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The original, monumental, cascading stair has been considerably altered -
Within the region, the school is among a number of masterful modern buildings by architect Carl Rieder -
The design is characterized by repetitive elements of an industrial quality, with the profile of the mechanical penthouse providing a whimsical note -
The school is comprised of a linear classroom block, to which the other volumes (auditorium, administration, and gym) are engaged
Eastwood Collegiate Institute
760 Weber Street East, Kitchener, ON.
DESIGNER(S) Barnett and Rieder
CONSTRUCTED 1956
“Eastwood Collegiate, an accomplished modern composition, plays a key role in another most modern of desires, the founding of the suburban city. Situated on the newly extended East Avenue (now Weber St. East), its pinwheel organization of rectangular prisms establishes a reciprocal relationship between building and outdoor landscape. Carl Rieder’s design brings principles of modern architecture to fruition, resulting in a balanced, asymmetrical composition of independent building volumes, each with its distinctive order and material palette.”
-Cathy Garrido and Steven Mannell, Images of Progress
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