Finding Ella Briggs : the life and work of an unconventional architect / Despina Stratigakos and Elana Shapira ; with contributors Megan Brandow-Faller, [and 13 others].

Main entry:

Stratigakos, Despina, author.

Title & Author:

Finding Ella Briggs : the life and work of an unconventional architect / Despina Stratigakos and Elana Shapira ; with contributors Megan Brandow-Faller, [and 13 others].

Publication:

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2025]

Description:

vi, 283 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part I: A Biography of Ella Briggs -- Early Years in Vienna and New York: A Designer Emerges, 1880-1907 -- Interior Design in New York and Vienna, and a Turn to Architecture, 1907-1920 -- Architecture Projects in New York and Vienna, 1920-1927 -- Building Commissions and Exhibitions in Berlin, 1927-1935 -- Flight and Exile, 1935-1977 -- Part II: Reflections on Ella Briggs

Summary:

"Despina Stratigakos and Elana Shapira bring together an international team of historians to provide the defining biography of this boldly unconventional designer. Whether she was fighting for integration at Europe's architecture schools or writing about innovative houses for American women's magazines like Good Housekeeping, Briggs embodied the transatlantic flow of modernism. This panoramic book uncovers new findings about Briggs, her networks, and projects, recovering the many facets of a life that spanned global borders and cultures." -- Publisher's website.

ISBN:

9780691263953 hardcover
0691263957 hardcover
electronic book
9780691265087

Subject:

Briggs, Ella, 1880-1977.
Briggs, Ella, 1880-1977 Criticism and interpretation.
Women architects Austria Biography.
Architecture and society Austria History 20th century.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture Austria.
Femmes architectes Autriche Biographies.
Architecture et société Autriche Histoire 20e siècle.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture Autriche.

Form/genre:

Biographies.

Added entries:

Shapira, Elana, author.
Brandow-Faller, Megan, contributor.

Life and work of an unconventional architect

Holdings:

Location: Library main 325658
Call No.: 325658
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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