Blanche Lemco van Ginkel
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Blanche Lemco van Ginkel was a British-born Canadian architect, city planner, and educator who worked mostly in Montreal and Toronto. She is known for her Modernist designs, as well as for planning Ex
In one of her earliest projects, van Ginkel worked on the rooftop of le Corbusier's iconic Unité d'Habitation in Marseille. She would later write, "I designed the children's play area and the high parapet around the running track/edge of the roof. The idea was that the roof was like the square of a small town, with its usual facilities, and that one saw the Alpes Maritimes in the distance as one would over the house roofs. This is why the parapet is relatively high."
Bowring Park, St. John's, Newfoundland
Cornelia Oberlander
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Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, MBCSLA, FCSLA, FASLA, LL.D. was a Canadian landscape architect. During her career she contributed to the designs of many high-profile buildings in both Canada and the United
Cornelia (left) and her sister in a 1932 portrait by Sabine Lepsius
The Canadian Pavilion, Expo '67, Montreal
The Canadian Chancery, Washington
Partial View, Robson Square