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She earned a diploma in Interior Design from the State School of Crafts and Applied Arts in Weimar. Her course of study included three months practical experience in a cabinetmaker's shop (1941-1943). In 1944 she attended the College of Architecture and Applied Arts in Weimar for a semester of architectural studies.","In 1944-1945, she was a teaching assistant in the history of architecture for Professor Denis Boniver in Weimar, and in 1945-1946, she worked at the British Area Works Office in Osnabrueck, gaining experience in interior design, construction supervision, and maintenance staff supervision. During 1946-1947 she worked for the architectural firm of Theo Burlage and Niebuhr in Osnabrueck, focusing on design and construction of residential and commercial buildings.","Harling returned to college in the Department of Architecture at the Technical University of Stuttgart, where she received her diploma in architecture. She traveled extensively in Europe, visiting Italy, Switzerland, France, Greece, and, England.","Harling began her professional career as an independent architect in 1953 when she designed and constructed the residence of Dr. Pante in Neuenkirchen, Germany.","In addition to designing as an independent architect, Harling was employed as architect and interior designer for several architectural firms. She has completed projects in France, Switzerland and Germany.","Harling died November 19, 2011.","Below is a list of firms and projects.","Suter and Suter in Basel, Switzerland, 1955-1961\n      Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland\n      Reception Pavilion of Sulzer, Winterthur, Switzerland\n      Administrative building of Suiselectra, Basel, Switzerland","Harling also worked for Suter and Suter as interior designer on several projects:\n      Offices for upper management of Winterthur, Paris, France\n      Expansion of Westfalenbank, Bochum, Germany\n      Coop Haus, Basel, Switzerland\n      New building of Swiss Credit Institute, Basel, Switzerland\n      Offices for upper management of Lonza, Lonza Highrise, Basel, Switzerland","Otto H. 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Most of the text of the materials is in German or French. The collection contains 171 drawings covering 18 different projects in which Harling participated while working in cooperation with several architectural firms, the State University and Building Department in Konstanz, Germany, and as an independent architect in France.","The drawings reflect Harling's activities as an interior designer and as an architect. The first folder contains original drawings (ink and pencil) while folders 2,3 and 4 contain printed drawings. The drawings reflect diverse projects, and include comprehensive floor plans, prospects, perspectives and several construction drawings. Additionally, several drawings document her work as interior designer.","During her career Harling participated in the realization of several important design projects while cooperating with diverse architectural offices, universities and as an independent architect. Some of these design projects are represented in the collection by drawings, publications, miscellaneous newspaper clippings, and photographs. In particular the collection contains a significant number of drawings and various related materials regarding the design of the Universitatsbibliothek in Basel, Switzerland (1962-1968). Harling participated in this architectural project while working for the architectural firm of Otto H. Senn. This design is documented with a significant number of original drawings (45), related publications, photographs of drawings and models, and newspaper clippings. Also included are several remarkable original hand colored drawings of the prospects and plans of the building.","While working for Suter and Suter, Harling helped in the design of the Swiss Credit Institute (1960) in Basel, Switzerland and in the realization of an office building for the upper management of Lonza, Lonza Highrise (1960), also in Basel. The two projects are documented in the collection through several drawings, photographs, and other miscellaneous material.","Finally, it is important to mention the drawings and related material regarding two projects that Harling developed while working with the State University and Building Department in Konstanz (Germany). As Architect in charge, she participated in the planning and design of the Central Functions for the new University Library (1969-1972) and in the design and construction supervision of the Natural Sciences Library (1974-1982) at the new University of Konstanz. The Universitatsbibliothek in Basel is represented in 45 drawings, the design for the Central Functions for a New University Library (1969-1972) of the Konstanz University in Germany in 25 drawings, and the Natural Sciences Library, 31 drawings.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. 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She traveled extensively in Europe, visiting Italy, Switzerland, France, Greece, and, England.","Harling began her professional career as an independent architect in 1953 when she designed and constructed the residence of Dr. Pante in Neuenkirchen, Germany.","In addition to designing as an independent architect, Harling was employed as architect and interior designer for several architectural firms. 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Some of these design projects are represented in the collection by drawings, publications, miscellaneous newspaper clippings, and photographs. In particular the collection contains a significant number of drawings and various related materials regarding the design of the Universitatsbibliothek in Basel, Switzerland (1962-1968). Harling participated in this architectural project while working for the architectural firm of Otto H. Senn. This design is documented with a significant number of original drawings (45), related publications, photographs of drawings and models, and newspaper clippings. Also included are several remarkable original hand colored drawings of the prospects and plans of the building.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhile working for Suter and Suter, Harling helped in the design of the Swiss Credit Institute (1960) in Basel, Switzerland and in the realization of an office building for the upper management of Lonza, Lonza Highrise (1960), also in Basel. 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The first folder contains original drawings (ink and pencil) while folders 2,3 and 4 contain printed drawings. The drawings reflect diverse projects, and include comprehensive floor plans, prospects, perspectives and several construction drawings. Additionally, several drawings document her work as interior designer.","During her career Harling participated in the realization of several important design projects while cooperating with diverse architectural offices, universities and as an independent architect. Some of these design projects are represented in the collection by drawings, publications, miscellaneous newspaper clippings, and photographs. In particular the collection contains a significant number of drawings and various related materials regarding the design of the Universitatsbibliothek in Basel, Switzerland (1962-1968). Harling participated in this architectural project while working for the architectural firm of Otto H. Senn. This design is documented with a significant number of original drawings (45), related publications, photographs of drawings and models, and newspaper clippings. Also included are several remarkable original hand colored drawings of the prospects and plans of the building.","While working for Suter and Suter, Harling helped in the design of the Swiss Credit Institute (1960) in Basel, Switzerland and in the realization of an office building for the upper management of Lonza, Lonza Highrise (1960), also in Basel. The two projects are documented in the collection through several drawings, photographs, and other miscellaneous material.","Finally, it is important to mention the drawings and related material regarding two projects that Harling developed while working with the State University and Building Department in Konstanz (Germany). As Architect in charge, she participated in the planning and design of the Central Functions for the new University Library (1969-1972) and in the design and construction supervision of the Natural Sciences Library (1974-1982) at the new University of Konstanz. The Universitatsbibliothek in Basel is represented in 45 drawings, the design for the Central Functions for a New University Library (1969-1972) of the Konstanz University in Germany in 25 drawings, and the Natural Sciences Library, 31 drawings."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. 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She earned a diploma in Interior Design from the State School of Crafts and Applied Arts in Weimar. Her course of study included three months practical experience in a cabinetmaker's shop (1941-1943). In 1944 she attended the College of Architecture and Applied Arts in Weimar for a semester of architectural studies.","In 1944-1945, she was a teaching assistant in the history of architecture for Professor Denis Boniver in Weimar, and in 1945-1946, she worked at the British Area Works Office in Osnabrueck, gaining experience in interior design, construction supervision, and maintenance staff supervision. During 1946-1947 she worked for the architectural firm of Theo Burlage and Niebuhr in Osnabrueck, focusing on design and construction of residential and commercial buildings.","Harling returned to college in the Department of Architecture at the Technical University of Stuttgart, where she received her diploma in architecture. She traveled extensively in Europe, visiting Italy, Switzerland, France, Greece, and, England.","Harling began her professional career as an independent architect in 1953 when she designed and constructed the residence of Dr. Pante in Neuenkirchen, Germany.","In addition to designing as an independent architect, Harling was employed as architect and interior designer for several architectural firms. She has completed projects in France, Switzerland and Germany.","Harling died November 19, 2011.","Below is a list of firms and projects.","Suter and Suter in Basel, Switzerland, 1955-1961\n      Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland\n      Reception Pavilion of Sulzer, Winterthur, Switzerland\n      Administrative building of Suiselectra, Basel, Switzerland","Harling also worked for Suter and Suter as interior designer on several projects:\n      Offices for upper management of Winterthur, Paris, France\n      Expansion of Westfalenbank, Bochum, Germany\n      Coop Haus, Basel, Switzerland\n      New building of Swiss Credit Institute, Basel, Switzerland\n      Offices for upper management of Lonza, Lonza Highrise, Basel, Switzerland","Otto H. 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Most of the text of the materials is in German or French. The collection contains 171 drawings covering 18 different projects in which Harling participated while working in cooperation with several architectural firms, the State University and Building Department in Konstanz, Germany, and as an independent architect in France.","The drawings reflect Harling's activities as an interior designer and as an architect. The first folder contains original drawings (ink and pencil) while folders 2,3 and 4 contain printed drawings. The drawings reflect diverse projects, and include comprehensive floor plans, prospects, perspectives and several construction drawings. Additionally, several drawings document her work as interior designer.","During her career Harling participated in the realization of several important design projects while cooperating with diverse architectural offices, universities and as an independent architect. Some of these design projects are represented in the collection by drawings, publications, miscellaneous newspaper clippings, and photographs. In particular the collection contains a significant number of drawings and various related materials regarding the design of the Universitatsbibliothek in Basel, Switzerland (1962-1968). Harling participated in this architectural project while working for the architectural firm of Otto H. Senn. This design is documented with a significant number of original drawings (45), related publications, photographs of drawings and models, and newspaper clippings. Also included are several remarkable original hand colored drawings of the prospects and plans of the building.","While working for Suter and Suter, Harling helped in the design of the Swiss Credit Institute (1960) in Basel, Switzerland and in the realization of an office building for the upper management of Lonza, Lonza Highrise (1960), also in Basel. The two projects are documented in the collection through several drawings, photographs, and other miscellaneous material.","Finally, it is important to mention the drawings and related material regarding two projects that Harling developed while working with the State University and Building Department in Konstanz (Germany). As Architect in charge, she participated in the planning and design of the Central Functions for the new University Library (1969-1972) and in the design and construction supervision of the Natural Sciences Library (1974-1982) at the new University of Konstanz. The Universitatsbibliothek in Basel is represented in 45 drawings, the design for the Central Functions for a New University Library (1969-1972) of the Konstanz University in Germany in 25 drawings, and the Natural Sciences Library, 31 drawings.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. 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She earned a diploma in Interior Design from the State School of Crafts and Applied Arts in Weimar. Her course of study included three months practical experience in a cabinetmaker's shop (1941-1943). In 1944 she attended the College of Architecture and Applied Arts in Weimar for a semester of architectural studies.","In 1944-1945, she was a teaching assistant in the history of architecture for Professor Denis Boniver in Weimar, and in 1945-1946, she worked at the British Area Works Office in Osnabrueck, gaining experience in interior design, construction supervision, and maintenance staff supervision. During 1946-1947 she worked for the architectural firm of Theo Burlage and Niebuhr in Osnabrueck, focusing on design and construction of residential and commercial buildings.","Harling returned to college in the Department of Architecture at the Technical University of Stuttgart, where she received her diploma in architecture. She traveled extensively in Europe, visiting Italy, Switzerland, France, Greece, and, England.","Harling began her professional career as an independent architect in 1953 when she designed and constructed the residence of Dr. Pante in Neuenkirchen, Germany.","In addition to designing as an independent architect, Harling was employed as architect and interior designer for several architectural firms. She has completed projects in France, Switzerland and Germany.","Harling died November 19, 2011.","Below is a list of firms and projects.","Suter and Suter in Basel, Switzerland, 1955-1961\n      Tropical Institute, Basel, Switzerland\n      Reception Pavilion of Sulzer, Winterthur, Switzerland\n      Administrative building of Suiselectra, Basel, Switzerland","Harling also worked for Suter and Suter as interior designer on several projects:\n      Offices for upper management of Winterthur, Paris, France\n      Expansion of Westfalenbank, Bochum, Germany\n      Coop Haus, Basel, Switzerland\n      New building of Swiss Credit Institute, Basel, Switzerland\n      Offices for upper management of Lonza, Lonza Highrise, Basel, Switzerland","Otto H. 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Some of these design projects are represented in the collection by drawings, publications, miscellaneous newspaper clippings, and photographs. In particular the collection contains a significant number of drawings and various related materials regarding the design of the Universitatsbibliothek in Basel, Switzerland (1962-1968). Harling participated in this architectural project while working for the architectural firm of Otto H. Senn. This design is documented with a significant number of original drawings (45), related publications, photographs of drawings and models, and newspaper clippings. Also included are several remarkable original hand colored drawings of the prospects and plans of the building.