Phyllis Birkby Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Phyllis Birkby Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Noel Phyllis Birkby (December 6, 1932 â€" April 13, 1994) was an

American architect, feminist, filmmaker, teacher, and founder of the

Women's School of Planning and Architecture.Noel Phyllis Birkby was

born in Nutley, New Jersey to Harold S. and Alice Green Birkby. As a

child, she made drawings of cities and towns, and miniature

three-dimensional environments in her mother's garden. An early

fascination with architecture led her at age 16-years to express

interest in the profession to a career counselor who would tell her

the profession was inaccessible to her, despite her aptitude: "Well,

Miss Birkby, it appears that if you were a man, you should be studying

architecture." In 1950, Ms. Birkby entered Women's College of the

University of North Carolina in Greensboro, North Carolina to study

fine art, and she was an active participated in peer advisory and

extracurricular activities, such as Canterbury club and Art club. She

was considered a rabble rouser. In 1954, she was expelled in her

senior year after an incident that purportedly involved drinking beer.

Ms. Birkby later attributed the outcome to her public expression of

love for a classmate. "I wasn't hiding my love for another woman," she

explained, "... didn't think there was anything wrong with it." After

Ms. Birkby returned to her family home in New Jersey for a brief

period of time, she moved to New York City.In Manhattan, Ms. Birkby

worked as a technical illustrator. In 1955, she traveled to Mexico

with American Friends Service Committee to work on development

projects with the Otomi people. A year later back in New York, a women

architect encouraged Ms. Birkby to pursue professional education and

training. In 1959, Ms. Birkby enrolled in the undergraduate

architecture night school program Cooper Union School of Architecture,

and she worked by day at the offices of architect Henry L. Horowitz,

from 1960 to 1961, and Seth Hiller, from 1961 to 1963. In 1963, Ms.

Birkby earned a Certificate in Architecture from Cooper Union, and she

was awarded the Service to the School Awards by the Cooper Union

Alumni Association for having demonstrated exemplary service and

leadership during her time as student.Ms. Birkby enrolled in graduate

school at Yale School of Architecture, and studied under the deanships

of Paul Rudolph (chairman 1958â€"65), and Charles Moore (chairman

1965â€"1970), two renown educators and leaders architect of the

post-modern movement. At Yale, Ms. Birkby was one of six women

enrolled in the department of architecture, among a student body of

approximately 200 men. Ms. Birky would later say the gender gap

compelled her to "rise above the female role" to prove she was as

"good or better than the men." Ms. Birkby achieved a Masters of

Architecture at Yale University in 1966, after completing a course of

training and study, including her thesis on a physical education

complex on Hofstra University.
Phyllis Birkby Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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