Alfred Marigon Calderon
With true architectural finesse, Alfred Merigon Calderon's designs included a grand Beaux-Arts apartment block, a classic Frank Lloyd Wright home, and rustic mountain buildings.
People
The built environment of Edmonton reflects the work of architects, contractors, civic leaders, and residents who left their mark on the city. From the earliest territorial surveyors to mid-century builders, browse the people connected to the city's heritage structures, organizations, and historical moments.
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Allan Merrick Jeffers
After winning architectural design competitions, Allan Merrick Jeffers of Rhode Island caught the attention of Alberta's first premier who asked Jeffers to come to Edmonton in 1907 to design the Alberta Legislature Building.
Arthur Everett
Arthur W. Cowley
Arthur Whiddington
Bidwell Holgate
Cecil Burgess
Tied inextricably to the architectural composition of the University of Alberta, Cecil Scott Burgess' lengthy career included lasting measures in Edmonton's civic development.
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Cory D. Yee
Whether it is a community building, religious centre or public building, the wealth of experience and technical skills shine when one comes upon a Yee designed structure.
David Ewart
David Hardie
Dewar, Stevenson, and Stanley
Don Bittorf
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Douglas Cardinal
When one looks upon a work by Douglas Cardinal, it is impossible to be enthralled with the flowing lines, integration in the landscape and the impression that you are looking at something different.
D. S. Mcilroy
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Edward Colis Hopkins
Gold medal winner at a Parisian World competition for architecture in the 1890s, Edward Colis Hopkins became the first Provincial Architect of Alberta in 1905 and a prominent Edmonton designer specializing in large commercial and industrial warehouses.
Edward Underwood
Ernest Litchfield
Ernest William Morehouse
Retained by Magrath & Holgate as architect for their new development, Morehouse designed at least thirteen buildings in The Highlands between 1912 and 1915.
Eugene Olekshy
First Nations
Franz Xavier Deggendorfer
One of Edmonton's earliest professionals, Franz Deggendorfer was also the first president of the Alberta Association of Architects.
Frederick S. Jones
Fred H. Macdonald
Fred Thornton Hollingsworth
George E. Turner
George E. Turner was the Edmonton Public School's Building Commissioner during the population boom before the First World War.
George Heath Macdonald
"The firm of MacDonald and Magoon formed what must be called the most prolific if not the most successful architectural firm in the history of Edmonton." Historian Percy Johnson, 1994.
George Hyde
Gordon Wynn
Henry Denny Johnson
Partnering with many prominent architects at the turn of the 20th century, Henry Denny Johnson also made his own significant mark on local architecture with his designs of the McKay Avenue School and John A. McDougall mansion.
Henry Whiddington
Herbert Alton Magoon
"Their partnership, Magoon & MacDonald Architects, became synonymous with good design and attention to detail and, even in frontier times, they made sophisticated use of stylistic influences from eastern Canada, America and Europe." Historian Lawrence Herzog
Herbert Story
H. J. Moore
H.l. Gage
Hobart Dowler
James Edward Wize
Taking advantage of Edmonton's building boom just after the turn of the twentieth century, James Edward Wize made his living as an architect here for about ten years.
James Henderson
Although relatively unknown, James Henderson designed buildings which harken to Edmonton's earliest boom time.
J. A. Senecal
Jock Bell
John Dow
John Lang
John Rule
John Schofield (c.n.r. Architect)
John Walter
Joseph N. Côté
L. Keith
Maxwell Dewar
"(Dewar) was a man of goodwill and of a super-abundant energy who had risen high in his profession by personal ability and by unsparing application to whatever he put his hand to." Cecil Burgess, on the death of Maxwell Cameron Dewar, 1955.
