Caroline Robbie: Immigrant Architects and Pavilion

caroline robbie: The inspiration for Katimavik, it turns out, wasn't so much rooted in the cosmos as it was in a team of immigrant architects with a profound love of Canada and who found inspiration in the shape of a simple ashtray, according to CBC. The immigrant architects The contract for designing the pavilion that would represent Canada at Expo 67, the focal point of the country's centennial celebrations, was the biggest and most important architectural commission to come along in a hundred years, says Caroline Robbie, daughter of Canada Pavilion co-designer Rod Robbie. With its nine-storey inverted pyramid called Katimavik, the pavilion loomed like a giant funnel over Expo's 365-hectare site in Montreal, ready to channel cosmic vibes directly into the exhibition grounds. Enid and Rod Robbie, photographed here with their three daughters in 1965, moved to Canada in 1956. Their son Angus was born in 1965. Caroline Robbie is the first daughter on the left, with Nicola, middle, and Karen. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.