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Introducing CARLA: Pioneering Technology in Urban Planning

by jadesnelling2 Posted on December 12, 2019

The Beverly Willis Architectural Collection, open for research at Special Collections and University Archives, holds many treasures: sumptuous drawings, correspondence, and photographic materials documenting the work of one of America’s great twentieth… Continue reading →

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History of Women at Virginia Tech: A Digital Project Begins!

by archivistkira Posted on February 28, 2019

In the spirit of the LGBTQ History at Virginia Tech and the Black History at Virginia Tech exhibits, I’ve been part of a project working on another underrepresented community for quite some time now. Working with the Women’s Center at VT, f… Continue reading →

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Trajectories of an Architect’s Design Sensibilities: From Student to Practitioner

by rfitz12 Posted on September 6, 2018

The beginning of the fall semester and the nearly overnight return to a bustling and lively campus provides a good opportunity to reflect on the essential thing that we do, which is to educate. Student works are common discoveries in the collections th… Continue reading →

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Carmen Venegas, VPI’s First International Woman Graduate

by lmrvt Posted on March 29, 2018

Special Collections has celebrated Women’s History Month 2018 with numerous exhibits in Newman Library and the Holtzman Alumni Center. Part of our focus has been on some of the first women who attended or worked at Virginia Tech. I’ve writt… Continue reading →

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“History Is Not a Meritocracy:” A Deep Dive Into Confronting Gaps on Wikipedia

by jadesnelling2 Posted on March 22, 2018

In honor of next week’s Art + Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-thon “History is not a simple meritocracy.”[1] So goes the opening salvo of Despina Stratigakos’ “Unforgetting Women Architects,” an essay on writing women practitioners back into the histor… Continue reading →

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Building the Builders: Egalitarian Pedagogy and Sustainable Design

by jadesnelling2 Posted on October 26, 2017

When taking part in Frank Lloyd Wright’s preeminent architectural school known as the Taliesin Fellowship, Lois Gottlieb came to understand architecture as a kind of Lebensphilosophie, in that she came to consider it a mode of living that touched on and derived inspiration from all aspects of life. Hence the title of her account of … Continue reading Building the Builders: Egalitarian Pedagogy and Sustainable Design Continue reading →

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Oh, it is a Long Story

by rfitz12 Posted on September 21, 2017

Marie-Louise Laleyan once wrote in an article for the “Daily Pacific Builder’s” Women in Construction issue of an exchange she had with her father during the opening reception for a public housing project for which she had been the architect. She recounted that upon seeing their nametags a group of happy attendees approached them exclaiming, “Here is … Continue reading Oh, it is a Long Story Continue reading →

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Looking Back, Moving Forward: Addressing Architecture’s “Woman Question” Then and Now

by jadesnelling2 Posted on August 17, 2017

Forty years ago the book Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective took shape under the editorial hand of Susana Torre. While the work arose out of an exhibition meant to expose the undervalued contributions of women to the built environment, it evolved into a discursive response to a series of dogged and … Continue reading Looking Back, Moving Forward: Addressing Architecture’s “Woman Question” Then and Now Continue reading →

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