Eberhard Zeidler

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Eberhard Heinrich Zeidler, OC OOnt (born January 11, 1926) is a German-Canadian architect. He studied at the Technische Hochschule in Karlsruhe, West Germany.

Life and career[]

Zeidler was born in Braunsdorf, Germany. He immigrated to Canada in 1951 and joined an architectural firm with Blackwell and Craig in Peterborough, Ontario. In 1963, he moved to Toronto, Ontario, and the firm became Craig, Zeidler and Strong until 1975.

Zeidler continues to go to work daily as a Senior Partner Emeritus at the firm, now called Zeidler Partnership Architects, in Toronto. The firm also has offices in Calgary, Victoria, BC, London, Berlin, Beijing, and Abu Dhabi, UAE.

In 1984, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. He has also received the Order of Ontario. He won a medal from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada in 1986.

Portfolio[]

Interior of the Eaton Centre in downtown Toronto, designed by E. H. Zeidler. The flock of birds is a sculpture called Flight Stop, a work by the Canadian artist Michael Snow.

Prominent projects by Zeidler's firm include:

• Toronto Eaton Centre shopping mall and offices, 1977-1981 with Bregman + Hamann Architects, Toronto, Ontario
• McMaster University Health Science Centre, 1972, Hamilton, Ontario
• Ontario Place theme park (including Cinesphere), 1967-1971, Toronto
• Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre, 1975-1986, Edmonton, Alberta
• Yerba Buena Gardens, 1980-1984, San Francisco, California
• Redevelopment of the Queen's Quay Terminal, 1979-1983, Toronto
• Canada Place for Expo 86, Vancouver, British Columbia
• MediaPark, 1990-2004, Cologne, Germany
• Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts, 1992, West Palm Beach, Florida
• Toronto Centre for the Arts, 1993, Toronto
• Living Arts Centre, 1997, Mississauga, Ontario
• Hospital for Sick Children Atrium, 1993, Toronto
• Beth Israel Synagogue (Peterborough), 1964
• Rogers Office Campus, 1992, Toronto
• York University Accolade Project, 2005-2006, Toronto
• Sherway Gardens Phase IV, 1989-1990, Toronto
• Royal Victoria Hospital Atrium, Barrie
• Queen's Quay Terminal restoration, 1983, Toronto
• Markham Stouffville Hospital, 1990, Markham, Ontario
• Gladstone Hotel restoration, 2002-2003, Toronto
• Trump International Hotel and Tower, 2012, Toronto

Bibliography[]

• Building Cities Life (2013, Dundurn Press) ISBN 9781459704138

External links[]

• Zeidler Partnership Architects
• Artfact biography
• Eberhard Zeidler - verso francais
• List of Zeidler Partnership developments