Audrey Borkenhagen b. 2 August 1936

  • Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Borkenhagen was an interior designer resident in Australia and active in in the 1960s. Sent to Sydney by Skidmore, Owings and Merrill to consult on the Qantas/Wentworth Hotel, she had established a Sydney practice by 1965. She designed the Summit Restaurant, Australia Square. She returned to California in 1980 opening her own interior design firm and later joined a company called Clement Chen and Associates, San Francisco.
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Name
Audrey Borkenhagen (later known as Audrey Threlfall)
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Designer (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Birth date
2 August 1936
Birth place
Des Plaines, Illinois, USA
Death date
5 August 1999
Death place
United States of America
Arrival
  • 1965 (From Chicago, USA)
Training
  • Arts:College of Environmental Design, Univ of Califoria, Berkeley, -

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