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History
Earle Ingram was the principal architect at his own firm before the pair decided to collaborate together. At this time Brian Pye was working at a large architectural firm in Ottawa. In 1964, Pye left his previous position and started working with Ingram under the name Ingram and Pye Architects. As a new firm, the partner's cooperated on various diverse building types, some including churches, office buildings and many schools. The most notable schools that they built or contributed to were the Carp Public School (1967) and an addition done at Carleton Place High School (1969). The firm was situated in Ottawa, although, they worked on many projects outside of the city. Most in the greater Ottawa area, however, they were given the opportunity to build Athabasca School (1968) out in the western province of Alberta. The firm of Ingram and Pye lasted 5 years until the retirement of Ingram in 1969, Ingram decided to retire from the practice of architecture at the early age of 40. While on the contrary, Brian Pye continued his career after the split and produced a number of projects on his own before joining a new partnership in 1977.

See:  Pye and Richards 

Biography
Brian Pye the second member of Ingram and Pye Architects was born in 1929, he was raised in Ottawa East and went to school in the same district. When he graduated and began going to college, he chose to stay close to come. Pye went to Carleton College located in the Glebe neighbourhood. Carleton still exists today, however, since then they have become an official University and the campus has relocated further south to a plot of land purely for the university services. Ensuing his schooling at Carleton, Pye continued on with his education at McGill University, where he graduated with a professional degree in architecture in the year 1953 at the age of 24. Both Pye and Ingram graduated from McGill University within a year of each other, with Pye graduating the year before. This may have been the location that the two became acquainted with each other before Ingram invited Pye to work with him at the firm that they would later operate together.

Before the partnership began, Pye worked at a large architectural firm in the city of Ottawa. Here he contributed to projects for the Ottawa Board of Education. Pye’s main focus in his career was to design and construct buildings, however, he had an interest in rehabilitation work as well. This is evident in a study he prepared for the Department of Public Works for the Daly Building. He encouraged the city to continue to use the building, to repurpose and rehabilitate it to fit the new needs. Instead, the city decided to take it down. Pye encouraged conservation and heritage before it became as big of a tendency as it is today. After Ingram retired from the practice, Pye continued to run his own architectural firm for many years. During this time, he produced significant buildings such as the Central Electric Wire (1974) and the I.B.M office (1975), most of his projects he focused on were in the educational and commercial sectors.

Outside of work Pye was a passionate sportsman and competed in basketball, golf and curling at an early age. More casually, Pye enjoyed skiing and fishing in his time outside of the office. Some of these sports Pye continued to take part in until the age of 81. He was additionally an avid member of the Ottawa Hunt and Golf Club for over 50 years. Aside from sports, Pye enjoyed managing birdhouses, he and his wife June would care for multiple homes on their property and rural roads in the area.

Selected Works (Pye only)

 * East End High School (Cairine Wilson Secondary School)
 * Central Electric Wire
 * Ontario Housing Corporation
 * I.B.M.

Selected Works

 * J.L. Richards & Associates Limited Annex.
 * Carp Public School
 * Carleton County Jail
 * Carleton Place High School (Addition)

External Sources
The Ottawa Citizen; Journal

Heritage Ottawa