Gertrude Lempp Kerbis


General Information


Occupation: Architect

Date of Birth: January 01, 1926

Birth City: Chicago

Birth State/Province: Illinois

Birth Country: United States

Resident City: Chicago

Resident State/Province: Illinois

Resident Country: United States

Sources: http://www.arvha.asso.fr/archi_fem/arvha_french/info_arvha/document_info/us-archi.htmlArchitect


Specialties



Jobs


Employer: Lempp Kerbis

Title: Owner

State: Illinois

Country: United States

Start Date: January 01, 1967


Employer: Naess & Murphy

Title: Architect

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States

Start Date: January 01, 1959

End Date: January 01, 1962

Notes: also 1965-1967


Employer: Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Title: Architect

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States

Start Date: January 01, 1954

End Date: January 01, 1959


Collaborators


No collaborators on record


Apprenticeships


No apprenticeships on record


Awards


Name: College of Fellows of the American Institute of Architects

Description: Fellow

Date Received: January 01, 1970


Exhibitions


No exhibitions on record


Notable Projects


Title: Chicago Women in Architecture

Description: founder of group

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Title: Dining hall at U. S. Air Force Academy

City: Colorado Springs

State: Colorado

Country: United States


Title: Chicago Network

Description: founder of group

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States


Education


Institution: University of Illinois

Department: Architectural engineering

Degree: Bachelor of Science

End Date: January 01, 1948


Institution: Harvard School of Design

Department: School of Design

Degree: Master of Science in Architecture

Start Date: January 01, 1949

End Date: January 01, 1954

Notes: studied with Walter Gropius


Institution: Illinois Institute of Technology

Department: architecture

Degree: Master's degree

End Date: January 01, 1954

Notes: studied with Mies van der Rohe


Licensing


No licenses on record


Professional Affiliations


No affiliations on record


Publications By


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Publications About


Title: Gertrude Kerbis Oral History

Author: Audio interviewer Betty J. Blum; Video interviewer: susan F. King

Publication: Chicago Architects Oral History Project

Publisher: The Art Institute of Chicago

City: Chicago

State: Illinois

Country: United States

Date Published: May 01, 1996

Url: http://www.artic.edu/aic/libraries/research/specialcollections/oralhistories/kerbis/index.html

Notes: Video recorded September 11, 2006