Eberhard Zeidler

Eberhard Heinrich Zeidler, OC OOnt (born January 11, 1926) is a Canadian architect. He studied at the Bauhaus University in Weimar, East Germany and then at the Technische Hochschule, Karlsruhe, West Germany.
Zeidler was born in Germany. He immigrated to Canada in 1951 and joined the firm with Blackwell and Craig of Peterborough, Ontario. In 1963, he moved to Toronto, and the firm became Craig, Zeidler and Strong until 1975. Eb Zeidler continues to go to work daily as a Senior Partner Emeritus at the firm, now called, Zeidler Partnership Architects, in Toronto. The firm also has offices in Calgary, Victoria, BC, London, Berlin, Beijing, and Abu Dhabi, UAE.

Interior of the Eaton Centre in downtown Toronto, designed by E. H. Zeidler. The flock of birds is a sculpture called Flightstop, a work by the Canadian artist Michael Snow.

More prominent projects by Zeidler's firm include:

• Toronto Eaton Centre shopping mall and offices, 1977-1981 with Bregman + Hamann Architects, Toronto, Ontario
• McMaster University Health Science Centre, 1972, Hamilton, Ontario
• Ontario Place theme park (including Cinesphere), 1967-1971, Toronto
• Walter C. Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre, 1975-1986, Edmonton, Alberta
• Yerba Buena Gardens, 1980-1984, San Francisco, California
• redevelopment of the Queen's Quay Terminal, 1979-1983, Toronto
• Canada Place for Expo'86, Vancouver, British Columbia
• MediaPark 1990-2004, Cologne, Germany
• Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts 1992, West Palm Beach, Florida
• Toronto Centre for the Arts 1993, Toronto
• Living Arts Centre 1997, Mississauga, Ontario
• Hospital for Sick Children Atrium 1993, Toronto
• Beth Israel Synagogue (Peterborough) 1964
• Rogers Office Campus 1992, Toronto
• York University Accolade Project 2005-2006, Toronto
• Sherway Gardens Phase IV 1989-1990, Toronto
• Royal Victoria Hospital Atrium, Barrie
• Queen's Quay Terminal restoration 1983, Toronto
• Markham Stouffville Hospital 1990, Markham, Ontario
• Gladstone Hotel restoration 2002-2003, Toronto
• Trump International Hotel and Tower, 2012, Toronto

In 1984, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. He has also received the Order of Ontario. He won a medal from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada in 1986.