Phyllis Lambert is an architect and the founding director and chair of the board of trustees of the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montréal, an international research centre and museum founded in 1979 on the conviction that architecture is a public concern. She first made architectural history as Director of Planning of the Seagram Building in New York, from 1954 to 1958. Committed to urban conservation, she founded Héritage Montréal in 1975 and was instrumental in establishing the Milton-Parc housing renovation cooperative. She completed a bachelor degree at Vassar College in 1948 and a master of science in architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1963, and her honours include Companion of the Order of Canada and the Gold Medal of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada.
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Lambert founded the centre in 1979 and chairs its board of trustees.
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Lambert is recognized as an advocate of modern architecture and directed the Seagram Building, rather than a designer who founded a modernist style.
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LAMBERT, PHYLLIS (1927–), Canadian architect
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1. Phyllis Lambert (Ordre de Montréal)
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She is a Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and recipient of its Gold Medal, the nation's highest architectural award.
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LAMBERT, PHYLLIS (1927, ), Canadian architect
In Style: Modernist Architecture, Biography paragraph two
Phyllis Lambert has been recognized for her tireless advocacy of modern architecture
Associated With: Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Biography paragraph two
she selected world-renowned Mies van der Rohe to be the project's architect
Associated With: Seagram Building, Biography paragraph two
Sam Bronfman entrusted his daughter to direct construction of the landmark Seagram Building in New York
Associated With: Canadian Centre for Architecture, Biography paragraph two
She founded and directed the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montreal
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