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eWhile working for Suter and Suter, Harling helped in the design of the Swiss Credit Institute (1960) in Basel, Switzerland and in the realization of an office building for the upper management of Lonza, Lonza Highrise (1960), also in Basel. The two projects are documented in the collection through several drawings, photographs, and other miscellaneous material.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFinally, it is important to mention the drawings and related material regarding two projects that Harling developed while working with the State University and Building Department in Konstanz (Germany). As Architect in charge, she participated in the planning and design of the Central Functions for the new University Library (1969-1972) and in the design and construction supervision of the Natural Sciences Library (1974-1982) at the new University of Konstanz. 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The first folder contains original drawings (ink and pencil) while folders 2,3 and 4 contain printed drawings. The drawings reflect diverse projects, and include comprehensive floor plans, prospects, perspectives and several construction drawings. Additionally, several drawings document her work as interior designer.","During her career Harling participated in the realization of several important design projects while cooperating with diverse architectural offices, universities and as an independent architect. Some of these design projects are represented in the collection by drawings, publications, miscellaneous newspaper clippings, and photographs. In particular the collection contains a significant number of drawings and various related materials regarding the design of the Universitatsbibliothek in Basel, Switzerland (1962-1968). Harling participated in this architectural project while working for the architectural firm of Otto H. Senn. This design is documented with a significant number of original drawings (45), related publications, photographs of drawings and models, and newspaper clippings. Also included are several remarkable original hand colored drawings of the prospects and plans of the building.","While working for Suter and Suter, Harling helped in the design of the Swiss Credit Institute (1960) in Basel, Switzerland and in the realization of an office building for the upper management of Lonza, Lonza Highrise (1960), also in Basel. The two projects are documented in the collection through several drawings, photographs, and other miscellaneous material.","Finally, it is important to mention the drawings and related material regarding two projects that Harling developed while working with the State University and Building Department in Konstanz (Germany). As Architect in charge, she participated in the planning and design of the Central Functions for the new University Library (1969-1972) and in the design and construction supervision of the Natural Sciences Library (1974-1982) at the new University of Konstanz. The Universitatsbibliothek in Basel is represented in 45 drawings, the design for the Central Functions for a New University Library (1969-1972) of the Konstanz University in Germany in 25 drawings, and the Natural Sciences Library, 31 drawings."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. 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She attended the Architectural Association School in Bedford Square, London, from which she graduated in 1924. In 1928, her design proposal for a Shakespeare Memorial Theatre was unanimously selected by an international prize commission from among 72 submissions, making her the first woman to win a major architectural competition in Britain. The commission was completed in 1932.","Before World War II, Scott's firm (Scott, Chesterton, and Shepherd; later Scott, Shepherd, and Breakwell) was responsible for the Fawcett Building at Newnham College, Cambridge, in addition to several schools , residences, and a hospital alteration. After the war Scott primarily practiced in Bournemouth, where she re-designed the pavilions on Bournemouth and Boscombe piers. 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Maria Roth Architectural Collection by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the E. Maria Roth Architectural Collection occurred in 2007. An addition was processed and integrated from June to July 2010.","The E. Maria Roth Architectural Collection contains the personal, professional, and project records of an architect working primarily in New Jersey, New York, and Virginia. Documents date from the mid to late twentieth century to the early twenty-first century.","Roth's personal papers include artwork, educational documents, newspaper articles, various notes and sketches, and a resume of her work. The artwork within Roth's personal papers includes intricate paper cut-outs, prints done in linoleum paint, hand-painted cards, and several examples of calligraphy.","The included educational papers extend from Roth's early grammar school days through high school, to her time at Columbia University, Cooper Union, Rutgers University, and finally Virginia Tech. Particularly significant is Roth's grammar school notebook created during the Hitler era in Germany. This social studies/geography notebook, from 1940, mentions Hitler's fifty-first birthday as well as other contemporary political events.","Roth's professional papers include competition information, an application to a professional organization, newspapers from her time as editor of the \"New River Free Press,\" logos Roth designed, and documents from her time at the New Jersey Department of Transportation.","Pieces written as a citizen activist in Blacksburg.","Created during the Hitler era in Germany.","Map drawn by Roth based on National Geographic Magazine.","Articles cover Medford Circle Project, Pennington Park Project, and Toll Gate School Project. Folder also includes an article profiling Roth as an eighteen year old award winning student. Additional photographs included.","Includes drawings that redesign Blacksburg and other locations.","Includes Drawings for the \"1956 Marble Industry of New York Competition\" and the \"Parcel Enamel Design Competition.\"","See also \"Press Coverage.\"","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","The E. 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Maria Roth lived in Germany throughout World War II and later immigrated to the United States at age fifteen. She attended Bulkeley High School in Hartford, CT, and became a United States citizen. After receiving a Certificate of Completion from the Cooper Union School of Architecture in New York City in 1956, Roth designed for Robert P. Moran Architects and Engineers in East Orange, New Jersey, until 1958.","From 1974 to 1976, Roth served as a substitute teacher while rewriting and updating the landscape portion of Hopewell Township, New Jersey's city ordinances; performing technical translation of German; and providing civil engineering and architectural work in New Jersey firms. Also in 1976, Roth earned a Bachelor of Science in Landscape Architecture from Rutgers University. 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Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_25094657bcfd019dfa78d65f89525db8\" label=\"Abstract\"\u003eItalian architect Gae Aulenti's ability to transform historic public buildings into museum spaces is documented in the Gae Aulenti Architectural Collection by newspaper and magazine articles, biographical information, and her conceptual computer-drawn designs for the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, California.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["Italian architect Gae Aulenti's ability to transform historic public buildings into museum spaces is documented in the Gae Aulenti Architectural Collection by newspaper and magazine articles, biographical information, and her conceptual computer-drawn designs for the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, California."],"corpname_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech"],"persname_ssim":["Aulenti, Gae, 1929-2012"],"names_ssim":["Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Aulenti, Gae, 1929-2012"],"language_ssim":["The materials in the collection are in English."],"descrules_ssm":["Describing Archives: A Content Standard"],"total_component_count_is":5,"online_item_count_is":0,"component_level_isim":[0],"sort_isi":0,"timestamp":"2026-06-23T06:46:21.925Z"}]}},"label":"Breadcrumbs"}}},"links":{"self":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2105"}},{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_3514","type":"collection","attributes":{"title":"Geraldine Pontius Architectural Collection, 1966/1990","creator":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_3514#creator","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"Pontius, Geraldine","label":"Creator"}},"abstract_or_scope":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_3514#abstract_or_scope","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":"The Geraldine Pontius Architectural Collection contains individual renderings and drawing sets for 24 projects worked on by Pontius and 3 construction drawing sets she collected while working at I.M. 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Her academic projects and select professional reference materials are also included.","Projects in this folder include","Schematics and schedules, Artist's Loft, 10 Leonard St.,May 27, 1976 - July 26, 1976 (4 Sheets)","Schematics and schedules, Eakins/Martin Loft, Gilsey House, New York  NY, July 1, 1981 (9 sheets)","Construction drawings, schematics, details, notes and plans, Apartments for Anne Parks, 211 West 22nd St., New York City, NY,vSeptember 9, 1980 - October 26, 1980 (26 sheets)","Plans, sections, and permit drawings Ayala Medical Office 211 West 22nd St., New York, NY, April 6, 1981 – May 11, 1981 (2 Sheets)","Plan and partial electrical layout, 533 Greenwich St., New York, NY          March 13, 1978 (1 sheet)","Projects in this folder include:","Schematic drawings, elevations, sections, perspectives, and design alternates (Danola Residence feature), Danola Residence, Larchmont, NY,[July–November 1982] (56 sheets)","Plans and sections, 30 West 26th St., 12th Floor (Geraldine C Pontius Office Renovation), New York, NY, c. 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Her academic projects and select professional reference materials are also included.","Projects in this folder include","Schematics and schedules, Artist's Loft, 10 Leonard St.,May 27, 1976 - July 26, 1976 (4 Sheets)","Schematics and schedules, Eakins/Martin Loft, Gilsey House, New York  NY, July 1, 1981 (9 sheets)","Construction drawings, schematics, details, notes and plans, Apartments for Anne Parks, 211 West 22nd St., New York City, NY,vSeptember 9, 1980 - October 26, 1980 (26 sheets)","Plans, sections, and permit drawings Ayala Medical Office 211 West 22nd St., New York, NY, April 6, 1981 – May 11, 1981 (2 Sheets)","Plan and partial electrical layout, 533 Greenwich St., New York, NY          March 13, 1978 (1 sheet)","Projects in this folder include:","Schematic drawings, elevations, sections, perspectives, and design alternates (Danola Residence feature), Danola Residence, Larchmont, NY,[July–November 1982] (56 sheets)","Plans and sections, 30 West 26th St., 12th Floor (Geraldine C Pontius Office Renovation), New York, NY, c. April 1981 (4 sheets)","Existing plans and preliminary drawings, Weiner Residence, New York, NY, January 29, 1987 (9 sheets)","Alteration plans, Unidentified residence, 507 W. 111 St., Apt. 2,August 6, 1983 - December 8, 1983 (5 sheets)","Projects in this folder include:","Bid set, Midtown Gourmet, One Penn Plaza Lobby, Midtown Candy Company, Inc., 500 E 83rd St., New York City, NY, March 24, 1987 (15 sheets)","Plans, Pearman Renovation, 575 Park Ave., Apt. 1503, New York City, NY, October 23, 1987 - December 2, 1987 (1 sheet)","Schematics, Bergman Residence, 29-35 W 90 St., Apts. 9F and 9G, New York City, NY, March 22, 1988 - June 1, 1989 (2 sheets)","Projects in this folder include:","Bid set, Sarut, Inc., Store, Offices, and Showroom, 107 Horatio St., New York City, NY, August 16, 1988 - April 4, 1989 (9 sheets)","Axonometric section and floor plan, Barricini Shop, New York, NY, April 1, 1988 (2 Sheets)","Floor plan, Sarut Offices and Showroom, New York, NY, August 12, 1988 (1 sheets)","Plans, Hwong Residence, 148 W 23rd St., New York City, NY, September 13, 1988 (1 Sheet)","Elevation, plans, and sections, Ziegler Residence Foyer and Stair, 9 Jones St., New York, NY, December 1988 (8 sheets)","Plans and notes, Ceppos and Rambaud Residence, 366 W 11th St., Apt. 10F, New York City, NY, December 7, 1988 - March 3, 1989 (1 Sheet)","Zoning Study and Diagram, Acosta and Gamba Townhouses, 451 Union St., Brooklyn, NY, December 22, 1988 (7 sheets)","Cabinet shop drawings and interior detailing, Glenn Partition, New York, NY,January 26, 1989 (7 sheet)","Schematics, Sullivan Residence, 822 Madison Ave., Third Floor, New York City, NY, March 27, 1989 (1 sheets)","Plans and sections, Incitti Residence, New York, NY, March 15, 1989 – July 28, 1989 (42 Sheets)","Measured drawing, Unidentified residence, 277 West End Ave., Apt. 10C, undated (1 sheets)","Site plans and housing calculations, Pueblo Nuevo (Housing Association Study), New York, NY,[undated] (2 Sheets)","Floor plans, Loft Conversion, 100 Houston St., New York, NY, [undated] (1 Sheet)","Projects In The Folder Include","Design development drawing set, Wilson Residence, Annandale, NJ              August 16, 1974 (13 Sheets)","Plans, site plans, and elevations, Highway 31 Commercial Center, Clinton, NJ, October 18, 1974 (3 sheets)","Plans and elevations, Lamendola's Farmhouse, Clearfield, PA, [1975] (3 sheets)","Bathroom plans and reflected ceiling plan, Hunter's Rest,January 20, 1975 (3 sheets)","sectional drawings, News Stand Competition (Briggs Koshido and Pontius, Finalist Team), August 8, 1988 (1 sheets)","Massing plans, sections, and shaping sketches, 900 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL,[1989] (7 sheets)","Plans and elevations, Moose Mountain Farm, July 15, 1996 (2 sheets)","Kitchen plan and sections, Marilyn Pontius Kitchen                                                February 1987 (4 sheets)"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish material from the Geraldine Pontius Architectural Collection must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech. 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Pei drawing sets was not transferred to the archives, and any right to reproduce these images must be sought from the originating firm."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_60523036c89a6bbba1cfcdaf5184cda6\"\u003eThe Geraldine Pontius Architectural Collection contains individual renderings and drawing sets for 24 projects worked on by Pontius and 3 construction drawing sets she collected while working at I.M. Pei and Partners.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Geraldine Pontius Architectural Collection contains individual renderings and drawing sets for 24 projects worked on by Pontius and 3 construction drawing sets she collected while working at I.M. 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Her early academic projects, including the American University Library and Welfare Island Housing, demonstrated a strong command of site planning and axonometric projection that would shape her professional work.","Pontius has worked as an architect, artist, and lecturer. Early in her career, she frequently collaborated with performance artist Laurie Anderson, appearing in the 1974 film Dear Reader: How to Turn a Book into a Movie and the multimedia production United States, I–IV, which premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in 1983.","As an architect, she maintained a private practice while also working as a designer and draftsperson for major firms including I.M. Pei and Partners, RTKL Associates, and Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates. Her independent projects included residential renovations, loft conversions, and commercial interiors, noted for careful spatial sequencing and detailed construction documentation. While at I.M. 