Uno Prii

Uno Prii (February 28, 1924 - November 27, 2000) was an Estonian-bornAlfred Holden. This Fabulous Place. In Taddle Creek Magazine, volume 3, number 1, 1999. [http://www.taddlecreekmag.com/fabulous_place_1] ]
Canadian architect.He designed approximately 250 apartment buildings. Some of his best known buildingsare in the Annex neighbourhood of Toronto and feature outlines that make sweeping curves.These include The Vincennes at 35 Walmer Road (built 1965), 44 Walmer Road (1969), Prince Arthur Towers (1965)and Brazil Towers on Huron Street [Alfred Holden. Those Were the Days. In The Annex Gleaner, February 2001. [http://www.taddlecreekmag.com] ] [Dave Leblanc. Uno Prii's bold buildings are gaining a devoted following. In the Globe and Mail newspaper, November 10, 2006 [http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20061109.rearchi10/BNStory/Technology/einsider/] ] .As of 2007, 16 buildings designed by Prii have been listed in Toronto's Inventory of Heritage Properties [Heritage Preservation Services, City of Toronto. City of Toronto's Inventory of Heritage Properties [http://app.toronto.ca/heritage/search.do?details=prii] ] .

Uno Prii grew up in Estonia but left in 1945 and settled in Toronto in 1950.In 1955, he graduated from the University of Toronto, where he had studied under
Eric Arthur . He created his own architectural firm in 1957 [Aarne H. Vahtra. Uno Prii maalid Tartu College'is. In Eesti Elu, September 24, 2004 (In Estonian). [http://www.eesti.ca/main.php?op=article&articleid=7977] ] .

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* [http://pages.interlog.com/~urbanism/prii.html Pictures of several buildings]
* [http://www.ekkt.org/uno_prii.html Profile by Society of Estonian Artists in Toronto]