Arthur Townend

Not to be confused with Arthur Townsend or Arthur Townsend (athlete).

Sidney Arthur Townend, (November 8, 1924 – July 9, 2005) was a Cuban-born Canadian architect.^[1] Based in Sudbury, Ontario, he designed a number of Sudbury buildings, such as Fielding Memorial Chapel of St. Mark, the Sudbury Civic Square and the Laurentian Hospital (now known as the north tower of Health Sciences North).

Arthur Townend
Born	November 8, 1924 Cuba
Died	July 9, 2005 Sudbury, Ontario
Occupation	Architect
Spouse	Mary Evelyn Sheahan ​ (m. 1950)​
Children	Gordon Townend Arthur Townend DeborahTownend Mary Townend Barbara Townend John Townend Jane Townend
Projects	Fielding Memorial Chapel of St. Mark Tom Davies Square Science North Laurentian Hospital Northeastern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre

Education and personal life

Townend was born in Cuba in 1924. He spent his early childhood in Jamaica where he studied at Munro College. In 1942 he arrived to Montreal, Canada, and was sent to the Prairies to contribute to the war effort of World War II. The same year, he was infected by polio and received treatments at the Montreal General Hospital. He attended McGill University School of Architecture in 1943 where he graduated in 1948.^[2] He then moved to Sudbury where he married Mary Evelyn Sheahan in 1950.^[3] He practiced architecture in Sudbury until his retirement in 1988.^[2] He was a member of many social clubs around Sudbury, including the Sudbury Yacht Club and the Idylwylde Golf Club.^[1]

Arthur Townend died on July 9, 2005 in Sudbury, Ontario.^[1]

Career

The Taxation Data Centre in Sudbury, Ontario (1977)

Health Sciences North, including the Cancer Center (front) (1974) and the North Tower (back) (1991)

Health Sciences North, including the Cancer Centre (front) (1991) and the North Tower (rear) (1974) The Northern Ontario Health Sciences School (NOHSS) Building on Regent Street (1966), the red panels on the facades were added later

Arthur Townend practiced architecture from 1948 until his retirement in 1988. In 1948 he started his career as a draftsman for Louis Fabbro where he worked on the Sudbury St. Joseph's Health Centre.^[2] In 1955, Townend became partner at Fabbro's firm, which became Fabbro & Townend.^[4] He left the firm in 1964 and shortly after partnered with John Stefura to form the firm Townend and Stefura (now known as Bélanger Salach architecture).^[5] He is recognized as the architect partner in charge of many buildings in Sudbury ranging from civic to cultural public buildings, and 17 private residences.^[2] He was a member of the governing council of the Ontario Association of Architects.

Projects

• 1957 : Sudbury Hydro Building, located in downtown Sudbury at the corner of Larch and Young street^[2]
• 1958 : Federal Building, build for the Government of Canada, located in downtown Sudbury, along Lisgar street, between Cedar and Elm street^[2]
• 1960 : Sudbury Yacht Club Building, which is a A-frame building located by Ramsey Lake^[2]
• 1966 : Northern Ontario Health Sciences School (NOHSS) Building, located on Regent street by Lily Creek^[2]
• 1969 : Thorneloe Chapel, now known as the Fielding Memorial Chapel of St. Mark
• 1969 : Our Lady of Hope Church, which was made to resemble Noah's Ark^[2]
• 1974 : Laurentian Hospital, now known as the north tower of Health Sciences North^[1]
• 1977 : Civic Centre, now known as Tom Davies Square^[1]
• 1977 : Taxation Data Centre, in partnership with Page and Steele, located at the corner of Notre-Dame and Lasalle boulevard^[1]
• 1984 : Science North, in partnership with Moriyama & Teshima
• 1991 : Northeastern Ontario Regional Cancer Centre, now part of Health Sciences North^[2]