Margarete (Grete) Schütte-Lihotzky


General Information


Occupation: Architect

Date of Birth: January 01, 1897

Birth City: Vienna

Birth Country: Austria

Resident Country: Austria

Notes: Socially conscious architect, anti-fascist, jailed for her involvement in Nazi-Resistance

Archive/Repository: IAWA, Special Collection Newman Library, Ms2001-035

Sources: New York Times Obituary ; Zacek, Patricia. Frauen in Der Technik Von 1900 Bis 2000. Wien: ARGE Architektinnen Und Ingenieurkonsulentinnen, 1999.


Specialties


Subject: Designing structures including public housing for working people

Notes: Also had innovative design for standardization of a kitchen. 10,00 of these kitchens were added to housing units in Frankfurt


Jobs


Employer: Academy of Fine Arts in Instanbul

City: Istanbul

Country: Turkey

Notes: Worked designing school buildings


Collaborators


Name: Ernst May

Project: City planning of Franfurt

Organization: Frankfurt's architect

City: Frankfurt

Country: Germany

Notes: late 1920's


Apprenticeships


No apprenticeships on record


Awards


Name: Architecture Award of the City of Vienna


Name: Austiran Medal for Science and Art

Notes: The award was originally presented to Schutte-Lihotzky in 1988 was refused by Shutte-Lihotzky as it would have been presented by Austria's president, Kurt Waldheim who had been accused of supressing his Nazi past, however years later she accepted it.


Exhibitions


No exhibitions on record


Notable Projects


No projects on record


Education


Institution: Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna

Department: Architecture


Licensing


No licenses on record


Professional Affiliations


No affiliations on record


Publications By


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Publications About


Title: The History of Women Architects

Author: Sonja Gunther, Christine Jachmann, Helga Schmidt-Thomsen; Michelle Stanley (translator)

Publication: Exhibit Catalog

Publisher: ABC Satz and Druck GmbH

City: Berlin

Notes: This is a catalog published for the exhibit of the UIFA (Union Internationale des Femmes Architectes) . An exhibition of the German Federal Republik Section of the UIFA within the framework of the IBA (International Building Exhibition) in Berlin.