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She continues to work as a visual artist and architect, splitting her time between Baltimore and Washington, D.C.","Materials in the Geraldine Pontius Architectural Collection were arranged and described in spring of 2021.","This collection consists primarily of architectural drawings and related project documentation created by Geraldine C. Pontius during her work with I.M. Pei and Partners, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF), RTKL Associates, Spillis Candela/Warnecke, and her independent practice. Materials include blue-line and mylar drawings, schematics, plans, elevations, sections, construction documents, renderings, notebooks, and limited printed and photographic materials.","Projects span residential, commercial, institutional, urban development, and federal courthouse work from the 1970s through the mid-1990s, including documentation related to Commerce Place and multiple county and U.S. courthouse projects. Her academic projects and select professional reference materials are also included.","Projects in this folder include","Schematics and schedules, Artist's Loft, 10 Leonard St.,May 27, 1976 - July 26, 1976 (4 Sheets)","Schematics and schedules, Eakins/Martin Loft, Gilsey House, New York  NY, July 1, 1981 (9 sheets)","Construction drawings, schematics, details, notes and plans, Apartments for Anne Parks, 211 West 22nd St., New York City, NY,vSeptember 9, 1980 - October 26, 1980 (26 sheets)","Plans, sections, and permit drawings Ayala Medical Office 211 West 22nd St., New York, NY, April 6, 1981 – May 11, 1981 (2 Sheets)","Plan and partial electrical layout, 533 Greenwich St., New York, NY          March 13, 1978 (1 sheet)","Projects in this folder include:","Schematic drawings, elevations, sections, perspectives, and design alternates (Danola Residence feature), Danola Residence, Larchmont, NY,[July–November 1982] (56 sheets)","Plans and sections, 30 West 26th St., 12th Floor (Geraldine C Pontius Office Renovation), New York, NY, c. 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April 1981 (4 sheets)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eExisting plans and preliminary drawings, Weiner Residence, New York, NY, January 29, 1987 (9 sheets)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAlteration plans, Unidentified residence, 507 W. 111 St., Apt. 2,August 6, 1983 - December 8, 1983 (5 sheets)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eProjects in this folder include:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBid set, Midtown Gourmet, One Penn Plaza Lobby, Midtown Candy Company, Inc., 500 E 83rd St., New York City, NY, March 24, 1987 (15 sheets)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePlans, Pearman Renovation, 575 Park Ave., Apt. 1503, New York City, NY, October 23, 1987 - December 2, 1987 (1 sheet) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSchematics, Bergman Residence, 29-35 W 90 St., Apts. 9F and 9G, New York City, NY, March 22, 1988 - June 1, 1989 (2 sheets)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eProjects in this folder include:\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBid set, Sarut, Inc., Store, Offices, and Showroom, 107 Horatio St., New York City, NY, August 16, 1988 - April 4, 1989 (9 sheets) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eAxonometric section and floor plan, Barricini Shop, New York, NY, April 1, 1988 (2 Sheets)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFloor plan, Sarut Offices and Showroom, New York, NY, August 12, 1988 (1 sheets) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePlans, Hwong Residence, 148 W 23rd St., New York City, NY, September 13, 1988 (1 Sheet) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eElevation, plans, and sections, Ziegler Residence Foyer and Stair, 9 Jones St., New York, NY, December 1988 (8 sheets)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePlans and notes, Ceppos and Rambaud Residence, 366 W 11th St., Apt. 10F, New York City, NY, December 7, 1988 - March 3, 1989 (1 Sheet) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eZoning Study and Diagram, Acosta and Gamba Townhouses, 451 Union St., Brooklyn, NY, December 22, 1988 (7 sheets)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eCabinet shop drawings and interior detailing, Glenn Partition, New York, NY,January 26, 1989 (7 sheet) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSchematics, Sullivan Residence, 822 Madison Ave., Third Floor, New York City, NY, March 27, 1989 (1 sheets) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePlans and sections, Incitti Residence, New York, NY, March 15, 1989 – July 28, 1989 (42 Sheets)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMeasured drawing, Unidentified residence, 277 West End Ave., Apt. 10C, undated (1 sheets) \u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eSite plans and housing calculations, Pueblo Nuevo (Housing Association Study), New York, NY,[undated] (2 Sheets)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eFloor plans, Loft Conversion, 100 Houston St., New York, NY, [undated] (1 Sheet)\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eProjects In The Folder Include\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eDesign development drawing set, Wilson Residence, Annandale, NJ              August 16, 1974 (13 Sheets)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePlans, site plans, and elevations, Highway 31 Commercial Center, Clinton, NJ, October 18, 1974 (3 sheets)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePlans and elevations, Lamendola's Farmhouse, Clearfield, PA, [1975] (3 sheets)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eBathroom plans and reflected ceiling plan, Hunter's Rest,January 20, 1975 (3 sheets)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003esectional drawings, News Stand Competition (Briggs Koshido and Pontius, Finalist Team), August 8, 1988 (1 sheets)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eMassing plans, sections, and shaping sketches, 900 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL,[1989] (7 sheets)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003ePlans and elevations, Moose Mountain Farm, July 15, 1996 (2 sheets)\u003c/p\u003e\n","\u003cp\u003eKitchen plan and sections, Marilyn Pontius Kitchen                                                February 1987 (4 sheets)\u003c/p\u003e"],"scopecontent_heading_ssm":["Content Description","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents","Scope and Contents"],"scopecontent_tesim":["This collection consists primarily of architectural drawings and related project documentation created by Geraldine C. Pontius during her work with I.M. Pei and Partners, Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF), RTKL Associates, Spillis Candela/Warnecke, and her independent practice. Materials include blue-line and mylar drawings, schematics, plans, elevations, sections, construction documents, renderings, notebooks, and limited printed and photographic materials.","Projects span residential, commercial, institutional, urban development, and federal courthouse work from the 1970s through the mid-1990s, including documentation related to Commerce Place and multiple county and U.S. courthouse projects. Her academic projects and select professional reference materials are also included.","Projects in this folder include","Schematics and schedules, Artist's Loft, 10 Leonard St.,May 27, 1976 - July 26, 1976 (4 Sheets)","Schematics and schedules, Eakins/Martin Loft, Gilsey House, New York  NY, July 1, 1981 (9 sheets)","Construction drawings, schematics, details, notes and plans, Apartments for Anne Parks, 211 West 22nd St., New York City, NY,vSeptember 9, 1980 - October 26, 1980 (26 sheets)","Plans, sections, and permit drawings Ayala Medical Office 211 West 22nd St., New York, NY, April 6, 1981 – May 11, 1981 (2 Sheets)","Plan and partial electrical layout, 533 Greenwich St., New York, NY          March 13, 1978 (1 sheet)","Projects in this folder include:","Schematic drawings, elevations, sections, perspectives, and design alternates (Danola Residence feature), Danola Residence, Larchmont, NY,[July–November 1982] (56 sheets)","Plans and sections, 30 West 26th St., 12th Floor (Geraldine C Pontius Office Renovation), New York, NY, c. April 1981 (4 sheets)","Existing plans and preliminary drawings, Weiner Residence, New York, NY, January 29, 1987 (9 sheets)","Alteration plans, Unidentified residence, 507 W. 111 St., Apt. 2,August 6, 1983 - December 8, 1983 (5 sheets)","Projects in this folder include:","Bid set, Midtown Gourmet, One Penn Plaza Lobby, Midtown Candy Company, Inc., 500 E 83rd St., New York City, NY, March 24, 1987 (15 sheets)","Plans, Pearman Renovation, 575 Park Ave., Apt. 1503, New York City, NY, October 23, 1987 - December 2, 1987 (1 sheet)","Schematics, Bergman Residence, 29-35 W 90 St., Apts. 9F and 9G, New York City, NY, March 22, 1988 - June 1, 1989 (2 sheets)","Projects in this folder include:","Bid set, Sarut, Inc., Store, Offices, and Showroom, 107 Horatio St., New York City, NY, August 16, 1988 - April 4, 1989 (9 sheets)","Axonometric section and floor plan, Barricini Shop, New York, NY, April 1, 1988 (2 Sheets)","Floor plan, Sarut Offices and Showroom, New York, NY, August 12, 1988 (1 sheets)","Plans, Hwong Residence, 148 W 23rd St., New York City, NY, September 13, 1988 (1 Sheet)","Elevation, plans, and sections, Ziegler Residence Foyer and Stair, 9 Jones St., New York, NY, December 1988 (8 sheets)","Plans and notes, Ceppos and Rambaud Residence, 366 W 11th St., Apt. 10F, New York City, NY, December 7, 1988 - March 3, 1989 (1 Sheet)","Zoning Study and Diagram, Acosta and Gamba Townhouses, 451 Union St., Brooklyn, NY, December 22, 1988 (7 sheets)","Cabinet shop drawings and interior detailing, Glenn Partition, New York, NY,January 26, 1989 (7 sheet)","Schematics, Sullivan Residence, 822 Madison Ave., Third Floor, New York City, NY, March 27, 1989 (1 sheets)","Plans and sections, Incitti Residence, New York, NY, March 15, 1989 – July 28, 1989 (42 Sheets)","Measured drawing, Unidentified residence, 277 West End Ave., Apt. 10C, undated (1 sheets)","Site plans and housing calculations, Pueblo Nuevo (Housing Association Study), New York, NY,[undated] (2 Sheets)","Floor plans, Loft Conversion, 100 Houston St., New York, NY, [undated] (1 Sheet)","Projects In The Folder Include","Design development drawing set, Wilson Residence, Annandale, NJ              August 16, 1974 (13 Sheets)","Plans, site plans, and elevations, Highway 31 Commercial Center, Clinton, NJ, October 18, 1974 (3 sheets)","Plans and elevations, Lamendola's Farmhouse, Clearfield, PA, [1975] (3 sheets)","Bathroom plans and reflected ceiling plan, Hunter's Rest,January 20, 1975 (3 sheets)","sectional drawings, News Stand Competition (Briggs Koshido and Pontius, Finalist Team), August 8, 1988 (1 sheets)","Massing plans, sections, and shaping sketches, 900 North Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL,[1989] (7 sheets)","Plans and elevations, Moose Mountain Farm, July 15, 1996 (2 sheets)","Kitchen plan and sections, Marilyn Pontius Kitchen                                                February 1987 (4 sheets)"],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003ePermission to publish material from the Geraldine Pontius Architectural Collection must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech. Ms. Pontius requests that anyone wishing to reproduce these materials do so under the terms of a CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 Creative Commons license, i.e., they must only use images for non-commercial purposes, derivatives are prohibited, and they must properly attribute them. Copyright for the collected I.M. Pei drawing sets was not transferred to the archives, and any right to reproduce these images must be sought from the originating firm.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"userestrict_heading_ssm":["Conditions Governing Use"],"userestrict_tesim":["Permission to publish material from the Geraldine Pontius Architectural Collection must be obtained from Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech. Ms. Pontius requests that anyone wishing to reproduce these materials do so under the terms of a CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 Creative Commons license, i.e., they must only use images for non-commercial purposes, derivatives are prohibited, and they must properly attribute them. Copyright for the collected I.M. Pei drawing sets was not transferred to the archives, and any right to reproduce these images must be sought from the originating firm."],"abstract_html_tesm":["\u003cabstract id=\"aspace_60523036c89a6bbba1cfcdaf5184cda6\"\u003eThe Geraldine Pontius Architectural Collection contains individual renderings and drawing sets for 24 projects worked on by Pontius and 3 construction drawing sets she collected while working at I.M. Pei and Partners.\u003c/abstract\u003e\n    "],"abstract_tesim":["The Geraldine Pontius Architectural Collection contains individual renderings and drawing sets for 24 projects worked on by Pontius and 3 construction drawing sets she collected while working at I.M. 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It featured the work of pioneering women in architecture and design from the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) collection at Virginia Tech.","label":"Abstract Or Scope"}},"breadcrumbs":{"id":"https://search.arvasarchive.org/catalog/viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2714#breadcrumbs","type":"document_value","attributes":{"value":{"id":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2714","ead_ssi":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2714","_root_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2714","_nest_parent_":"viblbv_repositories_2_resources_2714","ead_source_url_ssi":"data/oai/VT/repositories_2_resources_2714.xml","title_filing_ssi":"\"Glass Ceilings: Highlights from the International Archive of Women in Architecture Center,\" selected exhibit panels, 2010","title_ssm":["\"Glass Ceilings:  Highlights from the International Archive of Women in Architecture Center,\" selected exhibit panels"],"title_tesim":["\"Glass Ceilings:  Highlights from the International Archive of Women in Architecture Center,\" selected exhibit panels"],"unitdate_ssm":["2010"],"unitdate_other_ssim":["2010"],"normalized_date_ssm":["2010"],"normalized_title_ssm":["\"Glass Ceilings:  Highlights from the International Archive of Women in Architecture Center,\" selected exhibit panels, 2010"],"text":["\"Glass Ceilings:  Highlights from the International Archive of Women in Architecture Center,\" selected exhibit panels, 2010","Ms.2011.075","Architects","History of Women in Architecture","International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA)","Women -- History","The collection is open for research.","The collection is arranged by material type into three series, which are then organized alphabetically:","Series I: Reproductions\nSeries II: Original Materials\nSeries III. Supporting Materials","\"Glass Ceilings: Highlights from the International Archive of Women in Architecture\" was developed in partnership with Virginia Tech's International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) Center and the Virginia Center for Architecture (VCA),in recognition of Minds Wide Open, the statewide initiative celebrating women in the arts.  The exhibition was held at the Virginia Center for Architecture in Richmond, Virginia, as part of their Dominion Exhibition Series and was on display from March 4-June 6, 2010.","The exhibition, featured the work of pioneering women in architecture and design from the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) collection at Virginia Tech, including Lilia Skala, who fled the Nazis in 1939 carrying her student architectural portfolio and who later became a well-known actress in the U.S., Nobuko Nakahara, one of the first women to be licensed as an architect in Japan, Lois Gottlieb, a California architect who was one of Frank Lloyd Wright's apprentices in the 1940's, Beverly Willis, who, in the 1970's, developed CARLA, among the first software used for architecture and planning, Mary Brown Channel, the first woman to be registered as an architect in the state of Virginia, and Han Schroeder, who grew up in the famed Rietveld-Schroeder House, was educated in Switzerland, practiced as an architect and interior designer in the Netherlands, and later moved to the U.S. and taught interior design at Virginia Commonwealth University.","The exhibit also featured a series of 100 postcards (100 POSTCARDS: A Glimpse into the IAWA Center) highlighting the range of materials in the IAWA collection, developed by students in Virginia Tech's Researching Women in Architecture seminar. Student contributors are Marissa Brown, Antonia Ciaverella, Candice Davis, Alexandra Phelan, Heather Riley, and Rehanna Rojiani.","Anna Keichline, United States, 1889-1943.  