Bing Wing Thom (Chinese: 譚秉榮; born 8 December 1940) is a Canadian architect. December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ...

Born in Hong Kong, he received a Bachelor of Architecture in 1966 from the University of British Columbia and a Master of Architecture in 1970 from the University of California at Berkeley. The Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) is an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course of study that generally lasts five years in North America. ... The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a public university with its main campus located at Point Grey, in the University Endowment Lands adjacent to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and another smaller campus known as UBC Okanagan located in Kelowna, British Columbia. ... The Master of Architecture (M.Arch. ... The University of California, Berkeley (also known as Cal, UC Berkeley, UCB, or simply Berkeley) is a prestigious, public, coeducational university situated in the foothills of Berkeley, California to the east of San Francisco Bay, overlooking the Golden Gate and its bridge. ...

He was the architect of the Canada Pavilion at Expo '92 in Seville, Spain. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Seville (Spanish: Sevilla, see also different names) is the artistic, cultural, and financial capital of southern Spain, irrigated by the river Guadalquivir (, ). It is the capital of Andalusia and of the province of Sevilla. ...

In 1995, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest civilian honour. He is a Fellow of the Royal Architecture Institute of Canada. The Order of Canada is Canadas highest civilian honour, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the Orders Latin motto Desiderantes meliorem patriam, which means Desiring a better country. ... The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), founded in 1907, is a Canadian association representing over 3,200 architects, and faculty and graduates of Canadian Schools of Architecture. ...

External links

• Bing Wing Thom at The Canadian Encyclopedia
• Bing Thom Architects web site