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William George Storm has had a profound and lasting influence on architecture in Toronto. Storm’s buildings, designed both with Frederick Cumberland and on his own, stand as triumphs of design in an age when Toronto sought to develop its place as a city among the great cities of the world. Architecture that represents a cross section of architectural styles and building types were constructed to plans conceived of by William Storm during his remarkable career. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church looms over the corner of King and Simcoe Streets as though it were a great anchor keeping the sleek and flimsy looking skyscrapers from blowing away into Lake Ontario. Victoria College is an architectural masterpiece which delights and intrigues with each subsequent visit. The William E. Dunn Building on Spadina speaks to Storm’s ability to design for practicality and industry. One can juxtapose his design of the Sackville Street School that he did with simple practicality and humble materials with his renovation of Osgoode Hall, a grandiose Classical Revival building that spared no expense or detail. In reviewing William Storm’s body of work, it becomes readily apparent that he was an architect who possessed an incredible range of design ability.
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