Main entry:

Shariff, Yasmin, speaker

Title & Author:

Kenyan, ecowarrior & feminist / Yasmin Shariff (Dennis Sharp Architects)

Publication:

[London, England] : Pidgeon Digital, 2021

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (29 minutes)) : sound, color

Notes:
Yasmin Shariff at the entrance to Bayford Grange, Bayford, Hertfordshire -- Dennis Sharp (1933-2010) in the Garden of Cadbury Brown -- Yasmin Shariff, Mann Garden, Nairobi, aged 17 -- Leonard William Thornton White's plan for Nairobi, 1947 -- View of Nairobi Showing the Eclectic Mix of Modern & Neo-Classical architecture built to Thornton White's 1947 Master Plan -- Erica Mann (1917 - 2007) -- Parliament Buildings, Nairobi by Amyas Connell -- AA XX 100 Launch, 1st July 2014 -- Mysore Palace, India -- Strawdance Studio, Hertfordshire. Yasmin Shariff for Dennis Sharp Architects, 2000 -- Exterior, Bayford Grange, Bayford, Hertfordshire. Refurbishment by Yasmin Shariff for Dennis Sharp Architects, 2019 -- Renovation of Georgian Staircase, Bayford Grange, Bayford, Hertfordshire. Refurbishment by Yasmin Shariff For Dennis Sharp Architects, 2019 -- The Orangery, Bayford Grange, Bayford, Hertfordshire. Refurbishment by Yasmin Shariff for Dennis Sharp Architects, 2019 -- Pool House, Bayford Grange, Bayford, Hertfordshire. Refurbishment by Yasmin Shariff for Dennis Sharp Architects, 2019 -- Yasmin Shariff Speaking at The Design Museum In 2018 On Women's Issues -- Alpha Grove, Isle of Dogs, London -- Yasmin Shariff at the entrance to Bayford Grange, Bayford, Hertfordshire.
Recorded in 2021

Summary:

Yasmin Shariff was born in 1950s Uganda to Indian parents. A tireless campaigner for women in architecture, she's also had a life long interest in environmentally sensitive design, and Indian and Islamic architecture. In this talk, Yasmin discusses growing up in Nairobi around important modernist figures such as Erica Mann, meeting her late husband architectural historian Dennis Sharp, and establishing the AA XX 100 initiative for women architects. She also describes notable projects, including her Strawdance Dance Studio (1999) and the restoration of the Georgian manor house Bayford Grange in Hertfordshire (2005 - 2009)

Resources:
Pidgeon Digital Content

Subject:

Shariff, Yasmin.
Feminism and architecture.
Architecture Influence.
Architecture Conservation and restoration England Bayford (Hertfordshire)
Féminisme et architecture.

Added entries:

Kenyan, ecowarrior and feminist