The Hummingbird Centre was designed by Peter Dickinson . It was officially opened in 1960.
Peter Allgood Rastall Dickinson, (born October 21, 1925 in London, England, died October 15, 1961 in Montreal, Quebec) was a renowned architect and responsible for many modernist buildings in Toronto.
Born in England, he studied architecture during World War II and served during 1944-1945. He came to Canada in 1949 to work for Wells Coates. He moved to Page and Steele in 1950 and later with his own firm Peter Dickinson and Associates. Some of Dickinson's works:
- Continental Can Building, Toronto
- Benvenudo Apartments, Toronto
- Dickinson Tower, Toronto
- Westbury Hotel, Toronto
- Juvenile and Family Courts, Toronto
- Jesuit Semimary, Willowdale
- Ottawa Police Station, Ottawa
- 111 Richmond Street, Toronto
- York Mills Collegiate Institute, Toronto
- Inn on the Park, Toronto
- Hummingbird Centre, Toronto
- Park Plaza Hotel, Toronto
- Courtyard & Canopy, Park Plaza Hotel, Toronto
- Medical Building,, Toronto
- Lawrence Heights School, Toronto
- Beth Tzedec Synagogue, Toronto
- Church Street PS
- Four Seasons Motor Hotel, Toronto
- Canadian Red Cross, Toronto
- Queen Elizabeth Building
Ten Newest Buildings
- 365 Bay Street 12 floors 1962
- La Tour CIBC 45 floors 1962
- 4 King Street West 20 floors 1959
- 500 Avenue Road 13 floors 1958
- 55 Yonge Street 12 floors 1958
- 111 Richmond Street .. 15 floors 1956
- 561 Avenue Road 14 floors 1956
- Lord Simcoe Hotel 20 floors 1956
- Marriott Courtyard 16 floors 1956
Dickinson's most famed design is the Hummingbird Centre in the downtown Toronto. His legacy lives in the firm created by his former partners in Webb Zerafa Menkes Housden Partnership.
