Phyllis Lambert. Photo credit: Marie-Claude Hamel
The Ville de Montréal?s Bureau du design has marked Phyllis Lambert?s 90th birthday by inaugurating the ninth edition of the grant established in her name.
Known worldwide as an architect, author, researcher, lecturer, curator, architecture critic, patron of heritage, engaged citizen, activist, and founder of the Canadian Centre for Architecture, Phyllis Lambert is constant in her insistence that ?You must build things that express the best qualities of the society in which you live.?
The Phyllis Lambert Grant is now awarded every two years. The 2017 edition coincides with Montreal?s 375th anniversary celebrations, which, among other things, will highlight the creativity of designers and architects. Objectives
The professional development project enables the recipient to explore a theme focusing on the city. It may be in the form of a work internship, participation in a design competition, workshop, symposium or any other activity relevant to the advancement of a nascent design career. The selected project must be undertaken in collaboration with one or more of the cities in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, which includes Cities of Crafts & Folk Art, Design, Film, Gastronomy, Literature, Media Arts and Music.
The grant is in the amount of $10,000, with an initial installment of $8,000 coinciding with the recipient announcement ceremony, and the remaining $2,000 paid upon final fulfillment of the recipient?s oblig...