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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 following a Bachelor of Architecture degree from the University of Toronto in 1974. |
| Since 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. |
| He 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. |
| Mr. Higgins is a long-time member of the Association for Preservation Technology (APTI) where he has served on several conference organizing committees and has given numerous papers at APTI conferences. He is also a corresponding member of the International Institute for the Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works (ICC) and the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS).
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| Spencer is a Building Specialist and Architectural Conservator member of the Canadian Association of Professional Heritage Consultants (CAPHC). He served for over a decade as a CAPHC Membership Committee and Board Member, and received the CAPHC Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017. |
| He has served as a member of the Advisory Board and Council of the Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, and past Secretary-Treasurer of the ICOMOS Canada Stone Committee. He has also served as a Steering Committee Member for the Stone-cutters Programme in the Apprenticeship Branch of the Ministry of Skills Development, and a member of the Heritage Task Group for the Residential Renovation Guidelines Advisory Board in the Ministry of Housing. |
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