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Type of entity
Person
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Cardinal, Douglas J.
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Description area
Dates of existence
1934-
History
Douglas J. Cardinal, O.C., PH.D. (H.C.) B.ARCH., O.A.A, A.I.A, A.A.A., M.A.A., S.A.A., O.C., R.C.A.A., F.R.A.I.C., F.R.I.A.S was born March 7, 1934 in Calgary, Alberta. He attended St Joseph's Convent residential school near Red Deer, Alta. He was accepted by the School of Architecture at the University of British Columbia in 1952, he studied there for 3 years, finishing his degree at the the University of Texas School of Architecture at Austin where he graduated with honours in 1963.
His list of work and accomplishments is long and varied working on museums, theatres, health centres, and schools. His first major project was the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Quebec.
In 1990 Douglas Cardinal was awarded the ORDER OF CANADA, in 1992 the Canada Council Molson Prize for the Arts and in 1995 the National Aboriginal Achievement Award. In 1999 he was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, the highest architectural honour bestowed upon an individual in Canada. He was awarded the Governor General's Award for Visual and Media Arts in 2001 and in 2002 he received the Golden Jubilee Medal in honour of Her Majesty the Queen's 50th Anniversary. By the year 2011 he had been granted 12 honorary doctorates in recognition of his significant contribution to excellence in architecture, by every major Canadian university. He was granted a fellowship at Ryerson in 1990.
Douglas Cardinal's office is located in Ottawa. The Douglas Cardinal collection of drawings and models is archived at Carleton University, beginning with his work in 1984. Other material is in the University of Calgary Archives.