Edmund Burke (architect)
Edmund Burke (1850 – 1919) was a highly regarded Canadian architect best known for building Toronto's Prince Edward Viaduct or "Bloor Street Viaduct", and Toronto's Robert Simpson store. He served as the Vice-President, then President of the Ontario Association of Architects, which later became the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC). He studied architecture with his uncle Henry Langley.
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