Architecture Archives - Page 6 of 8

Hopi House, Hermit’s Rest, Lookout Studio and Desert View Watchtower are not only the best and least altered, but some of the only remaining works of the master architect and interior designer Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter. Located on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, these buildings highlight the ingenuity of Colter, chief architect and decorator for the Fred Harvey Company from 1902 to 1948.

Kate Graham Cook

James Cook and Kate Graham first discovered the fossil deposits later to become known as Agate Fossil Beds.

Florence Luscomb

Participating in women’s rights, civil rights, labor, and peace movements throughout the 1900s, Florence Luscomb embodied what it means to be an activist.

Ada Louise Huxtable

Architectural historian and first permanent architecture critic for the New York Times.

Nancy Northcroft

New Zealand town planner

Teresa Gisbert

Prominent Bolivian architect, art historian, and researcher, known for her significant contributions to the understanding and preservation of Bolivian cultural heritage and architecture.

Cynthia Teague

Australian architect and public servant

Alison Smithson

Along with her husband Peter, she was among the leaders of the British mid-century movement/school, New Brutalism, and was associated with Team X, a splinter group of CIAM.