Elisabeth V. Tippels-Kirch-Knobels-Dorff
General Information
Occupation: Architect
Birth City: Potsdam
Notes: In 1927 she went to Boston with her husband who was appointed Consul General. They were called back in 1938 for political reasons. They lived a secluded life on their Silesian estate until her husband's death. She spent the last few years of her life in an institution in Bassum
Archive/Repository: IAWA, Special Collections, Newman Library
Specialties
Jobs
Employer: building department of the Rear Area Intendancy and the Supreme Command of the 2nd Army
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Employer: Provincial Government
Title: Government architect
City: Potsdam
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Notes: started this at the end of the war
Employer: free-lance
Title: architect
City: Berlin
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Notes: started free-lancing when she was dismissed from the civil service
Collaborators
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Apprenticeships
No apprenticeships on record
Awards
Name: Association of Architects and Engineers
Description: Second place in the monthly competition
Exhibitions
Title: The Woman at Home and at Work
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Notable Projects
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Education
Institution: Royal Technical University Chatlottenburg
Degree: passed with a "Good"
Notes: Was the first woman applicant, first admitted as a guest student, then registed as a full time student and passed her exams in the same year.
Licensing
No licenses on record
Professional Affiliations
No affiliations on record
Publications By
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Publications About
Title: The History of Women Architects
Author: Sonja Gunther, Christine Jachmann, Helga Schmidt-Thomsen, Michelle Stanley (translator)
Publication: Exhibit Catalog
Publisher: ABC Satz and Druck GmbH
City: Berlin
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Notes: This is a catalog published for the exhibit of the UIFA (Union Internationale des Femmes Architectes). An exhibition of the German Federal Republik Section of the UIFA Within the framework of the IBA (International Building Exhibition) in Berlin.