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Century-old house will be the focal point of four-storey, Toronto office building designed by architects Webb Zerafa Menkes and Housden as its head of(...)
Century-old house will be the focal point of four-storey, Toronto office building designed by architects Webb Zerafa Menkes and Housden as its head of(...)

Century-old house will be the focal point of four-storey, Toronto office building designed by architects Webb Zerafa Menkes and Housden as its head of(...)

Date7/12/1972
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Original Toronto Star caption: Century-old house will be the focal point of four-storey, Toronto office building designed by architects Webb Zerafa Menkes and Housden as its head office. Boris Zerafa (above) says firm's policy is to design with people in mind.
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Meticulous handcrafting: That's what keeps renowned architects and major developers knocking on Ed Cotton's door. His model for Fidinam Inc. of a 37-storey tower in Chicago's banking district involved sculpting to scale elaborate 90-year-old carvings on its first three floors.
Meticulous handcrafting: That's what keeps renowned architects and major developers knocking on Ed Cotton's door. His model for Fidinam Inc. of a 37-storey tower in Chicago's banking district involved sculpting to scale elaborate 90-year-old carvings on its first three floors.
11/8/1983
Sidney Bregman (left) and George Hamann, like Webb Zerafa, have a reputation for keeping within the budget for their buildings - something that pleases clients in these times of inflation
Sidney Bregman (left) and George Hamann, like Webb Zerafa, have a reputation for keeping within the budget for their buildings - something that pleases clients in these times of inflation
5/19/1971
Fashion editor of The Times of London, Suzy Menkes turned sleuth to catalogue jewels owned by the royal family, for a picture book The Royal Jewels
Fashion editor of The Times of London, Suzy Menkes turned sleuth to catalogue jewels owned by the royal family, for a picture book The Royal Jewels
6/1/1986
Alan Menkes
Alan Menkes
8/13/1997
Steven Menkes
Steven Menkes
4/28/1998
Alan Menkes
Alan Menkes
6/13/1995
Ball Chairman Julia Paisley, left, wearing a red gown by Scaasi, greets Pauline Menkes, in a gazar coat over a silk jersey dress by Isaac Mizrahi
Ball Chairman Julia Paisley, left, wearing a red gown by Scaasi, greets Pauline Menkes, in a gazar coat over a silk jersey dress by Isaac Mizrahi
6/28/1990
Top of North York: North York Mayor Mel Lastman, left, and developer Murray Menkes stand atop the new Canadian headquarters of Procter and Gamble
Top of North York: North York Mayor Mel Lastman, left, and developer Murray Menkes stand atop the new Canadian headquarters of Procter and Gamble
6/18/1986
Well-designed toast: Left to right, architects Barton Myers, James Stirling and Moshe Safdie, finalists in the competition to design and build Metro's proposed $150 million opera-ballet house
Well-designed toast: Left to right, architects Barton Myers, James Stirling and Moshe Safdie, finalists in the competition to design and build Metro's proposed $150 million opera-ballet house
1/21/1988
Life-like Sculpture of a man, by Joe Fafard, seems to be giving Toronto architect Boris Zerafa a little constructive criticism. Zerafa likes to place (...)
Life-like Sculpture of a man, by Joe Fafard, seems to be giving Toronto architect Boris Zerafa a little constructive criticism. Zerafa likes to place (...)
7/4/1974
Designed by one of Toronto's great architects, Frederick Cumberland, 10 Toronto St
Designed by one of Toronto's great architects, Frederick Cumberland, 10 Toronto St
10/23/1973
Tribute to hard work, the Bak family's architect- designed roadside open-air market, is in the background as Casey Bak and his wife Freda look at the architect's drawings on how it will appear when the windmill is completed as a landmark in the Holland area. The market was planned by Casey's father, Walter, who died in January at age of 74.
Tribute to hard work, the Bak family's architect- designed roadside open-air market, is in the background as Casey Bak and his wife Freda look at the architect's drawings on how it will appear when the windmill is completed as a landmark in the Holland area. The market was planned by Casey's father, Walter, who died in January at age of 74.
7/22/1974