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Not a woman architect : the life and work of Brigitte Peterhans / edited by David Fleener.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection NA1088.P48 N68 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Basics (Berlin, Germany) ; 186.
- Basics ; volume 186
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Peterhans, Brigitte, 1928-2021.
- Peterhans, Brigitte.
- Architects--Germany--Biography.
- Architects.
- Women architects--Germany--Biography.
- Women architects.
- Architecture, Modern.
- Architecture--History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 191 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), plans, portrait ; 23 cm.
- Other Title:
- Life and work of Brigitte Peterhans
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin : DOM publishers, [2025]
- Summary:
- This book presents the life story of an extraordinary woman in the world of corporate architecture during the Mad Men era of the 1950s to 1980s. Born in a small village in Germany, Brigitte Peterhans managed to come to America to study with Mies van der Rohe at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, and then to work with Bruce Graham at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. Her work during this time reflected the mid-century modernism of Mies and SOM. Later in her career, both towards the end of her time at SOM and then on her own after retiring from SOM, she developed her own individual style. Significantly, Peterhans avoided any attempt to be either challenged or praised strictly as a woman architect, insisting that she was merely an architect. Yet she overcame the challenges of being a woman architect, and her spirit and determination left a lasting impression on her young colleagues. Brigitte Peterhans' story therefore has the merit to inspire many more up-and-coming architects, both women and men.
- Contents:
- Carl Sandburg's "Chicago"
- Contextual introductory essay
- Introduction
- Working with Brigitte
- Memoir by John Vinci
- Life chronology
- Architectural education at IIT
- Master thesis : Students' International House for the University of Chicago
- Work at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
- Work apart from SOM
- Appendix 1: Walter Peterhans and the Bauhaus
- Appendix 2: Diary of an ocean voyage.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Albert M. Greenfield Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 3869229128
- 9783869229126
- OCLC:
- 1482812670
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