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