Newsletter Archive
| Apr/Jun 2024 | Editor's Note New OWA+DP website to launch Recap on 2023 programs |
| Jan/Mar 2024 | Editor's Note How about a good conversation? Update on Retreat 2024 More images of the Emirates Eames Archive, Richmond California |
| Oct/Dec 2023 | Editor's Note: Legacy presentation HOK Office Tour and Talk Saturday Night Music and Dance Landscape Presentation by Leslie Golden |
| Jul/Sep 2023 | Editor's Note More on the Gala Gala More Gala photos can be found on our web site Remembering Suzanne Stewart |
| Apr/Jun 2023 | Editor's Note The Unrealized Vision of Architect Merle Easton’s “School Street Concept" Tour of SFO Terminal 1 |
| Jan/Mar 2023 | Editor's Note Speakers for the Anniversary Symposium Triton Museum Visit OWA+DP Holiday Party |
| Nov/Dec 2022 | Editor's Note LiDAR Seminar Retreat Art Project 2022 Retreat Photos |
| Sep/Oct 2022 | Editor's Note |
| Jul/Aug 2022 | Editor's Note A different kind of inspiration Art Quilt Retreat Project 2022 Visit Porcelanosa |
| May/Jun 2022 | Editor's note What has inspired us recently? Inspiration 2022 What Inspires Me Meet one of our new SC member - Nazila Duran |
| Mar/Apr 2022 | Editor's Note Inspiration Retreat theme for 2022 Refugee shelters and Ukrainian architecture Ukraine's Architectural Treasures Face Destruction How can you help and what can you donate? |
| Jan/Feb 2022 | Editor's Note: Reinvention Career Transitions Thoughts about Retirement New Steering Committee members |
| Nov/Dec 2021 | Editor's Note: 2021 Retreat Talk Synopsis Saturday Retreat Recap Teaching Positions |
| Sep/Oct 2021 | Editor's Note 2021 OWA Retreat is On Women we should know about More Women in the News |
| Jul/Aug 2021 | Editor' Note: 50th Anniversary Symposium 50th Anniversary Gala 50th Anniversary Travel Anniversary Exhibit Retreat - 24-26 September 2021 Kathryn Anthony - recipient of 2021 AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion |
| May/Jun 2021 | Editor's Note: Artist and Handyman Roz Koo Obituary Remembering Roz Koo |
| Mar/Apr 2021 | Editor's Note: Our New Steering Committee Member White Columns and Elongated Dome Life during lockdown Obituary Carolina Woo Remembering Carolina Woo Selected projects by Carolina Woo |
| Jan/Feb 2021 | Editor's note: Dialogue on Anti-racism Donation to Hamilton Families Monthly Meeting 2021 |
| Nov/Dec 2020 | Editor's Note: OWA Virtual Retreat Aloha Quarantine Wedding Qurantine Time Running my Office during Covid 19 Reminiscence |
| Sep/Oct 2020 | Editor's Note Clara Irazabal-Zurita - Fulbright Scholar Award Interview with Burkina Faso Architect - Francis Kéré Celebrating 30 Years of ADA Something to Pick Our Spirits Up |
| Jul/Aug 2020 | Editor's Note Our First Twenty-five Years Community Work Update on Current Activities |
| May/Jun 2020 | A note from your editor Making Masks Lockdown as a defining event of our lives Working during lockdown |
| Mar/Apr 2020 | A note from your editor At The table Planning the Retreat Remembering Sandra Vivanco |
| Jan/Feb 2020 | A note from your Editor OWA+DP Treasurer – what do they do? Fateful Meeting How I ended up on a farm in Northern Ireland Calendar 2020 |
| Nov/Dec 2019 | Happy New Year! Call for entries: THE LIFE CYCLES OF WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE Steering Committee transition meeting OWA+DP: Women's March Oakland 2020 Time to renew! |
| Sep/Oct 2019 | The Personal in the Profession needs more work! UPCOMING EVENT: OWADP Holiday Party 2019! PAST EVENT: Annual Business Meeting New Steering Committee Statements Donation to Hamilton Family! |
| Jul/Aug 2019 | WIA Exhibit 2020 NEW STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS NEEDED OWA 2019 Annual Business Meeting Webinar Training | Get Started Writing & Get Your Name Out There SAN FRANCISCO LIVING: HOME TOURS |
| May/Jun 2019 | IAWA meeting Only 7 spots remain for the retreat! Sign up today! YAX scholarship award ceremony, 2019 16th annual Architecture + the City (September 1-30) - San Francisco Salesforce Park Tour Guided by PWP Landscape Architecture |
| Mar/Apr 2019 | Remembering: Spring Ruth Friedlander 1943 - 2019 YOUR HISTORY IS IMPORTANT: IAWA meeting in June 2019 OWA+DP Retreat 2019: Housing and Gentrification EMPOWERING AIASF Small Firms, Great Projects: 15th Edition **Membership Discount** |
| Jan/Feb 2019 | Note from the Editor Upcoming event: OWA business forum Time to RENEW your 2019 Membership !! Sign up for 2019 Retreat! Rebuilding together San Francisco : She-Builds 2019! 2019 OWA+DP events: |
| Nov/Dec 2018 | Happy New Year + Holiday Party OWA+DP Meeting at Now What?! Exhibition, CCA Galleries, Dec 6, 2018 OWA+DP: Women's March San Francisco 2019 Steering Committee transition meeting Time to renew! |
