“It is the architectural counterpart of turning swords into ploughshares, and spears into pruning hooks.” J. Diamond.

After graduating with a Masters in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, where he accepted a lecturing position, Jack Diamond was employed by Louis I Kahn.

In 1964 Diamond founded the Master of Architecture programme at the University of Toronto. He lectured at Harvard, Princeton and the University of California, Berkeley and held appointments at York University in Toronto and Texas. Honorary doctorates include Engineering from Daltech and in Law from the University of Toronto. He is a recipient of the University of Cape Town Vice-Chancellor’s medal. His lecture tours have included Australia, the United Kingdom, Italy, the Czech Republic, New Zealand and South Africa.