Beverly Willis, Pioneering Champion of Women Architects, Dies
Beverly Willis, FAIA, born Feb. 17, 1928, an American architect who played a major role in the development of many architectural concepts and practices that influenced the design of cities and buildings, died the morning of Sunday, Oct. 1, in Branford, Connecticut, due to complications of Parkinson’s disease.
Willis began her career as an independent artist in 1954 and established her own firm as an architect in 1966. In 1980, she was one of the founders of the National Building Museum. In 2002, she founded the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation. Today, Willis is included in an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, Emerging Ecologies, for her pioneering work on computer land analysis.