| Sep/Oct 2018 | Member Spotlight :: Hannah Chatham PAST EVENT: #me too and you event Annual Retreat 2018 : Celebration of 45 Years and Why OWA+DP Matters PAST EVENT: Annual Business Meeting Steering Committee Candidate Statements Donation to Hamilton Family! Upcoming event :: Now What?! Advocacy, Activism & Alliances in American Architecture since 1968 |
| Jul/Aug 2018 | Interview with Cindy Li, ACE Scholarship award recipient OWA EVENT: Somatic Design: How the Body Makes Marks: Toward a Somatic Shift in Architecture Housing as Intervention: Architecture towards Social Equity In memory of Lois Davidson Gottlieb OWA Annual Business Meeting AIASF Equity by Design fifth Symposium on November 3, 2018 |
| May/Jun 2018 | Member Spotlight :: Helen Vasquez YAX scholarship award ceremony Interview with Naomi Hawksley, YAX Scholarship awarded Upcoming event :: # Me Too& You, Register now! Sign up for 2018 Retreat! ACE Mentoring award ceremony Past Event :: Book Talk with Christie Coffin |
| Mar/Apr 2018 | Book Talk with Christie Coffin ACE Mentoring Scholarship Youth art exchange Scholarship OWA + DP presents #Me Too 2018 Milan Furniture Fair, April 17-22nd OWA Mixer at Farley's East Women in Architecture Award 2018 winners AIA SF Small Firms, Great Projects Submission Women in Architecture Forum & Awards: Celebrate Design Leadership |
| Jan/Feb 2018 | OWA+DP at Women's March in OAKLAND OFFICIAL BUSINESS TRANSITION MEETING 2018 PROGRAMS TIME TO RENEW!! |
| Nov/Dec 2017 | Note from the editor Happy New Year + Holiday Party ACE Mentoring Update ** OWA+DP Library ** Member Spotlight : Nastaran Mousavi Recent and Upcoming Events Women In Architecture and Design | Online Wanderings Welcome New Members! |
| Sep/Oct 2017 | Note from the Editor 2017 Retreat in Photos First Four Female AA Students *** UPCOMING EVENTS *** Welcome New Members! Join the OWA+DP Steering Committee! Outstanding! Building Tour of LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Willows in the Wind: A Parent Support Group for Parents of Struggling Teens Uncross Your Fingers Indemnity Relief For Design Professionals! Galen Cranz Nominated Speaker at Univ of Illinois EAMES at ODC: January 2018 Past Event: July 29th: Saturday Coffee and Chat Past Event: July 11th: Engaging youth: empowering future architects, planners and designers! Passing of Cory Kutsenkow |
| Mar/Apr 2017 | Note from the Editor OWA+DP Member Retreat | Save the Date! OWA+DP Logo Competition | Call for Submissions Building Tour : LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour Sketches by Nayive Kalkach Berkeley City Club | Ongoing Tours Forensic Architecture Panel | Event Report A Conversation with Architect Wendy Bertrand ** Membership ** Official Business |
| Jan/Feb 2017 | Note from the Editor Looking to Our 50th Anniversary - A Book to Tell Our Story Assessing the Archives, Getting the Book Started ACE Mentoring and the Laney College Tiny House Women's March Washington DC Member Spotlight :: Conyee Chan Official Business 2017 Programs ** Membership ** |
| Nov/Dec 2016 | Get to Know a Member in 5 Questions Welcome New Members News from Our Members After the Election, A Conversation Editorial Holiday Party |
| Sep/Oct 2016 | Get to Know a Member in 5 Questions Annual Retreat Julia Morgan Lectures Annual Business Meeting News from Our Members Welcome New Members |
| Jul/Aug 2016 | Get to Know a Member in 5 Questions Equity by Design Programs City Slickers Farm SFO Tour Autodesk Book Review: Sharing the Work A Conversation with My Dentist Members Steering Committee Meeting Highlights |
| May/Jun 2016 | Get to Know a Member in 5 Questions Galen Cranz talks about Ethnography for Designers Programs Steering Committee Meeting Highlights The Underground Architect Who Saved Paris Members |
| Mar/Apr 2016 | Get to Know a Member in 5 Questions After Zaha Hadid, a Few Questions The Work of Mary Colter Steering Committee Meeting Highlights Visioning Retreat Book Preview: Resilience by Design Members Details |
| Jan/Feb 2016 | Note from the Editor Get to Know a Member in 5 Questions What You Can Do to Help Women in Architecture and Design Official Business Programs for 2016 Film Review: Lutah Membership |
| Nov/Dec 2015 | Lutah Marie Riggs Film Comments of the Editor City Slicker Farms' West Oakland Farm and Park Slated to Open in March Lucia Travels to the Czech Republic Grabstejn and the Hotel on Ještěd Mountain The Hospital of Kuks The Benes Villa at Seimovo Usti |
