Ontario Place architect Eberhard Zeidler has passed away at 95

Sad news to start the new year as the CBC has reported famed architect Eberhard Zeidler has died aged 95 at his home in Canada.  Zeidler was one of the last living links to the Bauhaus school and the man responsible for some of Canada’s most significant mixed-use urban developments including Ontario Place and the Eaton Centre in Toronto. Born in Germany in 1926, Zeidler served in the Kriegsmarine under Hitler’s reign and later immigrated to Canada to work in the office of his professor Emanuel Lidner.  Zeidler went on to join another firm in Peterborough called Blackwell, Ziedler and Strong that eventually became Zeidler Architecture. Zeidler had been serving in an emeritus role with the firm since announcing his official retirement in 2009.  Aside from his practice, Zeidler was an adjunct instructor at the University of Toronto from 1983 until 1995 in addition to his appointments to the Order of Canada and Order of Ontario, which were conferred in 1984. Zeidler was known to priorit...