heights Park Pool, Mississauga
The 1975 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence - Lewis Bradley Park
Pool, Mississauga
The 1975 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence - David Ramsey Park
Pool, Mississauga
The 1975 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence - Applewood Heights
Park Pool, Mississauga
The 1974 Canadian Housing Design Council Award - Mumford Residence,
Bolton
The following awards were in recognition of the work of the Partnership:
Mississauga Urban Design Award, 1991 - Mississauga Residence
Toronto Life's designing Readers Competition, 1991 - Mississauga
Residence
Ontario renews Award, 1987 - J. Brigham Residence - 60 Dale Avenue,
Toronto
Mississauga Urban Design Award, 1984 - Clarkson Village Mews, Mississauga
Mississauga Urban Design Award, 1983 - Franklin House Tavern Restoration,
Mississauga