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Lyle, John M(acIntosh)
(b Connor, Ireland, 13 Nov 1872; d Toronto, 19 Dec 1945). Canadian architect and urban planner of Irish birth. He attended the Hamilton School of Art, Ontario, and trained as an architect at the School of Arts, Yale University, New Haven, CT, before enrolling in the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris (1894). His training was reinforced by 12 years’ work in New York for several large firms. Upon return to Canada (1906) he was instrumental in disseminating the Beaux-Arts ideals to the architectural profession through the Atelier Lyle and lectures at the University of Toronto. Throughout his career his works reflected the Beaux-Arts style, for example the Royal Alexandra Theatre, King Street West (1906), and Union Station, Front Street (1911–27) (both Toronto), Memorial Arch, Royal Military College, Kingston, and Bank of Nova Scotia, Ottawa (both 1923).
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