Allward, Hugh Lachlan

ALLWARD, Hugh Lachlan (1899-1971) was a prominent Toronto architect and son of the eminent Canadian sculptor Walter S. Allward. Born in Toronto on 25 December 1899 he was educated in the Dept. of Architecture at the School of Practical Science, University of Toronto, from 1919 until 1922. He served as apprentice and junior architect in the office of Chapman & Oxley from 1923 until 1929 when he opened his own office in Toronto in September of that year. Within two years his designs for residences with a decidedly French influence were winning prizes; in 1931 the Toronto Chapter of the Ontario Association of Architects awarded him a Second Prize for his newly completed residence for R. DeBruno Austin on Rosedale Road, Toronto. In 1933 he received a First Award for the chateau style house of A.H.C. Proctor, Beaumont Road, Toronto.

Forming a partnership in 1935 with G. Roper Gouinlock their new firm rose in prominence, continuing to win local and national awards for residential designs completed before World War II. The project which earned the office international attention in the press, however, was the decidedly modernist scheme for the Mechanical Engineering Building on the campus of the University of Toronto (1948). This was an important point of departure for the University which had, until now, relied on conservative Beaux-Arts and Collegiate Gothic styles for all buildings on its campus. The new aesthetic notions of strip windows and planar massing were employed at an even larger scale by Allward in the development for Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto (1944-47), and on the Department of Veteran's Affairs Building, Ottawa (1949-58). Allward was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy in 1945 and served as its president from 1954 to 1957. He was active in his practice until the mid-1960's and died in Toronto on 29 December 1971; his nephew Peter A. Allward has continued the practise (biography in the R.A.I.C. Journal, xxvi, Oct. 1949, 362; obituary in the Globe & Mail [Toronto], 30 Dec. 1971, 5)

HUGH L. ALLWARD

HEATH STREET EAST, residence for Ivan M. Capon, 1929 (C.H.G., vi, Sept. 1929, 28-29, illus.; vii, July 1930, 33-35, illus.)
WYCHWOOD PARK, residence for Robert C. Clarkson, 1929 (inf. from Toronto Historical Board)
ROSEDALE ROAD, residence for Reginald DeBruno Austin, 1930 (R.A.I.C. Journal, viii, March 1931, 79; C.H.G., ix, Feb. 1932, 34-5, illus.)
BEAUMONT ROAD, residence for A.H. Courtney Proctor, 1931 (R.A.I.C. Journal, x, March 1933, 49; May 1933, 95, illus.; C.H.G., x, April 1933, 28-30, illus.; dwg. at the National Gallery, Ottawa)
EDGEHILL ROAD, Humber Valley near the Old Mill, residence for Dr. J. Spence Reid, 1931 (C.H.G., x, Oct. 1933, 30-32, illus.)
BLOOR STREET WEST, shop front, 1933 (R.A.I.C. Journal, x, Nov. 1933, 181, illus.)
PARK ROAD, residence for Dr. William L. Holman, 1934 (Const., xxvii, Oct.-Nov. 1934, 130, 132, illus.)
NORTH YORK, ONT., residence for the architect, Beechwood Avenue near Highland Crescent, 1933-34 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xii, May 1935, 74, illus.; C.H.G., xiii, Oct-Nov. 1936, 26-27, illus.)

ALLWARD & GOUINLOCK

(works in Toronto)

