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Carmen Corneil was born 19 December 1933 in Niagara Falls, New York. He received his Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Toronto in 1957. Following graduation, Carmen travelled to Europe and worked in the studio of renowned Finnish architect Alvar Aalto from 1958 to 1959. While working for Aalto, Carmen met Norwegian architecture student Elin Kirksæther, who was working for Aalto on a student scholarship. The couple married in 1959. Carmen and Elin Corneil moved to Toronto in 1960 and established their Toronto-based architecture practice Carmen Corneil / Architect. Carmen worked in the office of William J. McBain & Associates from 1960 to 1962, and the partners were briefly based out of Niagara, Ontario. From 1967 to 1996 Carmen taught at the University of Toronto department of architecture. Carmen also taught and lectured at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Town and Regional Planning Institute (NTH), Trondheim, Norway. Carmen and Elin Corneil have four children. They reside and practice in Trondheim, Norway.