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Born 1932 in the Rostov Region of Russia. Worked for 35 years (1956-1989) in "Glavproekt" the largest state design organization in Sofia, Bulgaria. She now practices in her private architectural office (dated February 2009). Collection consists of some biographical material and photocopies of several projects including a library, a home, sanitoriums, and office buildings.

Scope and Contents note Born in Bulgaria. Designed interiors and furniture, as well as urban design and landscape. Collection consists of a portfolio, original drawings, resume, clippings and photocopies. The material reflects Pavlova's broad experience, which varies from the design of master plans, urban design, interior design, design of schools, cultural centers, hotels, restaurants, housing, libraries, business centers, commercial centers, etc. The drawings cover several aspects of Pavlova's design activity in...

Scope and Contents note Rositsa Peeva-Popova (sister of Maria Peeva) graduated from Sofia Polytechnic in 1981, and was then assigned by the government to work for the Design Organization in the town of Gabrovo. She later worked for towns of Ruse and Schumen before establishing a private practice with her architect husband. That practice opened in Schumen but moved to Varna, where Popova teaches (2007) architecture at the Varna Free University. Popova's work centers on urban design, with many apartment buildings as...

Scope and Contents note Ilse Meissner Reese came to the United States from Germany in 1938. She received a certificate in Industrial Design (1941) and a Bachelor of Architecture (1946) from the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York. She spent ten years as an Associate Editor of Progressive Architecture (1955-1965) before going into private practice in 1975. The collection includes one folder of biographical material containing a summary of Reese's educational and professional experience from 1941-1999 and a statement...

Scope and Contents note Anne Rysdale was the only practicing female architect in the state of Arizona between 1949-1960. She was born and raised in Tucson. She graduated from the University of Arizona in 1940 with a degree in Engineering and Fine Arts as the University of Arizona did not have an architecture program at that time. In 1946, she received her Master's of Architecture at the University of Washington (Seattle). In her early career, she worked for Henry Jaastad and Arthur Brown, two prominent Tucson...

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Born 1957. Architect with the Capital Development Authority of Dodoma, Tanzania. Papers include a curriculum vitae, reports, and architectural drawings by Shayo and others about shelters in Africa and the DOVAP House Construction Project done by Shayo for the Netherlands Development Organization and Municipal Council of Dodoma.

Scope and Contents note Born 1928. Architect of Los Angeles, California, and the first African-American woman to become a licensed architect in New York (1954) and California (1962), and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Principal of the Jerde Partnership in Los Angeles and director of the Los Angeles chapter of the AIA. Materials include a curriculum vitae, a reprint of an article, "Designing Women," from The California Executive, (November 1987) and photographs of and information about several of...

Scope and Contents note Smolina is the Head of the State Museum of Architecture (MUAR) Academic Library in Moscow. The collection contains photocopies of two diplomas and one medal awarded to Smolina's publication Traditions of Symmetry in Architecture. Moscow: Stroyizdat, 1990, and three architecture conference programs from the West-East series (Architecture of the World 3. West-East: Tradition of Antiquity in Architecture, VNIITAG-MARHI, Moscow: Architectura, 1994. and Architecture of...

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Architect of Vienna, Austria. A book on architecture, Beruflicher Weidegang Und Lebenslauf, a photograph she contributed to Neues Wohnen (1956), and three 1985 catalogs--Gestalten Staff Nur Moblieren, Die Kleinen Aufgaben, and Architekture mit Sozialem Vorzeichen.

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Founder and Principal of Karen Bausman + Associates, New York, New York. (1995-). Collection includes biographical information for inclusion in the IAWA Biographical Database.