Jobs

Employer: Smith Obst, Architects and Planners

Title: Corporate Executive Officer

State: Florida

Country: United States

Start Date: 1979

End Date: 1989

Employer: Obst Associates, Architect, Engineers, and Planners

Title: Vice President

State: Florida

Country: United States

Start Date: 1970

End Date: 1978

Notes: Appointed by former Florida governor Reuben Askew to consulting architect

Employer: O'Neal, Obst, and Brady, Architects, Engineers, and Planners

Title: Vice President

State: Florida

Country: United States

Start Date: 1960

End Date: 1969

Employer: Obst Associates, Architects and Planners

Title: Partner

City: Palm Beach

State: Florida

Country: United States

Start Date: 1950

End Date: 1960

Employer: Kahn and Jacobs

Title: Draftsman-designer

City: New York

State: New York

Country: United States

Start Date: 1946

End Date: 1946

Collaborators

Name: Harold Anthony Obst (Florida; AR0001616)

Organization: Emily & Harold Obst, Architects

City: West Palm Beach

State: Florida

Country: United States

Apprenticeships

No apprenticeships on record

Awards

Name: Hillard Smith Award for Community Services

Description: Awarded by the Florida-Caribbean AIA

Date Received: 1985

Name: Architect Emerita, American Institute of Architects

Exhibitions

No exhibitions on record

Notable Projects

Title: Mangonia Residence

Description: for the West Palm Beach Housing Authority

City: West Palm Beach

State: Florida

Country: United States

Start Date: 1989

Title: Community and Child Care Center for the city of Boynton Beach

City: Boynton Beach

State: Florida

Country: United States

Start Date: 1989

Title: Lourdes-Noreen McKeen Home

Description: skilled nursing facility

City: West Palm Beach

State: Florida

Country: United States

Start Date: 1987

Title: Lake Clarke Gardens

Description: planned community

City: Palm Beach County

State: Florida

Country: United States

Start Date: 1975

End Date: 1980

Title: John I. Leonard High School

Description: gym, cafeteria, classrooms, and auditorium

City: Greenacres

State: Florida

Country: United States

Start Date: 1975

Title: Palm Beach Habilitation Center

Description: sheltered workshop

City: Lake Worth

State: Florida

Country: United States

Start Date: 1955

Title: Holy Spirit Episcopal Church

City: West Palm Beach

State: Florida

Country: United States

Start Date: 1955

Title: Various Residences

City: Palm Beach, West Palm Beach

State: Florida

Country: United States

Education

Institution: Columbia University, New York, New York

Department: Graduate School of Architecture

Degree: Master of Architecture

End Date: 1944

Institution: Barnard College, New York, New York

Degree: Bachelor of Arts

Start Date: 1935

End Date: 1939

Institution: Maury High School, Norfolk, Virginia

End Date: 1935

Licensing

License: Registered Architect (AR0001621)

Organization: State of Florida

Date Awarded: 1948

Professional Affiliations

Organization: American Institute of Architects

Role: Member and former board of directors of the Florida-Caribbean Chapter, AIA; former president and member of the Palm Beach Chapter, AIA

Organization: AIA Committee on Religious Architecture

Role: Former corresponding national member

Organization: National Council of Architectural Registration Boards

Role: Juror

Start Date: 1988

End Date: 1990

Organization: Florida Board of Supervising architects for the Florida Division of Hotels and Restaurants

Role: Member

Start Date: 1971

End Date: 1978

Notes: only female architect to hold this office

Publications By

Title: various articles on religious design

Publication: Your Church Magazine and Church Property Management

Country: delete

Publications About

No publications about on record