Eva Hollo Vecsei
General Information
Occupation: Architect
Date of Birth: August 21, 1930
Birth City: Vienna
Birth Country: Austria
Resident City: Montreal
Resident State/Province: Quebec
Resident Country: Canada
Notes: also from C.V.
Archive/Repository: Special Collections, Newman Library, Virginia Tech, Ms2000-077
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Specialties
Subject: Pioneering woman in architecture in Canada
Description: Large urban projects, residential, commercial, religous, and civic projects
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Jobs
Employer: University of Technical Sciences, Budapest, School of Architecture
Title: Assistant professor
City: Budapest
Country: Hungary
Start Date: 1952
End Date: 1954
Employer: Architectural Institute of Residential Design (Lakoterv)
Title: Designer/architect
City: Budapest
Country: Hungary
Start Date: 1953
End Date: 1956
Notes: Housing for miners, Tatabany
Employer: Affleck, Desbarrats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold and Sise Architects
Title: Associate/Designer
City: Montreal
State: Quebec
Country: Canada
Start Date: 1958
End Date: 1971
Employer: Dimakopoulos Associates
Title: Designer
City: Montreal
State: Quebec
Country: Canada
Start Date: 1971
End Date: 1973
Employer: Eva Vecsei Architect
Title: Principal
City: Montreal
State: Quebec
Country: Canada
Start Date: 1973
End Date: 1980
Notes: 1973-78 La Cite; high-density mixed use project on four city blocks downtown Montreal; 1976-77 City Center Karachi (design concept); 1978-80 Trade and Commerce Center Karachi, Pakistan Consultant to Yasmeen Lari Architect
Employer: Vecsei/Panzini Architects
Title: Partner
City: Montreal
State: Quebec
Country: Canada
Start Date: 1980
End Date: 1984
Notes: 1500 Maisonneuve Blvd. Low-rise office building; The Quebec Bar Association Headquarter, Old Montreal
Employer: Vecsei Architects
Title: Co-principal with husband, Andre Vecsei, architect
City: Montreal
State: Quebec
Country: Canada
Start Date: 1984
End Date: 2005
Notes: Elementary school for College Marie de France, Montreal; Municipal Library, Dollard des Ormeaux; Municipal Library, Saint Lambert; Centre Cultural, Dollard des Ormeaux; Extension of Sport Center, Dollard des Ormeaux; Manoir Montefiore, Cote-St-Luc; Ark and Artworks for the Beth
Collaborators
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
Name: Award of Excellence
Description: Given by Canadian Architect Magazine
Date Received: 1983
Name: Medal of Merit
Description: Ordre des Architectes du Quebec
Date Received: 2004
Name: Greenway Almanac of Architecture and Design
Description: recognized Vecsei as one of the preeminent women in architecture and design of the 20th century
Date Received: 2003
Name: Canadian Architect Award of Excellence
Date Received: 1983
Exhibitions
Title: Union Internationale des Architects
Description: 27th Congress
City: Montreal
State: Quebec
Country: Canada
Title: Travelling Canadian Exhibition
Description: Travelling exhibit in Europe
Title: La Cite Lineaire
City: Boston
State: Massachusetts
Country: United States
Title: La Cite and Centre Karachi
Description: Exhibition of Intemational Federation of Women Architects,Centre Georges Pompidou
City: Paris
State: Ile-de-France
Country: France
Start Date: January 01, 1980
Notable Projects
Title: Le Projet de La Cite a Montreal
Description: Massive project included on 7 acres including underground galley of shops
City: Montreal
State: Quebec
Country: Canada
Start Date: 1973
Notes: Redevelopment on 7 acres, mixed-use, high-density complex, $120 million,
Title: Place Benaventure
Description: Massey Award winning project
City: Montreal
State: Quebec
Country: Canada
Notes: During employment at Affleck, Desbarrats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold & Sise Architects, 1958-1971
Title: Life Science Building, Dalhousie University
Description: Massey Award winning project
City: Halifax
State: Nova Scotia
Country: Canada
Notes: During employment at Affleck, Desbarrats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold & Sise Architects, 1958-1971
Title: Student Center, McGill University
Description: Massey Award winning project
City: Montreal
State: Quebec
Country: Canada
Notes: During employment at Affleck, Desbarrats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold & Sise Architects, 1958-1971
Title: Laval Civic Center: City Hall and Police Headquarters
Description: Massey Award winning project
City: Laval
State: Quebec
Country: Canada
Notes: During employment at Affleck, Desbarrats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold & Sise Architects, 1958-1971
Title: Church of Saint Thomas D'Aquin
Description: Massey Award winning project
City: Saint Lambert
State: Quebec
Country: Canada
Notes: During employment at Affleck, Desbarrats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold & Sise Architects, 1958-1971
Title: Church of Saint Gerard Magella
Description: Massey Award winning project
City: Saint-Jean
State: Quebec
Country: Canada
Notes: During employment at Affleck, Desbarrats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold & Sise Architects, 1958-1971
Title: Pavilion George Frederic
Description: Massey Award winning project
City: Drummondville
State: Quebec
Country: Canada
Notes: During employment at Affleck, Desbarrats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold & Sise Architects, 1958-1971
Title: Killam Library
Description: Massey Award winning project
City: Halifax
State: Nova Scotia
Country: Canada
Notes: During employment at Affleck, Desbarrats, Dimakopoulos, Lebensold & Sise Architects, 1958-1971
Title: Karachi Trade and Commerce Center
Description: Master plan and preliminary concept for a mixed-use development of 1.5 million square feet (government offices, residential units, bus terminal, parking, and bazaar infrastructure
City: Karachi
Country: Pakistan
Start Date: January 01, 1983
Notes: Invited to confer with Yasmin Lari on this project.
