A. Jane Duncombe
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A. Jane Duncombe | |
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| Born | July 22, 1925 Whitby, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | November 24, 2015 (aged 90) |
| Alma mater | Art Institute of Chicago School of Industrial Design, Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Fellowship |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Practice | Architecture, residential design, interior design |
| Buildings | White Oaks Theater, Carmel Valley, California
Windsor Oaks Winery, Sonoma, California Marin County Convalescent and Rehabilitation Hospital, Tiburon, California |
A. Jane Duncombe (July 22, 1925 - November 24, 2015) was born in Whitby, Ontario, Canada.[1] She was a residential designer based in the San Francisco Bay Area some of whose architectural designs can also be found in Illinois and throughout the rest of California. Duncombe studied at the Art Institute of Chicago School of Industrial Design and developed interest in design and architecture through her undergraduate studies. Duncombe was also one of the few female architects who became an apprentice at Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin.[2]
Duncombe attended and earned a Bachelor of Architecture degree at Art Institute of Chicago.[2] She was taught by a Polish architect, Marya Lilien, who was the first woman architect apprenticed to Frank Lloyd Wright at Taliesin, Spring Green, Wisconsin. Lilien established the interior architecture program at the School of the Art Institute in Chicago.[3]
Career
Duncombe co-founded an architectural firm Duncombe-Davidson with Lois Davidson Gottlieb, who is also one of the few women who apprenticed to Wright’s Taliesin at that time. The collaboration began around 1951 and was based in Sausalito. Duncombe-Davidson gained reputation in designing and delivering residential designs throughout Marin County, California. After the end of the collaboration in 1956, Duncombe went on to charter her own business as an independent architect.[4]
