Peter Allgood Rastall Dickinson, (October 21, 1925 – October 15, 1961), was a British-born architect responsible for many modernist buildings in Toronto.
Born in London, UK, he studied architecture during World War II and served during 1944-1945. He came to Canada in 1949 to work for Wells Coates. He moved to Page and Steele in 1950 and later with his own firm Peter Dickinson and Associates. He died in Montreal, Quebec.
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 Seminary)
- Ottawa Police Station, Ottawa
- 111 Richmond Street, Toronto
- York Mills Collegiate Institute, Toronto
- Inn on the Park, Toronto
- O'Keefe Centre for the Performing Arts (later renamed Hummingbird Centre for the Performing Arts, still later Sony Centre for the Performing Arts), Toronto
- 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 CIBC 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 Hotel 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 in the downtown Toronto.
His legacy lives in the firm created by his former partners in Webb Zerafa Menkes Housden Partnership.
Dickinson, left, with 561 Avenue Road in Toronto and his phallic masterpiece, Montreal's CIBC building, "in many ways like Dickinson himself," writes John Martins-Manteiga, "tall, lean, smart ... and forever young."
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Peter Dickinson by John Martins-Manteiga (This is the first major book on architect Peter Dickinson. The 304-page catalogue traces the life and work of architect, Peter Dickinson from England to Canada. PETER DICKINSON is the first comprehensive catalogue on the work of this important modern Canadian architect.)
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