Roderick George Robbie, O.C. , LL.D. , F.R.A.I.C. (born 1928) is a Canadian architect. He is known for his design of the Canada Pavilion at Expo 67 and Toronto's Rogers Centre. Born in Poole, England, Rod Robbie is the Chairman Emeritus of Robbie Young + Wright / IBI Group Architects and was Partner-in-Charge on most of the firm’s largest and most complex projects. He has achieved recognition as a result of his role as Architect of the Toronto SkyDome.

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  • Roderick George Robbie, O.C. , LL.D. , F.R.A.I.C. (born 1928) is a Canadian architect. He is known for his design of the Canada Pavilion at Expo 67 and Toronto's Rogers Centre. Born in Poole, England, Rod Robbie is the Chairman Emeritus of Robbie Young + Wright / IBI Group Architects and was Partner-in-Charge on most of the firm’s largest and most complex projects. He has achieved recognition as a result of his role as Architect of the Toronto SkyDome. He has considerable expertise in programming, and systems architecture combined with a detailed technical and practical understanding of high performance industrial and laboratory facilities. In 2003, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada as "an architect known for his innovation". In 1989, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. In 2001, he was awarded an honorary degree from Dalhousie University. Trained as an architect and planner in post-war England, Roderick Robbie began his professional career with British Rail in 1951. When he emigrated to Canada five years later he worked initially with the firms of Belcourt & Blair and Peter Dickinson Associates and later designed the Canadian Pavilion at Expo '67, as a partner in Ashworth, Robbie, Vaughan and Williams Architects and Planners. Rod Robbie served his National Service in the British Army, 42nd Survey Engineer Regiment of the Royal Engineers from 1947 to 1949 in the UK and Egypt. Roderick and Enid (nee Wheeler) Robbie participated during the period of 1956 to 1983 actively in the movements to ban the use of atomic weapons (1950's); the setting-up of the New Party Club, constituency work for the New Democratic Party in Ottawa (1960's); constituency work for the Liberal Party (1970's and 1980's) in Toronto. Since the early 1980's they were politically inactive, and concentrated on scholarship. Enid Robbie died on December 20, 2001. Rod and Enid Robbie had three daughters, and a son (Karen Hall, Nicola Robbie, Caroline Robbie and Angus Robbie) and four grandchildren (Victoria Hall, Samantha Robbie-Higgins, Emmanuelle Robbie-Hautin and Raphael Robbie-Hautin). Rod Robbie was a founding member of the Construction Industry Development Council of the Government of Canada and spent many years as a member and chairing committees of the Canadian Standards Association on Systems and Industrialised Building and other professional and technical organisations.
  • Roderick George "Rod" Robbie OC on kanadalainen arkkitehti. Hänen työtään ovat esimerkiksi Toronton Rogers Centre ja Kanadan paviljonki maailmannäyttelyssä 1967. Robbie syntyi Poolessa, Englannin Dorsetissa. Hänet nimitettiin vuonna 2003 Kanadan ritarikunnan upseeriksi. Lisäksi hän kuuluu fellow-jäsenenä Kanadan kuninkaalliseen arkkitehtuuri-instituuttiin.
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  • Roderick George Robbie, O.C. , LL.D. , F.R.A.I.C. (born 1928) is a Canadian architect. He is known for his design of the Canada Pavilion at Expo 67 and Toronto's Rogers Centre. Born in Poole, England, Rod Robbie is the Chairman Emeritus of Robbie Young + Wright / IBI Group Architects and was Partner-in-Charge on most of the firm’s largest and most complex projects. He has achieved recognition as a result of his role as Architect of the Toronto SkyDome.
  • Roderick George "Rod" Robbie OC on kanadalainen arkkitehti. Hänen työtään ovat esimerkiksi Toronton Rogers Centre ja Kanadan paviljonki maailmannäyttelyssä 1967. Robbie syntyi Poolessa, Englannin Dorsetissa. Hänet nimitettiin vuonna 2003 Kanadan ritarikunnan upseeriksi. Lisäksi hän kuuluu fellow-jäsenenä Kanadan kuninkaalliseen arkkitehtuuri-instituuttiin.
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