by Mariela | Mar 14, 2014 | Blog, Kiara News
Norma Merrick Sklarek (1928-2012) Norma Sklarek was born in Harlem, New York. She graduated from Columbia University School of Architecture in 1950. Sklarek was the first African American woman to be licensed as an architect in New York and California, in 1954 and...
by Mariela | Dec 12, 2013 | Blog, Kiara News, Rosemary Beach Architecture
Natalie de Blois “Her mind and hands, worked marvels in design — and only she and God would ever know just how many great solutions, with the imprimatur of one of the male heroes of S.O.M., owed much more to her than was attributed by either S.O.M. or the client.”...
by Mariela | Dec 5, 2013 | Blog, Kiara News, Rosemary Beach Architecture
Lutah Maria Riggs, FAIA She lived and defined the Santa Barbara lifestyle, incorporating it into her architecture. Her works showcase her admiration of simplicity and majesty of site and beauty without ostentation. Lutah Maria Riggs (1896-1984), was the first licensed...
by Mariela | Oct 25, 2013 | Blog, Kiara News, Rosemary Beach Architecture
Aino Aalto (1894-1949) was a well-known Finnish architect and designer. She studied architecture at the Helsinki University of Technology like her husband, the famous Alvar Aalto. In 1920 she went to work for architect Oiva Kallio in Helsinki. Then in 1923 she went...
by Mariela | Aug 28, 2013 | Blog, Kiara News
Lina Bo Bardi (1914-1992) ‘The artist’s freedom has always been “individual”, but true freedom can only be collective. A freedom aware of social responsibilities, which can knock down the frontiers of aesthetics…’ Lina Bo Bardi The coming together of skill and...
