Toronto Star

In 1958, Macy DuBois came to Toronto as a young man with aspirations to change the city's skyline. A native of Baltimore and still a student at Harvard's Graduate School of Design, DuBois had been chosen from among 500 architects from around the world as a finalist in the competition for the design of a new Toronto City Hall. The 28-year-old's submission was ultimately not chosen, but the experience of competing on the world stage for a prime architectural gig changed his life. "That experience convinced me to work in Canada, where Canadians and the media were clearly fascinated by architecture," he once wrote. DuBois, the visionary behind many Toronto landmarks, died Nov. 9 of heart failure. He was 77.