by Mariela | Aug 30, 2013 | Blog, Kiara News
‘A house is NOT a machine to live in,’ Eileen Gray The Wall Street Journal recently detailed the complex history of E-1027, the house which Eileen Gray designed in Southern France. The article discusses how one of the 20th century’s most important...
by Mariela | Aug 30, 2013 | Blog, Kiara News
Billboard in Lima, Peru Harvests Drinking Water Out of Thin Air “According to the UN, about 60% of the world’s population will be living in cities within the next 8 years – a human migration that adds more and more strain on cities’ sanitation and resources. One...
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...
by Mariela | Aug 16, 2013 | Blog, Kiara News
Julia Morgan (1872-1957) In 1904, Julia Morgan became the first woman licensed architect in California. She was a successful and prolific architect during the first half of the twentieth century. She was educated at the University of California at Berkeley and...
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...