Holding seven design patents, including a space-saving fold-away bed, Anna Keichline became the first registered woman architect in Pennsylvania.  In the 1920s, she patented a combination washtub and sink and a kitchen system that included sloped countertops and glass-doored cabinets. Her best known invention was the so-called \"K Brick\" in 1927, which prefigured the modern concrete block.","Anne Tyng, China, 1920-, a pioneer in space-frame architecture and inventor of the adjustable Tyng Toy for children, collaborated with famed architect Louis Kahn for 19 years at his practice in Philadelphia.  She holds a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University and taught at the University of Pennsylvania from 1968 until her retirement in 1995.","Alison Smithson, England, 1928-1993, architect and author, was educated at the University of Durham and worked at the London County Council until she formed a partnership in 1950 with her husband Peter Smithson.  As founding members of the design collective, Team 10, they were instrumental in calling attention to issues of welfare and consumer society within Modernism at mid-century.","Beverly Willis, FAIA, United States, 1928-, the noted San Francisco artist, photographer, teacher, and writer, applied the full range of visual arts and design skills to her architectural projects which include the San Francisco Ballet.  A former President of the American Institute of Architects California Council, Willis was also a founding trustee of the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Following Willis' lead, the Beverly Willis Architectural Foundation, established in 2002, continues to recognize and expand awareness of women's contributions to architecture.","Lilia Skala, Austria, 1896-1994, one of Austria's first female architects, fled the Nazis in 1939 with, among little else, her student portfolio in architecture from the University of Dresden.  Better known for her acting than her architecture, Skala has appeared in Broadway, television, and in many films including Lilies of the Field (1963), opposite Sydney Poitier.","Margarete Schutte-Lihotzky, Austria, 1897-2000, was Austria's first female architect and an activist in the German Resistance movement during the Nazi regime.  She was also the first woman to study architecture at the High School for the Applied Arts in Vienna and worked under Oskar Strnad, a Viennese architect, sculptor, and theatre designer who was an early champion of working-class housing.  Remembered most for designing the Frankfurt Kitchen, Schutte-Lihotzky redefined how this space in the home could be a model of efficiency and Modern design.","Mary Brown Channel, United States, 1932-1981.  After graduating from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1925, Channel earned her degree in Architecture from Cornell University in 1933.  Mary Brown Channel was the first woman registered architect in the state of Virginia.  She became known for her residential and church designs in the tidewater area of Virginia.","Virginia Currie, United States, 1913-2006, was a 1936 graduate of the architecture program at the University of Minnesota.  With her husand, Leonard J. Currie, they traveled around the world and became an active volunteer in each of their communities.","Beverly Willis, FAIA, United States, 1928-, the noted San Francisco artist, photographer, teacher, and writer, applied the full range of visual arts and design skills to her architectural projects which include the San Francisco Ballet.  A former President of the American Institute of Architects California Council, Willis was also a founding trustee of the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Following Willis' lead, the Beverly Willis Architectural Foundation, established in 2002, continues to recognize and expand awareness of women's contributions to architecture.","Brinda Somaya, India, has directed her Mumbai firm Somaya and Kalappa for three decades with the belief that \"development and progress must proceed without straining the cultural and historic environment.\" She is the founding trustee of the Hector Foundation and member of the advisory committee to the Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai for the Protection and Improvement of Streets and Public Spaces. Somaya received her Bachelor of Architecture degree from J.J. College of Architecture, Mumbai, and her Master of Architecture degree from Smith College in the United States.","Clara Erskine Clement Waters, United States, 1834-1916, traveled extensively, spending time in Italy, Japan, China, and India.  Her writings have proven vital to the study of the built environment and include texts on the history of architecture, the use of symbolism in Christian art, and a biographical encyclopedia of women artists from the seventh century B.C. to the twentieth century A.D.","Lauretta Vincirelli, Italy, 1943-. Throughout her career, Vinciarelli has continually explored the deeply rooted relationship between art and architecture. Her work resides in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.","Lois Gottlieb, United States, 1926-, attended Stanford University, served as a Taliesin Fellow under Frank Lloyd Wright from 1948 to 1949 and attended Harvard Graduate School of Design.  She designed residences in California, Washington, Idaho, and Virginia and is the author of Environment and Design in Housing (1965).","Sarah Harkness, FAIA, United States, 1914-, Principal Emeritus of the Architects Collaborative and former President of the Boston Society of Architects, received her Master of Architecture degree from Smith College's Graduate School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in 1940.  Harkness has also been a distinguished lecturer, critic, and thesis advisor for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Arizona, and the Boston Architectural Center","Eleanore Pettersen, FAIA, United States, 1916-2003, was one of the first women licensed as an architect in the state of New Jersey in 1950, the first woman in New Jersey to open her own architectural office (1952), and the first woman president of the New Jersey State Board of Architects.  Pettersen served as an apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright and attended Cooper Union for Advancement of Science and Art in New York City (1937-1941).","Florence Kenyon Hayden, United States, 1882-1973, was the first woman to study architecture at Ohio State University and the first woman registered architect in Ohio.  At the behest of Ohio State's president William Oxley Thompson, who pushed for a women's residence hall on campus, Hayden designed what would become Oxley Hall.  At first, however, the Board of Trustees did not hold much hope for Hayden and they insisted on assigning her a male assistant.  Contending that she could not reason with him after spending one day together, Hayden promptly locked him out of the room.  With the help of only one other draftsperson, she finished the plans in just 27 days.  Hayden supervised the construction and, in the end, came in under budget for both cost and time.","Han Schroeder, Netherlands, 1918-1992.  Schroeder's artistic and architectural education began early, when her mother commissioned the architect Gerrit Rietveld to design what is now known as the Rietveld-Schroeder House, completed in 1924.  In this house, Rietveld employed the revolutionary concept of movable walls to make the interior flexible, thereby redefining the limits of space.  Growing up in this house fueled Hans interest in architecture, and the beginning of her friendship to Rietveld and her devotion to his ideas.  In 1936, she entered the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, and graduated in 1940 with the degree of Diplom Architekt. Schroeder opened her own office in 1954.  Later, she moved to the United States and taught interior design at Virginia Commonwealth University.","Hilde Westrom, Germany, 1912-, was among the few women enrolled in architectural studies at the Berlin-Charlottenburg Polytechnic in 1932.  In 1952, she won a national competition for elderly housing in Berlin and by 1957 joined the Berlin Internationale Bauausstellung, or Interbai, to develop dwelling-types for Germany.  Over the next 30 years, Westrom completed more than 800 housing units (condominiums, rental apartments, social housing, private houses) and won numerous design competitions.","Jane Hastings, FAIA, United States, 1928-, an early member of the International Union of Women Architects (UIFA), was also the first woman president of the American Institute of Architects, Seattle.  In 1992, Hastings became the first woman Chancellor of the American Institute of Architects' national honorary society, the College of Fellows.","Lauretta Vincirelli, Italy, 1943-.  Throughout her career, Vinciarelli has continually explored the deeply rooted relationship between art and architecture.  Her work resides in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.","Lois Gottlieb, United States, 1926-, attended Stanford University, served as a Taliesin Fellow under Frank Lloyd Wright from 1948 to 1949 and attended Harvard Graduate School of Design.  She designed residences in California, Washington, Idaho, and Virginia and is the author of Environment and Design in Housing (1965).","Nobuko Nakahara, Japan, 1929-2008.  Nakahara's career started with a visit to a 10-person architectural firm to inquire about a job.  She was told that if she could redesign the office space to fit eleven desks she would be hired and, in the end, Nakahara became the firm's eleventh employee.  By founding the women's architecture association PODOKO in 1953, which grew to 28 members, Nakahara created a forum for women to discuss design.  A decade later in Paris, she cofounded the Congress of the International Union of Women Architects (UIFA) and became its first president.","Susana Torre, Argentina, 1944-, has been the principal of several architecture firms, including Susana Torre and Associates in New York.  She has held the position of Director of the Barnard College Architecture program, Associate Professor of Architecture at Columbia University, Director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, and, in 1985 was a founding member of the International Archive of Women in Architecture.","The guide to the \"Glass Ceilings: Highlights from the International Archive of Women in Architecture Center,\" selected exhibit panels by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the \"Glass Ceilings: Highlights from the International Archive of Women in Architecture Center,\" selected exhibit panels was completed in September 2011.","The items used in the \"Glass Ceilings: Highlights from the International Archive of Women in Architecture Center,\" selected exhibit panels, have been returned to their original collections except for the matted reproductions made of items deemed too fragile or valuable to be on display.  This collection consists of those reproductions although a complete list of items used in the exhibit has also been compiled in an effort to document the event.","The biographical notes for each entry are recorded from the exhibit labels that accompanied the materials.","The Reproductions series consists of the matted reproductions made of items deemed too fragile or valuable to be on display for the exhibit.  All of the original materials exist within Special Collections and their locations have been recorded.  Please see staff for assistance.","The Original Material series is a listing of non-reproduction items used in the exhibit.  They have been returned to their original collections.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials.","Reproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: http://bit.ly/scuareproduction. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: http://bit.ly/scuapublication. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives (specref@vt.edu or 540-231-6308) if you need assistance with forms or to submit a completed form.","\"Glass Ceilings: Highlights from the International Archive of Women in Architecture Center\" was an exhibition held at the Virginia Center for Architecture in Richmond, Virginia, as part of their Dominion Exhibition Series and was on display from March 4-June 6, 2010.  It featured the work of pioneering women in architecture and design from the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) collection at Virginia Tech.","Please note: Part of this collection is in off-site storage and requires 2-3 days notice for retrieval. Please contact Special Collections and University Archives for more information.","Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech","Dunay, Donna","Smithson, Alison, 1928-1993","Tyng, Anne Griswold, 1920-2011","Schütte-Lihotzky, Margarete, 1897-2000","Skala, Lilia Sofer, 1896-1994","Currie, Virginia M. Herz, 1913-2006","Channel, Mary Brown, 1907-2006","Schroeder, Han, 1918-1992","Harkness, Sarah Pillsbury, 1914-2013","Willis, Beverly, 1928-","Waters, Clara Erskine Clement, 1834-1916","Vinciarelli, Lauretta","Weström, Hilde, b. 1912","Somaya, Brinda","Torre, Susana, 1944-","Nakahara, Nobuko, 1929-2008","Pettersen, Eleanore, 1916-2003","Hayden, Florence Kenyon","Hastings, L. 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The exhibition was held at the Virginia Center for Architecture in Richmond, Virginia, as part of their \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDominion Exhibition Series\u003c/title\u003e and was on display from March 4-June 6, 2010.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe exhibition, featured the work of pioneering women in architecture and design from the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) collection at Virginia Tech, including \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLilia Skala\u003c/emph\u003e, who fled the Nazis in 1939 carrying her student architectural portfolio and who later became a well-known actress in the U.S., \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eNobuko Nakahara\u003c/emph\u003e, one of the first women to be licensed as an architect in Japan, \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLois Gottlieb\u003c/emph\u003e, a California architect who was one of Frank Lloyd Wright's apprentices in the 1940's, \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eBeverly Willis\u003c/emph\u003e, who, in the 1970's, developed CARLA, among the first software used for architecture and planning, \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eMary Brown Channel\u003c/emph\u003e, the first woman to be registered as an architect in the state of Virginia, and \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eHan Schroeder\u003c/emph\u003e, who grew up in the famed Rietveld-Schroeder House, was educated in Switzerland, practiced as an architect and interior designer in the Netherlands, and later moved to the U.S. and taught interior design at Virginia Commonwealth University.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe exhibit also featured a series of 100 postcards (100 POSTCARDS: A Glimpse into the IAWA Center) highlighting the range of materials in the IAWA collection, developed by students in Virginia Tech's Researching Women in Architecture seminar. Student contributors are Marissa Brown, Antonia Ciaverella, Candice Davis, Alexandra Phelan, Heather Riley, and Rehanna Rojiani.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eAnna Keichline, United States, 1889-1943.  Holding seven design patents, including a space-saving fold-away bed, Anna Keichline became the first registered woman architect in Pennsylvania.  In the 1920s, she patented a combination washtub and sink and a kitchen system that included sloped countertops and glass-doored cabinets. Her best known invention was the so-called \"K Brick\" in 1927, which prefigured the modern concrete block.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnne Tyng, China, 1920-, a pioneer in space-frame architecture and inventor of the adjustable Tyng Toy for children, collaborated with famed architect Louis Kahn for 19 years at his practice in Philadelphia.  She holds a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University and taught at the University of Pennsylvania from 1968 until her retirement in 1995.