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Aurèle Cardinal

Officer
2022

The name of Aurèle Cardinal is synonymous with a lifetime of work in architecture and the inescapable contribution of a man to the development of a human-scale Montréal.

For the sake of urban harmony, environmental preservation and history, his designs recycled buildings at a time when demolition was considered a sign of modernity. His practice is rooted in the meaning of the built landscape. The city is his raw material, identity is his language. A major career milestone, the creation of the Old Port of Montréal, brought Montréal to the forefront of the world's great heritage port cities.

The picture and biographical information appearing on this page were current at the time this person was admitted to the Ordre de Montréal.