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Trailblazing Women In Architecture

United States Architecture News - Jan 07, 2016 - 18:09   4961 views

Trailblazing Women In Architecture

all images courtesy of Jillian Storms, AIA

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Baltimore Chapter have launched an extensively detailed exhibit entitled “Early Women of Architecture in Maryland” which is on display downtown at the central branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library until January 16.

“We just really felt that it was important to capture these stories, before they disappeared, even when finding information proved very difficult,” says Storms. “You see how history sort of evaporates—and then it’s like it doesn’t exist.” The committee started this ambitious project almost 2 years ago during Women’s History Month in March 2013, when Storms realized that little was known about the early women architects in the state. The Women in Architecture Committee applied for a grant from the Maryland Humanities Council through the Baltimore Architecture Foundation and began an independent research study with Morgan State University’s Honors Program in association with the School of Architecture & Planning.....Continue Reading

Trailblazing Women In Architecture

Trailblazing Women In Architecture

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