Morden Yolles was known as one of Canada's leading structural engineers.
He developed a specialty in tall buildings in Canada and abroad, including the 72-storey First Canadian Place in Toronto, the World Financial Center in New York, and Canary Wharf in London. Shortly after graduating in 1948, Yolles collaborated with architect Peter Dickinson to build the Benvenuto in Toronto, using new techniques in concrete design. From there, he went on to collaborate with many modernist architects of the time.
Several generations of budding architects and engineers have benefited from his teachings and his generous support of educational opportunities through a scholarship and a yearly design competition at the University of Toronto. Yolles received an Order of Canada in 2002.
Also in 2002, Lynn Appleby was granted an exclusive interview with Morden Yolles for the Italian architectural publication Piano Progetto Città. Click here to read the story.