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International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 266 Collections and/or Records:

Rutsu Tanimura Drawings

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2002-032
Abstract

Rutsu Tanimura is an architect in Nagoya City, Japan. The collection comprises two drawing panels for Asahidai House by Tanimura. The panels demonstrate the design for a house on a sloping site in Aichi-pre.

Dates: n.d.

"That Exceptional One: Women in American Architecture, 1888-1988," Exhibition

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1991-041
Abstract

This collection includes a traveling exhibit created by the American Architectural Foundation of the American Institute of Architects about women in American architecture. The exhibit starts with Louise Bethune, who in 1888 was the first woman to join the AIA. Materials include exhibit panels, planning documents and research for the creation of the exhibit.

Dates: 1988

The Town of Tomorrow and Home Building Center Souvenir Folder,

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2016-010
Abstract

The collection consists of plans and information about 15 demonstration houses in a model village at the 1939 World's Fair in New York.

Dates: 1939

Reiko Tomita Architectural Collection, 1970-2019

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2025-034
Abstract

The Reiko Tomita Architectural Collection consists primarily of sketches (27 total), made with various media applied to different substrates. Other materials include a design printed on a hand-dyed piece of fabric and a curriculum vitae.

Dates: 1970-2019, undated

Susana Torre Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1990-016
Abstract

After earning her degree in architecture in Buenos Aires, Argentinean Susana Torre arrived in New York in 1968 to study and practice architecture. Women's place in architecture and renovation of buildings are topics of particular interest to her. The Susana Torre collection consists of professional correspondence, project files, architectural drawings and sketches of some of her works, research notes, published articles about and by Torre, and teaching notes.

Dates: 1830 - 2003; Majority of material found within 1967 - 2003

Transverse Section and Elevation,"Villa de Plinio", June 1985 (Ms2001-021)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2001-021_EspegelAlonsoCarmen_Oversize1_Drawing_1985_06_08

Paula Treder Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2005-002
Abstract

Paula Treder operated her own architectural firm in South Carolina. This collection contains selected professional papers from her projects, including drawings, photographs, and project documents related to Treder's professional and design activities.

Dates: 1953 - 2005

Anne Griswold Tyng Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-049
Abstract Anne Griswold Tyng was born in 1920 in Lushan, Jiangxi province, China where her parents were living as missionaries, Tyng was an architect, professor, and design theorist best known for her collaborations with Louis I. Kahn. She studied at Radcliffe-Harvard (1942), received her Masters at Harvard Graduate School of Design (1944), and PhD in Architecture from University of Pennsylvania (1975). She specialized in space frame architecture and mathematics. Tyng designed and built the first...
Dates: 1969 - 1999