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Elizabeth Davidson was born in Toronto, Ontario.
She moved to Montreal, Quebec to attend the McGill University School of
Architecture where she was honoured with Distinction in Architecture and the
Hugh McLennan Memorial Scholarship, awarded to the student with the highest
overall standing in their final year. She graduated with a Bachelor of
Science (Architecture) in 1971 and a Bachelor of Architecture in 1973. Following graduation, Elizabeth joined ARCOP
Associates in Montreal where she worked on diverse projects ranging from the
restaurants at the World Trade Center in New York City, an office building in
Rochester, New York, and Oberoi Hotels in Agra, India and the Seychelles
Islands. When Montreal was awarded the 1976 Summer Olympic Games, Elizabeth
joined the consulting firm of C.A.I.M. who were retained to manage the
construction of all Olympic sites, other than the Olympic Stadium, swimming
pool and velodrome. As Construction Manager, she oversaw the renovation of
the McGill University Stadium for the field hockey competition. In 1977, she
re-established herself in Toronto. She joined the practice of Sankey
Partnership and became an Associate Partner in 1979. Her work in the firm
included the urban design of the Rideau Centre Project in Ottawa, the
architectural design of the J.D. Griffin Adolescent Centre, the Holiday Inn
in Guelph, Ontario, and the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station Information
Centre in Tiverton, Ontario. In 1985, she formed Davidson-Langley Incorporated Architects
and became president of the company. The firm has been awarded the 1994 Gold Medal for
Indoor Swimming Pools - North America for the Raynault Residence,
Caledon, Ontario, and the 1991 Economic Development Award, Pickering Town
Council for the St. Paul's-on-the-Hill Church in Pickering,
Ontario. Recently, she was design and project architect for the Studio
Theatre (Stratford, Ontario), St. George’s Anglican Church
(Ajax, Ontario), the Bridgeport Lofts (Waterloo, Ontario), the Mill Lofts
(Guelph, Ontario) and Jubilee United Church (Toronto, Ontario). Elizabeth has been a member of the Ontario
Association of Architects since 1978, has served as the Vice
President and Treasurer of the Association, and Chair of the Centennial Committee.
She was honoured as a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
in 1991. She is a member of the Senate of the Stratford Festival, North America's second
largest arts organization. |
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