Blanche Lemco van Ginkel

Blanche Lemco van Ginkel

CM FRAIC
Blanche Lemco van Ginkel; CM FRAIC
Born	Blanche Lemco; 14 December 1923; London, England
Died	20 October 2022 (aged 98); Toronto, Canada
Nationality	Canadian
Alma mater	McGill University; Harvard University;
Known for	Architecture; landscape design; urban planning;
Notable work	Expo 67; conservation of Old Montreal;
Movement	Modernist 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. 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 and in 2020, was awarded their highest honour, the RAIC Gold Medal.

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