Phyllis Lambert ua cov keeb kwm keeb kwm keeb kwm tawm thaum nws ntxias nws txiv, Canadian tus kws ua lag luam Samuel Bronfman, los tso siab rau Ludwig Mies van der Rohe nrog tus tsim ntawm nws lub tuam txhab Seagram lub tuam txhab New York. Lambert nws tus kheej tau ua yeeb yam dhau los ua tus nquag thiab tsis mob siab rau cov qhua ntawm yav tom ntej kev ua lag luam ntawm kev ua niaj hnub.
Tus tswj hwm ntawm 14th Venice Biennale Rem Koolhaas tau hais tias: “Yog tsis muaj nws kev koom tes, ib qho tsis tshua muaj kev tshwm sim zoo tshaj plaws ntawm lub ntiaj teb nyob rau xyoo pua 20 - Seagram Building hauv New York - yuav tsis tshwm sim. Nws qhov kev tsim lub Canadian Center rau Architecture (CCA) hauv Montreal ua ke cov phiaj xwm zoo kawg nkaus nrog kev ua siab dav los khaws cia cov xwm txheej tseem ceeb ntawm cov cuab yeej cuab tam hauv kos duab thiab tshawb lawv hauv cov xwm txheej zoo tagnrho. Nws tau sau tseg tias Lambert tau txais khoom plig tsis yog tus kws kos ua haujlwm (txawm hais tias nws muaj kev kawm ua vaj tsev thiab ua tiav cov haujlwm), tab sis raws li cov qhua tuaj noj mov thiab cov kws ua zaub mov uas tau pab nyiaj ntau heev rau architecture.
CCA yog ib lub ntiaj teb coob tshaj plaws hauv kev tshawb nrhiav vaj tsev thiab chaw ua yeeb yam nrog cov khoom lag luam ntau ntawm cov keeb kwm ntawm architecture 20-21 xyoo pua, nrog rau cov khoom sib txuas ntawm cov yees duab (los ntawm thawj xyoo ntawm nws cov hav zoov), kos duab, kos duab thiab cov phau ntawv los ntawm Renaissance.
Ib qho ntxiv, Phyllis Lambert tau mob siab rau kev pov hwm cov cuab yeej cuab tam hauv lub tsev qub, kev kho vaj tse ntawm cov chaw nyob hauv nroog, thiab cov teeb meem ntawm cov tsev pheej yig. Nws kuj tau mob siab rau kev tsim kom tau lub tsev hais plaub rau pej xeem kev mloog, uas tau pab ua rau cov txheej txheem ntawm kev npaj nroog nyob hauv Canada muaj kev ywj pheej dua.
Lambert kuj tseem raug hu ua tus neeg thuam, tus neeg saib xyuas lub tsev thiab keeb kwm kev tshawb fawb. Nws phau ntawv tshiab tshaj plaws rau hnub tim, Building Seagram (2013), yog mob siab rau keeb kwm ntawm kev tsim lub tsev tseem ceeb ntawm xyoo pua 20th.
