The Venice Biennale announced
Tuesday that Canadian architect and curator Phyllis Lambert will
receive the Golden Lion for lifetime achievement at the 14th
International Architecture Exhibition 'Fundamentals' this June.
"Not as an architect, but as a client and custodian,
Phyllis Lambert has made a huge contribution to architecture,"
said Paolo Baratta, chair of the Venice Biennale Board, and Rem
Koolhaas, director of the Architecture Biennale, in a statement
explaining their decision.
The pair credited her for commissioning Mies van der Rohe
to design the Seagram Building in New York, or as they called
it, "perfection on earth".
"Architects make architecture; Phyllis Lambert made
architects," they added.
The honor will be officially awarded on June 7th, the start
of the festival, which runs through November 23.
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