Robert Mellin, Architect
709-682-9212
rmellin@nl.rogers.com or rmellin@videotron.ca
Robert Mellin, FRAIC, is an Associate Professor at the School of Architecture at McGill University and a registered architect. In recognition of his architectural design and heritage conservation work, he was elected to membership in the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts in 2002. He is Past Chair of the board of directors of the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador. His book on the architecture of Tilting, Fogo Island, (Tilting: House Launching, Slide Hauling, Potato Trenching, and Other Tales from a Newfoundland Fishing Village), published by Princeton Architectural Press in New York, won the Winterset Literary Award in 2003. Robert Mellin has received a Manning Award and eight Southcott Awards (Newfoundland Historic Trust) for his heritage conservation work in Newfoundland. He received the 2006 Paul E. Buchanan Award for excellence in fieldwork and interpretation from the Vernacular Architecture Forum.
Applied research publications by Robert Mellin: A City of Towns: Alternatives for the Planning and Design of Housing in St. John's, Newfoundland (CMHC Canadian Housing Information Centre, 1995: Ca1 MH 95C37), Residential Heritage Conservation in St. John's (Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2005, 118 pages, in colour), Exterior Cladding (Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador, 2006).
Some drawings published in August of 2008
Recent projects:
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Hood Residence, First Conceptual Design
Hood Residence, Middle Arm, NL
Storey/Texmo Residence: Conception Bay
Doyle LeFort Addition, St. John's
Brine Street Studio, St. John's
Dwyer Residence, Tilting, NL
Private Residence, Trinity, NL
Brett House, Joe Batt's Arm, Fogo Island
SOUTHCOTT AWARD 2007Private Residence, St. John's
Private Residence, St. John's
Rowe Residence Additions, St. John's
House on Trinity Bay, NL