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The firm was formed in 1957 as the partnership of Charles H. Warner Jr., Robert Burns (1916-1997), Danforth W. Toan and Frithjof M. Lunde."Notices," Progressive Architecture 38, no. 11 (November 1957): 262. The firm's leadership team was expanded in 1961, when Eric Joseph Pick and Eleanor (Doermann) Larrabee were made associates in the firm."Notices," Progressive Architecture 42, no. 10 (October 1961): 222.

Warner had first practiced in the firm of Warner-Leeds, in association with Harold Eliot Leeds. This firm existed from 1947 to 1955 and was responsible for the interiors of the Paris Theatre{{efn|name=Paris|Contained within the office building at 4 West 58th Street, designed by Emery Roth & Sons.}} (1948) in New YorkNorval White, Elliot Willensky and Fran Leadon, AIA Guide to New York City (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2010) and collaborated on the design of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico (1952) in San Juan, Puerto Rico, in association with Toro-Ferrer, a leading Puerto Rican architecture firm.NRHP Registration Form for Supreme Court Building (2006) Between the dissolution of that firm in 1955 and 1957, Warner was a sole practitioner. During this period he designed the Foss Hill group of dormitories at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut, in association with Brown, Lawford & Forbes.David B. Potts, Wesleyan University, 1910-1970: Academic Ambition and Middle-Class America (Middletown: Wesleyan University Press, 2015)

In 1977 the partnership was expanded to include Eric J. Pick {{post-nominals|list=AIA}} (May 31, 1922 – October 30, 2016), Bernard Ehrlich {{post-nominals|list=AIA}} (January 27, 1922 – July 16, 2009) and Erdmann K. H. Riedel {{post-nominals|list=AIA}} (March 10, 1933 – September 30, 2015)."Notices" in Progressive Architecture 58, no. 9 (September, 1977): 148.

In 1989 the partnership was expanded to include Richard A. Fox {{post-nominals|list=AIA}} and Fredric M. Bell {{post-nominals|list=FAIA}}."Names and News" in NYC/AIA Oculus 51, no. 6 (February, 1989): 10.

In 1998 the firm was incorporated as WBTL Architects.

Charles H. Warner Jr. was born in 1911. He attended Wesleyan University and Columbia University, graduating from the latter in 1938. He worked for architects Morris Ketchum Jr. and industrial designer Donald Deskey.

Warner retired from active practice in 1981, but continued to consult on Warner, Burns, Toan, Lunde projects until his death.

Warner taught architecture at Cornell and Columbia. Warner died November 2, 2004 at home in Upper Nyack, New York.

Robert Burns was born January 12, 1916 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. He attended Rutgers University and Columbia University, graduating from Columbia in 1947. He worked for industrial designer George Nelson and architects Mayer, Whittlesey & Glass, before joining Warner in 1956,"Burns, Robert," American Architects Directory (New York: R. R. Bowker Company, 1970): 123-124. becoming a member of Warner, Burns, Toan, Lunde the following year.

Burns joined the American Institute of Architects in 1963. In addition to professional work, Burns taught architecture at Columbia from 1949 forward. He was a resident of Nutley, New Jersey. Burns died in 1997."[https://aiahistoricaldirectory.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AHDAA/pages/36775132/ahd1006053 Robert Burns]"

Danforth Wallace Toan was born November 3, 1918. He attended Dartmouth College and Columbia University]], graduating from the latter in 1949. During World War II he served with the Coast Guard. He had joined Warner by 1954.

Toan died January 16, 2013. He was a resident of Tappan, New York.

Frithjof Martin Lunde, also known as Fritz Lunde, was born February 7, 1921 in Risør, Norway. He served in the Air Force during World War II."Frithjof 'Fritz' Lunde," Charleston (CS) Post and Courier, April 3 2012. Lunde was managing partner of Warner, Burns, Toan, Lunde from 1963 to 1989."Ehrlich, Bernard," New York Times, August 9 2009. Lunde died March 31, 2012 in Charleston, South Carolina. He was formerly a resident of Cortlandt Manor, New York.

