women in architecture

Education
Barnard College Columbia University School of Architecture, architecture degree, 1950

Roles
1954 First black woman to be licensed as an architect
1980 First black woman to be inducted into the AIA College of Fellows
1987 Master Juror for the National Council of Architectural Registration Board
2003 Commissioner to the California Board of Architectural Examiners

Projects

• 1961 — 1966 Fox Plaza, San Francisco, California
• 1963 — 1965 San Bernadino City Hall, California
• 1972 — 1975 Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, California
• 1976 — 1978 The U.S. Embassy, Tokyo, Japan
• 1996 — 1998 Terminal One, Los Angeles International Airport

Architect (1928 — 2012)

“In architecture, I had absolutely no role model.
I´m happy today to be a role model for others that follow.”
    Norma Merrick Sklarek

Born in 1928, Norma Merrick Sklarek was the first African-American woman to be licensed as an architect in the United States and to be elected Fellow of the American Institute of Architects. In 1985, she helped establish the first architectural firm to be formed and managed by an African-American woman.

download profile:
Norma Merrick Sklarek

further links:
Architects Journal
American Institute of Architects (AIA)
LA Times
National Visionary Leadership Project
The Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation: Norma Merrick Sklarek

A video interview with Norma Merrick Sklarek on her life and career can be found at the National Visionary Leadership Project.