Biography:Helga Plumb

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Helga Plumb (born 1939) is a Canadian architect. Plumb left her native Austria at 20, and emigrated to Canada, where she settled in Toronto in 1959.[1] She graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Toronto in 1963 and a Master of Architecture in urban design in 1967. She became a partner in Dubois Plumb Partnership, an architectural firm in Toronto, Ontario, from 1979 to 1993. She has worked as a design critic at numerous universities in North America.[2]

Notable awards

  • Fellow, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada[2]

Notable works

  • Grand River Cable Television, Ontario, Canada.[2]
  • Tom Longboat Junior School, Ontario, Canada[2]
  • Souris Hospital, Nova Scotia, Canada[2]

References

  1. Clare Lorenz (1990). Women in architecture: a contemporary perspective. Trefoil. p. 100. ISBN 9780862941062. https://books.google.com/books?id=K-zVAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 2012-12-13. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Amy Vilelle (2006). "Helga Plumb Architectural Collection, 1977-1978; 1995". Special collections. Virginia Tech. http://ead.lib.virginia.edu/vivaxtf/view?docId=vt/viblbv00184.xml. Retrieved 5 February 2012.