Ross & Macdonald 1913-1942, Montreal II
- founded by George
Allen Ross and Robert
Henry Macdonald
- successor to Ross
& MacFarlane
- continued as Montreal associate of
Carrère &
Hastings
- became largest architectural firm in
Canada in 1920's
- modelled on New York offices with design,
engineering, mechanical and electrical depts.
- contributed many associates and fellows
to Royal Institute of British Architects.
- designed a vast range of monumental
buildings across Canada
- built skyscraper tower in Montreal
dedicated to architects
- hotels: Saskatchewan (Regina), Mount
Royal (Montreal), Admiral Beatty (Saint John NB), Royal York
(Toronto), Lord
Elgin (Ottawa)
- theatres and arenas: Gaiety and Imperial
(Montreal), Arena Gardens and Maple Leaf Gardens (Toronto)
- railway stations: Toronto Union (with
architect Hugh G. Jones and associate John M. Lyle), Trois Rivieres
PQ, Regina SK (unbuilt), Edmonton AB (unbuilt)
- Office buildings: Dominion Square and
many others (Montreal), Price (Quebec), Royal Bank 20-storey
tower (Toronto)
- department stores: Daly Building expansion
(Ottawa), Eatons (Montreal), Eatons College Street (Toronto),
Holt Renfrew (Montreal, RAIC gold medal)
- education: Central Technical School
(Toronto), numerous McGill buildings (Montreal)
- drawings deposited with Canadian Centre
for Architecture archives, Montreal
- successor firms: Ross & Ross; Ross,
Patterson, Townsend & Heughan; Ross, Patterson, Townsed &
Fish; Ross, Fish, Duschenes & Barrett; Duschenes, Fish &
Start (DFS)
- longest continuous practice in Canadian
architectural history
- RAIC gold medals for Royal York (1930)
and Holt Renfrew (1937)
- book: Jacques Lachapelle, "Le
Fantasme Metropolitaine - L'Architecture de Ross et Macdonald"",
U. of Montreal Press, 2001, 186 pp.