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