Clifford Wiens
[2][3][4][5][6] Clifford Wiens played a crucial role in the development of corporate modern architecture and the broader Expressionist Movement in postwar Mid-West Canada.[2][10] Clifford Wiens would then transfer out of the program, and study painting at the Banff Centre for Continuing Education with AY Jackson.[2][3][10] Wiens would then move on from painting due to an inability to find a career in it and study at the Rhode Island School of Design on a full scholarship and graduate in 1954.[12] He attended the university under a wheat pool sponsorship program for young farmers and machine tooling, granted by the Moose Jaw Technical School.[11][12][9] His time studying with Jackson would be relatively short however, as Wiens decided that the lack of job prospects in the field of painting was very daunting.[12] The concepts that the Bauhaus preached would finally snag Clifford Wiens into a career he would hold most of his remaining working years.[9] This is where he would work on his first notable project, contributing modestly to the design, development, and construction documentation for the Saskatchewan Power Corporation Headquarters.[10] More importantly, while he worked with Pettick, he developed close relationships with the Regina Five, who are some of Canada's most critically acclaimed and advanced painters of this time period.[15] By 1957, Wiens had completed his required apprenticeship time and was finally ready to start practicing as a fully accredited architect.[16] With this firm in place, Wiens would begin his work on his first major project that he had the lead position on, the St. Joseph's Church, in Whitewood.[8] It was a simple triangular design for both aesthetic reasons, but more so because the slanted roof that reaches the ground would help it protect itself from the congregation of prairie winds that it would face.Clifford Wiens Architects Ltd. was published as an exemplar of the remarkable flowering of Canadian Architecture in the wake of Expo 67 because of these projects.[15][8][9] This partnership would eventually end in 1987 and it was remarked by Leslie Jen in the Canadian Architect that "The province languished for almost two solid decades, architecturally and otherwise."[15][16] Wiens settled into a part time role as a visiting professor and lecturer at several post-secondary institutions across both Canada and the United States during the middle to later years of his career.He has stated that the basic tenets of good design and construction have no changed much over time: that architecture is all about pleasing the eye, mind, and body.He believed it to be a strong building block to allow future generations to expand upon it, while not forgetting the past principles of architecture.[26][28] Due to both Clifford and Patricia Wiens being particularly passionate about nature and art, all of their children pursued careers in creative professions, such as cuisine, jewelry, and design.