Darling and Pearson was an architectural firm based in Toronto from 1895 through 1937. The firm was prolific and produced consistently fine work though the patronage of notable figures of the Canadian establishment, and is responsible for enhancing the architectural character and quality of the city, and indeed the rest of Canada, in the first quarter of the 20th century.
Canadian Bank of Commerce Building, Toronto, 1930
Art Gallery of Ontario sculpture court, in a 1929 photo
197 Yonge Street, Toronto
Summerhill-North Toronto CPR Station, its 140-foot clock tower modelled on the Campanile di San Marco in Venice
Frank Darling (architect)
Frank Darling was an important Canadian architect, winner of the RIBA Gold medal in 1915, who designed many of Toronto'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 Edwardian Baroque buildings in Canada's major cities, representative of the period's prosperity and optimism.
Frank Darling (architect)
Image: The Toronto Club (April 2005)
Image: Old Hospital for Sick Children
Image: Flavellelaw