Cornelia Brierly


General Information


Occupation: Landscape architect and Interior designer

Date of Birth: April 12, 1913

Date of Death: August 24, 2012

Birth City: Mifflin County

Birth State/Province: Pennsylvania

Birth Country: United States

Resident City: Taliesin West, Scottsdale

Resident State/Province: Arizona

Resident Country: United States

Notes: Married to Peter Berndtson, an architect; sister of Hulda Brierly Drake

Sources: http://bwaf.org/cornelia-brierly/?utm_source=BWAF+Briefly+News&utm_campaign=1908e646e9-December_Newsletter12_18_2012&utm_medium=email; also:(PDF) A Directory of Frank Lloyd Wright Associates: APPRENTICES 1929 to 1959 .... 06/01/53 from Google search on Frank Lloyd Wright apprentices


Specialties



Jobs


Employer: Taliesin West and Frank Lloyd Wright Associates

Title: Landscape architect and interior designer

City: Taliesin West, Scottsdale

State: Arizona

Country: United States

Start Date: January 01, 1935

Notes: Lifetime employment and close working relationship with Wright. http://gradworks.umi.com/31/89/3189067.html Taugh in the FLLW School of Architecture


Collaborators


No collaborators on record


Apprenticeships


Institution: Frank Lloyd Wright Associates

City: Taliesin West, Scottsdale

State: Arizona

Country: United States

Start Date: January 01, 1934

Notes: Teliesin Fellow


Awards


Name: Interior Plantscape Association


Name: Pilanthropy Leadeership Award


Name: The Wright Spirit Award


Exhibitions


No exhibitions on record


Notable Projects


No projects on record


Education


Institution: Carnegie Technical Institute

Department: Architecture

Start Date: January 01, 1933

End Date: January 01, 1934

Notes: one of only five female students in the architecture program


Institution: Frank Lloyd Wright

Notes: studied with FLW for 10 years, worked on models for Broadacre City. Also traveled in USA to help explain the idea.


Licensing


No licenses on record


Professional Affiliations


No affiliations on record


Publications By


Title: Tales of Taliesin: a memoir of fellowship

Publication: book

Issue: ISBN 0-7649-1335-2

Publisher: Pomegranate Communications, Inc.

City: Robert Park

Date Published: January 01, 2000


Publications About



Title: Architecture and utopia: Cornelia Brierly and the Taliesin Fellowship (Frank Lloyd Wright)

Author: Parker, cgynthia Jhean, PhD

Publication: Dissertation, Northern Arizona University

Publisher: Northern Ariuzona University

Date Published: January 01, 2005

Url: http://gradworks.umi.com/31/89/3189067.html

Notes: Biography