Noel Phyllis Birkby


General Information


Occupation: Architect, Historian, Educator

Date of Birth: December 16, 1932

Date of Death: April 13, 1994

Birth City: Nutley

Birth State/Province: New Jersey

Birth Country: United States

Resident Country: United States

Archive/Repository: IAWA, Special Collections Newman Library, MS94-026 ; Sophia Smith Collection, Smith College, MS 283

Sources: http://spec.lib.vt.edu/specgen/msguide/mgb.htm


Specialties


Subject: Residential


Subject: Interiors


Subject: Renovation/restoration


Subject: Multiple family dwellings


Subject: Institutional facilities


Subject: Geographical focus

Description: United States, New York


Jobs


Employer: Henry L. Horowitz, Architectural Office

City: New York

State: New York

Country: United States

Start Date: January 01, 1960

End Date: January 01, 1961


Employer: Seth Hiller, Architectural Office

City: New York

State: New York

Country: United States

Start Date: January 01, 1961

End Date: January 01, 1963


Employer: Davis Brody and Associates

Title: Architect

City: New York

State: New York

Country: United States

Start Date: January 01, 1966

End Date: January 01, 1972


Employer: Dober, Paddock & Upton

Title: Architect

City: Bien Hoa

Country: Vietnam

Start Date: January 01, 1973

Notes: went to Vietnam with to devise a reconstruction plan for Thu Duc Polytechnic University


Employer: Gary Scherquist and Roland Tso

Title: Architect

State: California

Country: United States

Notes: Birkby worked in the office during the late 1970s


Employer: Gruzen Partnership and Lloyd Goldfarb

Title: Architect

City: New York

State: New York

Country: United States

Notes: Birkby worked in the office during the early 1980s


Employer: Pratt Institute School of Architecture

Title: Instructor

City: New York

State: New York

Country: United States


Employer: City College of New York

Title: Instructor

State: New York

Country: United States


Employer: Southern California Institute of Architecture

Title: Instructor

State: California

Country: United States


Employer: New York Institute of Technology

Title: Instructor

State: New York

Country: United States


Collaborators


No collaborators on record


Apprenticeships


Institution: Davis/Brody Architects and Gruzen Partnership

Country: delete


Awards


No awards on record


Exhibitions


Title: Amazonian Activity: The Life and Work of Noel Phyllis Birkby, 1932-94

Description: Smith College

Country: United Kingdom

Start Date: January 01, 1997


Notable Projects


Description: Community Residence

City: West Hempstead

State: New York

Country: United States


Description: Lobel Residence

City: East Hampton

State: New York

Country: United States


Description: Johnston Renovation

City: Cutchoque

State: New York

Country: United States


Description: Halfway House for Women

City: Staten Island

State: New York

Country: United States


Description: Community Residence

City: Oceanside

State: New York

Country: United States


Education


Institution: Cooper Union

Degree: Certificate in Architecture

End Date: January 01, 1963


Institution: Yale University

Degree: M.A. in Architecture

End Date: January 01, 1966


Institution: Women's College of the University of North Carolina

Start Date: January 01, 1950


Licensing


No licenses on record


Professional Affiliations


Organization: OLGAD (Organization of Lesbian & Gay Architects and Designers, New York, New York)


Organization: Alliance of Women in Architecture

Role: Founding Member

Start Date: January 01, 1972


Organization: Women's School of Planning and Architecture (WSPA)

Role: Co-Founder with Katrin Adam, Ellen Perry Berkeley, Bobbie Sue Hood, Marie I. Kennedy, Joan Forrester Sprague, and Leslie Kanes Weisman)

Start Date: January 01, 1974


Publications By


Title: The Women's School of Planning and Architecture

Co-author: Leslie Kanes Weisman

Publication: Learning Our Way: Essays in Feminist Education

Publisher: Crossing Press

City: Trumansburg

Notes: Ed. by Charlotte Bunch and Sandra Pollack


Publications About


No publications about on record