Frank Darling (architect)
- Frank Darling (architect)
Frank Darling (17 February 1850 – 19 May 1923) was a Canadian architect and key player in buildings built in Toronto during the early 20th century and promoter of the Beaux-Arts style.
Darling, a graduate of Trinity College, Toronto, studied and trained in England 1870-1873. He partnered with John A. Pearson (as well as Henry Sproatt and S. George Curry) to form a successful design firm and shaped commercial development in Toronto during the 1910s to 1920s.
Darling was the first Honorary President of the Toronto Beaux-Arts Club, member of the Holt Commission for planning of Ottawa (1913-1915),
Darling projects include:
* First tall steel-frame building in Canada, Winnipeg 1904 with George A. Fuller Co.
* Bank of Commerce in Winnipeg, one of Canada's finest examples of Beaux-Arts design
* Sun Life in Montreal, the largest building in the British Commonwealth
* Bank of Commerce in Ottawa
* Victoria Hospital for Sick Children (1892) by Darling and Curry
* Bank of Montreal building (1885), now home of the Hockey Hall of Fame
* The Church of St. Mary Magdalene 1908
Awards won by Darling:
* 2nd place in government building competition of 1907
* First Canadian to win the Royal Institute of British Architects Gold Medal 1915
ee also
* Pearson and Darling
References
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* [http://www.historyoftoronto.ca/history/buildings5.html Bank of Montreal Building]
* [http://www.historyoftoronto.ca/history/buildings6.html Old Trinity College and Trinity College Gates]
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