Page and Steele
Page and Steele was an architecture partnership created in 1926 by Forsey Pemberton B. Page (1885-1970) and W. Harland Steele (1900-1996) in Toronto. It is now part of the IBI Group of architectural and engineering firms.
History
Forsey Page was born in Toronto in 1885 and served in the Canadian Army during World War I before becoming an architect.[1] He retired after 1950 and died in 1970.[2]
Harland W. Steele was born in Stouffville, Ontario in 1900 and graduated from architecture at the University of Toronto in 1925.[3] He retired in 1970 and died in Toronto in 1996.[3]
In the 1950s the firm employed famed architect Peter Dickinson.[3]
Projects
Page and Steele's projects cover the span from 1926 and 1970:[4]
- Forest Hill Public School 1931-32
- Forest Hill North Preparatory School 1936
- Forest Hill Municipal Building 1945
- Wallberg Memorial Chemistry Building, University of Toronto 1946-1948
- Niagara Falls Collegiate and Vocational School 1948
- Page and Steele Head Office 1948-1948
- St. Joseph's Morrow Park Catholic Secondary School, Toronto 1960
- Wexford Collegiate Institute, Toronto 1964
Legacy
Most of Page and Steele's projects are in Toronto, but newer ones are under construction outside Canada.
- Four Seasons Hotel Group Head Office, Toronto
- Benevenuto Place, Toronto
- O'Keefe Centre, Toronto
- Beth Tzedec Synagogue, Toronto
- Delta Hotel Toronto
- Air Canada Centre Expansion
- Colossus Vaughan
- Maple Leaf Square
- Empress Walk
- Shore Club, Jersey City NJ
- J.W. Marriott and Resort Hotel, Aqaba, Jordan
- Four Seasons Hotel Amman
- Four Seasons Hotel Prague
- Atrium on Bay
- Denison Armoury 1961, demolished 2003
References
- ^ "Major Forsey P. Page SAC 1902". The St. Andrews College Intranet Kilby. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ "Information on Architect: Forsey Page & Steele, (firm)". Architectural Index for Ontario. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
- ^ a b c "Steele, W. Harland". Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800-1950. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
- ^ "Page, Forsey Pemberton B." Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada 1800-1950. Retrieved July 10, 2017.
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