Architecture – Bill Teron
Honourary Fellow RAIC

On Monday, March 12, at the age of 85, Bill Teron passed away. Considered the father of Kanata Teron’s list of accomplishments is vast:

• First Bells Corners garden suburb;
• Beavebrook;
• Chairman and President of Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC);
• Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Urban Affairs;
• Founder of Teron International Building Technologies;
• 1978 Honorary Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada;
• 1982 Order of Canada;
• Recipient of Silver, Gold and Diamond Queens Jubilees medals;
• Jane Jabobs Lifetime Achievement Award in 2013
• Humanitarian – designing low-cost housing in South Africa;
• One of the founding trustees of the National Art Centre.

With regards Beaverbrook: “His idea was to create a satellite city. There wasn’t even a village there. The whole idea was the city in the country. Open spaces, preserving the rock outcrops when possible. There were pathways to where the schools were going to go. Kids still use them.”

His vision of Kanata required the creation of mocked restrictive covenants were created. For instance, paint colours must remain in muted shades.

I must say I agree with this stand on the cities current policies! “There’s an unfortunate policy in the City of Ottawa right now, in which it appears that our city government actually encourages and approves random spot zoning anywhere, any place,” he told hundreds of Kanata residents who had gathered over a proposal for a condo tower. The audience gave him a standing ovation.








I’ve allways enjoyed the architecture of the Talisman Hotel! (now Travelodge).







Canal One Eleven – 111 Echo Drive. These two buildings sit next to the canal and truly fit their setting.










Dufferin House – 174 Dufferin




Carleton Hotel




Park Square – 151 Bay Street
Always one of my favourite downtown Buildings.




Inn of the Provinces Office & Hotel




300 Queen Elizabeth Drive
A truly stately building this time on the western shore of the Canal




Teron’s recently sold home in Kanata Lakes was something else. Large: yes. Glassy: yes. But reflects and in concert with its surrounding.













In case you missed the part about the patron of the arts take a moment to admire the Lemieux on the wall.



Teron was passionate about what he did, and the results have stood the test of time, says Wilkinson. I must agree, for unbeknownst to me many of my favourite buildings in the city are his. RIP William Teron. You have put an indelible stamp on our city!