BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 13.3//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Eastern Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20241102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Eastern Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20240301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Eastern Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Join the Skyscraper Museum for an \;in-person program at th e Museum's lower Manhattan gallery and livestreamed online. \;In the i nterwar decades\, American architecture schools enrolled increasing number s of women. But as architectural historians \;Mary Anne Hunting \; and \;Kevin D. Murphy \;recount in \;their book \;Women Ar chitects at Work\, \;professional success did not come easily. Focusin g on the Cambridge School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in Ma ssachusetts \;and several coeducational architecture schools\, Hunting and Murphy profile women designers who pursued careers in architecture\, describing how these innovative practitioners leveraged social\, education al\, and professional ties to achieve success and address social concerns. Some joined women-led architectural firms\, while others partnered with m en or contributed to Modernism as retailers of household furnishings\, wri ters and educators\, photographers and designers\, or fine artists. \; With stunning illustrations\, \;Women Architects at Work \;offers new histories of recognized figures\, while recovering the stories of prev iously unsung women\, all of whom contributed to the modernization of Amer ican architecture and design.Mary Anne Hunting \;is an architectural h istorian and the author of \;Edward Durell Stone: Modernism&rsquo\;s P opulist Architect. \;Kevin D. Murphy \;is Andrew W. Mellon Chair i n the Humanities and professor and chair in the Department of the History of Art and Architecture at Vanderbilt University. His books include \; Skyscraper Gothic\, \;coedited with Lisa Reilly.RegisterTo register fo r this FREE program\, click on the link above to RSVP. You will be redirec ted to Ticketstripe to reserve your seat. In-person attendance is limited to 50 people\, but you can still watch the program \;live on our YouTu be channel when it begins at 6pm DTEND:20250513T180000Z DTSTAMP:20250510T021937Z DTSTART:20250513T170000Z LOCATION:New York\,United States\,New York\,HYBRID: Livestreamed and at 39 Battery Place SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Women Architects at Work: Making American Modernism UID:RFCALITEM638824403777154986 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Join the Skyscraper Museum for an&nbs p\;in-person program at the Museum's lower Manhattan gallery and li vestreamed online. \;
In the interwar decades
\, American architecture schools enrolled increasing numbers of women. But
as architectural historians \;Mary Anne Hunting 
\;and \;Kevin D. Murphy \;recount in \;their
book \;\, \;profess
ional success did not come easily. Focusing on the Cambridge School of Arc
hitecture and Landscape Architecture in Massachusetts \;and several co
educational architecture schools\, Hunting and Murphy profile women design
ers who pursued careers in architecture\, describing how these innovative
practitioners leveraged social\, educational\, and professional ties to ac
hieve success and address social concerns. Some joined women-led architect
ural firms\, while others partnered with men or contributed to Modernism a
s retailers of household furnishings\, writers and educators\, photographe
rs and designers\, or fine artists. \;
With s
tunning illustrations\, \;Women Architects at Work \;offe
rs new histories of recognized figures\, while recovering the stories of p
reviously unsung women\, all of whom contributed to the modernization of A
merican architecture and design.
Mary Anne Hunti
ng \;is an architectural historian and the author of&nb
sp\;Edward Durell Stone: Modernism&rsquo\;s Populist Architect<
/em>. \;Kevin D. Murphy \;is A
ndrew W. Mellon Chair in the Humanities and professor and chair in the Dep
artment of the History of Art and Architecture at Vanderbilt University. H
is books include \;Skyscraper Gothic\, \;coe
dited with Lisa Reilly.
To r
egister for this FREE program\, click on the link above to RSVP. You will
be redirected to Ticketstripe to reserve your seat. In-person attendance i
s limited to 50 people\, but you can still watch the program \;