Mary Caroline McLeod is a professor of architectural history and theory at
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York, commonly referred to as Columbia University, is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Churc ...
known for her examination of modern architecture, especially the work of
Le Corbusier
Charles-Édouard Jeanneret (6 October 188727 August 1965), known as Le Corbusier ( , ; ), was a Swiss-French architectural designer, painter, urban planner and writer, who was one of the pioneers of what is now regarded as modern architecture ...
. She is a fellow of the
Society of Architectural Historians
The Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) is an international not-for-profit organization that promotes the study and preservation of the built environment worldwide. Based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, the Society's 3,500 members inc ...
, and has received many fellowships and awards, including a Brunner Award, Fulbright Fellowship, NEH award, and grants from New York Council of the Arts and the Graham Foundation.
Education and career
McLeod has a B.S., M.Arch, and a Ph.D. from
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private university, private Ivy League research university in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. Founded in 1746 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, Elizabeth as the College of New Jersey, Princeton is the List of Colonial ...
. As of 2021, she is a professor of architecture at
(GSAPP).
She has also previously worked as a professor at
Harvard University
Harvard University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1636 and named for its first benefactor, the History of the Puritans in North America, Puritan clergyma ...
,
the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies
The Institute for Architecture & Urban Studies is a non-profit architecture studio and think tank located in Manhattan, New York, United States. The original Institute existed from 1967 to 1984, where it was a hub for experimental architectural ...
,
University of Miami
The University of Miami (UM, UMiami, Miami, U of M, and The U) is a private university, private research university in Coral Gables, Florida, United States. , the university enrolled 19,852 students in two colleges and ten schools across over ...
, and
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a Public University, public Land-grant University, land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky, United States. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical ...
.
McLeod's essays have been published in journals and anthologies such as ''
Oppositions
''Oppositions'' was an architectural journal produced by the Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies from 1973 to 1984. Many of its articles contributed to advancing architectural theory and many of its contributors became distinguished pra ...
'', ''
Assemblage'', ''
Art Journal'', ''
Harvard Design Magazine
''Harvard Design Magazine'' is a biannual publication of the Harvard Graduate School of Design
The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is the graduate school of design at Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Ma ...
'', ''AA Files'',
JSAH', ''Casabella'', ''The Sex of Architecture'', ''Architecture in Fashion'', ''Architecture of the Everyday'', ''Architecture and Feminism'', ''The Pragmatist Imagination'', ''Architecture Theory since 1968'', ''The State of Architecture'', ''Fragments: Architecture and the Unfinished'', ''Le Parole dell'Architettura'', and ''Modern Women: Women Artists at The Museum of Modern Art''. Her main focus is on modern architecture specially Le Corbusier and she received the Arnold Brunner grant in 2015 which she used to research Le Corbusier's response to World War II.
In 2019, McLeod was one of three who study architecture and joined to discuss
Bauhaus
The Staatliches Bauhaus (), commonly known as the , was a German art school operational from 1919 to 1933 that combined Decorative arts, crafts and the fine arts.Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 4th edn., ...
architecture with ''Architectural Record''. McLeod has also published on the English architect
Alan Colquhoun
Alan Harold Colquhoun (27 June 1921 – 13 December 2012) was an English architect, historian, critic and teacher.
Biography
Colquhoun was born in Eton, Buckinghamshire on 27 June 1921 and attended Bradfield School. He went on to study architec ...
and organized the 2021 colloquium celebrating his life. McLeod and Victoria Rosner led an effort to expand knowledge about women in architecture through five years of research in the field. Regarding women in architecture, McLeod has been quoted in the ''
Christian Science Monitor
''The Christian Science Monitor'' (''CSM''), commonly known as ''The Monitor'', is a nonprofit news organization that publishes daily articles both in electronic format and a weekly print edition. It was founded in 1908 as a daily newspaper b ...
'' for her work noting that female architects "...don't have as much panache for the big glitter jobs". The websit
Pioneering Women of American Architecture launched by the
Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation in 2017, continues to make visible the achievements of women's contributions to American architecture.
Selected bibliography
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Recognition
In 2020, McLeod was named a fellow of the Society of Architectural Historians.
References
External links
Pioneering women in architecture
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Architectural theoreticians
Architecture educators
Columbia University faculty
Princeton University School of Architecture alumni
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Women art historians