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R. Higgins, Architect Incorporated |
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Spencer Higgins |
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| Spencer
Higgins obtained a Master of Architecture in Urban Design at Harvard University
in 1976 and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Toronto
in 1974. |
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1981 he has practiced as Spencer R. Higgins, Architect Incorporated, a Toronto
based firm providing consulting services in the conservation of historic
buildings. Previously from 1977 to 1979 he was in general private architectural
practice. |
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was awarded a Certificate in Architectural Conservation from the International
Centre for the Preservation and the Restoration of Cultural Property in
Rome in 1980. He studied under Sir Bernard Fielden who directed the UNESCO
programme at the time. |
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Higgins is a member of the Association for Preservation Technology (APTI)
where he has served on several conference organizing committees and has
given numerous papers. He is also a member of the International Institute
for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (ICC), the International
Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), and the Canadian Association of
Professional Heritage Consultants (CAPHC). He presently serves on the CAPHC
Membership Committee and until recently served as a Board Member. |
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is a member of the Advisory Board and a past member of the Council of the
Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, and past Secretary-Treasurer of the
ICOMOS Canada Stone Committee. In 1989-90 he served as a Steering Committee
Member for the Stone-cutters Programme inthe Apprenticeship Branch of the
Ministry of Skills Development, and in 1985-86 was a member of the Heritage
Task Group for the Residential Renovation Guidelines Advisory Board in the
Ministry of Housing. |
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