Lily Inglis

Lily Inglis (1926-2010) was a Canadian architect. Inglis was born in Milan, Italy and received her education in England. She moved to Canada, and became involved in the preservation of historic buildings in Kingston, Ontario. She was a partner in Inglis and Downey Architects, Inc.

Inglis was raised as a child in Milan, Italy, where she became interested in architecture. She would be confined to her bed due to an illness, and there she began drawing and constructing 3-D miniature buildings from paper. At age 12 she moved to England and attended a British boarding school. Eventually she would go on to be an apprentice in Cheltenham before attending the University of Edinburgh for architecture. In 1953 she married Edinburgh psychologist James Inglis. In London she started her own architectural firm and practiced there for six years. In the evening, she studied landscape design.

In 1959 Inglis and her husband moved to Kingston, Ontario. There, she found inspiration in the stone architecture of the city and decided to explore building preservation by utilizing the stone style of Kingston in her own designs; paying homage. She also worked to redesign heritage buildings for contemporary use and conservation.

Notable awards

• Fellow, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada

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