Corneil, Elin

Elin Corneil (née Kirksæther) was born 23 July 1935 in Trondheim, Norway. She graduated from the department of architecture at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim in 1962. Elin interned in the studio of Finnish modernist architect Alvar Aalto. While working for Aalto on a student scholarship, Elin met Carmen Corneil, a Canadian architect. The couple married in 1959. Elin and Carmen Corneil moved to Toronto in 1960 and established their Canadian architecture practice Carmen Corneil / Architect. In 1962 Elin established the Corneils’ Trondheim-based practice. Elin taught at the Norwegian Institute of Technology, the Faculty of Architecture at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, and the Ontario College of Art and Design. She also lectured at the University of Toronto and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) School of Architecture. Elin and Carmen Corneil have four children. They reside and practice in Trondheim, Norway.