Summaries

This documentary reveals how six women in their own 'right', went on to make valuable contributions to American architecture.

Long before she became a woman behind the camera, Beverly Willis, born in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1928, grew up playing among the oil derricks and eventually was drawn into the world of building. After designing the San Francisco Ballet Building, and founding the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation in 2002, Willis became a filmmaker. Throughout her fifty-five-year career, Willis learned of the lack of documentation of women architects and designers worked with Frank Lloyd Wright during his career. In her documentary '100 Women Architects in the studio of Frank Lloyd Wright', Willis reveals how six women in their own 'right', went on to make valuable contributions to American architecture.—Anonymous

At a time when few architectural firms would hire women, Frank Lloyd Wright unhesitatingly employed women, giving them both training and the opportunity to practice. Ultimately, over 100 women architects and designers worked with Wright. This film focuses on six of those women - Marion Mahony, Isabel Roberts, Lois Gottlieb, Jane Duncombe, Eleanore Pettersen, and Read Weber. Through their work and their own words, they reveal what they gleaned from Wright and where they departed from his model. They are Frank Lloyd Wright's unknown legacy, and their practice forms a legacy for all women working in architecture today.—Anonymous

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Genres
  • History
  • Documentary
  • Short
Release date Sep 24, 2020
Countries of origin United States
Language English
Production companies in-D multi-media

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Runtime 19m
Color Color
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