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  Cardinal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The word cardinal comes from the Latin cardo for "hinge" and usually refers to things of fundamental importance, as in cardinal rule or cardinal sins.
Cardinal (Catholicism), a member of the College of Cardinals of the Catholic Church
Cardinal, Virginia, a settlement in Mathews County, Virginia
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 Guerilla - Ottawa Culture at Ground Level   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Douglas Cardinal may not be a household name in Canada, but once his work is pointed out there’s no mistaking the hand of the architect.
After Cardinal rejected the 10 per cent idea, the board made its final decision in 1993: Cardinal and his firm were to be paired with a different American group, that of Geddes Brecher Qualls Cunningham.
Cardinal was born in Calgary in 1934 and studied architecture at the University of British Columbia and the University of Texas.
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 Civilization.ca - Canadian Museum of Civilization - Douglas Cardinal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Douglas J. Cardinal was born in Calgary, Alberta, in 1934, the first in a family of eight children.
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. Rather than using conventional drafting techniques, Cardinal makes use of computer technology to develop his complex curvilinear designs.
Cardinal Architect Limited, was one of the first fully electronic architectural firms in North America.
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 Douglas Cardinal Biography - Grande Prairie Regional College
Douglas Cardinal was presented with the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts in March 2001 and is the recipient of Canada's most coveted honour, the Order of Canada.
Cardinal believes that the design of each building is a spiritual act that demands from all those participating in it the very best of their endeavors.
Douglas Cardinal was born in Calgary, Alberta in 1934.
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 AIArchitect, October 2001 - Cardinal Celebration Captivates Chicago
Douglas Cardinal, known mostly for his geomorphic, community-oriented design of public buildings and resort facilities in Canada and the U.S., is in Chicago October 1–10 to open an exhibition of his work, "Celebrate Cardinal-A Portfolio."
A native of Calgary, Alberta, Cardinal studied architecture at the University of British Columbia and the University of Texas, from which he graduated with honors in 1963.
Among Cardinal's honors are The Caledonian Prize Lectureship in Edinburgh, Scotland (1997), the National Aboriginal Achievement Award (1995), and the Canada Council Molson Prize for the Arts (1992).
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 2003 Honorary Doctorate - Douglas Cardinal
Douglas Cardinal resents this lack of inspiration when he encounters it.
Cardinal brought classical Baroque elements to the vast sweep of the prairies, sculpting a shape that remains bold and imposing without sacrificing the intimacy that is so essential to the Church.
Cardinal has established for us an ongoing dialogue between the sharp-edged Gothic splendor of the Parliament Buildings and the smooth, intricate, complex surfaces of the museum across the river.
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 CBC Arts: Canadian architect boycotts Washington museum opening
Cardinal said the building is a forgery of his work: while it includes his signature curvilinear shapes, he said it lacks the details he would have brought to it.
Cardinal's fine design, but at the end of the day the native peoples of the western hemisphere [are] the focus of the museum," said spokesperson Thomas Sweeney.
Cardinal said he was fired from the project after being wrongly discredited by the museum, a move that subsequently damaged his career.
cbc.ca /story/arts/national/2004/09/21/Arts/cardinalmuseum040921.html   (1081 words)

  
 Counsellor’s comment ‘unfortunate’   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
On this particular morning, Cardinal seems understandably troubled by a controversy he is mired in with the Smithsonian Institution regarding the designs for a Washington, D.C., museum.
Cardinal advocates a hands-on approach to his craft and works extensively with his clients to help develop their needs and wishes.
Cardinal’s firm was also one of the first architectural agencies to become fully computerized.
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 Civilization.ca - Architectural Tour - Douglas Cardinal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Some eyebrows were raised in the architectural community at the selection of Douglas Cardinal, an Edmonton-based architect not yet of national stature; his works and his reputation up to that time had been built mainly in his native Alberta.
The ebbing and flowing liquid forms of Cardinal's initial conceptual drawings of CMC are reminiscent of the paintings of the Chipewayan artist Alex Janvier: the two men appear to have the same feeling for line and form.
Cardinal's firm pioneered the use of computer-aided design (CAD) in Canada and was considered one of the leading firms in North America in that field, pushing CAD software to the limits of its performance and identifying new frontiers for it.
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 Concordia's Thursday Report
Cardinal has been credited with creating an indigenous Canadian style of architecture with gracious curves and organic forms, most notably the Canadian Museum of Civilization, in Hull.
Of Blackfoot and Métis descent, Cardinal was raised by a father whose own experience had convinced him that there were no opportunities for children who grew up on the reserve.
Cardinal was selected as designer of the Washington museum, to be built on the last site available on the Mall, in part because of his consensual approach to design.
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 Douglas Cardinal's brand of native architecture - Alberta @ 100 - CBC Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Douglas Cardinal is credited with pioneering an indigenous Canadian style of architecture.
Some members of UBC's architectural board, which was predominantly British, told Cardinal that it took several generations to produce an architect, and that the son of a "half-breed trapper" had little chance of succeeding in the field.
The museum was completed in 1989 at a cost of $340 million, which was over three times the original budget and led to much controversy.
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 ICT [2006/02/24]  Noted architect finds balance in unified vision
Cardinal has left his mark in both Ottawa and Washington, D.C., as the designer of each capital's museum of Native culture.
Cardinal designed the Kamloops settlement in a circle, with a circular cluster of houses for each extended family.
But Cardinal said he could not give the residents as much space between houses as they wanted because of the cost of laying the sewer lines.
