Griffin, Marion Mahony

Marion Mahony Griffin

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Dates of Birth and Death

February 14, 1871-August 10, 1961

Birthplace

Chicago, Illinois

Education

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1894

Years of practice

1894–1950 (estimated)

Affiliations/Firms

  • Office of Dwight Heald Perkins, 64 E. Van Buren Street (Steinway Hall), Chicago, 1894–95
  • Office of Frank Lloyd Wright, Chicago, 1895–98
  • Oak Park Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright, Oak Park, Ill., 1898–1908 (intermittently)
  • Principal Designer, Office of Hermann Valentine von Holst, Chicago, 1909–12
  • Office of Walter Burley Griffin, Chicago, IL (USA), 1911–13 (office closed 1917)
  • Office of Walter Burley Griffin, Melbourne, Australia, 1915–25
  • Office of Walter Burley Griffin and Eric Nicholls, Sydney, Australia, 1925–c.1929 (retired from this office)
  • Office of Walter Burley Griffin, Lucknow, India (1936–37)

Professional organizations

  • Licensed Architect, State of Illinois (January 1898)
  • Chicago Arts and Crafts Society (founding member)
  • Chicago Architectural Club
  • Illinois Chapter of AIA

Major projects

  • All Souls Unitarian Church; Evanston, Ill., 1903 (demolished 1960)
  • Remodel of Gerald and Hattie Mahony House, Elkhart, Ind., 1907 (demolished, window in collection of the Chicago Art Institute)
  • David Amberg House, Grand Rapids, Mich., 1909 (in association with Hermann V. von Holst)
  • E. P. Irving House, Millikin Place, Decatur, Ill., 1909 (in association with Hermann V. von Holst)
  • Adolph Mueller House, Millikin Place, Decatur, Ill., 1909 (in association with Hermann V. von Holst)
  • Robert Mueller House, Millikin Place, Decatur, Ill., 1909–11 (in association with Hermann V. von Holst)
  • C. H. Wills House, Detroit, Mich., 1912 (unbuilt project in association with Hermann V. von Holst)
  • Fair Lane House for Henry Ford, Detroit, 1912 (unbuilt project in association with Hermann V. von Holst)
  • Plan for the international competition for the Australian Federal Capital at Canberra, Australia; 1912–13 (delineator and project manager in association with Walter Burley Griffin)
  • Fern Room, Cafe Australia, Melbourne, Australia, 1916 (in association with Walter Burley Griffin)
  • Capitol Theatre, Swanston Street, Melbourne, 1924 (in association with Walter Burley Griffin)
  • Ellen Mower House, 12 The Rampart, Castlecrag, Sydney, Australia, 1926 (in association with Walter Burley Griffin)
  • Creswick House, Castlecrag, Sydney, 1926 (in association with Walter Burley Griffin)
  • Pioneer Press Building; Lucknow, India, 1936 (in association with Walter Burley Griffin)

Awards, honors and press

  • Winning design for the Australian Federal Capital at Canberra, Federal Design Competition, 1912 (with partner/husband Walter Burley Griffin)

Location of architect’s archive

Avery Library, Columbia University, New York. National Library of Australia, Canberra Australia. Ryerson and Burnham Library, Art Institute of Chicago.
View Marion Mahony Griffin‘s profile on the Pioneering Women website.