Ella Baumfeld was born 5 March 1880 in Vienna and died 20 June 1977 in Enfield, Middlesex (now a part of London). In 1907 she married the journalist Walter Briggs (originally Brix) in New York; they divorced a few years later without issue.
Eva Blau in her "The Architecture of Red Vienna" notes that ...Ella Briggs was the only woman architect other than Margarete Lihotzky to receive a commission from the municipality of Red Vienna...for the apartment building "Pestalozzihof"...built in 1924/26...
Ella subsequently received a commission for a municipal apartment building designed for singles.
Following her emigration to England in 1936, she became a Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
ArchitectsÌ¢âÂ㢠Journal (1947), Ì¢âÂèÏHouses at Bilston, designed by Ella B. BriggsÌ¢âÂã¢, ArchitectsÌ¢âÂ㢠Journal, 2 January, 15Ì¢âÂÛÏ16.
From an article in www.radicalphilosophy.com: "According to Peter Larkham, who has studied the roles of the various people involved in the reconstruction of Bilston, WilliamsÌ¢âÂã¢s role was not just an administrative one Ì¢âÂÛÏ he had a great deal of influence in the planning process, and a keen interest in modernism (notably in Lewis MumfordÌ¢âÂã¢s writings). He involved various eminent experts in town planning: initially the architect and town planner T. Alwyn Lloyd was commissioned to draw up plans for the new housing, but Williams also commissioned the Viennese architect Ella Briggs, who built the Pestalozzihof in Vienna, and in 1946 invited the architect and academic Charles Reilly (known for his communal housing projects centring around a series of oval Ì¢âÂèÏgreensÌ¢âÂã¢) to present his ideas to the Housing and Planning Committee."
Her work in England is included in a survey by Charlotte Benton: "A different world: emigre architects in Britain 1928-1958" with contributions by David Elliott and Elain Harwood; published: London: RIBA Heinz Gallery, 1995 to coincide with an exhibition held at the RIBA Heinz Galley, London, 23 November 1995 to 20 January 1996.
(Ella Baumfeld was the daughter of my great-grandfather's sister.)
Ella Baumfeld was born 5 March 1880 in Vienna and died 20 June 1977 in Enfield, Middlesex (now a part of London). In 1907 she married the journalist Walter Briggs (originally Brix) in New York; they divorced a few years later without issue.
Eva Blau in her "The Architecture of Red Vienna" notes that ...Ella Briggs was the only woman architect other than Margarete Lihotzky to receive a commission from the municipality of Red Vienna...for the apartment building "Pestalozzihof"...built in 1924/26...
Ella subsequently received a commission for a municipal apartment building designed for singles.
In 1931 she designed an exhibition in Berlin: http://etudesphotographiques.r...
Following her emigration to England in 1936, she became a Member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
ArchitectsÌ¢âÂ㢠Journal (1947), Ì¢âÂèÏHouses at Bilston, designed by Ella B. BriggsÌ¢âÂã¢, ArchitectsÌ¢âÂ㢠Journal, 2 January, 15Ì¢âÂÛÏ16.
From an article in www.radicalphilosophy.com: "According to Peter Larkham, who has studied the roles of the various people involved in the reconstruction of Bilston, WilliamsÌ¢âÂã¢s role was not just an administrative one Ì¢âÂÛÏ he had a great deal of influence in the planning process, and a keen interest in modernism (notably in Lewis MumfordÌ¢âÂã¢s writings). He involved various eminent experts in town planning: initially the architect and town planner T. Alwyn Lloyd was commissioned to draw up plans for the new housing, but Williams also commissioned the Viennese architect Ella Briggs, who built the Pestalozzihof in Vienna, and in 1946 invited the architect and academic Charles Reilly (known for his communal housing projects centring around a series of oval Ì¢âÂèÏgreensÌ¢âÂã¢) to present his ideas to the Housing and Planning Committee."
Her work in England is included in a survey by Charlotte Benton: "A different world: emigre architects in Britain 1928-1958" with contributions by David Elliott and Elain Harwood; published: London: RIBA Heinz Gallery, 1995 to coincide with an exhibition held at the RIBA Heinz Galley, London, 23 November 1995 to 20 January 1996.
(Ella Baumfeld was the daughter of my great-grandfather's sister.)