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Gerlinde Leiding collection,circa 1990s
Biographical Sketch of Gerlinde LeidingGerlinde Leiding is a Professor Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture (UTSOA). She received her architecture degree at Werkkunstschule Krefeld in Germany in 1965 and her master’s degree from Yale University in 1966. Professor Leiding's research is focused on vernacular architecture. She received government support to study 18th and 19th Century farmhouses in Japan, specifically in Hyogo Prefecture, where her efforts were featured in an article in the Kobe Shimbun. Professor Leiding taught from 1969 to 2007 and was the founding Director of the Japan Study Abroad Program and held the position of Graduate Advisor and Associate Dean of Graduate Programs for the UTSOA. She was a professor at UT’s Center for Asian Studies from 1991 to 1993. Leiding's awards include prize-winning entries in the U.S. competition "Search for Shelter," and the international competition, "Re-Mapping Tokyo." In 2003 she appeared in Making the Modern, a documentary about architect Tadao Ando and the Fort Worth Museum of Modern Art. Professor Leiding is author of publications on German influences in Texas architecture and has lectured on both Asian and Texas-German architecture. She was awarded the Texas Excellence Teaching Award and the Hal Box Fellowship in Architecture. She retired from teaching in 2007. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and Content of the collectionThe collection consists of student works collected by Gerlinde Leiding in her studio classes. It includes 1 student model of a Chinese garden by Elvis Wade Wells, 22 mounted drawings and exhibition panels, and 2 bound books by students Dawne David ("Japan: A Study in Layers [Fall 1997]") and W. Brian Keith ("Team Zoo"). Return to the Table of Contents RestrictionsRestrictions on AccessAccess is by appointment only to any serious scholar. Collections stored off site or rolled materials that will need to be humidified or flattened for viewing will require a minimum of three days' advance notice. Portions of this collection are not processed and may not be accessible. Restrictions on UsePermission for publication is given on behalf of The University of Texas as the owner of the collection and is not inteded to include or imply permission of the copyright holder which must be obtained by the researcher. For more information please see the Alexander Architectural Archive's Use Policy. Return to the Table of Contents
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationPreferred CitationGerlinde Leiding collection, Alexander Architectural Archive, University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin Processing InformationProcessing is not completed. Please see Archive's staff for more information. Return to the Table of Contents Other Finding AidsUniversity of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture. An Inventory of the Collection, 1911-ongoing, undated (bulk 1960-1992) Return to the Table of Contents References to works by or about Gerlinde Leiding
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