Warner:

Burns:

• https://aiahistoricaldirectory.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/AHDAA/pages/36775132/ahd1006053

Toan:

Lunde:

• https://archive.org/details/whoswhoinamerica0002unse_ed43/page/2040/mode/2up?q=%22lunde+Frithjof%22 (Who's Who 1984)

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The firm's best-known work is the John P. Robarts Research Library on the campus of the University of Toronto, completed in 1973. Described as "forceful, mannered, and aloof," The main part of the building is fourteen floors high, flanked by the lower Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library and Claude T. Bissell Building. This concrete Brutalist building was designed on a triangular plan, which influences every part of the building down to small details. The building is noted for its high quality of construction and detail.Patricia McHugh and Alex Bozikovic, Toronto Architecture: A City Guide (Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 2017) The design of the library was executed in collaboration with the Toronto architecture firm of Mathers & Haldenby. Though Warner, Burns, Toan, Lunde were labeled as "design consultants" for this project, they were the library's primary designers, with Mathers & Haldenby responsible for working drawings and construction supervision.Ellsworth Mason, Mason on Library Buildings (Lanham: Scarecrow Press, 1980)

1960 - John M. Olin Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York"[https://www.fs.cornell.edu/fs/facinfo/fs_facilInfo.cfm?facil_cd=2047 2047-Olin Library]"

1961 - Mabel Smith Douglass Library,{{efn|name=Larrabee|Eleanor Larrabee, designer.}} Douglass Residential College of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New JerseyKayo Denda, Mary Hawkesworth and Fernanda Perrone, The Douglass Century: Transformation of the Women's College at Rutgers University (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2018)

1963 - Malott Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York"[https://www.fs.cornell.edu/fs/facinfo/fs_facilInfo.cfm?facil_cd=2081 2081-Malott Hall]"

1964 - Campus of Corning Community College, Corning, New York, 1964.Miriam F. Stimpson, A Field Guide to Landmarks of Modern Architecture in the United States (New York: Prentice Hall, 1985)

1967 - Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, Student Center and Unispan Hofstra University, Hempstead, New YorkAIA Architectural Guide to Nassau and Suffolk Counties, Long Island, ed. Robert B. MacKay, Stanley Lindvall and Carol Traynor (New York: Dover Publications, 1982)

1969 - Rutgers (College Avenue) Student Center, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

1969 - Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

1971 - Ruth S. Hartley University Center, Adelphi University, Garden City, New York

1971-74 - Seeley G. Mudd Center, Oberlin College, Oberlin, OhioGeoffrey Blodgett, Oberlin Architecture, College and Town: A guide to its Social History (Kent: Kent State University Press, 1985)

1974 - Esther Raushenbush Library, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York

1975 - Seeley G. Mudd Building, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina - medical library.John M. Bryan, Duke University: An Architectural Tour (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 2000)

1980-82 - Steinberg Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaGeorge E. Thomas and David B. Brownlee, Building America's First University: An Historical and Architectural Guide to the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2000)

1985-86 - Clemens Library, College of St. Benedict, St. Joseph, Minnesota - Toan and Larrabee.

1990-92 - Rutgers Art Library, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New JerseyHalina R. Rusak, "The Art Library: A New Art Landmark at Rutgers Mall," Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries 54, no. 2 (1992): 24-36.

Library of Science and Medicine, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

Hill Center for the Mathematical Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey

E. W. Fairchild-Martindale Library, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Philip Rauch Fieldhouse, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Stabler Athletic and Convocation Center, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

1962 - Hilton Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

1965-66 - Hilton Barbados, Bridgetown, Barbados - Demolished 1999."Construction Projects," International Commerce 69, no. 17 (April 29 1963): 38.

1970 - Colonial Hilton Inn,{{efn|name=Newport|Operated under several names since 1971, including Sheraton Islander Inn, Islander Doubletree Hotel, Hyatt Regency and most recently Gurney's Newport.}} Goat Island, Newport, Rhode Island

1976-79 - Ramses Hilton, Cairo, Egypt - In association with Egyptian architect Ali Nour el-Din Nassar.Udo Kultermann, Contemporary Architecture in the Arab States: Renaissance of a Region, (New York: McGraw Hill, 1999)

