Nationality Canadian Died 1919 Occupation Architect Projects Prince Edward Viaduct | Name Edmund Burke Structures Prince Edward Viaduct Role Architect | |
Edmund burke on the sublime the art of gothic documentary clip
Edmund Burke (1850–1919) was a highly regarded Canadian architect best known for building Toronto's Prince Edward Viaduct or "Bloor Street Viaduct", and Toronto's Robert Simpson store. He served as the Vice-President, then President of the Ontario Association of Architects.
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- Edmund burke on the sublime the art of gothic documentary clip
- Edmund burke mini lecture
- Personal
- Education and training
- Later life and death
- References
Edmund burke mini lecture
Personal
Burke was born in Toronto to parents with ties to building industry:
Education and training
Burke attended Jesse Ketchum School, Upper Canada College and Toronto Mechanics' Institute before apprenticing as an architect with his maternal uncle and forming the firm Langley and Burke in 1873.
Later life and death
Most of Burke's professional career was in Toronto and he lived a little more than a decade after his uncle's death. Burke died in the city and is buried at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, where he designed the mortuary chapel in 1893.