| Sep/Oct 2015 | The Newsletter: to Mail or not to Mail ANNUAL MEETING CHANGE OF VENUE! Notes from the Editor Steering Committee Candidates' Statements Brainstorming IDEO Style PLAYFUL LANDSCAPE INTERVENTIONS AT WESTERBEKE Let's Partner with PARLOUR Dare to Discuss Gender: Book Circle #11 PROFILE: Darlene Jang, AIA, OWA, Barcelon Jang Architecture |
| Jul/Aug 2015 | Editor's Comments NEW STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS NEEDED Nancy Florence, Architect, February 8, 1935 - July 24, 2015: Bobbie Sue Hood remembers her friend and colleague as part of the evolution of women architects over the past 40 years Memorial Service for Nancy Florence |
| May/Jun 2015 | Editor's Comments The Annual OWADP Retreat Register for the 18th Annual UIFA Congress Equity in Architecture at 2015 AIA National Convention ATLAIANTA 2015: Reflections on the 2015 AIA National Convention OWADP tour of Blake Garden |
| Mar/Apr 2015 | The Origins of the Steering Committee Julia Morgan and Feminism: Letter to the OWA/DP Editor, April 1974 Julia Morgan Tour of Chinatown Book Review of Gender Intelligence by Barbara Annis and Keith Merron In Memory of Sigrid Lorenzen-Rupp The Berkeley-Rupp Architecture Professorship and Prize Sheila Kennedy, 2014 Recipient of the Berkeley-Rupp Prize |
| Jan/Feb 2015 | Editor's Comments Movie Reveiw of She's Beautiful When She's Angry Road Trip to an Inland Presidio Honor Your Achievements - IAWA The Thrill of the Hunt: Amazing Buildings OWA Book Circle + AIASF Missing 32% Discuss Feminism and Architecture Panel Discussion on Guiding Your Career at January Meeting CASp Accessibility Training March 2-5 |
| Nov/Dec 2014 | Reflections on the Third Missing 32% Symposium -- Equity by Design Feminism and Architecture: Where To Next? Early Women Architects Daring to Design Modern Remembering Teresa Sevilla Report on Our 2014 Annual Business Meeting Lesser Known Resources on the OWA Website Building Health Forum Nov 11, USGBC-Northern CA Chapter Berkeley Mayor Honors Architect Sandhya Sood Sarah Moos Finalist in Curbed Young Guns Community Builders Competition |
| Sep/Oct 2014 | Oct 21st: 2014 Annual Business Meeting Steering Committee Candidate Statements An Inspiring and Improvisational Retreat OWA Retreat - Living Proof that We Can Do It Girls Who Grow Up to be Architects Equity by Design: Knowledge, Discussion, Action! Oct 18th Feminism and Architecture: Intergenerational Conversations Women in Architecture 1974-2014: Nov 7-9, WashU St Louis GPPA Accessibility Seminar - SF, Nov 1 Documentary Honors Lutah Maria Riggs Charlayne Sakamoto Has New Baby Boy! Save the Date: Dec. 6 OWA Holiday Party |
| Jul/Aug 2014 | Register Now -- Missing 32% Symposium 2014! Sept 12-14 Weekend -- 2014 Annual Retreat Remembering Architect Mary Laleyan Julia Morgan's 2014 AIA Gold Medal Conferral Beverly Willis: "I Express Our Collective and Respectful Anger. . . I Express our Collective Joy" July Panel / Discussion on "Aging in Place" Brief Update from the Steering Committee Naomi Horowitz launches nih architecture Lian Eoyang Wins Marvin "Architects Challenge" Sculptor Looks to Women's Groups |
| May/Jun 2014 | JULY 15 Panel Discussion: Aging in Place and International Design Upcoming OWA 2014 Annual Retreat - Westerbeke Ranch, Sept 12-14 Weekend Your Membership & Annual Renewal Supports & Promotes Women in Design-Related Fields Thomas Church May Home & Gardens Tour Sharing What We Do: Learning from Urban Disasters Preservation + Disaster Recovery Housing - Galveston |
| Mar/Apr 2014 | Sowing Sustainability Women in Green Sparks Discussion at Book Circle 9 Community Sustenance and History of Place 50,000 Trees May 20 Event: Thomas Church Home and Gardens May 21 Event: OWA & SFAIA host Alexandra JaYeun Lee 2014 OWA RETREAT Sept 12-14 - Save the Date! OWA Members Tour California Hotel Joanne Chow Winship Photograph Exhibited Soskol Gateway Transit Center Kimberly Bowes: Next American Academy in Rome Director Book Circle #10 Contested Spaces: Politicizing the Female Body |
| Jan/Feb 2014 | 2014 Steering Committee Book Circle 9 - Women in Green: Voices of Sustainability A Maternal Wall? IIDP Panel Feb 12 2013 Accessibility Standards & CASp Training Hamilton Family Center Thank You Joint Event Held with NAWIC San Francisco Joanne Chow Winship Photograph Selected Missing 32% - Equity in Architecture Survey "Alternative Futures" Visionary Architecture If You Build It Two Articles by Sandhya Sood on Julia Morgan Architecture + Women.NZ Perkins Eastman's Growing San Francisco Office Keep Your Membership Current! Job Opening: Oakland Heritage Alliance |
| Nov/Dec 2013 | Event: January 8, 2014, Managing Design Risks Ray Eames Exhibit Julia Morgan, first woman architect to win AIA Gold Medal Book Circle 8 Summary Annual Holiday Party and Benefit for Hamilton Family Center |
