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Blanche Lemco van Ginkel
CM FRAIC
Born
Blanche Lemco

(1923-12-14)14 December 1923
London, England
Died20 October 2022(2022-10-20) (aged 98)
Toronto, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Alma mater
  • McGill University
  • Harvard University
Known for
  • Architecture
  • landscape design
  • urban planning
Notable work
  • Expo 67
  • conservation of Old Montreal
MovementModernist architecture
Spouse
Sandy van Ginkel
(m. 1956; died 2009)
Awards
  • Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal
  • Gold Medal of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
  • Order of Canada

Blanche Lemco van Ginkel CM FRAIC (14 December 1923 – 20 October 2022) 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 Expo 67 and spearheading the preservation of Old Montreal.[1] Lemco van Ginkel was the first woman to head a faculty of architecture in Canada and be elected a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. She was also the first woman to be awarded a fellowship by the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada[2] and in 2020, was awarded their highest honour, the RAIC Gold Medal.[3]

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  3. ^ "Gold Medal 2020 Recipient". Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2020.

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