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| Born | Blanche Lemco 14 December 1923 London, England |
| Died | 20 October 2022 (aged 98) Toronto, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
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| Movement | Modernist architecture |
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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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