| Sep/Oct 2013 | The Annual Business Meeting: how important it is! Steering Committee Candidate Statements Job Opportunity Forum International Archive of Women in Architecture Event November 7, 2013: Lean In, Women, Work and the Will to Lead Getting to know one of our members: Galen Cranz |
| Jul/Aug 2013 | Sign Up! The upcoming OWA Annual Retreat Sept. 20-22 Gilda Puente Peters Accessibility Training Seminar August 2 Julia Donoho and a mission for women to receive the AIA Gold Medal Award Golden Associates recognized by Oakland City Council An article on Boston.com about Anna Cobb, America's first female architect |
| May/Jun 2013 | A Resolution to Modify OWA Name to OWDP Kickoff to the Mentoring Program June 11 Announcing the OWA Annual Retreat OWA Sponsors AIA's Missing 32% Series OWA is on Facebook NOMA Celebrates its 40th year too Leslie Allen: Buckelew Art Show and Fundraiser Growing a Small Firm: Elevating the Role of Women OWA Book Circle: Lean in by Sheryl Sandberg |
| Mar/Apr 2013 | A Successful Symposium OWA Symposium April 13th Information about the Anniversary Cruise in the Mediterranean Report on the OWA 40th Anniversary Gala OWA Book Circle Report 7: Various Articles on Gender and Architectural Discourse Petition to recognize Denise Scott Brown Sandhya Sood on Julia Morgan Gioconda R. Simmonds: Through the lens of a Hispanic female Architect |
| Jan/Feb 2013 | Membership Renewal Reminder 40th Anniversary Symposium Member Exhibition Jean Hansen Awarded LEED Fellow Designation Gilda Puente Peters Offers ADA Accessibility Course Esin Karilova is teaching a Kitchen Design class at UC Berkeley Extension |
| Nov/Dec 2012 | OWA 40th Anniversary Gala Invitations Reminder City College SF's Chinatown Campus is offering a Revit Class OWA's 40th Anniversary Symposium in 2013 update Houses that Work, Houses that Grow: Learning from Julia Morgan; a Sandhya Sood Lecture Suzan Swabacker Offers to Coordinate Internships OWA Book Circle 6 Report Alfa Freysdóttir Shares her Thesis |
| Sep/Oct 2012 | Save the Date, OWA's 40th Anniversary Celebration in 2013 The Missing 32%: A Symposium on Women in Architecture The Julia Morgan Festival Save the Date: OWA will run Bay to Breakers, 2013 Inaugural Rupp Prize awarded to Deborah Berke News from OWA member Sandra Vivanco Jiane Du: Public Service Center, Truckee, CA Renewed Interest in the Status of Women Architects |
| Jul/Aug 2012 | OWA Program, Aug 21: Kaiser Hospital Construction Site Special OWA Program for September 18: A Tour of the San Francisco PUC Building Christie Coffin Reports from India OWA Member featured in The Palo Alto Weekly California Clubs of Distinction: Accessibility at Health Clubs Book Circle 5: Women and the Everyday City Private tour of Rocio Romero Homes, Sept 22nd Notes on Getting Licensed in California |
| May/Jun 2012 | OWA June 12 Program: Attracting Clients You Love OWA April Program Report: Tips from a Client's Point of VIew OWA 40th Anniversary Report OWA 40th Anniversary Trip: Mediterranean Cruise OWA-Sponsored Ace Mentee Jazmin Orozco Joanne Chow Winship at Rayko Gallery Sandhya Sood Receives Award Leslie Moldow: Design Trends for an Aging Population Wendy Bertrand: Enamored with Place: As Woman + As Architect Leslie Golden Landscape Associates Announcements A Frank Lloyd Wright Tour and Dinner Event The Julia Morgan Festival Gala Oliver Ranch Tour benefitting Art at the Cheese Factory |
| Mar/Apr 2012 | Report: Set Your Priorities & Vision for Your 2012 Success! OWA April Program: Tips from the Client's Point of View Oliver Ranch Tour, A Benefit for Art at the Cheese Factory From Arch Daily: An interesting study on Women in Architecture Book Circle Report: Architecture: A Woman’s Profession Edited by Tanja Kulluck |
| Jan/Feb 2012 | OWA Program Feb. 21: Maria Cristini; Set your Priorities and Vision for your 2012 Success! ACE Mentoring Program starts up February 8 A Reminder to Pay Your Annual Dues Members thank Mui Ho for Hosting the Annual Holiday Party Hamilton Family Center Thanks OWA for Donations A.C.T. Presents a Play About Architects Design San Francisco, Feb. 1-3, 2012 and a Special Event Book Circle 3: Women and the Making of the Modern House |
| Nov/Dec 2011 | Annual Holiday Party Increase Your Visibility on the Web with OWA-USA.org City of San Francisco HRC Small Business Event: "Maximizing Your Success with Public Works Contracts" 12/12/11 OWA Members Tour City College of San Francisco Latest Campus Building Under Construction Annual Meeting Endorses Four New Steering Committee Members Inge Horton: Winner of 2010 Milka Bliznakov Prize Golden Associates, Landscape Architects, add new Senior Associate |
