Maya Lin


General Information


Occupation: Architect, Sculptor

Date of Birth: October 10, 1959

Birth City: Athens

Birth State/Province: Ohio

Birth Country: United States

Resident City: New York

Resident State/Province: New York

Resident Country: United States

Sources: http://www.brainyhistory.com/topics/a/architect.html


Specialties


Subject: Memorials, Monuments


Jobs


Employer: Own Studio

City: New York

State: New York

Country: United States


Collaborators


No collaborators on record


Apprenticeships


No apprenticeships on record


Awards


Name: architecture prize

Description: for designing buildings like the Langston Hughes Library (Clinton, Tennessee, 1999) and the Museum for African Art (SoHo, New York, 1984-92

Notes: from the American Academy of Arts and Letters


Name: Presidential Design Award


Name: American Institute of Architects Honor Award


Name: Henry Bacon Memorial Award


Name: American Academy of Arts and Letters Award


Name: Resident in Architecture at the American Academy in Rome


Name: Yale Honorary Degree

Notes: one of only two Yale College alumnae to have been so recognized


Name: Honorary degree from Harvard


Name: Honorary degree from Smith


Name: Honorary degree from Brown


Exhibitions


No exhibitions on record


Notable Projects


Title: The Wave Field

Country: delete


Title: Museum for African Art

City: Manhattan

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: The Civil Rights Memorial

City: Montgomery

State: Alabama

Country: United States

End Date: January 01, 1989


Title: Vietnam Veterans Memorial

City: Washington

State: D.C.

Country: United States

End Date: January 01, 1982


Title: Federal Courthouse

City: New York

State: New York

Country: United States


Title: Women's Table

Description: Outside Sterling Memorial Library at Yale, created to honor women at Yale

Country: delete


Title: Langston Hughes Library

Description: created for the Children's Defense Fund

Country: delete


Education


Institution: Yale University

Department: School of Architecture

Degree: BA of Architecture


Institution: Yale University

Department: School of Architecture

Degree: Master's of Architecture


Licensing


No licenses on record


Professional Affiliations


Organization: National Advisory Board to the Presidio Council in San Francisco

Role: Board Member

Notes: converted a former military base to part of the National Park System


Publications By


Title: Maya Lin: Public/Private

Publisher: Distributed Art Publishers

Notes: 1994


Title: Boundaries

Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Notes: October 2000


Publications About


Title: Maya Lin

Author: Bettina Ling

Publisher: Raintree Publications

Notes: March 1997


Title: Artists: From Michelangelo to Maya Lin

Author: G. Aimee Ergas

Publisher: Uxl

Notes: January 1995


Title: Maya Lin: Honoring Our Forgotten Heroes (Everyone Contributes)

Author: Bob Italia

Publisher: Abdo & Daughters

Notes: 1993


Title: Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision

Author: .

Notes: Academy Award-winning documentary film


Title: American Architects and the Mechanics of Fame

Author: Roxanne Kuter Williamson

Publisher: University of Texas Press

City: Austin

Country: 190