Four Tributes: Barry Sampson, 1948-2020 Four Tributes: Barry Sampson, 1948-2020 By On Share Adding to the obituary by colleague George Baird, a group of early colleagues—and lifelong friends—pay tribute to the memory of architect Barry Sampson, who passed away on December 5, 2020. Joost Bakker, Bruce Kuwabara, Donald McKay and John van Nostrand were classmates with Barry at the University of Toronto’s school of architecture in the late 1960s. Upon graduation, Bakker, Kuwabara, van Nostrand and Sampson approached George Baird to work at his then-solo practice. McKay joined the practice a year later. The group would remain close for many years, even as each pursued their own path of practice.