| Sep/Oct 2011 | OWA Annual Business Meeting, October 18, 2011, 6 - 9 PM OWA Video Taping Monday Nov 7th 1pm - 4pm From Iceland to the OWA Retreat at Westerbeke Annual Retreat at Westerbeke - Sustaining Places Slide Mosaic OWA Pods Women's Leadership Summit: Advancing Women in Leadership Positions |
| Jul/Aug 2011 | How to Talk About What We Do... What OWA Means to Me American Academy in Rome: Rome Prize 2012 July 31 Reception for Leslie Allen Paintings Get to Know Your OWA Colleagues by Joining the OWA Steering Committee Annual Retreat at Westerbeke, September 16-18. Julia Morgan 2012 Register for Volunteer Day at Mosswood Park |
| May/Jun 2011 | OWA Annual Westerbeke Retreat: 16 - 18 September 2011 Nominations Open for OWA 2012 Steering Committee Website Addition - Member Portfolio List June 7 Live Web Presentation at 6PM: Investments with Lisa Kleissner Visioning Retreat Focuses on What Makes OWA Vital Summary: Healthy Alternatives for Interior Finishes & Materials OWA Scholarship Award, ACE Mentor Program Gilda Puente-Peters: Accessibility Seminar - June 16th Architecture Firm Enjoys Aspen's Designation Leslie Allen Painting Show Reception - July 31 |
| Mar/Apr 2011 | Invitation to OWA Visioning Retreat in Lafayette on May 7th Healthy Alternatives Presentation April 19 Call for Steering Committee Nominees and Newsletter Articles Announcing OWA Scholarship Program NEWS FROM THE MEMBERSHIP: GAB Report: Promoting Green Projects, Products and the OWA Solar Opportunity Great News from Topher Delaney University of Iceland Centennial Lectures Current Exhibitions on View Book Circle #2: Discrimination by Design |
| Jan/Feb 2011 | Introducing Our New Steering Committee Members Public Relations and Group Outreach Project OWA Welcomes Beverly Willis In Memorium: Early OWA Member Rebecca Wood Watkin Fox Theater Tour Book Circle #1: Early Women Architects of the San Francisco Bay Area RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP FOR 2011 |
| Nov/Dec 2010 | Notes from the Editor OWA Holiday Party and Gifts to the Hamilton House Public Relations and Group Outreach Project October Annual Business Meeting 2010 Membership Survey Summary November Steering Committee Summary OWA Book Circle New Website Features In Memoriam: Milka Tscherneva Bliznakov Office Spaces to Rent Announcements |
| Sep/Oct 2010 | Editors Notes OWA Urban Vitality Exhibition Constructed Wetland Lecture Steering Committee Nominee - Susan Aitken Sterring Committee Nominee - Suzan Swabacker Steering Committee Nominee - Dede Tave Request for Projects to Photograph by Joanne Chow Winship Proposals to promote OWA Mission Westerbeke Retreat |
| Jul/Aug 2010 | OWA Schedule Annual OWA Westerbeke Retreat September 24-26, 2010 Design Competition and Events around the Bay July Marketing Tips STEERING COMMITTEE NOMINATIONS DUE AUGUST 30. Sandhya Sood: Book Launch New Book Chronicles 100 Years of UC Berkeley's Architecture Department June Meeting - Rainwater Harvesting OWA Policy and Procedures Sub Committee Mentorship Program OWA Health Plan Members in the Community: theonepercent.org |
| May/Jun 2010 | Editor's Note Meeting Report: Search Engines, Social Media and Marketing May Marketing Tips Lectures and Events around the Bay Award and Recognition: Cary Bernstein and Alice Prussin Steering Committee Notes OWA Policy and Procedures Working Group OWA Mentorship Program OWA Health Plan OWA 2010 Dues Reminder June Meeting Event: Rain Water Harvesting Members in the Community |
| Mar/Apr 2010 | Presentation Report: UC Berkeley Archives Search Engine Optimization, Social Media and Marketing |
| Jan/Feb 2010 | Editor's Note General Meetings in 2010 OWA Program: CED Archive Lecture and Tour Steering Committee Update Meet Our New Steering Committee Members New Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws Holiday Benefit Party OWA Policy Manual - Sub Committee Mentorship Program 80% Federally Funded Program for new hires in Alameda County! |
| Nov/Dec 2009 | Editor's Note New Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws Organizational Structure and Behavior Holiday Benefit Party Mignon's Wedding OWA Steering Committee News: Health Insurance with the OWA |
| Sep/Oct 2009 | Editor's Note Vote on OWA new Bylaws and Articles Seattle Architectural Tour Upcoming Events-Laguna Honda Hospital Tour Westerbeke Retreat Report OWA-AIA Architecture and the City Exhibition and Reception |
| Jul/Aug 2009 | Editior's Note OWA Panel Discussion: Women in Green, Aug 18th OWA Exhibition for AIASF Architecture in the City, Sep 1st Member's Forum: Annette Janotta OWA Tour of San Francisco Federal Building |
