Pokorny, George Karel
1901–1973
POKORNY, George Karel (1901-1973), active in Toronto where he was in partnership with George D. Gibson, as Gibson & Pokorny, Architects, from 1946 until 1973. Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia on 6 August 1901, he arrived in Canada before 1930 and trained with several local architects. He became prominent in 1936 when he was among over 100 architects who submitted designs in the provincial competition for new residential housing, and he received Second Prize for his effort. In 1946 he was invited to form a partnership with George D. Gibson in Toronto, and they remained active for nearly 30 years. Pokorny died in Toronto on 28 December 1973 (obituary Toronto Star, 3 Jan. 1974, p. A 7).
ONTARIO GOVERNMENT HOUSING COMPETITION, 1936. A total of 109 designs were sent in for this provincial competition, and Pokorny received 2nd Prize in the Class A Division for his plans (Owen Sound Daily Sun-Times, 31 July 1936, 6; R.A.I.C. Journal, xiii, Aug. 1936, 154, 157, illus. & descrip.). The overall winner in the Class A Division was Harold C. Greensides .