• 1964 – John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode IslandWilliam McKenzie Woodward and Edward F. Sanderson, Providence: A Citywide Survey of Historic Resources, ed. David Chase (Providence: Rhode Island Historical Preservation Commission, 1986)
• 1966 – Warren Weaver Hall, New York University, New York City.
• 1969 – Club Tower, Boca Raton Resort and Club, Boca Raton, FloridaDonald Curl, The Boca Raton Resort and Club: Mizner's Inn (Charleston: History Press, 2008)
• 1969 – Fine Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, New JerseyRaymond P. Rhinehart, Princeton University: An Architectural Tour (New York: Princeton Architectural Press, 1999): 146-147.
• 1971 – Sciences Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Islandref name="Citywide"/>
• 1976 – Julius and Armand Hammer Health Sciences Center, Columbia University, New York City.
• 1983 -– Dr. Sun Yat-sen Middle School 131, New York City
• 1983 – Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New JerseyVivien Raynor, "A new setting at Rutgers," New York Times, March 20, 1983.
• 1994 – Marriott World Trade Center renovations, 3 World Trade Center, New York CityAlan S. Oser, "A Downtown Hotel in Search of a Niche All Its Own," New York Times, February 13, 1994, R7.
• Destroyed in 2001.

• 1955 - North Shore Unitarian Church (former), 1001 Plandome Rd, Plandome, New York
• Presently the Reconstructionist Synagogue of the North Shore.

1957-58 - Unitarian Church of Princeton, Princeton, New Jersey"[https://www.uuprinceton.org/channing-design/ Channing Hall Design]"

1982 - Aurora Public Library, Aurora, Colorado - In association with Brooks Waldman Associates.Thomas J. Noel, Buildings of Colorado, vol. 2 (Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1997)

1968 - Campus of Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, New York in association with Katz, Waisman, Weber, Strauss.

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|File:Corte Suprema 2 - San Juan Puerto Rico.jpg

|Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1952.

|File:Wesleyan University - Hewitt dorms 01.jpg

|Foss Hill dormitories, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut, 1955.

|File:Cornell Olin Library 2.jpg

|John M. Olin Library, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1960.

|File:2019-09-22 15 18 53 The Mabel Smith Douglass Library on the Douglass Campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, Middlesex County, New Jersey.jpg

|Mabel Smith Douglass Library, Douglass Residential College of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1961.

|File:Hotel Hilton in Addis Abeba.jpg

|Hilton Addis Ababa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 1962.

|File:John D. Rockefeller Library, Brown University.jpg

|John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1962.

|File:Building on campus at Cornell University.jpg

|Malott Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1963.

|File:Corning Community College library.JPG

|Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Library, Corning Community College, Corning, New York, 1964.

|File:Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (48072654781).jpg

|Warren Weaver Hall, New York University, New York, New York, 1966.

|File:Woodruff Library.jpg

|Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1966-69.

|File:Robartslibrary.jpg

|John P. Robarts Research Library, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, 1967.

|File:Brown University Sciences Library Providence.jpg

|Sciences Library, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, 1967.

|File:Hofstra University, Student Center.jpg

|Student Center, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York, 1967.

|File:Fine-hall-princeton.jpeg

|Fine Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1968.

|File:Robert J. Kibbee Library.JPG

|Robert J. Kibbee Library, Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, New York, 1968.

|File:Boca Rotan Resort Photo D Ramey Logan.jpg

|Club Tower, Boca Raton Resort and Club, Boca Raton, Florida, 1969.

|File:Rutgers Student Center.jpg

|Rutgers Student Center, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1969.

|File:Hyatt Hotel on Goat Island, Rhode Island.jpg

|Colonial Hilton Inn (former), Newport, Rhode Island, 1970.

|File:Oberlin College - Mudd Learning Center.jpg

|Seeley G. Mudd Center, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio, 1971-74.

|File:Rauthenbush Library.JPG

|Esther Raushenbush Library, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York, 1974.

|File:Columbia University Medical Center Hammer Health Science Center from southeast.jpg

|Julius and Armand Hammer Health Sciences Center, Columbia University, New York, New York, 1976.

|File:فندق رمسيس هيلتون.jpg

|Ramses Hilton, Cairo, Egypt, 1976-79.

|File:Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University.jpg

|Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1982-83.

|File:Rutgers University Art Library.JPG

|Art Library, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1990-92.

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