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlison Smithson, England, 1928-1993, architect and author, was educated at the University of Durham and worked at the London County Council until she formed a partnership in 1950 with her husband Peter Smithson.  As founding members of the design collective, Team 10, they were instrumental in calling attention to issues of welfare and consumer society within Modernism at mid-century.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBeverly Willis, FAIA, United States, 1928-, the noted San Francisco artist, photographer, teacher, and writer, applied the full range of visual arts and design skills to her architectural projects which include the San Francisco Ballet.  A former President of the American Institute of Architects California Council, Willis was also a founding trustee of the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Following Willis' lead, the Beverly Willis Architectural Foundation, established in 2002, continues to recognize and expand awareness of women's contributions to architecture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLilia Skala, Austria, 1896-1994, one of Austria's first female architects, fled the Nazis in 1939 with, among little else, her student portfolio in architecture from the University of Dresden.  Better known for her acting than her architecture, Skala has appeared in Broadway, television, and in many films including \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eLilies of the Field\u003c/title\u003e (1963), opposite Sydney Poitier.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMargarete Schutte-Lihotzky, Austria, 1897-2000, was Austria's first female architect and an activist in the German Resistance movement during the Nazi regime.  She was also the first woman to study architecture at the High School for the Applied Arts in Vienna and worked under Oskar Strnad, a Viennese architect, sculptor, and theatre designer who was an early champion of working-class housing.  Remembered most for designing the Frankfurt Kitchen, Schutte-Lihotzky redefined how this space in the home could be a model of efficiency and Modern design.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMary Brown Channel, United States, 1932-1981.  After graduating from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1925, Channel earned her degree in Architecture from Cornell University in 1933.  Mary Brown Channel was the first woman registered architect in the state of Virginia.  She became known for her residential and church designs in the tidewater area of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Currie, United States, 1913-2006, was a 1936 graduate of the architecture program at the University of Minnesota.  With her husand, Leonard J. Currie, they traveled around the world and became an active volunteer in each of their communities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBeverly Willis, FAIA, United States, 1928-, the noted San Francisco artist, photographer, teacher, and writer, applied the full range of visual arts and design skills to her architectural projects which include the San Francisco Ballet.  A former President of the American Institute of Architects California Council, Willis was also a founding trustee of the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Following Willis' lead, the Beverly Willis Architectural Foundation, established in 2002, continues to recognize and expand awareness of women's contributions to architecture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrinda Somaya, India, has directed her Mumbai firm Somaya and Kalappa for three decades with the belief that \"development and progress must proceed without straining the cultural and historic environment.\" She is the founding trustee of the Hector Foundation and member of the advisory committee to the Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai for the Protection and Improvement of Streets and Public Spaces. Somaya received her Bachelor of Architecture degree from J.J. College of Architecture, Mumbai, and her Master of Architecture degree from Smith College in the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClara Erskine Clement Waters, United States, 1834-1916, traveled extensively, spending time in Italy, Japan, China, and India.  Her writings have proven vital to the study of the built environment and include texts on the history of architecture, the use of symbolism in Christian art, and a biographical encyclopedia of women artists from the seventh century B.C. to the twentieth century A.D.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLauretta Vincirelli, Italy, 1943-. Throughout her career, Vinciarelli has continually explored the deeply rooted relationship between art and architecture. Her work resides in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLois Gottlieb, United States, 1926-, attended Stanford University, served as a Taliesin Fellow under Frank Lloyd Wright from 1948 to 1949 and attended Harvard Graduate School of Design.  She designed residences in California, Washington, Idaho, and Virginia and is the author of \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eEnvironment and Design in Housing\u003c/title\u003e (1965).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSarah Harkness, FAIA, United States, 1914-, Principal Emeritus of the Architects Collaborative and former President of the Boston Society of Architects, received her Master of Architecture degree from Smith College's Graduate School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in 1940.  Harkness has also been a distinguished lecturer, critic, and thesis advisor for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Arizona, and the Boston Architectural Center\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEleanore Pettersen, FAIA, United States, 1916-2003, was one of the first women licensed as an architect in the state of New Jersey in 1950, the first woman in New Jersey to open her own architectural office (1952), and the first woman president of the New Jersey State Board of Architects.  Pettersen served as an apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright and attended Cooper Union for Advancement of Science and Art in New York City (1937-1941).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFlorence Kenyon Hayden, United States, 1882-1973, was the first woman to study architecture at Ohio State University and the first woman registered architect in Ohio.  At the behest of Ohio State's president William Oxley Thompson, who pushed for a women's residence hall on campus, Hayden designed what would become Oxley Hall.  At first, however, the Board of Trustees did not hold much hope for Hayden and they insisted on assigning her a male assistant.  Contending that she could not reason with him after spending one day together, Hayden promptly locked him out of the room.  With the help of only one other draftsperson, she finished the plans in just 27 days.  Hayden supervised the construction and, in the end, came in under budget for both cost and time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHan Schroeder, Netherlands, 1918-1992.  Schroeder's artistic and architectural education began early, when her mother commissioned the architect Gerrit Rietveld to design what is now known as the Rietveld-Schroeder House, completed in 1924.  In this house, Rietveld employed the revolutionary concept of movable walls to make the interior flexible, thereby redefining the limits of space.  Growing up in this house fueled Hans interest in architecture, and the beginning of her friendship to Rietveld and her devotion to his ideas.  In 1936, she entered the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, and graduated in 1940 with the degree of Diplom Architekt. Schroeder opened her own office in 1954.  Later, she moved to the United States and taught interior design at Virginia Commonwealth University.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHilde Westrom, Germany, 1912-, was among the few women enrolled in architectural studies at the Berlin-Charlottenburg Polytechnic in 1932.  In 1952, she won a national competition for elderly housing in Berlin and by 1957 joined the Berlin Internationale Bauausstellung, or Interbai, to develop dwelling-types for Germany.  Over the next 30 years, Westrom completed more than 800 housing units (condominiums, rental apartments, social housing, private houses) and won numerous design competitions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJane Hastings, FAIA, United States, 1928-, an early member of the International Union of Women Architects (UIFA), was also the first woman president of the American Institute of Architects, Seattle.  In 1992, Hastings became the first woman Chancellor of the American Institute of Architects' national honorary society, the College of Fellows.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLauretta Vincirelli, Italy, 1943-.  Throughout her career, Vinciarelli has continually explored the deeply rooted relationship between art and architecture.  Her work resides in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLois Gottlieb, United States, 1926-, attended Stanford University, served as a Taliesin Fellow under Frank Lloyd Wright from 1948 to 1949 and attended Harvard Graduate School of Design.  She designed residences in California, Washington, Idaho, and Virginia and is the author of \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eEnvironment and Design in Housing\u003c/title\u003e (1965).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNobuko Nakahara, Japan, 1929-2008.  Nakahara's career started with a visit to a 10-person architectural firm to inquire about a job.  She was told that if she could redesign the office space to fit eleven desks she would be hired and, in the end, Nakahara became the firm's eleventh employee.  By founding the women's architecture association PODOKO in 1953, which grew to 28 members, Nakahara created a forum for women to discuss design.  A decade later in Paris, she cofounded the Congress of the International Union of Women Architects (UIFA) and became its first president.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSusana Torre, Argentina, 1944-, has been the principal of several architecture firms, including Susana Torre and Associates in New York.  She has held the position of Director of the Barnard College Architecture program, Associate Professor of Architecture at Columbia University, Director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, and, in 1985 was a founding member of the International Archive of Women in Architecture.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["\"Glass Ceilings: Highlights from the International Archive of Women in Architecture\" was developed in partnership with Virginia Tech's International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) Center and the Virginia Center for Architecture (VCA),in recognition of Minds Wide Open, the statewide initiative celebrating women in the arts.  The exhibition was held at the Virginia Center for Architecture in Richmond, Virginia, as part of their Dominion Exhibition Series and was on display from March 4-June 6, 2010.","The exhibition, featured the work of pioneering women in architecture and design from the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) collection at Virginia Tech, including Lilia Skala, who fled the Nazis in 1939 carrying her student architectural portfolio and who later became a well-known actress in the U.S., Nobuko Nakahara, one of the first women to be licensed as an architect in Japan, Lois Gottlieb, a California architect who was one of Frank Lloyd Wright's apprentices in the 1940's, Beverly Willis, who, in the 1970's, developed CARLA, among the first software used for architecture and planning, Mary Brown Channel, the first woman to be registered as an architect in the state of Virginia, and Han Schroeder, who grew up in the famed Rietveld-Schroeder House, was educated in Switzerland, practiced as an architect and interior designer in the Netherlands, and later moved to the U.S. and taught interior design at Virginia Commonwealth University.","The exhibit also featured a series of 100 postcards (100 POSTCARDS: A Glimpse into the IAWA Center) highlighting the range of materials in the IAWA collection, developed by students in Virginia Tech's Researching Women in Architecture seminar. Student contributors are Marissa Brown, Antonia Ciaverella, Candice Davis, Alexandra Phelan, Heather Riley, and Rehanna Rojiani.","Anna Keichline, United States, 1889-1943.  Holding seven design patents, including a space-saving fold-away bed, Anna Keichline became the first registered woman architect in Pennsylvania.  In the 1920s, she patented a combination washtub and sink and a kitchen system that included sloped countertops and glass-doored cabinets. Her best known invention was the so-called \"K Brick\" in 1927, which prefigured the modern concrete block.","Anne Tyng, China, 1920-, a pioneer in space-frame architecture and inventor of the adjustable Tyng Toy for children, collaborated with famed architect Louis Kahn for 19 years at his practice in Philadelphia.  She holds a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University and taught at the University of Pennsylvania from 1968 until her retirement in 1995.","Alison Smithson, England, 1928-1993, architect and author, was educated at the University of Durham and worked at the London County Council until she formed a partnership in 1950 with her husband Peter Smithson.  As founding members of the design collective, Team 10, they were instrumental in calling attention to issues of welfare and consumer society within Modernism at mid-century.","Beverly Willis, FAIA, United States, 1928-, the noted San Francisco artist, photographer, teacher, and writer, applied the full range of visual arts and design skills to her architectural projects which include the San Francisco Ballet.  A former President of the American Institute of Architects California Council, Willis was also a founding trustee of the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Following Willis' lead, the Beverly Willis Architectural Foundation, established in 2002, continues to recognize and expand awareness of women's contributions to architecture.","Lilia Skala, Austria, 1896-1994, one of Austria's first female architects, fled the Nazis in 1939 with, among little else, her student portfolio in architecture from the University of Dresden.  Better known for her acting than her architecture, Skala has appeared in Broadway, television, and in many films including Lilies of the Field (1963), opposite Sydney Poitier.","Margarete Schutte-Lihotzky, Austria, 1897-2000, was Austria's first female architect and an activist in the German Resistance movement during the Nazi regime.  She was also the first woman to study architecture at the High School for the Applied Arts in Vienna and worked under Oskar Strnad, a Viennese architect, sculptor, and theatre designer who was an early champion of working-class housing.  Remembered most for designing the Frankfurt Kitchen, Schutte-Lihotzky redefined how this space in the home could be a model of efficiency and Modern design.","Mary Brown Channel, United States, 1932-1981.  After graduating from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1925, Channel earned her degree in Architecture from Cornell University in 1933.  Mary Brown Channel was the first woman registered architect in the state of Virginia.  She became known for her residential and church designs in the tidewater area of Virginia.","Virginia Currie, United States, 1913-2006, was a 1936 graduate of the architecture program at the University of Minnesota.  With her husand, Leonard J. Currie, they traveled around the world and became an active volunteer in each of their communities.","Beverly Willis, FAIA, United States, 1928-, the noted San Francisco artist, photographer, teacher, and writer, applied the full range of visual arts and design skills to her architectural projects which include the San Francisco Ballet.  A former President of the American Institute of Architects California Council, Willis was also a founding trustee of the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Following Willis' lead, the Beverly Willis Architectural Foundation, established in 2002, continues to recognize and expand awareness of women's contributions to architecture.","Brinda Somaya, India, has directed her Mumbai firm Somaya and Kalappa for three decades with the belief that \"development and progress must proceed without straining the cultural and historic environment.