Phyllis Lambert: The Joan of Architecture

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To celebrate Phyllis Lambert's 90th anniversary, the Centre of Canadian Architecture (CCA) has organized a display of her work which will be showcased until June 4th. Phyllis Lambert, born Bronfman, began her career as an architect along side the great Mies Van der Rohe. Together, they worked on the Seagram Building in New York and Toronto-Dominion Center. This inspiring woman born in Montreal in 1927 has more than 75 years of work experience and architecture research. Still active today, she never tires of militating for architectural heritage and working with the built environment.

Known worldwide for her implication in the advancement of architecture, Phyllis Lambert is also a great philanthropist who founded Montreal Heritage in 1975 and created the Fonds de l'investissement de Montréal (FIM) in 1996, the first and only private investment funds which aims to revitalize low-income neighbourhoods.

Montreal's CCA is an exhibition center, a place for research and reflection, a studying and discovery center of architecture. Phyllis Lambert, who founded CCA in 1979 said this about the center: "We are not a museum which exposes objects and declares "This is architecture". We are trying to make people think". This is the perfect time to discover the place and the woman!