| May/Jun 2009 | Editor's Note Mignon O'Young's Green Architecture and Building Report OWA Westerbeke Retreat 2009 OWA-AIA Reception and Exhibition OWA Health Plan Meeting |
| Mar/Apr 2009 | Editor's Note Member's Forum Disabled Access Course April 4th OWA-AIA Reception April 30th Designing the Green Transport Refueling Hub OWA Program: Real Estate by Design with Candice Hyde-Wang |
| Jan/Feb 2009 | Editor's Note OWA Program: Real Estate by Design - Candice Hyde-Wang Inge Horton's Pioneer Women in Architecture Letter from Hamilton Family Center New Steering Committee member: Carolyne Orazi International Archive of Women in Architecture Member's Forum Time to Renew Your Membership! |
| Nov/Dec 2008 | Editor's Note Holiday Benefit Party- 7 December 2008 Honor Your Professional Legacy OWA Annual Business Meeting Summary 2008 Annual Retreat: Watercolor Journaling 2008 OWA Calendar |
| Sep/Oct 2008 | Editors Note Early Careers in Architecture: a Panel Presentation A Visit with Julia Morgan Mui Ho: Something to share with all my OWA friends A Reminder About Additions to the OWA Web Site |
| May/Jun 2008 | Featured Members: Wendy Bertrand, Susan Hershman Christ the Light Cathedral Tour Photos Summer Reading Call for InDesign Expertise A Reminder About Additions to the OWA Web Site |
| Mar/Apr 2008 | One Women Architect's Journey: Ireland Spenders vs. Savers: Financial Planning with Gregory Hannah Architectural Tour: Cathedral of Christ the Light New Steering Committee Member: Darlene Jang Call for Entries: The XVI Pan-American Biennale The Path of an Artist: Painting Tour of France Additions to the OWA Website. |
| Jan/Feb 2008 | Two for One on Tuesday, February 5th! Membership Renewal Book Review: Letters from Women in Architecture OWA Holiday Party Photos New Steering Committee Members Off the Calendar: Potential OWA Tours On the Calendar Additions to the OWA Website. |
| Sep/Oct 2007 | Westerbeke Retreat Norwegian Council on Accessibility IAWA and Sigrid's Bequest Photos from Retreat Hello from Women in Architecture OWA Annual Planning Meeting California Building Code 2007 OWA Calendar Sep/Oct 2007 |
| Jul/Aug 2007 | In Memoriam: Vera E. Jansone (1915-2004) New Book on Green Architecture Postcard from Vietnam The Greening of StopWaste.org Retreat Reminder Announcement: UFIA Conference in Bucharest Annual Planning Meeting OWA Calendar Jul/Aug 2007 |
| Mar/Apr 2007 | Prepare for the Inevitable The Russ Building The San Francisco Conservatory of Music at the Civic Center Update: Health Net Lawsuit Hats Off, Hands Together for... RSVP Yahoo! Group Task Force |
| Jan/Feb 2007 | Estate Planning with Nancy Jarvis Travelogue from the Editor My Favorite Things Informal Group Events OWA Annual Donation Yahoo! Group Holiday Benefit Party On the Move Newest Steering Committee Member 2007 OWA Calendar |
| Nov/Dec 2006 | Annual Retreat at Westerbeke Ranch, Sonoma Memorial Bench Donation OWA Annual Donation Steering Committee Adieu Steering Committee Solicitation Yahoo! Group December Holiday Benefit Party |
| Sep/Oct 2006 | Lighting Tour of BMS and Nevitot Shalom My Heart Attack OWA Retreat Reminder Photos from OWA's Housing for Nicaragua Meeting |
| Jul/Aug 2006 | Housing for Nicaragua OWA Member Nan Croley (1939 – 2006) New Steering Committee Members XV Quito Architecture Biennale In Search Of... |
| May/Jun 2006 | Nan Croley (1939-2006) Architectural Tour of the de Young Museum North Beach Citizens: A Neighborhood Model to End Homelessness OWA Mentorship Mixer Special Thanks Steering Committee Retreat OWA Yahoo Group |
| Mar/Apr 2006 | How I Became an Architectural Tour Guide OWA Mentorship Program - Guidelines February's Meeting - Universal Design Of Interest: Third Annual Bay-Friendly Garden Tour Steering Committee In Search of... |
| Jan/Feb 2006 | Accessibility and Universal Design Presentation Your Dues are Due OWA Web Site Improvements Holiday Benefit Party OWA Mentorship Program Steering Committee Meeting General Information |
| Nov/Dec 2005 | 2005 Retreat: Space, Place and Grace December's Holiday Benefit Party October's Meeting on Acoustical Design New Steering Committee Members In Search of... Of Interest: Green Dollhouse Project OWA Health Insurance Update |
| Sep/Oct 2005 | Do We Have Your Email Address? Program 100: Overview of Acoustical Design OWA's August Book Exchange Hidden Treasures in Peru Upcoming Events |
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| May/Jun 2005 | Do We Have Your Email Address? Socially Responsible Investing Donation to the Conservatory of Flowers Website and Yahoo Groups Update Ecological Planning in Tibet Upcoming Events Grants for Research on Women in Architecture Meeting General Information Photos from the Private Tour of the Conservatory of Flowers |
