Douglas Cardinal

Douglas Cardinal OC FRAIC
Cardinal in 2016
Born	(1934-03-07) 7 March 1934 (age 90) Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Alma mater	University of British Columbia University of Texas at Austin
Occupation	Architect
Awards	Gold Medal of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts
Projects	National Museum of the American Indian Grande Prairie Regional College Canadian Museum of History

Douglas Joseph Cardinal OC FRAIC (born 7 March 1934) is a Canadian architect based in Ottawa, Ontario. His flowing architecture marked with smooth curvilinear forms is influenced by his Indigenous heritage as well as European Expressionist architecture.^[1] His passion for unconventional forms and appreciation of nature and landscape were present in his life from a very young age, and consequently developed into the unique architectural style he has employed throughout his career. Cardinal is perhaps best known for his designs of the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec (1989) and the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. (1998).^[2] He is considered one of Canada's most influential contemporary Indigenous architects.