Phyllis Lambert
See also: Lambert
Phyllis Barbara Lambert , born on January 24th, 1927 with Montreal is a Québécois Architecte .
Biography
Girl of the business man Samuel Bronfman (1889-1971), it was born and grew in Montreal with the Quebec. Phyllis Bronfman obtained a diploma of higher learning at the American university of Vassar, in 1948.
In 1952, it was able in France, where it married the writer Jean Lambert, to divorce little time afterwards. However, she preferred to keep the name of Lambert that she carries since.
In 1954, it settled with New York, where it started to be interested in the Architecture, for finally obtaining, in 1963, a diploma with the Illinois Institute off Technology.
In the Years 1960, Phyllis Lambert was the initiator and projetist of the Center of arts Saidye Bronfman in Montreal, named in the honor of his/her mother. She devoted a good part of her life and her fortune to the promotion of architecture and inheritance, basing in particular in 1979 the Canadian Center of architecture, a research center and of exposure on the architecture of world class. She contributed in particular to the foundation of the organization dedicated to the protection of the inheritance Héritage Montreal and took part in many projects, of which the revalorization of the Canal Lachine in Montreal.
Phyllis Lambert also took part with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in the development of the famous plans of two skyscrapers, that is to say the Édifice Seagram , located at New York, the Center Toronto-Dominion, located at Toronto.
In 1985, it became Chevalier of the National order of Quebec, to be promoted in Grand Officer in 2005. Since 1985, it is member of the Ordre of Canada. In 1990, it was promoted with the rank of Officer, and in 2001, with that of Companion. In 1992, it obtained the title of Officer of the Ordre of Arts and the Letters of France.
Phyllis Lambert took an active part in the life citizen montréalaise and Québécois. In 2003, it took defensive position of the new town of Montreal and, in 2006, against the dismantling of the National park of the Mount-Orford. It also gave an opinion against the name change of the Avenue of the Park in Robert-Bourassa Avenue.
The film Citizen Lambert: Joan off Architecture (2007) is a very good portrait of the life a little more private of Phyllis Lambert
Projects
- Center of arts Saidye Bronfman to Montreal, with Ludwig Crumbs van der Rohe.
- Building Seagram, New York, with Ludwig Crumbs van der Rohe.
- Restoration of the Biltmore Hotel, with Los Angeles, with Summers Gene.
- Center Toronto-Dominion, with Toronto, with Ludwig Crumbs van der Rohe (consulting).
Honors
- 1985 - Knight of the National order of Quebec
- 1985 - Member of the Order of Canada
- 1988 - Large Montréalais
- 1991 - Price Chomedey-with-Maisonneuve
- 1991 - Member of the royal Company of Canada
- 1992 - Officer of the Order of Arts and the Letters of France
- 1992 - Price Lescarbot
- 1994 - Price Gerard-Morisset
- 1998 - Knight of Order of the Pleiad
- 2002 - Companion of the Order of Canada
- 2003 - Price White-Lemco-Van Ginkel of the Order of the town planners of Quebec
- 2005 - Grand officer of the National order of Quebec
- It is also titular of 26 honorary doctorates.
- Member elect of the Gold medal of the royal Institute of architecture of Canada
External bonds
- Biography in '' the Canadian encyclopedia ''
- National order of Quebec
- Canadian Center of Architecture
- Center of arts Saidye Bronfman
- Heritage Montreal
See too
- List of the Québécois architects
- List of Montréalais famous
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