LITHO-PRINT CO., Adelaide Street East, factory and printing plant, 1935-36 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xiii, June 1936, 123, 126, illus.)
NORTH YORK, ONT., residence for John Bain, York Mills, 1936-37 (C.H.G., xiv, March 1937, 12-13)
NORTH YORK, ONT., residence for Joseph A. Whealy, Beechwood Avenue, 1936 (C.H.G., xiii, March 1936, 36-37, illus.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xvi, Sept. 1939, 209, illus.) FOREST HILL ROAD, opposite Ormsby Crescent, residence for Alfred D. Morrow, 1936 (Daily Commercial News [Toronto], 8 July 1936, 5, illus.; C.H.G., xvii, March 1940, 22-27, illus.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xvii, June 1940, 98, illus.)
NORTH YORK, ONT., residence for R.W.H. Binnie, Bayview Avenue near Lawrence Avenue East, 1936-37 (Daily Commercial News [Toronto], 13 Nov. 1936, 1, illus. & descrip.)
NORTH YORK, ONT., residence for James S. Duncan, Park Lane near Lawrence Avenue East, 1937 (Toronto Daily Star, 5 March 1937, 12; C.H.G., xiv, Dec. 1937, 24-27, illus.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xv, March 1938, 62-63, illus.)
NORTH YORK, ONT., residence for Major James E. Hahn, Park Lane at Lawrence Avenue East, 1937 (Toronto Daily Star, 5 March 1937, 12)
NORTH YORK, ONT., residence for William P. Walker, Alexandra Wood, 1937 (C.H.G., xiv, July-Aug. 1937, 24, illus.)
RUSSELL HILL ROAD, residence for Alfred Jephcott, 1937 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xiv, Oct. 1937, 214-15, illus.)
NORTH YORK, ONT., residence for Arthur C. McDermott, York Mills, 1937 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xvi, Feb. 1939, 38)
NORTH YORK, ONT., residence for J. Norman Stanley, Beechwood Avenue, 1937 (C.H.G., xiv, Sept. 1937, 18-19, illus.)
NORTH YORK , ONT., residence for S.R. Cragg, Highland Crescent, 1937 (C.H.G., xiv, Nov. 1937, 37-39, illus.)
ROYAL TRUST BUILDING, King Street West, 1937 (C.R., vol. 50, 24 March 1937, 13, illus. & descrip.; Financial Post [Toronto], 5 June 1937, 8, descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xv, May 1938, 113, illus.)
GRACE CHURCH ON-THE-HILL, Lonsdale Road at Russell Hill Road, completion of the church begun by Eden Smith, 1938; new chapel, 1944 (Grace Church On-The-Hill, 1874-1964, 25; R.A.I.C. Journal, xxi, March 1944, 53, illus.)
LAKE SIMCOE ICE & FUEL CO., Dupont Avenue, showroom, 1939 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xvi, Oct. 1939, 223, illus.)
NORTH YORK, ONT., "Rosewood", a mansion for Ernest Rowe, Sandringham Drive at Barwick Drive, 1939 (Globe & Mail [Toronto], 16 Dec. 2016, G4 & G5, illus. & descrip.)
NORTH YORK, ONT., residence for Kenneth J. Salmond, York Mills, 1939 (C.H.G., xvii, Jan-Feb. 1940, 33, illus.)
JOHN INGLIS CO., Strachan Avenue at Liberty Street, ordnance plant, 1940 (Toronto b.p., 24 July 1940)
RESEARCH ENTERPRISES LTD., Vanderhoof Avenue at Brentcliffe Road, Leaside, including Radio Stores Building at No. 20 Research Road, 1941 (C.R., liv, 1 Jan. 1941, 36; R.A.I.C. Journal, xix, Oct. 1942, 206, illus.; xxiii, Feb. 1946, 37, illus.; inf. Marybeth McTeague, City of Toronto)
SUNNYBROOK MILITARY HOSPITAL, Bayview Avenue, 1944-47 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xxi, Aug. 1944, 168, illus; xxvi, Oct. 1949, 308-51, illus. & descrip.; Canadian Hospital, xxiii, Oct. 1946, 42-44; Builder [London], 7 July 1950, 17-22, illus.)
NORTH YORK, ONT., residence for Hubert W. Lofft, Riverview Drive, 1944 (C.H.G., xxii, Feb. 1945, 13, illus.)
INFANTS HOME, Huntley Street at Isabella Street, 1945 (Toronto b.p., 24 July 1945)
NORTH YORK, ONT., Glen Park Public School, Glengrove Avenue at Dalemount Street, 1946-47 (C.R., lix, August 1946, 156)
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, addition to the Drill Hall, later called the Examination Hall, St. George Street, south of Bloor Street West, 1947, and now part of Woodsworth College (C.R., lx, March 1947, 120)
NORTH YORK, MacLean Hunter Pub. Co., printing plant, Yonge Street near Franklin Avenue, 1947-48; demol. 1998 (Canadian Hotel Review, xxv, 15 July 1947, 81-82, illus. & descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xxvi, June 1949, 191-95, illus. & descrip.; Architectural Record [New York], cvi, Nov. 1949, 117-19, illus. & descrip.)
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, Mechanical Engineering Building, King's College Road, 1947-48 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xxvi, June 1949, 185-90, 199, illus. & descrip.)
MASSEY-HARRIS CO. LTD., King Street West at Strachan Avenue, factory for production of agricultural combine machines, 1945; Sales and Engineering Building, 1947-48 (Financial Post [Toronto], 30 June 1945, 1; R.A.I.C. Journal, xxv, Nov. 1948, 420-21, illus.)
WESTON, ONT., Fire Hall, Weston Road at King Street, 1948 (C.R., lxi, March 1948, 172)
UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO, School of Nursing, St. George Street at Russell Street, 1949-50 (C.R., lxii, Oct. 1949, 141)
BLACK & DECKER CO. LTD., showroom and warehouse, Fleet Street East, 1950 (C.R., lxii, Nov. 1949, 128)
SCARBOROUGH, ONT., Pilkington Glass Co., Danforth Road, new factory, 1950-51 (C.R., lxii, Dec. 1949, 93)
ETOBICOKE, ONT., British Oxygen Co., factory, 1950 (C.R., lxiii, May 1950, 148)
DUPLATE CANADA LTD., St. Clair Avenue West near Yonge Street, office building, 1950 (Toronto b.p., 12 June 1950; J. Kinsella, Historical Walking Tour of Deer Park, 1996, 34, illus.)
HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN, Nurses Residence, Elizabeth Street at Elm Street, 1950-51 (Toronto b.p., 1 Nov. 1950)
ARDWOLD GATE, residence for Leslie E. Blackwell, 1950-51 (Toronto b.p., 21 Nov. 1950)