\" She is the founding trustee of the Hector Foundation and member of the advisory committee to the Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai for the Protection and Improvement of Streets and Public Spaces. Somaya received her Bachelor of Architecture degree from J.J. College of Architecture, Mumbai, and her Master of Architecture degree from Smith College in the United States.","Clara Erskine Clement Waters, United States, 1834-1916, traveled extensively, spending time in Italy, Japan, China, and India.  Her writings have proven vital to the study of the built environment and include texts on the history of architecture, the use of symbolism in Christian art, and a biographical encyclopedia of women artists from the seventh century B.C. to the twentieth century A.D.","Lauretta Vincirelli, Italy, 1943-. Throughout her career, Vinciarelli has continually explored the deeply rooted relationship between art and architecture. Her work resides in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.","Lois Gottlieb, United States, 1926-, attended Stanford University, served as a Taliesin Fellow under Frank Lloyd Wright from 1948 to 1949 and attended Harvard Graduate School of Design.  She designed residences in California, Washington, Idaho, and Virginia and is the author of Environment and Design in Housing (1965).","Sarah Harkness, FAIA, United States, 1914-, Principal Emeritus of the Architects Collaborative and former President of the Boston Society of Architects, received her Master of Architecture degree from Smith College's Graduate School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in 1940.  Harkness has also been a distinguished lecturer, critic, and thesis advisor for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Arizona, and the Boston Architectural Center","Eleanore Pettersen, FAIA, United States, 1916-2003, was one of the first women licensed as an architect in the state of New Jersey in 1950, the first woman in New Jersey to open her own architectural office (1952), and the first woman president of the New Jersey State Board of Architects.  Pettersen served as an apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright and attended Cooper Union for Advancement of Science and Art in New York City (1937-1941).","Florence Kenyon Hayden, United States, 1882-1973, was the first woman to study architecture at Ohio State University and the first woman registered architect in Ohio.  At the behest of Ohio State's president William Oxley Thompson, who pushed for a women's residence hall on campus, Hayden designed what would become Oxley Hall.  At first, however, the Board of Trustees did not hold much hope for Hayden and they insisted on assigning her a male assistant.  Contending that she could not reason with him after spending one day together, Hayden promptly locked him out of the room.  With the help of only one other draftsperson, she finished the plans in just 27 days.  Hayden supervised the construction and, in the end, came in under budget for both cost and time.","Han Schroeder, Netherlands, 1918-1992.  Schroeder's artistic and architectural education began early, when her mother commissioned the architect Gerrit Rietveld to design what is now known as the Rietveld-Schroeder House, completed in 1924.  In this house, Rietveld employed the revolutionary concept of movable walls to make the interior flexible, thereby redefining the limits of space.  Growing up in this house fueled Hans interest in architecture, and the beginning of her friendship to Rietveld and her devotion to his ideas.  In 1936, she entered the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, and graduated in 1940 with the degree of Diplom Architekt. Schroeder opened her own office in 1954.  Later, she moved to the United States and taught interior design at Virginia Commonwealth University.","Hilde Westrom, Germany, 1912-, was among the few women enrolled in architectural studies at the Berlin-Charlottenburg Polytechnic in 1932.  In 1952, she won a national competition for elderly housing in Berlin and by 1957 joined the Berlin Internationale Bauausstellung, or Interbai, to develop dwelling-types for Germany.  Over the next 30 years, Westrom completed more than 800 housing units (condominiums, rental apartments, social housing, private houses) and won numerous design competitions.","Jane Hastings, FAIA, United States, 1928-, an early member of the International Union of Women Architects (UIFA), was also the first woman president of the American Institute of Architects, Seattle.  In 1992, Hastings became the first woman Chancellor of the American Institute of Architects' national honorary society, the College of Fellows.","Lauretta Vincirelli, Italy, 1943-.  Throughout her career, Vinciarelli has continually explored the deeply rooted relationship between art and architecture.  Her work resides in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.","Lois Gottlieb, United States, 1926-, attended Stanford University, served as a Taliesin Fellow under Frank Lloyd Wright from 1948 to 1949 and attended Harvard Graduate School of Design.  She designed residences in California, Washington, Idaho, and Virginia and is the author of Environment and Design in Housing (1965).","Nobuko Nakahara, Japan, 1929-2008.  Nakahara's career started with a visit to a 10-person architectural firm to inquire about a job.  She was told that if she could redesign the office space to fit eleven desks she would be hired and, in the end, Nakahara became the firm's eleventh employee.  By founding the women's architecture association PODOKO in 1953, which grew to 28 members, Nakahara created a forum for women to discuss design.  A decade later in Paris, she cofounded the Congress of the International Union of Women Architects (UIFA) and became its first president.","Susana Torre, Argentina, 1944-, has been the principal of several architecture firms, including Susana Torre and Associates in New York.  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The exhibition was held at the Virginia Center for Architecture in Richmond, Virginia, as part of their Dominion Exhibition Series and was on display from March 4-June 6, 2010.","The exhibition, featured the work of pioneering women in architecture and design from the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) collection at Virginia Tech, including Lilia Skala, who fled the Nazis in 1939 carrying her student architectural portfolio and who later became a well-known actress in the U.S., Nobuko Nakahara, one of the first women to be licensed as an architect in Japan, Lois Gottlieb, a California architect who was one of Frank Lloyd Wright's apprentices in the 1940's, Beverly Willis, who, in the 1970's, developed CARLA, among the first software used for architecture and planning, Mary Brown Channel, the first woman to be registered as an architect in the state of Virginia, and Han Schroeder, who grew up in the famed Rietveld-Schroeder House, was educated in Switzerland, practiced as an architect and interior designer in the Netherlands, and later moved to the U.S. and taught interior design at Virginia Commonwealth University.","The exhibit also featured a series of 100 postcards (100 POSTCARDS: A Glimpse into the IAWA Center) highlighting the range of materials in the IAWA collection, developed by students in Virginia Tech's Researching Women in Architecture seminar. Student contributors are Marissa Brown, Antonia Ciaverella, Candice Davis, Alexandra Phelan, Heather Riley, and Rehanna Rojiani.","Anna Keichline, United States, 1889-1943.  Holding seven design patents, including a space-saving fold-away bed, Anna Keichline became the first registered woman architect in Pennsylvania.  In the 1920s, she patented a combination washtub and sink and a kitchen system that included sloped countertops and glass-doored cabinets. Her best known invention was the so-called \"K Brick\" in 1927, which prefigured the modern concrete block.","Anne Tyng, China, 1920-, a pioneer in space-frame architecture and inventor of the adjustable Tyng Toy for children, collaborated with famed architect Louis Kahn for 19 years at his practice in Philadelphia.  She holds a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University and taught at the University of Pennsylvania from 1968 until her retirement in 1995.","Alison Smithson, England, 1928-1993, architect and author, was educated at the University of Durham and worked at the London County Council until she formed a partnership in 1950 with her husband Peter Smithson.  As founding members of the design collective, Team 10, they were instrumental in calling attention to issues of welfare and consumer society within Modernism at mid-century.","Beverly Willis, FAIA, United States, 1928-, the noted San Francisco artist, photographer, teacher, and writer, applied the full range of visual arts and design skills to her architectural projects which include the San Francisco Ballet.  A former President of the American Institute of Architects California Council, Willis was also a founding trustee of the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Following Willis' lead, the Beverly Willis Architectural Foundation, established in 2002, continues to recognize and expand awareness of women's contributions to architecture.","Lilia Skala, Austria, 1896-1994, one of Austria's first female architects, fled the Nazis in 1939 with, among little else, her student portfolio in architecture from the University of Dresden.  Better known for her acting than her architecture, Skala has appeared in Broadway, television, and in many films including Lilies of the Field (1963), opposite Sydney Poitier.","Margarete Schutte-Lihotzky, Austria, 1897-2000, was Austria's first female architect and an activist in the German Resistance movement during the Nazi regime.  She was also the first woman to study architecture at the High School for the Applied Arts in Vienna and worked under Oskar Strnad, a Viennese architect, sculptor, and theatre designer who was an early champion of working-class housing.  Remembered most for designing the Frankfurt Kitchen, Schutte-Lihotzky redefined how this space in the home could be a model of efficiency and Modern design.","Mary Brown Channel, United States, 1932-1981.  After graduating from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1925, Channel earned her degree in Architecture from Cornell University in 1933.  Mary Brown Channel was the first woman registered architect in the state of Virginia.  She became known for her residential and church designs in the tidewater area of Virginia.","Virginia Currie, United States, 1913-2006, was a 1936 graduate of the architecture program at the University of Minnesota.  With her husand, Leonard J. Currie, they traveled around the world and became an active volunteer in each of their communities.","Beverly Willis, FAIA, United States, 1928-, the noted San Francisco artist, photographer, teacher, and writer, applied the full range of visual arts and design skills to her architectural projects which include the San Francisco Ballet.  A former President of the American Institute of Architects California Council, Willis was also a founding trustee of the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Following Willis' lead, the Beverly Willis Architectural Foundation, established in 2002, continues to recognize and expand awareness of women's contributions to architecture.","Brinda Somaya, India, has directed her Mumbai firm Somaya and Kalappa for three decades with the belief that \"development and progress must proceed without straining the cultural and historic environment.\" She is the founding trustee of the Hector Foundation and member of the advisory committee to the Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai for the Protection and Improvement of Streets and Public Spaces. Somaya received her Bachelor of Architecture degree from J.J. College of Architecture, Mumbai, and her Master of Architecture degree from Smith College in the United States.","Clara Erskine Clement Waters, United States, 1834-1916, traveled extensively, spending time in Italy, Japan, China, and India.  Her writings have proven vital to the study of the built environment and include texts on the history of architecture, the use of symbolism in Christian art, and a biographical encyclopedia of women artists from the seventh century B.C. to the twentieth century A.D.","Lauretta Vincirelli, Italy, 1943-. Throughout her career, Vinciarelli has continually explored the deeply rooted relationship between art and architecture. Her work resides in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.","Lois Gottlieb, United States, 1926-, attended Stanford University, served as a Taliesin Fellow under Frank Lloyd Wright from 1948 to 1949 and attended Harvard Graduate School of Design.  She designed residences in California, Washington, Idaho, and Virginia and is the author of Environment and Design in Housing (1965).","Sarah Harkness, FAIA, United States, 1914-, Principal Emeritus of the Architects Collaborative and former President of the Boston Society of Architects, received her Master of Architecture degree from Smith College's Graduate School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in 1940.  Harkness has also been a distinguished lecturer, critic, and thesis advisor for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Arizona, and the Boston Architectural Center","Eleanore Pettersen, FAIA, United States, 1916-2003, was one of the first women licensed as an architect in the state of New Jersey in 1950, the first woman in New Jersey to open her own architectural office (1952), and the first woman president of the New Jersey State Board of Architects.  Pettersen served as an apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright and attended Cooper Union for Advancement of Science and Art in New York City (1937-1941).","Florence Kenyon Hayden, United States, 1882-1973, was the first woman to study architecture at Ohio State University and the first woman registered architect in Ohio.  At the behest of Ohio State's president William Oxley Thompson, who pushed for a women's residence hall on campus, Hayden designed what would become Oxley Hall.  At first, however, the Board of Trustees did not hold much hope for Hayden and they insisted on assigning her a male assistant.  Contending that she could not reason with him after spending one day together, Hayden promptly locked him out of the room.  With the help of only one other draftsperson, she finished the plans in just 27 days.  Hayden supervised the construction and, in the end, came in under budget for both cost and time.","Han Schroeder, Netherlands, 1918-1992.  Schroeder's artistic and architectural education began early, when her mother commissioned the architect Gerrit Rietveld to design what is now known as the Rietveld-Schroeder House, completed in 1924.  In this house, Rietveld employed the revolutionary concept of movable walls to make the interior flexible, thereby redefining the limits of space.  Growing up in this house fueled Hans interest in architecture, and the beginning of her friendship to Rietveld and her devotion to his ideas.  In 1936, she entered the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, and graduated in 1940 with the degree of Diplom Architekt. Schroeder opened her own office in 1954.  Later, she moved to the United States and taught interior design at Virginia Commonwealth University.","Hilde Westrom, Germany, 1912-, was among the few women enrolled in architectural studies at the Berlin-Charlottenburg Polytechnic in 1932.  In 1952, she won a national competition for elderly housing in Berlin and by 1957 joined the Berlin Internationale Bauausstellung, or Interbai, to develop dwelling-types for Germany.  Over the next 30 years, Westrom completed more than 800 housing units (condominiums, rental apartments, social housing, private houses) and won numerous design competitions.","Jane Hastings, FAIA, United States, 1928-, an early member of the International Union of Women Architects (UIFA), was also the first woman president of the American Institute of Architects, Seattle.  In 1992, Hastings became the first woman Chancellor of the American Institute of Architects' national honorary society, the College of Fellows.","Lauretta Vincirelli, Italy, 1943-.  Throughout her career, Vinciarelli has continually explored the deeply rooted relationship between art and architecture.  