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 Lemelson Center: Article: Architecture and Innovation
Canadian Douglas Cardinal, the speaker in the morning session, is a Native American who trained as an architect in Texas and went on to practice architecture in Edmonton and Alberta.
Cardinal's thoughtful presentation chronicled the journey of an architect of such award-winning projects as St. Mary's Church in Red Deer, the Space Sciences Center in Edmonton, and, most recently, the Smithsonian's Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. His use of undulating forms distinguishes his work from that of his contemporaries.
Douglas Cardinal is a Canadian architect practicing in Ottawa and Washington, D.C. His designs incorporate complex curvilinear, undulating forms and sensuous lines.
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 Aboriginal Planet - Press Releases - DOUGLAS CARDINAL ON "ORGANIC ARCHITECTURE: THE WAVE OF THE FUTURE"   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
Cardinal has been credited with creating an indigenous Canadian style of architecture with his curvilinear buildings.
He is perhaps best known for his design of the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Hull, Québec, but his contributions to the field of architecture have earned him international recognition as well.
Cardinal has developed a painstakingly thorough process of designing "from the inside out" -- placing people at the heart of the evolution of the design.
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 Douglas Cardinal ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
Giovanni Battista Mercati, Cartille [sic] del Cardinal di Fiorenza Leone XI (Courtyard of the Cardinal of Florence Leo XI), pl. 26 from the series Alcune vedute et prospettive di luoghi dishabitati di Roma (Some Views and Perspectives of the Uninhabited P
Douglas Volk - The Artist's Daughter (Marion Douglas Volk Bridge, 1888-1973) 1914 oil on canvas Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester American
In David Nash's mind, the cardinal directions for mark-making apply to his favoured forms: vertical for the cube, horizontal for the sphere, and diagonal for the pyramid.
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 Page: Interpretive Analysis - Douglas J. Cardinal
Cardinal designed this building in such a way that all cultures of Canada would feel comfortable therein, telling the traveler that the accultural border between Quebec and Ontario is a bridge because of the design.
In 1992 Douglas Cardinal was awarded the Canada Council Molson Prize for the Arts, and in 1993 he was commissioned to design the Smithsonian Institutions's National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. he Government of Canada writes of him this way,
Many trees were sacrificed and given honour by renewing and regenerating the symbols that were once of primary status on the land.
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 cardinal employee health   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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 Douglas J. Cardinal
As one of the world's foremost architects, Douglas Cardinal has worked tirelessly at setting the aspirations of human beings above the needs of an impersonal system.
For Cardinal, the creation of any building is an intense spiritual act that demands the best from everyone involved.
His approach is reflected in the architectural style, which has become his trademark: curved forms that are both primitive and sensual and that seem to spring from the surrounding environment.
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 NeWest Press: The Architecture of Douglas Cardinal
There is little reason to suppose Douglas Cardinal’s status as a loose cannon on the deck of contemporary architecture will change.
He has spent a lifetime as an outsider, and it seems unlikely that he or his work will receive broad acceptance within architectural culture in the immediate future.
By background, training and temperament, Douglas Cardinal is unable or unwilling to accommodate his ideas to the range or urban, formal, and historical concerns current in his profession.
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 Canadian Architectural Archives -- Douglas Cardinal fonds
Douglas Joseph Cardinal was born in Calgary, Alberta, March 7, 1934.
Awards: Honor Award (Alberta Association of Architects) - 1968 ; Honour Award (City of Red Deer, AB) - 1969 ; Award of Excellence (City of Red Deer, AB) - 1978 ; Award of Excellence (Canadian Architect) - 1972 ; Achievement of Excellence Award in Architecture (Province of Alberta) - 1974.
Fonds consists of drawings, display material, models, and office files from the architectural practice of Douglas J. Cardinal Architect, 1961-1984.
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 Douglas Cardinal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin (1963), Douglas Cardinal is best known for his unique organic architecture marked by curvilinear lines, and informed by a Native worldview.
A commentary on Douglas J. Cardinal vs. St Mary's Church of the Immaculate Conception." Building 45, no. 4 (September 1995): 9-10.
The Douglas Cardinal Architectural Drawings: An Inventory of the Collection at the Canadian Architectural Archives, University of Calgary Library.
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 Douglas Cardinal - Great Buildings Online
"Douglas Cardinal's aim has been to give architectural expression to a synthesis of the indigenous cultures of the Indians of North America with that of the dominating Euro-American culturre.
Although his ancestry is largely Indian, he has had to take deliberate steps in his adulthood to learn and absorb Indian lore and philosophy, an effort that, coming after his study of architecture, inexorably influenced his philosophy of architecture as profoundly as it influenced his philosophy of life."
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 U of A honours Cardinal - ExpressNews - University of Alberta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
The world-renowned architect was on campus to receive an honorary doctor of laws at the U of A 2002 spring convocation for graduates from the Faculty of Arts and the School of Native Studies.
A native of Alberta, Cardinal's architectural projects dot the province's landscape like the grain elevators of old.
Cardinal has designed schools, museums, administrative offices and churches all over the province.
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 St Mary's Church, Red Deer, Alberta by Douglas Cardinal
The church is an early work by Canadian architect Douglas Cardinal, who rejected a controversial addition to the church made in 1995.
A native Canadian Metis, Cardinal is probably best known for the Museum of Civilization in Ottawa.
More information about Douglas Cardinal is available from his own web site at www.djcarchitect.com.
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