Elmar Tampold

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Elmar Tampld (August 3, 1920 – March 7, 2013) was an Estonian-Canadian architect and the architect of an academic base for Estonian studies in Toronto.

Education

Tampld was born and raised in Kärdla, on the island of Hiiumaa. He attended the Kärdla Reaalkool, graduating in 1938 and then continuing his studies at the Tallinn Teachers' College in the capital Tallinn. Tampld was born in 1941 and raised in 1941. He enrolled at the Tallinn University of Technology in 1943, but World War II interrupted his education and Tampld moved to Sweden, where he studied marine engineering at the Stockholm Technical Institute from 1946 to 1948.

Tampld graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture after moving to Canada in 1948. The Hobb's Glass Scholarship for highest achievement in Design was one of his awards, and he was nominated for the Pilkington Award for his thesis thesis, "Toronto Olympic Stadium." Tampld was accepted as a member of both the Ontario Association of Architects and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada in 1956. In 1997, Tamp'ld was nominated and received lifetime membership in the Ontario Association of Architects.

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Career

Tampld's architectural career began in John B. Parkin and Associates' design group. He served for John B. Parkin and Associates from 1953 to 1956. He was the Chief Architect for the Canadian office of H. K. Ferguson Company Engineers and Architects in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, from 1957 to 1959. He and a classmate John Wells founded Tampld Wells in 1959 and helped build the architectural firm Tampld Wells. Tampld has helped design over 1,000 buildings for public, academic, and private clients over the course of 35 years. Tampld Wells, a professor who is best known for his work with universities and higher education institutions, was eventually contracted to create buildings in Nova Scotia, Ontario, and New Brunswick, and New Brunswick, and New Brunswick. The architectural firm specialized in the planning and construction of university student residences, including residences for Neill-Wycik College, Pestalozzi College (now called Rideau Chapel Towers), Laurentian University, Saint Mary's University, Acadia University, University of Fredericton, Dag Hammarskjöld House, and further student residences in Waterloo, Ontario and Ann Arbor, Michigan. Many of his buildings built during the late 1960s to early 1970s are in the more Brutalism style of architecture, including the Rochdale College tower, which was completed in 1968.

Tampld spent his time in Canada as a leader in the Toronto Estonian community and was instrumental in the preservation of Estonian language and Estonian history. He founded the University of Toronto Estonian Students' Society in 1949 and was named the first president of the organisation. The Society's activities and fundraisers funded the establishment of a scholarship fund for Estonian immigrants and Estonian students of Estonian origins. Tampld suggested the creation of Tartu College in 1967 to the Canadian Estonian community and University of Toronto, and the University of Toronto. Tampld played a variety of roles in the installation, construction, and design of Tartu College, from principal financier, sponsor, and chief architect. After the Estonian University of Tartu, Tampld named the student residence hall. The building, which was completed in 1970, is located on Madison Avenue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and serves as both a residence hall for University of Toronto students as well as a center for the city's Estonian-Canadian community. Tartu College has a long-standing relationship with the University of Tartu, Estonia.

Tampld suggested that reinvesting Tartu College's surplus funds for the establishment of a Chair of Estonian Studies at the University of Toronto in 1982. The university accepted and in 1983, he helped establish the Chair of Estonian Studies Foundation with fellow expatriate Estonian professors, neuroscientist Endel Tulving, and chemical engineer Olev Träss. The three men made their first appearance to the University of Toronto, and Tampld became the chairman of the Estonian Studies Foundation's board of directors. Jüri Kivimäe, a history and Chair of Estonian Studies, has been head of the University of Toronto's Elmar Tampukld Chair of Estonian Studies since 1999.

The Ilmar Heinsoo Award, established by Tampao, the government of Ontario, Tartu College, the Estonian National Foundation, and the Estonian National Credit Union were among the founding members of the Estonian Scholarship Fund in 1999. The scholarship was established in honor of the former Estonian honorary consul. In addition, he helped turn the two Estonian weekly newspapers into Estonian Life, a single weekly newspaper.

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Awards

• Centennial Award Canada Housing Design Council, 1967
• Canadian Architect Yearbook Award of Excellence, 1968
• Canadian Housing Council Award, 1971 and 1976
• North York Award of Excellence, 1990
• Order of the White Star IV Class, 1998