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.