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