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Born in Montreal , she studied at Vassar (BA- 1948 ) and became involved in architecture after 1954 at the Illinois Institute Of Technology . She graduated in 1963 . She designed the Saidye Bronfman Centre in Montreal, named after her mother. Working with Ludwig Mies Van Der Rohe she was was influential in two of his most successful skyscraper projects, the Seagram Building and the Toronto-Dominion Centre . She ended her architectural career following the death of her father in 1971 . She is the founder and remains the director of the Canadian Centre For Architecture , a museum and research centre in Montreal. She married Jean Lambert. In 1990 she received an honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, Architecture from the Pratt Institute . Her work includes:
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 the National Order Of Quebec and was promoted to Grand Officer in 2005 . SEE ALSO REFERENCES |
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