Marion Mahony Griffin

Marion Lucy Mahony Griffin (1871 - 1961) was an American artist and the first licenced female architect in the world. She worked in the studio of Frank Lloyd Wright designing furniture, stained glass windows and decorative panels. She and her husband Walter Burley Griffin were members of the Prairie School of architecture that is most often associated with the designs of Frank Lloyd Wright.

Related Topics:
American - Architect - Frank Lloyd Wright - Furniture - Stained glass - Walter Burley Griffin - Prairie School - Architecture

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Her stunning watercolour perspectives of her husband's design for the new Australian capital city of Canberra helped him secure first prize in the international competition for the plan of the city.

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