| Mar/Apr 2005 | Do We Have Your Email Address? This Old Conservatory Director of the Conservatory of Flowers: SCOT D. MEDBURY Join the OWA Yahoo Group Your Dues are Due Looking for SWAM Firms Mahoney Architects named winner Meeting General Information Orit Yanai's Earth Plaster Wall Finish Demonstration sc meeting |
| Jan/Feb 2005 | Do We Have Your Email Address? Earth Plaster Wall Finishes: Demonstration Greenbuild goes to Portland Join the OWA Yahoo Group Your Dues are Due Julia Morgan Birthday Party: January 20, 2005 Documenting the Dammed Meeting General Information Annual Meeting and Holiday Benefit Party |
| Nov/Dec 2004 | Six Programs for Defeating Homelessness Holiday Benefit Party OWA Health Insurance We Want Your Email Address The Miracle of Ghee New Steering Committee Members Documenting the Dammed Snapshots from the 2004 OWA Retreat |
| Sep/Oct 2004 | South China Vernacular Architecture Obligations to Persons with Disabilities OWA Health Insurance We Want Your Email Address 2004 Annual LEADD* Dinner Groundbreaking Women in Construction |
| Jul/Aug 2004 | In Memoriam - Sigrid Lorenzen Rupp, 1943-2004 OWA Health Insurance Annual OWA Retreat : Westerbeke Ranch Sep 17-19 Profile: Jill Pilaroscia |
| May/Jun 2004 | OWA Scholarship for AAUW Tech Trek at Mills Shades of Green Photos of Filoli Garden New and Old Steering Committee Members Strong Women Summit June 4-6 |
| Mar/Apr 2004 | Filoli Garden Tour Asian Art Museum: Architectural Tour The Changing Faces of Architecture RIBA: Why do women leave architecture? New Steering Committee Members Wanted: OWA Archival Material |
| Jan/Feb 2004 | Editor's Note OWA Program: Mediation in Construction Mignon O'Young Photography Exhibit Reception Ugly Food in Beautiful Barcelona Film Recommendation: "MY ARCHITECT" Space for Rent Steering Committee News |
| Nov/Dec 2003 | Editor's Note Holiday Benefit Party Gala Dinner at Treasue Island Bay to Breakers -- run run run Ecuador Trip Symposium at UC Berkeley Recap Keeping in Touch in Barcelona Steering Committee News |
| Sep/Oct 2003 | Editor's Note Symposium Reminder: Toward an Engaged Architecture A Nontraditional Career |
| Jul/Aug 2003 | Editor's Note OWA Program - Tour of Berkeley Central Library Anniversary Ecuador Trip History of the OWA The OWA Symposium - Toward an Engaged Architecture |
| May/Jun 2003 | Editor's Note San Francisco Bay to Breakers OWA Gala Dinner Recap OWA Gala Dinner Photos Available Orit Yanai – Special Effects in Painting Visit ArchVoices |
| Mar/Apr 2003 | Editor's Note OWA Program - Tuesday 22 April 2003 Update on 30th Anniversary Celebration 30th Anniversary Bay to Breakers Run September Symposium Planning Symposium Program OWA Anniversary Retreat Recap of February Meeting |
| Jan/Feb 2003 | Editor's Note 2003 Calendar 2003 Anniversary OWA Retreat Notes From Barcelona Wanted: Long-Lost OWA Members OWA Finances Tricia Felber on Interior Art and Design - Feb 11 OWA 30th Anniversary Gala Party Steering Committee Note |
| Nov/Dec 2002 | Editor's Note Upcoming OWA Events 2003 Calendar Trip to Ecuador 30th Anniversary Gala Party Symposium Speaker Profiles Member Profiles Website |
| Sep/Oct 2002 | Editor's Note Trip to Ecuador Upcoming OWA Events Calendar Space Available to Share Steering Committee Note Website |
| Jul/Aug 2002 | Editor's Note Third Milka Bliznakov Prize Competition International Archive of Women in Architecture Book Review: Designing for Diversity Member Interview: Margaret Chu May Meeting: "Ono Maz" Restaurant Tricia on Plastering Steering Committee Note July Meeting: Darlene Jang, Speaker Website |
| May/Jun 2002 | Editor's Note Upcoming OWA Events Laura Eichel bids farewell 30th Anniversary Celebration The New OWA Web Site! Member Interview - Rosemary Muller Member Interview - Patricia McGowan OWA May Event - Omo Maze Restaurant OWA June Event -Fairyland Members' News |
| Mar/Apr 2002 | Editor's Note The New OWA Website! OWA March Event - Green Buildings OWA May Event - Ono Maze Restaurant Review of January Event - Yerba Buena Tower OWA 30th Anniversary Celebration Update Member Interview - Helen Degenhardt Member Interview - Joy Ohashi EVENTS CALENDAR May/June 2002 |
| May/Jun 1989 | Paint Them Red and Yellow, Blue and Green Cohousing: A Contemporary Approache to Housing Ourselves ArtMarin: A Pproposesd Ccontemporary Art Center, San Geronirno, CA. Calendar Few Women Architectural Faculty at UCB General Meeting Raises Questions Woman Working for Women Architects Back by Popular Demand: OWA Mid-career Retreat Money, Money, Money Jane Tanfield Memorial Scholarship IAWA Seeking Women's Manuscripts June Meeting: "Project Management and Business Development" OWA Summer Picnic Steering committee |
