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Frank Darling (architect)

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543: 515: 465: 354: 385: 441: 319: 418: 166:'s landmark institutional and financial buildings, as well as scores of bank branches throughout the country. Darling is best described as an 'Edwardian imperialist' in his outlook and architectural approach, and accordingly left a legacy of fine 40: 232:(1867–1940), principal in Darling, Curry & Co. - 1891, in Darling, Curry, Sproatt & Pearson- 1892 ; in Darling, Sproatt & Pearson- 1892–95, and in Darling & Pearson – 1895–1937, after Darling' s death in 1923. 226:(1866–1934), principal in Darling, Curry & Co. -1891, in Darling, Curry Sproatt & Pearson – 1892, in Darling, Sproatt & Pearson 1892–95, and later draughtsman for Darling & Pearson – 1896,-97; and finally 448: 243:
Darling was the first Honorary President of the Toronto Beaux-Arts Club, member of the Holt Commission for planning of Ottawa (1913–1915), and was the first Canadian to win the
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In 1897 Darling formed his most long-lasting architectural partnership with John A.Pearson, named
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Apart from two brief solo periods in the 1870s, he practised with a series of collaborators:
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buildings in Canada's major cities, representative of the period's prosperity and optimism.
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31 King's College Circle, University of Toronto St. George campus, Toronto
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7 King's College Circle, University of Toronto St. George campus, Toronto
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10 King's College Road, University of Toronto St. George campus, Toronto
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Monumental Edwardian residence for industrialist Sir Joseph Flavelle by
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architect, winner of the RIBA Gold medal in 1915, who designed many of
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South wing of the University of Toronto Sigmund Samuel Building
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University of Toronto Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering
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from 1866 to 1870. He studied and trained in England under
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in Toronto. As a boy, he received his general education at
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Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800–1950
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Historicist: The Lasting Legacy of Darling and Pearson
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Now part of the 245:Royal Institute of British Architects 131:Royal Institute of British Architects 7: 693:"Toronto's Edwardian Skyscraper Row" 178:Born in Scarborough Township in the 362:Victoria Hospital for Sick Children 729:Recipients of the Royal Gold Medal 603:, March 27, 2016, Janice Bradbeer. 14: 719:Beaux-Arts architecture in Canada 636:Dictionary of Canadian Biography 541: 513: 463: 439: 416: 383: 352: 317: 734:Trinity College (Canada) alumni 19:For the English ecologist, see 1: 506:In the Neoclassical style by 306:style by Frank Darling & 739:University of Toronto alumni 531:101 College Street, Toronto 641:University of Toronto Press 406:St. George campus, Toronto 392:"Holwood" (Flavelle House) 214:Henry MacDougall, 1873–74; 755: 451:Sandford Fleming Building 252:St. John's Cemetery Norway 184:Church of the Holy Trinity 18: 688:Historic Places in Canada 648:Bank of Montreal Building 273: 270: 264: 149: 137: 37: 523:Toronto General Hospital 276: 267: 174:Early life and education 536:MaRS Discovery District 676:July 25, 2011, at the 460:Edwardian Classicism. 192:Trinity College School 109:Trinity College School 658:Toronto, No Mean City 510:& Frank Darling. 489:University of Alberta 404:University of Toronto 347:Richardson Romanesque 525:College Street Wing 288:Northwest corner of 247:Gold Medal in 1915. 200:George Edmund Street 188:Upper Canada College 61:Scarborough Township 21:Frank Fraser Darling 724:Canadian architects 639:(online ed.). 569:Darling and Pearson 557:Darling and Pearson 508:Percy Erskine Nobbs 436:Edwardian Baroque. 411:Darling and Pearson 343:Renaissance Revival 312:Hockey Hall of Fame 304:Renaissance Revival 238:Darling and Pearson 218:Samuel George Curry 695:in JSSAC 40 – 2015 378:Romanesque Revival 310:. 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Frank Fraser Darling

Scarborough Township
Province of Canada
Toronto
Ontario
Canadian
Trinity College School
Weston
Royal Institute of British Architects
Canadian
Toronto
Edwardian Baroque
Province of Canada
Church of the Holy Trinity
Upper Canada College
Trinity College School
Henry Langley
George Edmund Street
Samuel George Curry
Henry Sproatt
John A. Pearson
Darling and Pearson
Royal Institute of British Architects
St. John's Cemetery Norway
Yonge Street
Front Street
Toronto
Renaissance Revival
S. George Curry

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