Person

Rother, Vincent, 1912-1959

1912-1959

Vincent Rother was born in 1912, in Montreal, Quebec.

He studied engineering at McGill University, science at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and architecture at the Architectural Association School of London, England. He practised architecture in London for twelve years before setting up his office in Montreal in 1948. He joined the Montreal architectural firm Bland, Rother, Trudeau architects, created in 1953. This partnership contributed to the development of the Modern Movement of architecture in Canada with projects that included the award-winning former Ottawa City Hall (1955). In 1956, the firm remodelled an existing commercial building on the southeast corner of Bloor Street West and St. Thomas Street for Georg Jensen’s Silversmiths Ltd.

In 1939, he married Frances Muriel Freeder, in London, England. He died on November 28, 1959, in Montreal, Quebec.

Bland, Rother and Trudeau (1953-1963)