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| Jan/Feb 1975 | JANUARY San Francisco Meeting Location South Bay Meeting Location Calendar Jobs December and Us Architectural Equivalency Exam Info for California women who wish tor retain their own name A must for every liberated archtect/DP Contest More Contest Info Design in Steel Award Program Asian Women's Journal Happy 1975 FEBRUARY |
| May/Jun 1974 | MAY Agenda for May 20, 1974 Meeting West Coast Women's Design Conference Committee Coordinators Job Openings Still more to come |
| Mar/Apr 1974 | MARCH Hanging Sculptures by RUTH ASAWA March 18th meeting Location in San Francisco Library for Exam Preparation March Calendar April Calendar Election Results Where Do We Go From Here? Women Students in Engineering double this year Minority Graduate Enrollment Rising 'Shocking' Lag In Women's Pay Employment Organization of Women Architects Photo APRIL April Meeting Location Map Program for The April Meeting Mock Design Exam for Members Announcements OWA Sterring Commitee Notes of the March Meeting Program of the May meeting West Coast Women's Design Conference Scholarship Information Book Review Spring Lectures 1974 New Women's Paper to Fill Gap in Bay Area Journalism "I wanted to do more than push pancakes" Current Mailing List Money Talks |
| Jan/Feb 1974 | JANUARY Meeting location map January 21, 1974 Steering Committee Agenda December Meeting record More about the Steering Committee Employment List of Members Mailing list beyond members January & February OWA Calendar West Coast Women's Design Conference Two Book Reviews FEBRUARY Agenda: OWA meeting Monday, February 25, 1974 January minutes Licensing Exams info Structural Seminars OWA Library Steering Committee Dues are Due Financial Report $$$$$$$ Where Do We Go From Here????????? Jobs |
| Nov/Dec 1973 | NOVEMBER (scanned) Meeting Location Agenda for November 19, 1973 meeting Summary of October 15 Meeting Steering committee members with phone numbers Julia Morgan Threatened Employment From the East: Design Critic job opening at Cornell Work as Study Publish or Persih OWA Newsletters November Calendar Ratifying the Articles of Incorporation DECEMBER (scanned) Map to December Meeting Agenda for December 17, 1973 Steering Committee First Letter to the Editor Job listings as of December 6. Summary of November 19th Meeting AIA Task Force on Women Design Competition Building for Women Artists in Chicago December-January-February Calendars Course on Women & Architecture Students Join OWA! Construction Dictionary Julia Morgan Lecture Steering Committee Roles Defined Letter from Illinois Architect Mrs. Whitman |
| Sep/Oct 1973 | SEPTEMBER Agenda September 13, 1973 OWA Meeting Calendar Bay Area Engineering Societies Committee for Manpower Training, Inc. Thursdays for Meetings Employment Women's Place Under California Law It Is Your Newsletter OCTOBER (scanned) Meeting Location Agenda Summary of September Meeting OWA Directory Steering Committee OAE call for support Education Career Consultants Needed Employment Research on Julia Morgan Nom de Femme October Calendar |
| Jul/Aug 1973 | JULY (scanned) Paffard Clay to speak on The Nature of Materials Design Competition Job Information Communications: TV Educational Program: a Proposal Money, Dues, etc Affirmative Action The NCARB Exam The Steering Comittee AUGUST August 9, Meeting Agenda Design Competition Steering Committee |
| May/Jun 1973 | MAY First OWA Election at this meeting in Berkeley Election, Planning, Affirmative action, and AIA Convention JUNE Affirmative action, AIA Convention, By-laws, Steering committee Election of Steering Committee Steering Committee elected Finances for A.I.A. convention booth Communication and Public Relations (PR) San Francsico Chronicle article May 8, 1973 Note on Employment Search for lawyer for tax exempt status We encourage you to contact us with your suggestions & informations |
| Mar/Apr 1973 | MARCH Agenda and Dolores Hayden: her experiences with WALAP Meeting Location APRIL Fani Hansen: her work at Anshen & Allen, Architects Some News of Interest |
| Jan/Feb 1973 | NOVEMBER 1972 (scanned) First gathering and attendance list DECEMBER 1972 Invitation and Map to Second Gathering Organization Purposes and Structure Diagram Topics Discussed at Gathering #2 JANUARY 1973 Join Us!: Our Third meeting announcement FEBRUARY 1973 Beverly Willis Speaks Organization of Women Architects (OWA) name chosen |
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