Her work resides in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.","Lois Gottlieb, United States, 1926-, attended Stanford University, served as a Taliesin Fellow under Frank Lloyd Wright from 1948 to 1949 and attended Harvard Graduate School of Design.  She designed residences in California, Washington, Idaho, and Virginia and is the author of Environment and Design in Housing (1965).","Nobuko Nakahara, Japan, 1929-2008.  Nakahara's career started with a visit to a 10-person architectural firm to inquire about a job.  She was told that if she could redesign the office space to fit eleven desks she would be hired and, in the end, Nakahara became the firm's eleventh employee.  By founding the women's architecture association PODOKO in 1953, which grew to 28 members, Nakahara created a forum for women to discuss design.  A decade later in Paris, she cofounded the Congress of the International Union of Women Architects (UIFA) and became its first president.","Susana Torre, Argentina, 1944-, has been the principal of several architecture firms, including Susana Torre and Associates in New York.  She has held the position of Director of the Barnard College Architecture program, Associate Professor of Architecture at Columbia University, Director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, and, in 1985 was a founding member of the International Archive of Women in Architecture.","The guide to the \"Glass Ceilings: Highlights from the International Archive of Women in Architecture Center,\" selected exhibit panels by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/).","The processing, arrangement, and description of the \"Glass Ceilings: Highlights from the International Archive of Women in Architecture Center,\" selected exhibit panels was completed in September 2011.","The items used in the \"Glass Ceilings: Highlights from the International Archive of Women in Architecture Center,\" selected exhibit panels, have been returned to their original collections except for the matted reproductions made of items deemed too fragile or valuable to be on display.  This collection consists of those reproductions although a complete list of items used in the exhibit has also been compiled in an effort to document the event.","The biographical notes for each entry are recorded from the exhibit labels that accompanied the materials.","The Reproductions series consists of the matted reproductions made of items deemed too fragile or valuable to be on display for the exhibit.  All of the original materials exist within Special Collections and their locations have been recorded.  Please see staff for assistance.","The Original Material series is a listing of non-reproduction items used in the exhibit.  They have been returned to their original collections.","The copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. 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The exhibition was held at the Virginia Center for Architecture in Richmond, Virginia, as part of their \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eDominion Exhibition Series\u003c/title\u003e and was on display from March 4-June 6, 2010.  \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe exhibition, featured the work of pioneering women in architecture and design from the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) collection at Virginia Tech, including \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLilia Skala\u003c/emph\u003e, who fled the Nazis in 1939 carrying her student architectural portfolio and who later became a well-known actress in the U.S., \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eNobuko Nakahara\u003c/emph\u003e, one of the first women to be licensed as an architect in Japan, \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eLois Gottlieb\u003c/emph\u003e, a California architect who was one of Frank Lloyd Wright's apprentices in the 1940's, \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eBeverly Willis\u003c/emph\u003e, who, in the 1970's, developed CARLA, among the first software used for architecture and planning, \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eMary Brown Channel\u003c/emph\u003e, the first woman to be registered as an architect in the state of Virginia, and \u003cemph render=\"bold\"\u003eHan Schroeder\u003c/emph\u003e, who grew up in the famed Rietveld-Schroeder House, was educated in Switzerland, practiced as an architect and interior designer in the Netherlands, and later moved to the U.S. and taught interior design at Virginia Commonwealth University.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe exhibit also featured a series of 100 postcards (100 POSTCARDS: A Glimpse into the IAWA Center) highlighting the range of materials in the IAWA collection, developed by students in Virginia Tech's Researching Women in Architecture seminar. Student contributors are Marissa Brown, Antonia Ciaverella, Candice Davis, Alexandra Phelan, Heather Riley, and Rehanna Rojiani.\u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eAnna Keichline, United States, 1889-1943.  Holding seven design patents, including a space-saving fold-away bed, Anna Keichline became the first registered woman architect in Pennsylvania.  In the 1920s, she patented a combination washtub and sink and a kitchen system that included sloped countertops and glass-doored cabinets. Her best known invention was the so-called \"K Brick\" in 1927, which prefigured the modern concrete block.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAnne Tyng, China, 1920-, a pioneer in space-frame architecture and inventor of the adjustable Tyng Toy for children, collaborated with famed architect Louis Kahn for 19 years at his practice in Philadelphia.  She holds a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University and taught at the University of Pennsylvania from 1968 until her retirement in 1995.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eAlison Smithson, England, 1928-1993, architect and author, was educated at the University of Durham and worked at the London County Council until she formed a partnership in 1950 with her husband Peter Smithson.  As founding members of the design collective, Team 10, they were instrumental in calling attention to issues of welfare and consumer society within Modernism at mid-century.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBeverly Willis, FAIA, United States, 1928-, the noted San Francisco artist, photographer, teacher, and writer, applied the full range of visual arts and design skills to her architectural projects which include the San Francisco Ballet.  A former President of the American Institute of Architects California Council, Willis was also a founding trustee of the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Following Willis' lead, the Beverly Willis Architectural Foundation, established in 2002, continues to recognize and expand awareness of women's contributions to architecture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLilia Skala, Austria, 1896-1994, one of Austria's first female architects, fled the Nazis in 1939 with, among little else, her student portfolio in architecture from the University of Dresden.  Better known for her acting than her architecture, Skala has appeared in Broadway, television, and in many films including \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eLilies of the Field\u003c/title\u003e (1963), opposite Sydney Poitier.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMargarete Schutte-Lihotzky, Austria, 1897-2000, was Austria's first female architect and an activist in the German Resistance movement during the Nazi regime.  She was also the first woman to study architecture at the High School for the Applied Arts in Vienna and worked under Oskar Strnad, a Viennese architect, sculptor, and theatre designer who was an early champion of working-class housing.  Remembered most for designing the Frankfurt Kitchen, Schutte-Lihotzky redefined how this space in the home could be a model of efficiency and Modern design.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eMary Brown Channel, United States, 1932-1981.  After graduating from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1925, Channel earned her degree in Architecture from Cornell University in 1933.  Mary Brown Channel was the first woman registered architect in the state of Virginia.  She became known for her residential and church designs in the tidewater area of Virginia.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eVirginia Currie, United States, 1913-2006, was a 1936 graduate of the architecture program at the University of Minnesota.  With her husand, Leonard J. Currie, they traveled around the world and became an active volunteer in each of their communities.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBeverly Willis, FAIA, United States, 1928-, the noted San Francisco artist, photographer, teacher, and writer, applied the full range of visual arts and design skills to her architectural projects which include the San Francisco Ballet.  A former President of the American Institute of Architects California Council, Willis was also a founding trustee of the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Following Willis' lead, the Beverly Willis Architectural Foundation, established in 2002, continues to recognize and expand awareness of women's contributions to architecture.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eBrinda Somaya, India, has directed her Mumbai firm Somaya and Kalappa for three decades with the belief that \"development and progress must proceed without straining the cultural and historic environment.\" She is the founding trustee of the Hector Foundation and member of the advisory committee to the Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai for the Protection and Improvement of Streets and Public Spaces. Somaya received her Bachelor of Architecture degree from J.J. College of Architecture, Mumbai, and her Master of Architecture degree from Smith College in the United States.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eClara Erskine Clement Waters, United States, 1834-1916, traveled extensively, spending time in Italy, Japan, China, and India.  Her writings have proven vital to the study of the built environment and include texts on the history of architecture, the use of symbolism in Christian art, and a biographical encyclopedia of women artists from the seventh century B.C. to the twentieth century A.D.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLauretta Vincirelli, Italy, 1943-. Throughout her career, Vinciarelli has continually explored the deeply rooted relationship between art and architecture. Her work resides in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLois Gottlieb, United States, 1926-, attended Stanford University, served as a Taliesin Fellow under Frank Lloyd Wright from 1948 to 1949 and attended Harvard Graduate School of Design.  She designed residences in California, Washington, Idaho, and Virginia and is the author of \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eEnvironment and Design in Housing\u003c/title\u003e (1965).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSarah Harkness, FAIA, United States, 1914-, Principal Emeritus of the Architects Collaborative and former President of the Boston Society of Architects, received her Master of Architecture degree from Smith College's Graduate School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in 1940.  Harkness has also been a distinguished lecturer, critic, and thesis advisor for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Arizona, and the Boston Architectural Center\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eEleanore Pettersen, FAIA, United States, 1916-2003, was one of the first women licensed as an architect in the state of New Jersey in 1950, the first woman in New Jersey to open her own architectural office (1952), and the first woman president of the New Jersey State Board of Architects.  Pettersen served as an apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright and attended Cooper Union for Advancement of Science and Art in New York City (1937-1941).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eFlorence Kenyon Hayden, United States, 1882-1973, was the first woman to study architecture at Ohio State University and the first woman registered architect in Ohio.  At the behest of Ohio State's president William Oxley Thompson, who pushed for a women's residence hall on campus, Hayden designed what would become Oxley Hall.  At first, however, the Board of Trustees did not hold much hope for Hayden and they insisted on assigning her a male assistant.  Contending that she could not reason with him after spending one day together, Hayden promptly locked him out of the room.  With the help of only one other draftsperson, she finished the plans in just 27 days.  Hayden supervised the construction and, in the end, came in under budget for both cost and time.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHan Schroeder, Netherlands, 1918-1992.  Schroeder's artistic and architectural education began early, when her mother commissioned the architect Gerrit Rietveld to design what is now known as the Rietveld-Schroeder House, completed in 1924.  In this house, Rietveld employed the revolutionary concept of movable walls to make the interior flexible, thereby redefining the limits of space.  Growing up in this house fueled Hans interest in architecture, and the beginning of her friendship to Rietveld and her devotion to his ideas.  In 1936, she entered the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, and graduated in 1940 with the degree of Diplom Architekt. Schroeder opened her own office in 1954.  Later, she moved to the United States and taught interior design at Virginia Commonwealth University.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eHilde Westrom, Germany, 1912-, was among the few women enrolled in architectural studies at the Berlin-Charlottenburg Polytechnic in 1932.  In 1952, she won a national competition for elderly housing in Berlin and by 1957 joined the Berlin Internationale Bauausstellung, or Interbai, to develop dwelling-types for Germany.  Over the next 30 years, Westrom completed more than 800 housing units (condominiums, rental apartments, social housing, private houses) and won numerous design competitions.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eJane Hastings, FAIA, United States, 1928-, an early member of the International Union of Women Architects (UIFA), was also the first woman president of the American Institute of Architects, Seattle.  In 1992, Hastings became the first woman Chancellor of the American Institute of Architects' national honorary society, the College of Fellows.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLauretta Vincirelli, Italy, 1943-.  Throughout her career, Vinciarelli has continually explored the deeply rooted relationship between art and architecture.  Her work resides in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eLois Gottlieb, United States, 1926-, attended Stanford University, served as a Taliesin Fellow under Frank Lloyd Wright from 1948 to 1949 and attended Harvard Graduate School of Design.  She designed residences in California, Washington, Idaho, and Virginia and is the author of \u003ctitle render=\"italic\"\u003eEnvironment and Design in Housing\u003c/title\u003e (1965).\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eNobuko Nakahara, Japan, 1929-2008.  Nakahara's career started with a visit to a 10-person architectural firm to inquire about a job.  She was told that if she could redesign the office space to fit eleven desks she would be hired and, in the end, Nakahara became the firm's eleventh employee.  By founding the women's architecture association PODOKO in 1953, which grew to 28 members, Nakahara created a forum for women to discuss design.  A decade later in Paris, she cofounded the Congress of the International Union of Women Architects (UIFA) and became its first president.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eSusana Torre, Argentina, 1944-, has been the principal of several architecture firms, including Susana Torre and Associates in New York.  She has held the position of Director of the Barnard College Architecture program, Associate Professor of Architecture at Columbia University, Director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, and, in 1985 was a founding member of the International Archive of Women in Architecture.