SDW Architects

 

Robert W. Siddall

 

Siddall worked briefly with Richard Neutra in California. He opened his Victoria office in 1951 as Polson & Siddall, taking over the partnership of P. Leonard James and Hubert Savage. In 1910 James had associated with Francis Mawson Rattenbury, and over the years with his brother, Douglas James and Savage. (Savage himself had associated with Samuel Maclure, completing the work at hand after Maclure's death in 1929. In 1957 the firm operated as R. W. Siddall, from 1965 as Siddall, Dennis, and Associates. In 1970 David Warner became an associate and from 1986 the firm was known as SDW Architects. In 1995 a new association was formed with Antoni James and Kenneth B. Johson, who had previously worked together in Winnipeg, Calgary, and Victoria.

 

David H. Warner

 

A graduate of the London Northern Polytechnic in 1954, Warner practiced in London until joining Polson & Siddall Architects in Victoria in 1958. From 1960 to 1968 he maintained a private practice in Calgary, then returned to Victoria to join Siddall and Dennis as an associate. He has chaired the Vancouver Island chapter of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia. Representative works of the firm are the Richard Blanshard Building, the Rohani Building, 727 Pandora Avenue Office and Retail Complex, Dunsmuir Lodge, and the B.C.Hydro Administrative Centre, Royal Oak.

 

Projects at UVic:

• Cadboro Commons Building
• Centennial Stadium
• Craigdarroch Residences
• Gordon Head Residences
• Lansdowne Residences
• McGill Residences
• McPherson Library
• Student Union Building 1975 addition
• University House

In Victoria:

• Centennial Square
• City Hall