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Z. Matthew Stankiewicz Architect
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Matthew Stankiewicz was born in Wilno, Poland on January 3, 1926. In 1949 he graduated from the School of Architecture,University of Liverpool, England. He later immigrated to Canada to work with the Department of Public Works and the Canadian Government Exhibition Commission.In 1958 he began a private architectural practice in Ottawa. His buildings appear primarily in Ontario and New Brunswick. He became the Ottawa editor for the Canadian Architect magazinein 1959. In 1965 he won a national award for his design of a house. Along with architects R. Robbie and P.Schoeler, Stankiewicz designed the Canadian Government Pavilion for Expo '67 and was Chairman of the jury which selected the design for the Canadian Pavilion at Expo '70 in Osaka, Japan. He died in 1979.