- Phyllis Lambert
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Born in
Montreal , she studied atVassar College (BA in 1948). She moved to France in 1949 and married Baron Jean Lambert, a banker and Rothschild cousin, but they divorced in 1954.She moved to New York City in 1954 and became involved in architecture; she graduated from the
Illinois Institute of Technology in 1963. In the 1960s, she designed theSaidye Bronfman Centre in Montreal, named after her mother. Working withLudwig Mies van der Rohe she was also influential in his two most successful skyscraper projects, theSeagram Building and theToronto-Dominion Centre .In 1979, she founded the
Canadian Centre for Architecture , a museum and research centre in Montreal with an international reputation. She has donated generously to the Centre, giving it 750,000 shares of Seagram.In 1990 she received an honorary DFA in Architecture from the
Pratt Institute . In 1992, she was made Officier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de France. She holds honorary degrees from some 26 universities in North America and in Europe.Her work includes:
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Seagram Building inNew York with Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (as director of planning).
* Restoration of theBiltmore Hotel inLos Angeles with Gene Summers (as developer).
*Toronto-Dominion Centre inToronto withLudwig Mies van der Rohe (as consultant).
*Saidye Bronfman Centre inMontreal, Quebec withLudwig Mies van der Rohe .In 1985 she was made a Member of the
Order of Canada , promoted to Officer in 1990, and promoted to Companion in 2001. In 1985, she was made a Knight of theNational Order of Quebec and was promoted to Grand Officer in 2005.In 2007 a documentary film about Lambert, "", was released by
Filmoption International . The movie was directed byTeri Wehn-Damisch .ee also
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Bronfman family References
*Nicholas Faith, "The Bronfmans: The Rise and Fall of the House of Seagram" (2006).
*External links
* [http://www.greatbuildings.com/architects/Phyllis_Lambert.html Profile at greatbuildings.com]
* [http://thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0009030 Biography at The Canadian Encyclopedia]
* [http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/01-19-2006/0004263835&EDATE= "Phyllis Lambert Accepts NBM's 2006 Vincent J. Scully Prize"]
* [http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=bdd4b9ee-9677-485a-803d-769d25e9578e&k=772 "Montreal Gazette" article on her 80th birthday celebration (includes time line)]
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