From DiscoverNikkei.org
Raymond Moriyama
Architect (b.1929)
- Biography (Moriyama & Teshima Architects)
- Profile (Wikipedia)
- "Raymond Moriyama" (Canada Heirloom Series VII -- Canada at the Millennium: a TransCultural Society)
- "Raymond Moriyama's Remarkable Teachers: William Cavanagh and Herbert Inman" (Ontario Family Studies Home Economics Educators Association) (PDF)
- "Raymond Moriyama, the internationally famous architect who was just elected to the post of Chancellor of Brock University, first decided he wanted to follow his chosen profession when he was four years old. But he achieved his dream, he says, only because he encountered two sympathetic and caring members of the teaching profession at a pivotal moment in his life."
- "Raymond Moriyama receives Award from Emperor of Japan". Canadian Architect, February 4, 2004.
- "One of Canada's most respected architects, Raymond Moriyama, opened his first office as a sole practitioner in 1958. Completed in 1964, the Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre in Don Mills quickly established Moriyama's commitment to architecture, multiculturalism and society. The centre was designed along the framework of three main reference points. In the March 1964 issue of Canadian Architect, Moriyama described these points as, 'a living memorial to the Japanese pioneers in Canada', 'culture as seen through the eyes of Canadians of Japanese ancestry--not strictly Japanese' and finally 'not to be an inward, ghetto-creating ethnic centre, but open to all Canadians from all walks of life.'"
- Archives: "Raymond Moriyama fonds, 1959-1979" (Canadian Architectural Archives, University of Calgary Library)
- Archives: "Moriyama & Teshima Architects fonds, F2187" (Archives of Ontario)
Works
- Canadian War Museum (2005)
- Danny Globerman and Paddy Moore, "Canadian War Museum: Raymond Moriyama" (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, May 3, 2005)
- Profile of Moriyama, produced in conjunction with the opening of the Canadian War Museum in May, 2005. Includes video of Moriyama giving a guided tour of the building (12:01).
- CBC Talks: Raymond Moriyama (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, April 12, 2005)
- "... Moriyama explained his inspiration for the building's theme of regeneration, and the significance of the museum's location. He related the story of his first design project (a tree house built while in a Canadian internment camp during the Second World War), he talked about some of his architectural philosophy, and he also discussed the impact his family has had on his life."