by Mariela | Aug 8, 2013 | Blog, Kiara News
This weeks featured architect is Marion Manley (1893-1984). Manley, Miami’s first female architect, became a registered architect in Florida in 1918, less than a year after her graduation at the University of Illinois. She also successfully maintained an...
by Mariela | Aug 3, 2013 | Blog, Kiara News
In the following weeks, we will take a look at some of the most influential women in architecture. Looking back on architectural history, you could be forgiven for thinking that women architects were an invention of the 1950’s, but this could not be further from the...
by Mariela | Jul 12, 2013 | Blog, Kiara News, Mission Work
“Porque nada hay imposible para Dios” “Nothing is impossible with God” Last week we went back to the Dominican Republic for another Mission Trip. We visited friends, and distributed water filters to the small communities of Soto, the Rails,...
by Mariela | May 13, 2013 | Blog
Denise Scott Brown in Las Vegas around 1966. She co-wrote the seminal book “Learning from Las Vegas.” (CNN) — An online campaign has started to right a 22-year-old wrong committed against legendary architect Denise Scott Brown. She and Robert...
by Mariela | Apr 22, 2013 | Blog, Kiara News
One of the top architecture stories of the moment is that of Denise Scott Brown and whether she should be awarded a Priztker Prize in recognition of her contributions to the work that she and her architect husband, Robert Venturi, jointly conceived in the early1960s...
