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Peter Dickinson (architect)
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Born in London, UK, he studied architecture during World War II and served during 1944-1945. He came to Canada
Canada
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in 1949 to work for Wells Coates
Wells Coates
Wells Wintemute Coates OBE was an architect, designer and writer. He was, for most of his life, an ex-patriate Canadian architect who is best known for his work in England...
. He moved to Page and Steele in 1950 and later with his own firm Peter Dickinson and Associates. He died in Montreal, Quebec before the completion there of his tallest work, Tour CIBC
Tour CIBC
La Tour CIBC is a forty-five-storey skyscraper in Montreal, Quebec. With the communications antenna on the roof, the total height is . The International Style office tower was built by Peter Dickinson, Ross, Fish, Duschenes and Barrett and was the city's tallest building from 1962 to 1963...
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Some of Dickinson's works:
- Continental Can Building, Toronto
- Benvenuto Apartments, Toronto
- Dickinson Tower, Toronto
- Westbury Hotel, Toronto
- Juvenile and Family Courts, Toronto
- Jesuit Seminary, Willowdale, (now Tyndale University College and SeminaryTyndale University College and SeminaryTyndale University College and Seminary is an accredited Christian institution of higher education in the Protestant Evangelical tradition located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Tyndale students come from over 40 different Christian denominations and more than 30 different ethnic groups. Tyndale...
) - Ottawa Police Station, Ottawa
- 111 Richmond Street, Toronto
- York Mills Collegiate InstituteYork Mills Collegiate InstituteYork Mills Collegiate Institute is a Toronto high school, offering grades 10–12, located in Toronto along York Mills Road between Leslie Street and Bayview Avenue. The school emphasizes university preparation...
, Toronto - Inn on the ParkInn on the ParkInn on the Park was a luxury hotel that once graced the hill overlooking Leslie Street and Eglinton Avenue in North York, Ontario.-Urban Resort:...
, TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... - O'Keefe Centre for the Performing Arts (later renamed Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts, still later Sony Centre for the Performing Arts), TorontoTorontoToronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
- Park Plaza Hotel (Toronto), Toronto
- Courtyard & Canopy, Park Plaza Hotel, Toronto
- Medical Building,, Toronto
- Lawrence Heights School, Toronto
- Beth Tzedec Synagogue, Toronto
- Church Street PS
- Four Seasons Motor Hotel, Toronto
- Canadian Red Cross, Toronto
- Queen Elizabeth Building
Ten Newest Buildings
- 365 Bay Street 12 floors 1962
- La Tour CIBCTour CIBCLa Tour CIBC is a forty-five-storey skyscraper in Montreal, Quebec. With the communications antenna on the roof, the total height is . The International Style office tower was built by Peter Dickinson, Ross, Fish, Duschenes and Barrett and was the city's tallest building from 1962 to 1963...
45 floors 1962 - 4 King Street West 20 floors 1959
- 500 Avenue Road 13 floors 1958
- 55 Yonge Street 12 floors 1958
- 111 Richmond Street .. 15 floors 1956
- 561 Avenue Road 14 floors 1956
- Lord Simcoe HotelLord Simcoe Hotel, TorontoLord Simcoe Hotel was one of many of lost hotels in Toronto, Ontario. Built in 1956, the 20 storey concrete and glass modernist structure was designed by Henry T. Langston and Peter Dickinson. The hotel was named for John Graves Simcoe, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada and a resident of York,...
20 floors 1956 - Marriott Courtyard 16 floors 1956
- Four Seasons Motor Hotel at 415 Jarvis Street 1961 - sinced demolished
Dickinson's most famed design is the Hummingbird Centre
Hummingbird Centre
The Sony Centre for the Performing Arts is a major performing arts venue in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-About the Centre:The Sony Centre For The Performing Arts is Canada’s largest soft-seat theatre...
in the downtown Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
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His legacy lives in the firm created by his former partners in Webb Zerafa Menkes Housden Partnership.