Denise Scott Brown

General Information
Occupation: Architect, planner and urban designer
Date of Birth: October 03, 1931
Birth City: Nkana
Birth Country: Zambia
Resident City: Philadelphia
Resident State/Province: Pennsylvania
Resident Country: United States
Notes: Married to partner Robert Venturi. See Wikipedia, also http://www.vsba.com/whoweare/opener_DSB_cv.html
Sources: http://www.distinguishedwomen.com/biographies/scottbro.html; Women in Design: a contemporary view
Specialties
No specialties on record
Jobs
Employer: Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown
Title: Architect, Planner, then Partner
City: Philadelphia
State: Pennsylvania
Country: United States
Notes: In 1980, firm renamed Venturi, Rauch and Scott Brown in 1980, then Venturi, Scott Brown and Assc. in 1989.
Employer: University of Pennsylvania, School of Fine Arts
Title: Assistant Professor
City: Philadelphia
State: Pennsylvania
Country: United States
Start Date: 1960
End Date: 1965
Employer: University of California, School of Architcture and Urban Planning
Title: Assistant Professor
City: Los Angeles
State: California
Country: United States
Notes: Initiated Urban Design Program. Co-chair of the Urban Design Program
Employer: Yale University, Department of Achitecture
Title: Visiting Professor in Urban Design
City: New Haven
State: Connecticut
Country: United States
Collaborators
No collaborators on record
Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
Name: * Best of Philly Hall of Fame award
Notes: by Philadelphia Magazine
Name: * The Benjamin Franklin Medal Award
Notes: by The Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacture & Commerce
Name: Topaz Medallion
Description: Award for Excellence in Architecture Education
Notes: by * ACSA-AIA Joint
Name: * Germantown Hall of Fame
Notes: by Germantown Historical Society of Philadelphia
Name: * Hall of Fame Award
Notes: by Interior Design Magazine
Name: * National Medal of Arts, U.S. Presidential Award
Name: * The 1992 Philadelphia Award
Notes: by Trustees of the Philadelphia Award
Name: John Harbeson Distinguished Service Award
Notes: by Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects
Name: Tau Sigma Delta Gold Medal
Name: National Endowment for the Arts, Design Arts Program, Recognition Awards
Notes: The Strand Planning Study, Signs of Life - Symbols in the American City Exhibition, City Edges - Schuykill river Corridor Study
Name: Progressive Achitecture Annual Awards
Description: Urban Design and Planning
Notes: Jim Thorpe Planning Study, Princeton Urban DesignStudy, Washington Avenue/Miami Beach
Name: HUD National Awards
Description: Urban Environmental Design, Urban Design Administration
Notes: Honor Award for Old City Study and Facade Easement Program
Name: Design Mind Award
Description: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Awards
Date Received: January 01, 2007
Notes: with Robert Venturi
Name: Athena Award
Description: Congress for the New Urbanism
Notes: January 01, 2007
Name: Vilcek Prize
Description: The Vilcek Foundation
Date Received: January 01, 2007
Name: Harvard Radcliffe Institute Medal
Date Received: January 01, 2005
Name: Vincent J. Scully Prize
Description: National Building Museum
Date Received: January 01, 2002
Notes: with Robert Venturi
Name: Chicago Architecture Award
Date Received: January 01, 1967
Name: AIA Firm Award
Description: to Venturi, Rauch And Scott Brown
Date Received: January 01, 1985
Exhibitions
No exhibitions on record
Notable Projects
Title: A Study of Fairmount Park
City: Philadelphia
State: Texas
Country: United States
Title: Washington Avenue
City: Miami Beach
State: Texas
Country: United States
Title: Princeton Design Study
State: Texas
Country: United States
Title: Strand Planning Study
City: Galveston
State: Texas
Country: United States
Title: Sainsbury Wing of London's National Gallery
City: London
Country: England (U.K.)
Notes: Principal in chagre with Robert Venturi
Title: University campus planning projects
Country: United Kingdom
Url: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denise_Scott_Brown
Education
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Degree: Master of city planning
Notes: emigrated to the USA in 1958
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Department: Planning Department
Degree: Master of Architecture (City Planning)
Start Date: January 01, 1958
End Date: January 01, 1960
Notes: Husband, Robert Scott Brown, studied here also. He was killed in auto accident in 1959
Institution: Architectural Association School of Architecture
Degree: AA Diploma and Certificate in Tropical Architecture
Start Date: 1952
End Date: 1955
Notes: in London
Institution: University of the Witwatersrand
Start Date: January 01, 1948
End Date: January 01, 1952
Notes: in Johannesburg, South Africa. Met her future husvband, Robert Scott Brown
Licensing
License: Architects Registration Council of the United Kingdom
Professional Affiliations
Organization: Architects, Designers and Planners for Social Responsibility
Organization: Architectural Association, London
Organization: American Planning Association
Organization: Royal Institute of British Architects
Role: Fellow
Organization: Temple University, Deptartment of Agriculture
Role: Advisory Committee
Organization: Philadelphia Jewish Children's Folkshul
Role: Curriculum and Adult Education Committees
Organization: The National Trust for Historic Preservation
Role: Advisor
Notes: National Main Street Center
Organization: Philadelphia Development Corporation
Role: Member of the Board of directors
Publications By
Title: With the Best Intentions: On Design Review
Publication: Harvard Design Magazine
Page: 37-42
Notes: Winter-Spring 1999
Title: Breaking Down the Barriers Between Theory and Practice
Publication: Architecture
Volume: 84
Issue: 3
Page: 43,45,47
Notes: March 1995
Title: Art and Architecture - Art in Architecture
Publication: Lotus International
Issue: 73
Page: 128
Notes: 1992
Title: Architecture: A Place for Women
Co-author: Matilda McQuaid and Anne Vytlacil
Publication: Architectural Design
Volume: 60
Issue: 1-2
Page: X-XIV
Notes: 1990
Title: Invention and Tradition in the Making of American Place
Publication: Transition
Issue: 29
Page: 67-75
Notes: Winter 1989
Title: Learning From Las Vegas: the Forgotten Symbolism of Architectural Form
Co-author: Robert Venturi and Steven Izenour
Publication: Book
Volume: revised edition 1977
Issue: ISBN 026272006X
Publisher: MIT Press
City: Cambridge
Date Published: January 01, 1972
Title: A View from the Campidoglio: Selected Essays, 1953-1984
Co-author: Robert Venturi
Publication: book
Issue: ISBN 0064385514
Publisher: Harper & Row
City: New York
Date Published: January 01, 1984
Title: On Public Interior Space
Co-author: Maurice Harteveld
Publication: AA Files 56.
Publisher: Architectural Association Publications
City: London
Date Published: January 01, 2007
Title: Architecture as Signs and Systems: for a Mannerist Time
Co-author: Robert Venturi
Publication: book
Issue: ISBN 0674015711
Publisher: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
City: Cambridge
Date Published: January 01, 2004
Publications About
Title: American Architects and the Mechanics of Fame
Author: Roxanna Kuter Williamson
Publisher: University of Texas Press
City: Austin
Country: 190
Title: Women in Design: A contemporary View
Author: Liz McQuiston,
Publication: bookISBN 9780847809448
Volume: ISBN 9780847809448
Publisher: Rizzoli
Date Published: January 01, 1988