A. Jane Duncombe
General Information
Occupation: Architect
Date of Birth: July 22, 1925
Birth City: Whitby
Birth State/Province: Ontario
Birth Country: Canada
Resident City: San Francisco
Resident State/Province: California
Resident Country: United States
Archive/Repository: IAWA Online Inventory at: http://spec.lib.vt.edu/iawa/inventories/Duncombe.html
Sources: Biographical file provided by A. Jane Duncombe
Specialties
No specialties on record
Jobs
Employer: A. Jane Duncombe, Architect/Planner
Title: Achitect, Planner
City: Amador City
State: California
Country: United States
Collaborators
Name: Lois Davidson Gottleib
Project: Projects throughout the San Francisco Bay Area
City: San Francisco
State: California
Country: United States
Notes: Around 1956 the collaboration began
Apprenticeships
Institution: Taliesin, Under Frank Lloyd Wright
City: Taliesin
State: Wisconsin
Country: United States
Notes: Duncombe also apprenticed at Taliesin in Arizona.
Awards
No awards on record
Exhibitions
No exhibitions on record
Notable Projects
Title: Shelter HIll
Description: HUD-subsidized housing complex
City: Mill Valley
State: California
Country: United States
Notes: Shelter Hill Apartments were the first HUD sponsored housing-project to include a high tech learning center.
Title: Marin County Convalescent and Rehabilitation Hospital
Description: Hospital
City: Tiburon
State: California
Country: United States
Title: White Oaks Theatre
Description: Performing theatre, civic center, recreation center, meeting hall for the city
City: Carmel Valley
State: California
Country: United States
Notes: With Del Campo & Clark and Thomas Higley.
Title: Windsor Winery
Description: Winery
City: Sonoma County
State: California
Country: United States
Notes: With Roland and Miller
Education
Institution: Art Institute of Chicago, School of Industrial Design
Department: Architecture
Degree: Bachelor of Architecture
Notes: Studied under Marya Lilien, the first woman to get her architecutre degree in Poland, and a Charter Apprentice a Taliesin.
Licensing
License: Licensed Architect in California #6906
Professional Affiliations
Organization: American Institute of Architects-California
Publications By
No publications by on record
Publications About
Title: A Talesin Legacy
Author: Tobias S. Guggenheimer
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold
City: New York
State: New York
Country: United States