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Norbraten, Gerald Iver, 1931-2017

  • PA 559
  • Persona
  • 1931-2017

Gerald Iver Norbraten was born on November 10, 1931 at Swift Current, Saskatchewan to Palmer and Anna (Gottfried) Norbraten. He received his early education at Neudorf, and at Luther College in Regina. He then attended Normal School at Moose Jaw and from 1953 to 1955 was a manual training instructor for public schools in Regina. From 1953 to 1958, Norbraten studied at the University of Manitoba, earning a Bachelor of Architecture degree.

Upon graduation, Norbraten joined the architectural firm of Stock, Ramsay & Associates as an architectural assistant. He had previously been employed with the firm as a summer student while attending university. At the dissolution of the firm in 1960, he became an associate with Dan H. Stock & Associates (1960-1961) and Stock, Keith & Associates (1961-1966). He later became a partner with The D.H. Stock Partnership (1966-1971) and D.H. Stock & Partners Limited (1971-1975).

On April 1, 1975, Norbraten established his own architectural firm in Regina. It was incorporated initially as G.I. Norbraten Architect Ltd., and subsequently as G.I. Norbraten Architect (1983) Ltd. and G.I. Norbraten Architect (1987) Ltd. Norbraten's firm provided architectural services to commercial, institutional and residential clients for construction, renovation, and heritage property restoration projects throughout southern Saskatchewan. To deliver its services, Norbraten's firm employed a staff of architects, designers, technicians and administrative assistants. G.I. Norbraten Architect (1987) Ltd. was dissolved on November 16, 2006 when Norbraten retired from practice.

Awards and honours received by Norbraten include: three City of Regina Municipal Heritage Awards for restoration of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, Scarth Street and Eleventh Avenue (1984), Darke Hall, University of Regina (1987), and Old No. 1 Fire Hall, Regina (1991); a Saskatchewan Association of Architects Award of Excellence, and a City of Regina Municipal Heritage Award for adaptive re-use of Old No. 1 Fire Hall, Regina (1991); and a Saskatchewan Masonry Design Award of Merit - Multi-Dwelling, for Broadway Terrace, Regina (2004). Norbraten was appointed to the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada's College of Fellows in 1999.

Norbraten is a past board member of the following: Saskatchewan Association of Architects; Regina's Market Square; the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation; the Lutheran Life Insurance Society of Canada; and the Regina Lutheran Care Society.

Norbraten died in Regina on July 8, 2017.

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