Principal and C-founder of Synecdoche with Adam Smith. Adjunct Professor at Lawrence Technological University. Received her M. Arch from the University of Michigan with her thesis, Contingent Design Theory, a methodological approach to the retroactive manifesto of the single industry city and a B.S. Arch from Lawrence Technological University.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, US, MArch, Architecture
Thesis "Contingent Design Theory: A Retroactive Manifesto of the Single Industry City"
graduate with high distinction
Marian Sarah Parker Memorial Award, Award
Sarah Drake Parker initiated this endowment, shared with the College of Engineering, in memory of her daughter, Marian Sarah Parker, C.E. 1895, the first woman to graduate with an engineering degree from the University of Michigan. As a member of Purdy & Henderson, Parker became a specialist in the design of the steel-framed skyscraper and helped to design such revolutionary buildings as New York’s Flat Iron Building and the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. The award is made annually to the outstanding woman senior in engineering and to the outstanding woman M.Arch. degree candidate.
