Sandy van Ginkel
Harmen Peter Daniel (Daniel, later Sandy) van Ginkel, (February 10, 1920 – July 5, 2009) was a Dutch and Canadian architect and urban planner. He was a leading force in the planning efforts surrounding Expo 67. Van Ginkel studied architecture at the Elckerlyc Academy of Architecture and Applied Art in Lage Vuursche and sociology at Utrecht University.
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Sandy van Ginkel
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- Name
- Sandy van Ginkel
- Born
- 10 February 1920
- Birthplace
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Died
- 5 July 2009
- Place of death
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Education
- Utrecht University
- Awards
- Order of Canada (2007)
- Full name
- Harmen Peter Daniel van Ginkel.
- Nationality
- Canada and Kingdom of the Netherlands.
- Occupation
- architect, sculptor, resistance fighter and urban planner.
- Honours
- Member of the Order of Canada.
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Harmen Peter Daniel (Daniel, later Sandy) van Ginkel, (February 10, 1920 – July 5, 2009) was a Dutch and Canadian architect and urban planner. He was a leading force in the planning efforts surrounding Expo 67. Van Ginkel studied architecture at the Elckerlyc Academy of Architecture and Applied Art in Lage Vuursche and sociology at Utrecht University.
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During the Second World War, he was active in the Dutch resistance. After his studies he worked in planning and architectural offices in the Netherlands, Sweden and Ireland and eventually had his own office in Amsterdam. He had several collaborative projects with Aldo van Eyck. He married a British-born Canadian architect, Blanche Lemco, who he had met at the CIAM congress in Aix-en-Provence in 1953, and at the age of 37 moved with her to Montreal, where he established the design and management firm van Ginkel Associates. He subsequently played a major role in saving Old Montreal from destruction in the early 1960s. In 2007, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada in recognition for having "brought a greater appreciation of the impact of infrastructure on the character of urban development". He died in his sleep on 5 July 2009, in a Toronto nursing home.
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• Name — Sandy van Ginkel • Born — 10 February 1920 • Birthplace — Amsterdam, Netherlands • Died — 5 July 2009 • Place of death — Toronto, Ontario, Canada • Education — Utrecht University • Practice — van Ginkel Associates • Awards — Order of Canada (2007)
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