\u003c/p\u003e"],"bioghist_heading_ssm":["Historical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note","Biographical Note"],"bioghist_tesim":["\"Glass Ceilings: Highlights from the International Archive of Women in Architecture\" was developed in partnership with Virginia Tech's International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) Center and the Virginia Center for Architecture (VCA),in recognition of Minds Wide Open, the statewide initiative celebrating women in the arts.  The exhibition was held at the Virginia Center for Architecture in Richmond, Virginia, as part of their Dominion Exhibition Series and was on display from March 4-June 6, 2010.","The exhibition, featured the work of pioneering women in architecture and design from the International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA) collection at Virginia Tech, including Lilia Skala, who fled the Nazis in 1939 carrying her student architectural portfolio and who later became a well-known actress in the U.S., Nobuko Nakahara, one of the first women to be licensed as an architect in Japan, Lois Gottlieb, a California architect who was one of Frank Lloyd Wright's apprentices in the 1940's, Beverly Willis, who, in the 1970's, developed CARLA, among the first software used for architecture and planning, Mary Brown Channel, the first woman to be registered as an architect in the state of Virginia, and Han Schroeder, who grew up in the famed Rietveld-Schroeder House, was educated in Switzerland, practiced as an architect and interior designer in the Netherlands, and later moved to the U.S. and taught interior design at Virginia Commonwealth University.","The exhibit also featured a series of 100 postcards (100 POSTCARDS: A Glimpse into the IAWA Center) highlighting the range of materials in the IAWA collection, developed by students in Virginia Tech's Researching Women in Architecture seminar. Student contributors are Marissa Brown, Antonia Ciaverella, Candice Davis, Alexandra Phelan, Heather Riley, and Rehanna Rojiani.","Anna Keichline, United States, 1889-1943.  Holding seven design patents, including a space-saving fold-away bed, Anna Keichline became the first registered woman architect in Pennsylvania.  In the 1920s, she patented a combination washtub and sink and a kitchen system that included sloped countertops and glass-doored cabinets. Her best known invention was the so-called \"K Brick\" in 1927, which prefigured the modern concrete block.","Anne Tyng, China, 1920-, a pioneer in space-frame architecture and inventor of the adjustable Tyng Toy for children, collaborated with famed architect Louis Kahn for 19 years at his practice in Philadelphia.  She holds a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University and taught at the University of Pennsylvania from 1968 until her retirement in 1995.","Alison Smithson, England, 1928-1993, architect and author, was educated at the University of Durham and worked at the London County Council until she formed a partnership in 1950 with her husband Peter Smithson.  As founding members of the design collective, Team 10, they were instrumental in calling attention to issues of welfare and consumer society within Modernism at mid-century.","Beverly Willis, FAIA, United States, 1928-, the noted San Francisco artist, photographer, teacher, and writer, applied the full range of visual arts and design skills to her architectural projects which include the San Francisco Ballet.  A former President of the American Institute of Architects California Council, Willis was also a founding trustee of the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Following Willis' lead, the Beverly Willis Architectural Foundation, established in 2002, continues to recognize and expand awareness of women's contributions to architecture.","Lilia Skala, Austria, 1896-1994, one of Austria's first female architects, fled the Nazis in 1939 with, among little else, her student portfolio in architecture from the University of Dresden.  Better known for her acting than her architecture, Skala has appeared in Broadway, television, and in many films including Lilies of the Field (1963), opposite Sydney Poitier.","Margarete Schutte-Lihotzky, Austria, 1897-2000, was Austria's first female architect and an activist in the German Resistance movement during the Nazi regime.  She was also the first woman to study architecture at the High School for the Applied Arts in Vienna and worked under Oskar Strnad, a Viennese architect, sculptor, and theatre designer who was an early champion of working-class housing.  Remembered most for designing the Frankfurt Kitchen, Schutte-Lihotzky redefined how this space in the home could be a model of efficiency and Modern design.","Mary Brown Channel, United States, 1932-1981.  After graduating from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1925, Channel earned her degree in Architecture from Cornell University in 1933.  Mary Brown Channel was the first woman registered architect in the state of Virginia.  She became known for her residential and church designs in the tidewater area of Virginia.","Virginia Currie, United States, 1913-2006, was a 1936 graduate of the architecture program at the University of Minnesota.  With her husand, Leonard J. Currie, they traveled around the world and became an active volunteer in each of their communities.","Beverly Willis, FAIA, United States, 1928-, the noted San Francisco artist, photographer, teacher, and writer, applied the full range of visual arts and design skills to her architectural projects which include the San Francisco Ballet.  A former President of the American Institute of Architects California Council, Willis was also a founding trustee of the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. Following Willis' lead, the Beverly Willis Architectural Foundation, established in 2002, continues to recognize and expand awareness of women's contributions to architecture.","Brinda Somaya, India, has directed her Mumbai firm Somaya and Kalappa for three decades with the belief that \"development and progress must proceed without straining the cultural and historic environment.\" She is the founding trustee of the Hector Foundation and member of the advisory committee to the Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai for the Protection and Improvement of Streets and Public Spaces. Somaya received her Bachelor of Architecture degree from J.J. College of Architecture, Mumbai, and her Master of Architecture degree from Smith College in the United States.","Clara Erskine Clement Waters, United States, 1834-1916, traveled extensively, spending time in Italy, Japan, China, and India.  Her writings have proven vital to the study of the built environment and include texts on the history of architecture, the use of symbolism in Christian art, and a biographical encyclopedia of women artists from the seventh century B.C. to the twentieth century A.D.","Lauretta Vincirelli, Italy, 1943-. Throughout her career, Vinciarelli has continually explored the deeply rooted relationship between art and architecture. Her work resides in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.","Lois Gottlieb, United States, 1926-, attended Stanford University, served as a Taliesin Fellow under Frank Lloyd Wright from 1948 to 1949 and attended Harvard Graduate School of Design.  She designed residences in California, Washington, Idaho, and Virginia and is the author of Environment and Design in Housing (1965).","Sarah Harkness, FAIA, United States, 1914-, Principal Emeritus of the Architects Collaborative and former President of the Boston Society of Architects, received her Master of Architecture degree from Smith College's Graduate School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in 1940.  Harkness has also been a distinguished lecturer, critic, and thesis advisor for the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the University of Arizona, and the Boston Architectural Center","Eleanore Pettersen, FAIA, United States, 1916-2003, was one of the first women licensed as an architect in the state of New Jersey in 1950, the first woman in New Jersey to open her own architectural office (1952), and the first woman president of the New Jersey State Board of Architects.  Pettersen served as an apprentice to Frank Lloyd Wright and attended Cooper Union for Advancement of Science and Art in New York City (1937-1941).","Florence Kenyon Hayden, United States, 1882-1973, was the first woman to study architecture at Ohio State University and the first woman registered architect in Ohio.  At the behest of Ohio State's president William Oxley Thompson, who pushed for a women's residence hall on campus, Hayden designed what would become Oxley Hall.  At first, however, the Board of Trustees did not hold much hope for Hayden and they insisted on assigning her a male assistant.  Contending that she could not reason with him after spending one day together, Hayden promptly locked him out of the room.  With the help of only one other draftsperson, she finished the plans in just 27 days.  Hayden supervised the construction and, in the end, came in under budget for both cost and time.","Han Schroeder, Netherlands, 1918-1992.  Schroeder's artistic and architectural education began early, when her mother commissioned the architect Gerrit Rietveld to design what is now known as the Rietveld-Schroeder House, completed in 1924.  In this house, Rietveld employed the revolutionary concept of movable walls to make the interior flexible, thereby redefining the limits of space.  Growing up in this house fueled Hans interest in architecture, and the beginning of her friendship to Rietveld and her devotion to his ideas.  In 1936, she entered the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, Switzerland, and graduated in 1940 with the degree of Diplom Architekt. Schroeder opened her own office in 1954.  Later, she moved to the United States and taught interior design at Virginia Commonwealth University.","Hilde Westrom, Germany, 1912-, was among the few women enrolled in architectural studies at the Berlin-Charlottenburg Polytechnic in 1932.  In 1952, she won a national competition for elderly housing in Berlin and by 1957 joined the Berlin Internationale Bauausstellung, or Interbai, to develop dwelling-types for Germany.  Over the next 30 years, Westrom completed more than 800 housing units (condominiums, rental apartments, social housing, private houses) and won numerous design competitions.","Jane Hastings, FAIA, United States, 1928-, an early member of the International Union of Women Architects (UIFA), was also the first woman president of the American Institute of Architects, Seattle.  In 1992, Hastings became the first woman Chancellor of the American Institute of Architects' national honorary society, the College of Fellows.","Lauretta Vincirelli, Italy, 1943-.  Throughout her career, Vinciarelli has continually explored the deeply rooted relationship between art and architecture.  Her work resides in the permanent collections of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.","Lois Gottlieb, United States, 1926-, attended Stanford University, served as a Taliesin Fellow under Frank Lloyd Wright from 1948 to 1949 and attended Harvard Graduate School of Design.  She designed residences in California, Washington, Idaho, and Virginia and is the author of Environment and Design in Housing (1965).","Nobuko Nakahara, Japan, 1929-2008.  Nakahara's career started with a visit to a 10-person architectural firm to inquire about a job.  She was told that if she could redesign the office space to fit eleven desks she would be hired and, in the end, Nakahara became the firm's eleventh employee.  By founding the women's architecture association PODOKO in 1953, which grew to 28 members, Nakahara created a forum for women to discuss design.  A decade later in Paris, she cofounded the Congress of the International Union of Women Architects (UIFA) and became its first president.","Susana Torre, Argentina, 1944-, has been the principal of several architecture firms, including Susana Torre and Associates in New York.  She has held the position of Director of the Barnard College Architecture program, Associate Professor of Architecture at Columbia University, Director of the Cranbrook Academy of Art, and, in 1985 was a founding member of the International Archive of Women in Architecture."],"odd_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe guide to the \"Glass Ceilings: Highlights from the International Archive of Women in Architecture Center,\" selected exhibit panels by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (\u003ca href=\"https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttps://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/\u003c/a\u003e).\u003c/p\u003e  "],"odd_heading_ssm":["Rights Statement for Archival Description"],"odd_tesim":["The guide to the \"Glass Ceilings: Highlights from the International Archive of Women in Architecture Center,\" selected exhibit panels by Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, is licensed under a CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/share-your-work/public-domain/cc0/)."],"prefercite_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eResearchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], \"Glass Ceilings: Highlights from the International Archive of Women in Architecture Center,\" selected exhibit panels, Ms2011-075, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"prefercite_tesim":["Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: [identification of item], [box], [folder], \"Glass Ceilings: Highlights from the International Archive of Women in Architecture Center,\" selected exhibit panels, Ms2011-075, Special Collections and University Archives, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va."],"processinfo_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe processing, arrangement, and description of the \"Glass Ceilings: Highlights from the International Archive of Women in Architecture Center,\" selected exhibit panels was completed in September 2011.\u003c/p\u003e  "],"processinfo_heading_ssm":["Processing Information"],"processinfo_tesim":["The processing, arrangement, and description of the \"Glass Ceilings: Highlights from the International Archive of Women in Architecture Center,\" selected exhibit panels was completed in September 2011."],"scopecontent_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe items used in the \"Glass Ceilings: Highlights from the International Archive of Women in Architecture Center,\" selected exhibit panels, have been returned to their original collections except for the matted reproductions made of items deemed too fragile or valuable to be on display.  This collection consists of those reproductions although a complete list of items used in the exhibit has also been compiled in an effort to document the event. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe biographical notes for each entry are recorded from the exhibit labels that accompanied the materials.  \u003c/p\u003e  ","\u003cp\u003eThe Reproductions series consists of the matted reproductions made of items deemed too fragile or valuable to be on display for the exhibit.  All of the original materials exist within Special Collections and their locations have been recorded.  Please see staff for assistance.\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eThe Original Material series is a listing of non-reproduction items used in the exhibit.  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Please see staff for assistance.","The Original Material series is a listing of non-reproduction items used in the exhibit.  They have been returned to their original collections."],"userestrict_html_tesm":["\u003cp\u003eThe copyright status of this collection is unknown. Copyright restrictions may apply. Contact Special Collections and University Archives for assistance in determining the use of these materials. \u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003eReproduction or digitization of materials for personal or research use can be requested using our reproduction/digitization form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuareproduction\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuareproduction\u003c/a\u003e. Reproduction or digitization of materials for publication or exhibit use can be requested using our publication/exhibition form: \u003ca href=\"http://bit.ly/scuapublication\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehttp://bit.ly/scuapublication\u003c/a\u003e. 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