HISTORY OF WOMEN ARCHITECTS AND ARCHITECTS OF COLOR

ASSIGNMENT

HISTORY OF WOMEN ARCHITECTS AND ARCHITECTS OF COLOR

please select at least 4 of the following items below, including at least 2 about the history of women in architecture and at least 2 about the history of architects of color.

Write up a 2 to 3-page summary identifying your selection from the list below and what you learned from each.  Address the following questions for each:  What information was new to you, what surprised you or even shocked you that you didnt know before? How is this information especially meaningful to you in your current stage of architectural education? Might you see any of these individuals as a potential role model for your own future why or why not?

1) Any of the videos about Paul Revere Williams – a few are listed here but plenty of others to choose from

Paul Revere Williams. USC Architecture. Midnight Hour Studios, Inc. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45p9rBdy5nI&fbclid=IwAR3tEWL5VtsxtBAL_pBKWj1mDLLckwNcWcksmoUz0Z-94z3xQV6XAA3Gn68

Paul Revere Williams An African-American Architect in Jet-Age L.A. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2z-M-EfwUo&fbclid=IwAR3mlUdAgTvlohekhmnJRuCH11q42pwNCFX84QYxU4MSY5yYN4H0At1uCqQ&app=desktop

Paul Revere Williams: A Legend in Architecture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-EMQdkRD7o&ab_channel=BeachTVCSULB

2) Norma Merrick Sklarek Redefining Public
2019 Women in Design and Architecture Symposium at Princeton University
https://vimeo.com/332318411
Norma Sklarek Pioneering Woman in Architecture
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A1PzTXDvC64&ab_channel=visionaryproject
Norma Sklarek Mentoring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds5x6j4_gPA&ab_channel=visionaryproject

3) Anthony, K. H. and N. J. Watkins.  A Legacy of Firsts: African Americans in Architecture at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.  Book chapter in Orville Vernon Burton with David OBrien (eds.) Remembering Brown at Fifty:  The University of Illinois Commemorates Brown v. Board of Education.  Urbana, IL:  University of Illinois Press, 2009, pp. 281-300. [available on UofIBox.com]

4) Directory of African-American Architects. http://blackarchitect.us/

5) Gurel, M. O. and K. H. Anthony.  The Canon and the Void:  Gender, Race, and Architectural History Texts, Journal of Architectural Education, 59:3 (2006), pp. 63 73.  Available at: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1531-314X.2006.00036.x 

6) Pioneering Women of American Architecture Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation https://pioneeringwomen.bwaf.org/

7) International Archive of Women in Architecture – https://spec.lib.vt.edu/iawa/

8) UIUC Womens Reunion, Symposium and Exhibition at Krannert Art Museum 2019
https://arch.illinois.edu/node/930
https://arch.illinois.edu/arch-womens-symposium#section-0

9) My Architect film by Nathaniel Kahn about his father Louis Kahn and his personal/professional relationships with women
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpj01k8OS6U&ab_channel=Md.MarufurRahman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iIULF16eYw&ab_channel=Arquetipos21

10) Interviews with Beverly Willis, award-winning architect (still active in her 90s!)
https://beverlywillis.com/
https://beverlywillis.com/videos/
https://beverlywillis.com/archive/
https://beverlywillis.com/biography/biography-an-image-of-beverly-willis/

11) Videos about Julia Morgan one of the most prolific women architects of the 20th century
Celebrating Julia Morgan, FAIA, 2014 AIA Gold Medal Recipient (posthumous award)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OC-81gRUG8&ab_channel=AIANational
Architect Julia Morgan Insights into her Genius and Legacy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHtzXZU5x_c&ab_channel=UCBerkeleyEvents
Julia Morgan: Hearst Castle Architect and Artist

 

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