Description: BEYOND ARCHITECTURE: MARION MAHONY AND WALTER BURLEY By Anne Watson *Excellent* Marion Mahony Griffin ( Marion Lucy Mahony; February 14, 1871 – August 10, 1961) was an American architect and artist. She was one of the first licensed female architects in the world, and is considered an original member of the . Her work in the United States developed and expanded the American Prairie School, and her work in India and Australia reflected Prairie School ideals of indigenous landscape and materials in the newly formed democracies. The scholar Debora Wood stated that Griffin "did the drawings people think of when they think of (one of her collaborating architects)." According to architecture critic, , Griffin was "America’s (and perhaps the world’s) first woman architect who needed no apology in a world of men." She produced some of the finest architectural drawing in America and Australia, and was instrumental in envisioning the design plans for the capital city of Australia, .
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Type: Paperback
Publication Name: University of Illinois Press
ISBN-10: 1863170685
Book Title: Beyond Architecture : Marion Mahony and Walter Burley Griffin: America, Australia and India
Number of Pages: 192 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Item Height: 0.7 in
Publication Year: 1999
Topic: Decorating, Professional Practice, General, Women's Studies, Artists, Architects, Photographers
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Art, Architecture, House & Home, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Item Weight: 36.8 Oz
Item Length: 11.4 in
Author: Walter Burley Griffin, Marion Mahony Griffin, PowerHouse Museum
Item Width: 9.6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
