Marion Griffin b. 14 February 1871

Also known as Marion Lucy Mahony, Marion Mahony Griffin
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Working in the same league as Frank Lloyd Wright and Hermann von Holst, Marion eventually married and worked with Walter Burley Griffin on public and private architecture in Sydney and Melbourne.
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Name
Marion Griffin
Also known as:
  • Marion Lucy Mahony
  • Marion Mahony Griffin
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Architect (Architect / Interior Architect / Landscape Architect)
Other Occupation
  • architect (ANZSIC code: 6921)
Birth date
14 February 1871
Birth place
Chicago, IL, USA
Death date
10 August 1961
Death place
Chicago, IL, USA
Active Period
  • c.1894 - c.1961
Arrival
  • c.1912
Residence
  • 1938 - 1961 Chicago, IL, USA
  • c.1936 - c.1938 Lucknow, India
  • c.1922 - c.1925 Melbourne, Victoria
  • c.1871 - c.1912 Chicago, IL, USA
  • 1925 - 1938 Castlecrag, Sydney, NSW
Training
  • c.1893 - c.1894 BSc, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA, USA
Cultural Heritage
  • American
Languages
  • English
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References [<ExternalResource: Berkon, Susan F. (1977), 'Marion Mahony Griffin', Women in American Architecture Torre, Susana (ed.), New York.>, <ExternalResource: Hamann, Conrad; & Rubbo, Anna (1988), 'Walter Burley Griffin: A Review', Monash University, Clayton, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Hanna, Bronwyn (2000), 'Absence and Presence: A historiography of early women architects in New South Wales', PhD thesis, Architecture UNSW.>, <ExternalResource: Harrison, Peter, 'Walter Burley Griffin', Australian Dictionary of Biography, vol.9, Melbourne, Vic.>, <ExternalResource: Roe, Jill (1995), 'The magical world of Marion Mahony Griffin', in Minorities, Fitzgerald, S. and Wotherspoon, G. (ed) Sydney, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Walker, Henrietta C. (1916), 'Woman the Architect', Lone Hand, December, 1.>, <ExternalResource: Walker, Meredith; & Kabos, Adrienne; & Weirick, James (1994), 'Building for Nature: Walter Burley Griffin and Castlecrag', Castlecrag, NSW.>, <ExternalResource: Information sourced from Weirick, James.>]