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Making magic : the Marion Mahony Griffin story / Glenda Korporaal.

Making magic : the Marion Mahony Griffin story / Glenda Korporaal.
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ISBN 9780992476908
0992476909
Author Korporaal, Glenda (author)
Title Making magic : the Marion Mahony Griffin story / Glenda Korporaal.
Publisher and/or associated date/s [Sydney?] : Glenda Korporaal, 2015.
Description 342 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Summary She was the American woman who changed Australian history. She broke through barriers for women in architecture and spent 15 years working for Chicago architect Frank Lloyd Wright, in the formative years of the Prairie School of Architecture. Then she teamed up with Walter Burley Griffin working with him in winning the design contest for the new Australian capital city, Canberra. She was an architect, artist, environmentalist, social observer and community builder, yet her work has been constantly overshadowed by the famous men in her life. The first biography of Marion Mahony Griffin in her own right, 'Making magic' tells Marion's story. It dates back to the days of Abraham Lincoln who was friends with her grandparents as a travelling lawyer in Illinois. It follows the story of her life over three continents - America, Australia and India. And her love affair with her husband which produced such historic results. A woman with a fierce sense of idealism and a passion for nature, Marion always had a mind of her own. She developed fine artistic and architectural skills which helped to make Wright and then Griffin famous. A woman in a man's world, she made history with her pioneering role as a female architect. Her creative work was sheer magic. Faced with her own challenges, she drew on her energy and creativity to refashion her role in a new country. She was instrumental in setting up a unique community in the Sydney suburb of Castlecrag.
Subjects Griffin, Marion Mahony, -- 1871-1961
Women architects
Architecture -- Australia -- History
Prairie school (Architecture)
Other Authors &/or Associated Persons Griffin, Marion Mahony, 1871-1961
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