Beaux-Arts Architects with Influence in Ottawa

The architects who followed the methods of the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris took an academic approach to architecture. They worked with a grand scale, proportion, symmetry, axial layout, rational planning, exterior expression of interior use, and adoption of an appropriate historical style. Usually, but not always, a Greek or Roman Classical style was applied to a modern structure, such as steel frame or reinforced concrete.

More information on the architects will be found from this page, or from the building descriptions. Where the firm is much more important than the individual architects, it will have an entry. These are not intended as complete biographies. Special significance to the Beaux-Arts and to Ottawa is indicated by up to three stars. The deaths of many leading architects at the peak of the Beaux-Arts success is highlighted in boldface.

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