Claude Cormier Biography: Phyllis Lambert - Canadian Center for Architecture [6 of 8]

Cormier was working in a small landscape architecture firm in Toronto doing a project for Phyllis Lambert, a member of the wealthy Bronfman family and the founder of the Canadian Center for Architecture (CCA) in Montréal. Lambert studied architecture in Chicago under Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (and convinced her father to commission Mies to design the Seagram Building in New York City). Cormier was put in charge of the CCA project but quit because he didn’t feel he had enough experience; however, he developed a friendship with Lambert. His takeaway was to know your own ability.