Canvassing the Campus with Architect Barbie
The idea for Architect Barbie emerged out of a 2007 exhibition at the University of Michigan’s Architecture School, curated by Professor Despina Stratigakos, for which students and faculty designed prototypes for the doll as a way to explore and playfully critique stereotypes of architects. Kelly Hayes McAlonie and Dr. Stratigakos, colleagues at the University at Buffalo, joined forces in 2010 to lobby Mattel to produce the doll. Architect Barbie debuted at the 2011 AIA conference in New Orleans. She was Mattel’s 2011 Career of the Year and was named...
Published By: Archinect - Tuesday, 14 February
