Dorothy Baxter Alexander
General Information
Occupation: Architect, Photographer
Birth City: Montreal
Birth Country: Canada
Resident City: New York
Resident Country: United States
Notes: Photographic images at http://www.dorothyalexander.com
Archive/Repository: IAWA online inventory at: http://spec.lib.vt.edu/iawa/inventories/Alexander.html
Sources: IAWA, Special Collections Newman Library, Ms2001-056
Specialties
Subject: Photographs
Description: Specilties in urban landscapes, street portraits, portraits of artists and writers
Notes: Photographs have been exhibited in various galleries in New York
Jobs
Employer: Baker and Blake
City: New York
Notes: Alexander worked Baker & Blake as New York Associate of the Viennese Architect Hans Hollein on the Richard Feigen Gallery (Now Hanae Mori Couture)
Employer: Offices of Richard Meier and Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer
City: New York
Employer: Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies (disbanded 1983)
Title: Staff Photographer for the Institute's magazine-Skyline
Employer: The Writer's Voice
Title: House Photographer
Notes: Alexander worked simultaneously with the Academy of American Poets
Employer: The Academy of American of Poets
Title: House Photographer
Notes: Alexander worked simultaneously with the Writer's Voice
Employer: West SIde Spirit and Toronto Globe & Mail
Title: Freelance Photographer
Employer: Small architectural practice maintained by Alexander
Title: Architect
Notes: Jobs have included: commercial remodelling for the Arriflex Corporation, Lowel-Light Manufacturing, Panavision and the Jack Tilton Gallery, among other clients.
Employer: American Institute of Architects
Title: Staff photographer for Oculus, the magazine of the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects
City: New York
Employer: The American Academy of Arts & Letters
Title: Photographer
Employer: Wurster Bernardi & Emmons
City: San Francisco
Employer: D.B. Alexander, Architect
Title: Architect
City: San Francisco
Notes: After working andd training in the offices of Wurster and Bernardi, ALexander opened her own firm, D.B. Alexander Architect. Projects included: 2 apartment buildings for Sinsheimer Development in San Luis Obispo; Duplexes for Views Land Co., in Sausalito; and houses and residential remodeling in San Francisco.
Collaborators
No collaborators on record
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
No awards on record
Exhibitions
Title: Serial Images
Description: Abstract photographs
Country: delete
Notes: First exhibited in 1973 and since some of the Serial Images along with her portraits are collections at the Bibliotheque Nationale de Paris and in the National Portrait Gallery
Notable Projects
No projects on record
Education
Institution: McGill University School of Architecture
Institution: Episcopal Preparatory School
Institution: Sorbonne
Licensing
License: Licensed Architect
Organization: State of California
Professional Affiliations
No affiliations on record
Publications By
Title: The Power of Suggestion Ambiguities Abound in Hollein's Work
Publication: Interiors
Volume: 136
Issue: 7
Page: 70-73
Notes: February 1977
Publications About
No publications about on record