Brigitte D'Ortschy
General Information
Occupation: Apprentice at Taliesin
Date of Birth: May 31, 1921
Date of Death: July 09, 1990
Birth City: Berlin
Birth Country: Germany
Resident Country: Japan
Notes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_D%27Ortschy
Sources: A Directory of Frank Lloyd Wright Associates: APPRENTICES 1929 to 1959 (jgonwright.com/pdf-docs/49R1.pdf )
Specialties
Subject: Zen master, student, and teacher in Japan, Germany
Jobs
Employer: Technical University of Munich
Title: Research assistant
City: Munich
State: Bavaria
Country: Germany
Start Date: January 01, 1947
End Date: January 01, 1950
Notes: Worked in field of building history and archaeology.
Employer: U. S. State Department
Title: Worked on urban and regional planning for the rebuilding of postwar Germany.
City: Washington
State: District of Columbia
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 1950
Employer: Planning coimmission of Philadelphia
City: Philadelphia
State: Pennsylvania
Country: United States
Employer: Freelance architect
Title: Architect
End Date: January 01, 1963
Notes: Did work for the Bavaria Film company while publishing articles and books about architectural design
Collaborators
No collaborators on record
Apprenticeships
Institution: Frank Lloyd Wright Associates
State: Arizona
Country: United States
Start Date: January 01, 1952
End Date: January 01, 1954
Notes: Taliesin West
Awards
No awards on record
Exhibitions
No exhibitions on record
Notable Projects
Title: "60 years of Living Architecture"
Description: took the exhibition on the work of Frank Lloyed Wright to Munich
City: Munich
Start Date: January 01, 1952
Url: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_D%27Ortschy
Title: Internationall 'Triennale" exhibition
Description: Coordinator of the German section of the exhibit
City: Milano
Country: Italy
Start Date: January 01, 1954
Education
Institution: Universities in Berlin and Graz
Department: Architecture
End Date: January 01, 1945
Notes: Also studied engineering. Interst in sociological and psychological aspects of architecture
Institution: University of North Carolina
Degree: Graduate decree
Licensing
No licenses on record
Professional Affiliations
No affiliations on record
Publications By
Publications About
Title: A Girl is a Fellow Here.100 Women Architects in the Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright
Author: Beverly Willis
Publication: A 15-minute Documentary Film
Publisher: Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation
City: New York
State: New York
Country: United States
Date Published: June 15, 2009
Url: http://www.bwaf.org/