"Whose Memorial Is It?"New York Voices PBC Thirteen WNET,
New York. 22 December 2003.(1 minute 56 seconds)
News Close up: Rebuilding Lower Manhattan WB 11 News at Ten Narrator,
Marvin Scott. WB 11, 21 July 2002 includes interviews with Beverly Willis and Kathryn Wylde-President,
New York City Partnership. Discussing the six plans for Ground Zero World Trade Center site. (15 minutes 57 seconds)
Gwendolyn Wright is Professor of Architecture, Planning, and
Preservation at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture,
Planning and Preservation with joint appointments in history and art
history. Her recent book, USA, is part of a series on Modern Architectures
in History published by Reaktion Press and the University Chicago Press.
Here she talks about Beverly Willis.
Suzannah Lessard Talks About Beverly Willis
Suzannah Lessard, architecture writer and critic, is the author of
The Architect of Desire: Beauty and Danger in the Stanford White
Family of which she is part. She was the winner of the 1995 Whiting
Award and a staff writer for the New Yorker. She is currently writing a
book about living in a society committed to accelerating change, which she
explores through changes in the American landscape in the last 50 years.
Here she talks about Beverly Willis.
Museum of Modern Art
October 25, 2007
6:30 p.m.
This program explores the role that architectural arbiters have had and continue to
have in shaping the history and defining the legacy of modern architecture in the
United States. Through a lecture and discussion, scholars, curators, and architects
address the process of selection and the values that they employ each time they
design a course or exhibition, or publish a book or an article. Participants include
Beverly Willis, President, Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation, Sarah Herda,
Director, The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts,
Chicago; Toshiko Mori, architect and Robert P. Hubbard Professor in the Practice of
Architecture and Chair of the Department of Architecture, Harvard University; Karen
Stein, former Editorial Director, Phaidon Press; and Gwendolyn Wright, architectural
historian and Professor of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation, Columbia University.
Barry Bergdoll, The Philip Johnson Chief Curator, Department of Architecture and Design,
The Museum of Modern Art, moderates the discussion. The event is a collaboration between
The Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation and The Museum of Modern Art. Funded in part
by a grant from the Rockfeller Brothers Fund.
Beverly Willis Design Philosophy - Lecture Dartmouth College
Honored with a Montgomery Fellowship and Residency in 1992, Beverly
Willis was asked to give a campus wide lecture describing her
design approach and philosophy. This is a videotape of that lecture. (1:06:38)
Beverly Willis Architect - Nature's Images
This video, made by the firm to share ideas with colleagues and clients, is a
short explanation of that which influenced Beverly Willis's designs. (05:39)
Interview: The Opening of the San Francisco Ballet Building
October 25, 2007
6:30 p.m.
The year 1982 was marked by the ceremonial ground-breaking for the San Francisco Ballet Building, the first
such U. S. structure designed and constructed for dance. The building was dedicated in November of 1983 on the
50th anniversary of the Ballet company and amid great fanfare. This audio interview of the building's architect,
Beverly Willis, was one of many stories about the building.
Computerized Approach to Residential Land Analysis, known as CARLA
In 1971, Beverly Willis and her firm developed one the of the nation's first three
computer software programs for use by an architectural firm. She and her firm used
the CARLA program to plan and design projects from 50 acres to thousand of acres,
including new towns in Hawaii and Nevada. This video was made to both document the
firm's skills and to illustrate how CARLA worked. (15:28)
119 East 35th Street Townhouse, New York - Project 0811
In 1991, Beverly Willis moved to New York City and purchased a five story,
14 feet wide townhouse at 119 East 35th Street built in 1865 that was
in substantial need of restoration. This video tells the story of this
unique renovation in Manhattan. (06:48)
Yerba Buena Gardens Competition - The Team and Presentation - Project 0752
In 1980, Beverly Willis organized a design-build team, headed by the developers, Olympic York,
Marriott Hotels and Beverly Willis, that won the International Design Competition to plan and
design 24 acres in downtown San Francisco between Third and Fourth Streets and Mission and Folsom
Streets. This video is about the team she assembled and their winning presentation to the Redevelopment Agency. (16:00)
Yerba Buena Garden, A Design Concept - Project 0752
In 1983, the Olympic York, Marriott Hotels and Beverly Willis, with the architectural team Ziedler Roberts
and Willis and Associates presented their plans and designs for the 24 acres in downtown San Francisco between
Third and Fourth Streets and Mission and Folsom Streets. This video presents the designs developed for the site. (14:20)
R.Dot and Beverly Willis
The day after the 9/11 infamous attacks on World Trade Center, on September 12, 2001, Metropolis Magazine Editor
Susan Szenasy and Beverly Willis met to discuss how they might aid in the recovery and rebuilding of Lower Manhattan.
From that meeting a 500-person organization was born and named Rebuild Downtown Our Town or R.Dot. The organization's
activities were often documented in the press and on television. The following videos are excerpts from TV News shows post 9/11:
After the Terror: Journey to Recovery NBC Special. NBC, Channel 4 11 March 2002 (01:19)
Looking to the Future of Lower Manhattan NHK News 7 Japan Broadcasting 11 March 2002. (01:45)
"Whose Memorial Is It?" New York Voices PBC Thirteen WNET, New York. 22 December 2003. (01:56)
News Close up: Rebuilding Lower Manhattan WB 11 News at Ten Narrator, Marvin Scott. WB 11, 21 July 2002
includes interviews with Beverly Willis and Kathryn Wylde-President, New York City Partnership. Discussing the six plans for Ground
Zero World Trade Center site. (15:57)
WTC Segment Next@CNN CNN 2 March 2003. (05:40)
WTC Site Chuck Scarborough and Michelle Marsh NBC 23 July 2003. (01:01)
Interview with Beverly Willis Canadian Broadcasting Corporation with Stephanie Tremblay 11 March 2002. (06:06)
International Women's University, Kassel, Germany
In 2000, as part of he German celebration of the World Expo in Hanover, a University for Women, called IFU, was
established attracting graduate students from over 100 countries. Beverly Willis represented the United States in
organizing the university and served as one of the full professors. This video shows her class talking about their
projects as the IFU term drew to a close. (01:03:18)
Invisible Images - The Silent Language of Architecture
KRON TV San Francisco January 13, 1998, anchor Belva Davis interviewed Beverly Willis about her
book, Invisible Images - The Silent Language of Architecture, and using some of Willis's book images with others,
interwove a story about her architecture to illustrate the concept of Invisible Images. (03:54)
