Jane Drew
Jane,Drew
Dame,Jane,Drew,,DBE,,FRIBA,24,March,1911,–,27,July,1996,was,an,English,modernist,architect,and,town,planner,She,qualified,at,the,Architectural,Association,School,in,London,,and,prior,to,World,War,II,became,one,of,the,leading,exponents,of,the,Modern,Movement,in,London
At,the,time,Drew,had,her,first,office,,with,the,idea,of,employing,only,female,architects,,architecture,was,a,male,dominated,profession,She,was,active,during,and,after,World,War,II,,designing,social,and,public,housing,in,England,,West,Africa,,India,and,Iran,With,her,second,husband,Maxwell,Fry,she,worked,in,West,Africa,designing,schools,and,universities,,and,with,Fry,and,Pierre,Jeanneret,,on,the,housing,at,Chandigarh,,the,new,capital,of,the,Punjab,She,designed,buildings,in,Ghana,,Nigeria,,Iran,and,Sri,Lanka,,and,she,wrote,books,on,what,she,had,learnt,about,architecture,there,In,London,she,did,social,housing,,buildings,for,the,Festival,of,Britain,,and,helped,to,establish,the,Institute,of,Contemporary,Arts,After,retiring,from,practice,she,travelled,and,lectured,abroad,,receiving,several,honorary,degrees,She,was,awarded,the,Djane,drew,,jane,drew,wells,fargo,,jane,drew,architect,,jane,drew,prize,,jane,drew,waller,,jane,drew,and,maxwell,fry,Jane,Drew
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