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Jo Palma
Jo Palma is a Portuguese-Canadian architect and founder of PALMA. Early life Jo Palma was born in Portugal, and served in the Portuguese Navy. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Victoria College and a Masters in Architecture from the University of Toronto. Career Jo Palma worked as an architect for the firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. In 2015 Palma joined the architecture firm Perkins+Will, where he served as the Regional Design Director, EMEA, working out of their London office. He later founded the architecture firm PALMA. Buildings and projects Over his career he has designed and masterplanned buildings on five continents in total. These projects have included mixed-use buildings, skyscrapers, government headquarters, residential complexes (like the Admirala Lazareva in St. Petersburg, Russia), transportation hubs (like the Dublin Airport New Terminal Expansion), civic institutions (like the Panama International Convention Center in Panama City), and community cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
University Of Toronto
The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada. Originally controlled by the Church of England, the university assumed its present name in 1850 upon becoming a secular institution. As a collegiate university, it comprises eleven colleges each with substantial autonomy on financial and institutional affairs and significant differences in character and history. The university maintains three campuses, the oldest of which, St. George, is located in downtown Toronto. The other two satellite campuses are located in Scarborough and Mississauga. The University of Toronto offers over 700 undergraduate and 200 graduate programs. In all major rankings, the university consistently ranks in the top ten public universities in the world and as the top university ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
