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International Archive of Women in Architecture (IAWA)

 Subject

Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 267 Collections and/or Records:

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

Blanche Lemco van Ginkel Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-1988-122
Abstract

Blanche Lemco van Ginkel is a retired architect and Professor Emerita at the University of Toronto. The collection consists biographical information about van Ginkel and her career, some of her publications, professional project information, articles and research materials about the history of women in architecture in Canada.

Dates: 1956 - 2013

Vermeyden Stitching Floorplan

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms1987-064_SchroederHan_VermeydenStitching_Floorplans

Maria von der Weppen Architectural Collection

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-017
Abstract

Born in 1952 in Gdynia, Poland, Maria von der Weppen studied in Poland and Norway before beginning her career in Germany. She specialized in reconstructing buildings in East Germany damaged by the war as well as new residential and office construction. This collection consist of drawings, project records, photographs, and articles relating to von der Weppen's work.

Dates: 1978 - 2001

Myriam Waisberg Architectural Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Ms-2001-055
Abstract

Myriam Waisberg was a Chilean architectural historian. This collection contains a number of publications, research papers, books and articles written by Waisberg during her career in Chile. Most of her work is dedicated to religious architecture in the cities of Santiago and Valparaiso in Chile and her work with the University of Chile.

Dates: 1962 - 1993

Watercolor Interior Design, 1934-5 (Ms2001-005)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2001-005_CurrieVirginia_WatercolorInteriorDesign_nd_c

Watercolor interior design, "A Moderne Hotel Suite", n.d. (Ms2001-005)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2001-005_CurrieVirginia_WatercolorInteriorDesign_nd_a

Watercolor interior design, "New Grade II - Proj I", n.d. (Ms2001-005)

 Digital Record
Identifier: Ms2001-005_CurrieVirginia_WatercolorInteriorDesign_nd_b

Rebecca Wood Watkin Architectural Drawings

 File
Identifier: Ms-1995-009
Abstract Rebecca Wood Watkin was born in 1913 in Portland, Oregon. She earned a B.A. from Bryn Mawr College in 1933, and a B. Arch. from the Architecture School of the University of Pennsylvania. She returned to the west coast, and worked in other architects' offices during the 1930s and 1940s. She earned her California Architectural license in 1944 and opened her own practice in 1951. The collection consists of architectural drawings of remodelings, alterations, additions, and new designs of...
Dates: 1940-1989, 2011