Douglas Edwin Kertland (November 23, 1887 – March 4, 1982) was a Canadian architect and athlete. He was a rower who competed in the

1908 Summer Olympics The 1908 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the IV Olympiad and also known as London 1908) were an international multi-sport event held in London, England, United Kingdom, from 27 April to 31 October 1908. The 1908 Games were ori ...

. He was a coxswain of the Canadian boat, which won the bronze medal in the men's eight. He later became an architect and designed numerous buildings in Canada, and was a president of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC). Born in Toronto, Kertland joined the army during the First World War and went overseas with the 126th Battalion. After the war, he studied architecture in England before returning to Toronto. Upon his return, he worked for

John M. Lyle John MacIntosh Lyle (13 November 1872 – 20 December 1945) was an Irish Canadians, Irish-Canadian architect, designer, urban planner, and teacher active in the late 19th century and into the first half of the 20th century. He was a leading Cana ...

(whose most well-known project is the Royal Alexandra Theatre in Toronto). He established his own practice in Toronto in 1926. He designed numerous homes in the Rosedale neighbourhood of Toronto. He won a 1928 design competition and designed the Art Deco

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exhibition hall at Exhibition Place in Toronto. He designed many hospitals and banks in addition to office and residential buildings. Kertland was president of the RAIC in 1956 and 1958. He was also an honorary member of both the New Zealand Institute of Architects and the American Association of Architects. He was married to Gladys McMurrich and, later, to May Warren Bray. In 1976, he donated the records of his architectural practices to the Archives of Ontario.

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Douglas Kertland's profile at databaseOlympicsBrief biography of Douglas KertlandDouglas Kertland fonds
Archives of Ontario 1887 births 1982 deaths Canadian male rowers Olympic bronze medalists for Canada Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 1908 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers of Canada Rowers at the 1908 Summer Olympics Rowers from Toronto {{Canada-rowing-bio-stub