Urban Shocker
Doyenne
They don't need to have been born here, but each must have made a significant, positive contribution to the city they called home.
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Top 10 Toronto Architects
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adHominem
Senior Member
All right. I guess I'll pick all the low-hanging fruit:
EJ Lennox
Peter Dickinson
Uno Prii
Raymond Moriyama
Eberhard Zeidler
Peter Clewes
TC Pomphrey
Frank Darling
John Pearson
EJ Lennox
Peter Dickinson
Uno Prii
Raymond Moriyama
Eberhard Zeidler
Peter Clewes
TC Pomphrey
Frank Darling
John Pearson
old boy
Senior Member
Are there architects known as " Toronto " architects " outside of here ? Is there a tally of local architects, current and recent, along with GTA projects associated with them ?
adma
Superstar
I might strike Pomphrey, perhaps combine Darling & Pearson, add Cumberland, Burke, maybe Lyle, maybe Chapman, perhaps Parkin...jeez, this is tough...
adHominem
Senior Member
Argh! I can't believe I forgot Parkin. That'll teach me to post at work.
Cumberland is a great choice.
Cumberland is a great choice.
thecharioteer
Senior Member
Trade you Moriyama for Diamond & Myers (and their descendants Diamond and Schmitt, KPMB and HPA).
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
* William Thomas ( 1799-1860 )
* Frederic W. Cumberland ( 1821-1881 ) or William G. Storm ( 1826-1892 )
* E.J. Lennox ( 1854-1933 )
* Eden Smith ( 1858-1849 )
* John B. Parkin ( 1911-75 )
* Peter Dickinson ( 1925-1961 )
* Eberhard Zeidler ( 1926- )
* Raymond Moriyama ( 1929- )
* Jack Diamond ( 1932- )
* Peter Clewes ( 1953- )
* Frederic W. Cumberland ( 1821-1881 ) or William G. Storm ( 1826-1892 )
* E.J. Lennox ( 1854-1933 )
* Eden Smith ( 1858-1849 )
* John B. Parkin ( 1911-75 )
* Peter Dickinson ( 1925-1961 )
* Eberhard Zeidler ( 1926- )
* Raymond Moriyama ( 1929- )
* Jack Diamond ( 1932- )
* Peter Clewes ( 1953- )
thecharioteer
Senior Member
Why in the world is John Howard (1803-1890) not on your list, doyenne?
You selected three of his buildings on your list of ten best lost buildings, yet he doesn't make the best architect list?
This is akin to a film winning the Best Picture Oscar and the director isn't even nominated.......
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
I know, I know, I'm a simply awful person. I think the buildings by William Thomas were aesthetically more attractive than those by Howard ... so I chose him instead! But I think Howard was very modern in the sense that he was painstakingly concerned with the programmatic aspects of his buildings - the Provincial Lunatic Asylum for instance. Perhaps I was too mean, I dunno. But I made up for it by including Jack Diamond, who is as programmatic as hell in his skill set and criticized for not being the cat's miaow of the aesthetic set.
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
Go for it!
adma
Superstar
Richard Wengle?
Oops, killed the thread.
Oops, killed the thread.
thecharioteer
Senior Member
I'll revive it by nominating Henry Langley (1836-1907), probably Toronto's best church architect (the original Metropolitan Church, Jarvis Street Baptist, Walmer Road, the Necropolis), as well as many iconic secular buildings such as the 8th (Adelaide Street) Post Office and the Yorkville Town Hall
http://ve.torontopubliclibrary.ca/toronto_sanctuaries/langley.html
And his partner Edmund Burke, (1850-1919), who brought the "Chicago-style" to Toronto with the Simpson's Department Store and the Ryrie Building (not to mention the Bloor Street Viaduct).
http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?BioId=41375&query=
http://ve.torontopubliclibrary.ca/toronto_sanctuaries/langley.html
And his partner Edmund Burke, (1850-1919), who brought the "Chicago-style" to Toronto with the Simpson's Department Store and the Ryrie Building (not to mention the Bloor Street Viaduct).
http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?BioId=41375&query=
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adma
Superstar
*Maybe* a place can be made for John Andrews?
Irishmonk
Senior Member
It may be a tad early in his career, but I would like to add Stephen Teeple to the list. As well as Ron Thom (just for Massey College alone).
thecharioteer
Senior Member
Perhaps, as long as we consider some of the 50's, 60's Modernists like Irving Grossman, Jerome Markson and Macy DuBois, as well as the early work of Page & Steele (founded in 1926).
One architect who deserves a higher profile is Ferdinand Herbert Marani (1896-1971), who led a number of firms through the years, starting in the 1920's, and was responsible for such classic Modern buildings such as the Bank of Canada and Maclean Hunter buildings on University Avenue and Confederation Life on Bloor East. http://www.mountpleasantgroup.com/new/interest/filey/archives/marani