A Desert Pioneer

摘要

Judith Chafee(1932-1998) had impeccable credentials, as a Yale School of Architecture alumna and employee of Edward Larrabee Barnes, Walter Gropius, Paul Rudolph, and Eero Saarinen, before opening her own office in Tucson, Ariz. Architect Annie Rockfellow (1866-1954) had established a formidable precedent for women in practice there, and in turn Chafee spent her time in the sun on experiments in Desert Modernism. The results, including the landmark Ramada House (1975, shown), appear in Powerhouse: The Life and Work of Architect Judith Chafee (Princeton Architectural Press), by Christopher Domin and Kathryn McGuire.