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FHILE ARCHITEC-

TURE seems to

always be on the
brink of a nervous break-
down — U.S. commentator
Robert Guttman said it is
endemic, that it is the style of
the profession to imagine
itself in crisis -—— this time last
year the field in Canada faced
the very real prospect of hav-
ing two out of every five of its
members out of work.

The picture among U.S. practi-
tioners wasn't much brighter.
Harvard's Graduate School of
Design News ran an essay warning of
the day when “every fourth cab dri-
ver in our urban centres will hold an
accredited degree in architecture.”

But if the growing success of
John and Patricia Patkau is any indi-

cation, things must be looking up.
The West Vancouver couple, who
wrapped up a [0-year retrospective
last month at Toronto's Design
Exchange, has been turing out some
of the best work this country has
seen in years.

Buildings like the Seabird Island
School in Aggasiz. the Barnes
House, the Newton Library in Surrey
and the Canadian Clay and Glass
Gallery in Kitchener, Ont. — the
couple's first commission in Eastem
Canada — have been garnering
worldwide attention.

And so it came as no surprise
when the former Winnipeggers were
chosen to represent Canada at the
prestigious Venice Biennale
International Exhibition of
Architecture. For his part, however,
John Patkau sounds almost demure
when sizing up the accomplishment.

“For whatever reason. they (the
advisory committee put together by
the federal government and the
Canadian Centre for Architecture)
selected us.” he says. sounding a ti-
fle bemused.

When pressed Patkau offers this
theory: “I guess I can speculate why,
Our work has been recognized both
nationally and internationally for a
decade now as some of the most
interesting work going on in the
country.”

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