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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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