Mary McLeod (academic)

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Mary McLeod
Academic background
EducationPrinceton University
Thesis Urbanism and utopia : Le Corbusier from regional syndicalism to Vichy  (2007)

Mary Caroline McLeod is a professor of architectural history and theory at Columbia University known for her examination of modern architecture, especially the work of Le Corbusier. She is a fellow of the Society of Architectural Historians, and has received many fellowships and awards, including a Brunner Award, Fulbright Fellowship, NEH award, and grants from New York Council of the Arts and the Graham Foundation. [1]

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Education and career

McLeod has a B.S., M.Arch, and a Ph.D. from Princeton University. [2] As of 2021, she is a professor of architecture at Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP). [3] She has also previously worked as a professor at Harvard University, the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, University of Miami, and University of Kentucky. [3]

McLeod's essays have been published in journals and anthologies such as Oppositions , Assemblage , Art Journal , Harvard Design Magazine , AA Files, JSAH , Casabella, The Sex of Architecture, Architecture in Fashion, Architecture of the Everyday, Architecture and Feminism, The Pragmatist Imagination, Architecture Theory since 1968, The State of Architecture, Fragments: Architecture and the Unfinished, Le Parole dell'Architettura, and Modern Women: Women Artists at The Museum of Modern Art. [4] Her main focus is on modern architecture specially Le Corbusier [5] and she received the Arnold Brunner grant in 2015 which she used to research Le Corbusier's response to World War II. [6]

In 2019, McLeod was one of three who study architecture and joined to discuss Bauhaus architecture with Architectural Record. [7] McLeod has also published on the English architect Alan Colquhoun [8] and organized the 2021 colloquium celebrating his life. [9] McLeod and Victoria Rosner led an effort to expand knowledge about women in architecture through five years of research in the field. [10] Regarding women in architecture, McLeod has been quoted in the Christian Science Monitor for her work noting that female architects "...don't have as much panache for the big glitter jobs". [11] The website Pioneering Women of American Architecture, launched by the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation in 2017, continues to make visible the achievements of women's contributions to American architecture. [12]

Selected bibliography

Recognition

In 2020, McLeod was named a fellow of the Society of Architectural Historians. [13]

References

  1. ↑ "Yale School of architecture". YSoA. Retrieved 25 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "Graham Foundation > Grantees > Mary McLeod". grahamfoundation.org. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  3. 1 2 "Mary Mc Leod". Columbia GSAPP. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  4. ↑ "Mary McLeod: Architecture and Revolution: Le Corbusier's Urbanism and Politics, 1930–42 | Cornell AAP". aap.cornell.edu.
  5. ↑ "An Interview With Mary McLeod" . Architectural Theory Review. 7 (1): 65–78. 2002-04-01. doi:10.1080/13264820209478445. ISSN   1326-4826. S2CID   218638380.
  6. ↑ Sareva, Martta (March 25, 2015). "2015 Arnold W. Brunner Grant Winners Announced". AIA New York. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  7. ↑ Stephens, Suzanne (June 1, 2019). "Three Historians Discuss the Bauhaus". www.architecturalrecord.com. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  8. ↑ McLeod, Mary (2014). Colquhonery : Alan Colquhoun from bricolage to myth. London: Architectural Association. ISBN   978-1-907896-52-1.
  9. ↑ "EVENT: Close Readings: Alan Colquhoun 1921–2012. A Centenary Colloquium. Online, 25 June 2021". eahn. 2021-06-16. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  10. ↑ Fixsen, Anna (December 15, 2017). "New Website Spotlights America's Forgotten Female Architects". Metropolis. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  11. ↑ Strickland, Carol (2009-08-03). "Mosque modern". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN   0882-7729 . Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  12. ↑ Voon, Claire (2018-01-01). "A New Website Profiles Pioneering Female Architects". Hyperallergic. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
  13. ↑ "Society of Architectural Historians Names 2020 Class of Fellows". www.sah.org. Retrieved 2021-11-10.
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