Education
Institution: Budapesti Muszaki Egyetem (University of Technical Sciences)
Department: Architecture
Degree: Diploma in Architecture
End Date: 1952
Licensing
No licenses on record
Professional Affiliations
Organization: Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC)
Role: Fellow
Start Date: 1988
Organization: American Institute of Architects
Role: Honorary fellow
Start Date: 1990
Organization: Ordre des Architectes du Québec
Role: Member
Start Date: 1964
End Date: 2004
Publications By
No publications by on record
Publications About
Title: Eva Hollo Vecsei
Author: [Author not given]
Publication: ARQ/Architecture Quebec
Volume: April issue
City: Montreal
State: Quebec
Country: Canada
Date Published: April 1988
Notes:
Title: Leading Women Architects and Designers of the 20th Century
Author: Cramer, James P. (editor)
Publication: Almanac of Architecture and Design 2003
Publisher: Green Way and Design Counsel House Research
City: Atlanta
State: Georgia
Country: United States
Date Published: 2003
Url:
Title: Women in Canadian Architecture
Author: [Author not given]
Publication: Canada's History (formerly The Beaver: Canada's History Magazine)
Publisher: Canada's National History Society
City: Winnepeg
State: Manitoba
Country: Canada
Date Published: 2000
Url:
Title: Encyclopedia of Contemporary Architects
Author: [Author not given]
Publication: Book
Publisher: St. Martin Press
City: New York
State: New York
Country: United States
Date Published: 1980
Url:
Title: Title not given
Author: [Author not given]
Publication: Architectural Record
Issue: January
Publisher: Architectural Record
Country: Canada
Date Published: 1978
Url:
Title: Les Batisseurs de la cite
Author: [Author not given]
Publication: Edition Association Canadienne-Francaise pour l'Avancement des Sciences
Publisher: Association Canadienne-Francaise pour l'Avancement des Sciences
City: Montreal
State: Quebec
Country: Canada
Date Published: 1993
Url:
Title: Eva Vecsei
Author: Viloria, James
Publication: The Canadian Encyclopedia.com>Biography>Architects web page
Publisher: The Canadian Encyclopedia © 2011 Historica-Dominion
State: Quebec
Country: Canada
Date Published: January 04, 2011
Url: http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0009290
Title: Eva Vecsei: Montreal's Architects
Author: Hamel, Alexis (photographer)
Publication: Website: Montreal's Architects
Publisher: Image Montreal:Pictures of Montreal ( MTL Province Quebec QC Canada)
City: Montreal
State: Quebec
Country: Canada
Date Published: December 22, 2010
Url: http://www.imtl.org/montreal/architecte_montreal.php?architect=Eva_Vecsei
Title: Un modele de lumiere architecturale
Author: [Author not given]
Publication: Defi/Revue de l'Association des directeures de bibliotheques publiques du Quebec
Publisher: Association des Directeurs de Bibliotheques Publiques du Quebec
City: Montreal
State: Quebec
Country: Canada
Date Published: 1993
Title: Title of article not given
Author: [Author not given]
Publication: Canadian Architect Magazine
Volume: April Issue
Publisher: Business Information Group
City: Toronto
State: Ontario
Country: Canada
Date Published: 1992
Url:
Title: History of Modern Architecture
Author: Kosa, Zoltan
Publication: Book
Date Published: 1980
Url:
Title: Designing Women
Author: Adams, Annamarie and Pete Tancred
Publication: Publication
Publisher: University of Toronto
City: Toronto
State: Ontario
Country: Canada
Title: Television appearances
Author: [Author not given]
City: Montreal
State: Quebec
Country: Canada
Date Published: January 01, 1978
Notes: CBC, channel 2, April 10 and June 12, 1978; CFCF, channel 12, Montreal, March 26, 1978
Title: Television appearances
Author: [Author not given]
City: Montreal
State: Quebec
Country: Canada
Date Published: October 15, 1987
Notes: CFCF, channel 2, October 15, 1987
Title: Television appearances
Author: [Author not given]
City: Budapest
Country: Hungary
Date Published: February 29, 1992
Notes: HTV, Budapest, February 29, 1992
Title: Eva Vecsei - a brief biography
Author: Uglow, Jennifer S. and Maggy Hendry
Publication: The Northeastern Dictionary of Women's Biography
Page: pg. 554
Publisher: University Press of New England
Date Published: June 06, 1999