Douglas J. CardinalDouglas J. Cardinal Architect, Ltd., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Douglas J. Cardinal was born in Calgary, Alberta, in 1934. In 1953 he enrolled at the University of British Columbia's School of Architecture and went on to the University of Texas, Austin, in 1956, graduating in 1963 with a Bachelor of Architecture (Honors). Cardinal is a Canadian architect with an international reputation for excellence in design. Although he earned worldwide recognition for his design of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, he established an early reputation in Western Canada with his design for St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in Red Deer. In subsequent buildings, such as the Grande Prairie Regional College, the Ponoka Government Services Centre, and the St. Albert Civic and Cultural Centre, Cardinal continued to design and build beautifully undulating shells befitting the nature of the activities within. In 1992 Douglas Cardinal was awarded the Canada Council Molson Prize for the Arts, and in 1993 he was commissioned to design the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. He has been awarded Canada's most coveted honor, the Order of Canada, for his contribution to the environment and fabric of the Canadian Nation and has recently won the RAIC 1999 Gold Medal for Architectural Achievement. |