(works outside Toronto)

OAKVILLE, ONT., 'Haltonbrook Farm', residence for L.H. Nelles, Lower Middle Road West, 1935 (C.H.G., xiii, May 1936, 9-11, illus.)
THORNHILL, ONT., a mansion for Mrs. Adele Mulock, near Bayview Avenue, 1936 (Daily Commercial News [Toronto], 6 May 1936, 6, illus.)
EVERSLEY, KING TOWNSHIP, ONT., Eaton Hall, a mansion and country estate for Lady Eaton , near Dufferin Street and Highway 40, 1938-39, and now part of Seneca College (C.R., li, 10 Aug 1938, 32-34; Kelly Mathews, Eaton Hall - Pride of King Township, 2015, 89-111, illus. & descrip.)
CHATHAM, ONT., Collegiate, Prince Street at Murray Street, 1939-40 (C.R., lii, 6 Sept. 1939, 33)
WINDSOR, ONT., General Motors of Canada, assembly plant occupied by Border Cities Industries Ltd., Kildare Road at Munsee Street, 1939; demol. 2015-17 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xix, Nov. 1942, 225, illus.; Andrew Foot, Windsor Then & Now, 2021, 72-3, illus.)
FORT ERIE, ONT., Fleet Aircraft of Canada Ltd., aircraft assembly plant, 1940 (C.R., liii, 3 July 1940, 21)
MISSISSAUGA, ONT., Small Arms Inspection Building, Lakeshore Road East opposite Dixie Road, for the Dept. of National Defense, c. 1940 (inf. Heritage Mississauga - Designation Statement 2009)
OAKVILLE, ONT., 'Lisonally Farm', the residence of Aubrey Baillie, Lake Shore Highway West, 1940 (C.H.G., xvii, Nov. 1940, 24-28, illus.)
(with MacDonald & Magoon), EDMONTON, ALTA., aircraft assembly plant, 1940 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xvii, Nov. 1940, 203)
(with H.R. McDonic) LONDON, ONT., University of Western Ontario, McIntosh Memorial Art Gallery, 1940-42 (J. Talman, University. of Western Ontario 1878-1953, 149)
BRANTFORD, ONT., Massey-Harris Co., assembly plant, 1942; foundry, 1945 (C.R., lv, 18 Feb. 1942, 29; R.A.I.C. Journal, xxiii, Oct. 1946, 250-53, illus.)
KAPUSKASING, ONT., major addition to the Kapuskasing Inn, 1944 (Canadian Hotel Review, xxii, 15 June 1944, 36)
EDMONTON, ALTA., Massey-Harris Co.,103rd Avenue, showroom and warehouse, 1946 (C.R., lix, March 1946, 132)
ERINDALE, ONT., residence for John A. Houston, 1946 (C.H.G., xxiii, July 1946, 24-25, illus.)
GORMLEY, ONT., residence for J. Wilson Berry, 1946 (C.H.G., xxiii, Sept. 1946, 19-23, illus.)
THOROLD, ONT., Ontario Paper Co. Ltd., office building, 1946-47 (Financial Post [Toronto], 3 Aug. 1946, 5, descrip.; R.A.I.C. Journal, xxv, Nov. 1948, 406-07, illus.)
GEORGETOWN, ONT., Smith & Stone Electrical Mfr. Co., factory, 1947 (C.R., lx, March 1947, 120)
KAPUSKASING, ONT., addition to the High School, 1947 (C.R., lx, July 1947, 102)
OSHAWA, ONT., King Street East, medical clinic for Dr. G.L. Bird, 1947 (C.R., lx, July 1947, 110)
MUSKOKA, ONT., summer residence for Conn Smythe, 1948 (C.H.G., xxvi, April 1949, 42-43, illus.)
WINDSOR, ONT., Guaranty Trust Co., University Street West at Victoria Street, 1947-48 ((Financial Post [Toronto], 28 Dec. 1946, 10, descrip.; Windsor Star, 21 June 1948, 14-15, illus. & descrip.)
OTTAWA, ONT., Department of Veterans Affairs Building, Wellington Street, 1949-58 (R.A.I.C. Journal, xxxii, Nov. 1955, 420-21, illus.; Andrew Waldron, Exploring the Capital: An Architectural Guide to the Ottawa-Gatineau Region, 2017, 14-15, illus. & descrip.)
OSHAWA, ONT., General Motors of Canada, Park Road South, assembly plant, 1950-52 (C.R. lxiii, May 1950, 148)
NORANDA, QUE., Hockey Arena & Recreation Centre, 1950-51 (Gazette [Montreal], 29 Jan. 1951, 20, illus. & descrip.)