Frank Darling (architect)
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| Born |
February 17, 1850 Scarborough Township, Province of Canada |
| Died | May 19, 1923 (aged 73) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Toronto |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | Royal Institute of British Architects Gold Medal, 1915 |
| Practice | Toronto |
Frank Darling (February 17, 1850 – May 19, 1923) was a Canadian architect and key player in buildings built in Toronto during the early 20th century. He was a promoter of the Beaux-Arts style.
Born in Scarborough Township in the Province of Canada, Darling was the son of the rector of Scarborough and later of the Church of the Holy Trinity in Toronto. As a boy, he received his general education at Upper Canada College before entering Trinity College, Toronto. He worked briefly as a bank teller before becoming apprenticed to architect Henry Langley from 1866-1870. He studied and trained in England under George Edmund Street between 1870-1873 and then returned to Canada.
Apart from two brief solo periods in the 1870s, he practiced with a series of collaborators:
In 1897 Darling formed the lasting partnership, Pearson and Darling. This firm lasted beyond Darling's death in 1923. The firms in which he was a partnership influenced commercial development in Toronto during the 1910s to 1920s.
Darling was the first Honorary President of the Toronto Beaux-Arts Club, member of the Holt Commission for planning of Ottawa (1913–1915), and was the first Canadian to win the Royal Institute of British Architects Gold Medal in 1915.
Darling died in 1923 and was buried at St. John's Cemetery Norway in Toronto.
For projects after the formation of Darling, S. George Curry, Sproatt, & Pearson in 1892, see Pearson and Darling.
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