| Education |
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Harvard
University, Master of Architecture,1972 |
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Wellesley College,
A.B., 1968 |
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School of Architecture,
Ahmedabad, India, 1970 |
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| Grants and
Awards |
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National Association of Real Estate Editors (NAREE) “Best Column All Media” award, 2003 |
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University of
Missouri Lifestyle Journalism Award for Fashion and Design,
1995 |
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National Endowment
for the Arts Design Communication Grant, 1981 |
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National Endowment
for the Arts Professional Fellow, 1980 |
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Fulbright Scholar
to Nepal, 1972-74 |
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| Books |
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The Brand-New
House Book, Three Rivers Press (a division of Random House),
2001 |
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4 Villages:
Architecture in Nepal, distributed by University of Chicago
Press, published by Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles,
1983 |
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| Exhibitions |
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4 Villages:
Architecture in Nepal, drawings and photographs of her
Nepal research. Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles,
1983. Funded by National Endowment for the Arts Grant |
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Marpha: A Nepalese
Village, part of a group exhibition at AIA headquarters
building, Washington, DC, 1979 |
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| Professional
Experience |
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1996-present “Your New Home”/”Housewatch” column syndicated to newspapers and Web sites across the country. |
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1994-1999 columnist,
Washington Post real estate section |
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1984-1994, writer
and columnist |
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1981-83, exhibition
curator, "4 Villages: Architecture in Nepal,"
wrote book of same title |
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1980 NEA Professional
Fellow in Nepal |
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1975-79 architectural
designer in Malaysia, Singapore and Washington, DC area |
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| Photography
Credits |
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Numerous publications
including the Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Herald Examiner
and Washington Post |
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| Partial List
of Published Articles |
| On Architecture: |
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"Tiger
Stadium: Save It or Scrap It?" (Detroit Metro Times) |
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"Parking
Garage Design: A Science and an Art Form" (Los Angeles
Times, Los Angeles Herald Examiner) |
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"LA High
Rises-Old and New Office Towers" (Los Angeles Times) |
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"Architects'
Liability Crisis" (Los Angeles Times) |
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"Gunnar
Birkerts: A Profile of Southeast Michigan's Most Famous
Architect" (Ann Arbor News) |
| On Business Management: |
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"Total
Quality-A Complete Management Overhaul at University of
Michigan Hospital Center, Integrating Design Concepts
into the Traditional Business School Curriculum"
(for University of Michigan publications) |
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| In Scholarly
Publications |
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Encyclopedia
of Vernacular Architecture of the World, contributor.
Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England, 1997 |
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Food Raising
Practices & Economic Development: Central Influences
in Nepalese Village House Forms, presented at the first
International Symposium on Traditional Dwellings and Settlements
in a Comparative Perspective, Center for Environmental
Design Research, University of California at Berkeley,
1988. Revised, 1993 |
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Economic Self
Sufficiency and the Effects of Economic Development on
Village Housing in Nepal, Population & Human Resources
Division Discussion Paper #82-4, The World Bank, Washington,
DC, 1982. Also published in Architecture, Milieu et Societe
en Himalaya, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique,
Meudon, France, 1988 |
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