Royal Architectural Institute of Canada / en Blanche Lemco van Ginkel awarded the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Gold Medal /celebrates/blanche-lemco-van-ginkel-awarded-royal-architectural-institute-canada-gold-medal <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Blanche Lemco van Ginkel awarded the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Gold Medal</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/community" hreflang="en">Community</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2020-05-21T10:47:41-04:00" title="Thursday, May 21, 2020 - 10:47" class="datetime">Thu, 05/21/2020 - 10:47</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/john-h-daniels-faculty-architecture" hreflang="en">John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/landscape" hreflang="en">Landscape</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/and-design" hreflang="en">and Design</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/royal-architectural-institute-canada" hreflang="en">Royal Architectural Institute of Canada</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/blanche-lemco-van-ginkel-1.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Blanche Lemco van Ginkel"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(photo by Joy von Tiedemann)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><strong>Blanche Lemco van Ginkel</strong>, former dean of the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, has received the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Gold Medal in recognition of her significant and lasting contributions to architecture in Canada.&nbsp;</p> <p>Lemco van Ginkel, who became dean in 1977, is believed to be first woman to have led a school of architecture in North America. She taught at the Daniels Faculty until 1993.</p> <p>Her notable achievements as an architect include studies of Old Montreal that helped preserve the city’s historic core amid highway construction, a design for Bowring Park in St. John’s, and a preliminary plan for Expo 67.</p> <p>The award jury wrote that Lemco van Ginkel “has had a profound influence on architectural thinking, education and practice. She has been an inspiration to generations of architects, and has consistently furthered the architectural and planning discourse through publication and practice.”</p> <p>In 2015, the Daniels Faculty established the Professor Blanche Lemco van Ginkel Admission Scholarship, in recognition of her achievements and leadership.</p> <h3><a href="https://www.daniels.utoronto.ca/news/2020/04/02/blanche-lemco-van-ginkel-named-recipient-years-raic-gold-medal">Read more about Lemco van Ginkel</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Thu, 21 May 2020 14:47:41 +0000 lanthierj 164620 at