Peter Dickinson (architect)
Peter Allgood Rastall Dickinson, (October 21, 1925 – October 15, 1961), was a British-born architect responsible for many modernist buildings in Toronto.
Born in Suffolk, 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 in 1958.
Dickinson died of cancer in Montreal, Quebec before the completion there of his tallest work, Tour CIBC leaving behind his wife Vera and two boys (Gregory and Trevor).
Projects
Some of Dickinson's works:
Continental Can Building - 790 Bay Street, Toronto
Benvenuto Apartments - 1 Benvenuto Place, Toronto
Dickinson Tower - 14 Blevins Place, Toronto
Westbury Hotel - 475 Yonge Street, Toronto
Juvenile and Family Courts - 311 Jarvis Street, Toronto
Jesuit Seminary - 25 Ballyconnor Court, Willowdale, (now Tyndale University College and Seminary)
Ottawa Police Station 1954 - Waller Street and Daley Avenue, Ottawa (demolished)