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'''Berta Rahm''' (October 4, 1910 in [[St. Gallen]]; † October 10, 1998 in [[Neunkirch]]) was a [[Swiss]] [[architect]], writer, publisher, and feminist activist. |
'''Berta Rahm''' (October 4, 1910 in [[St. Gallen]]; † October 10, 1998 in [[Neunkirch]]) was a [[Swiss]] [[architect]], writer, publisher, and feminist activist. |
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==Life and career== |
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With some influence from her uncle Arnold Meyer, who owned a successful firm in [[Hallau]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Berta Rahm|url=http://www.frauennet.ch/index.php/frauen-geschichten/8-berta-rahm|website=Frauennet|accessdate=28 March 2018}}</ref> Rahm studied architecture at the ETH Zürich ([[Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule]], the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich) from 1929 to 1934. After graduating she traveled through [[Scandinavia]] and the [[Netherlands]] with grant funding from [[ETH]].<ref name="IAWA_V11">Jakob, Evelyne Lang. "The Life and Work of Berta Rahm, 1910 - 1998," <i>IAWA Newsletter</i>, Fall 1999, V. 11, p. 1. {{cite web|url=http://spec.lib.vt.edu/IAWA/news/news11.pdf|title=Berta Rahm and Clair Rufer|accessdate=2018-03-28}}</ref> Following her travels, she worked in [[Hallau]], [[Flims]] and [[Zürich]], until she started her own firm in 1940. Rahm was strongly influenced by Scandinavian architecture and built various vacation houses, single-family residences, and exhibition pavilions, most notably the 1959 pavilion for [[SAFFA]], in the Scandinavian style.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D31802.php|title=Berta Rahm|accessdate=2018-03-28}}</ref> The relative social and personal freedom allowed women in Scandinavia also formed a lasting impression on Rahm.<ref>{{cite web|title=Berta Rahm|url=http://www.frauennet.ch/index.php/frauen-geschichten/8-berta-rahm|website=Frauennet|accessdate=28 March 2018}}</ref> In fact, she put together a book on the subject illustrated with her own drawings that appeared in 1942. |
With some influence from her uncle Arnold Meyer, who owned a successful firm in [[Hallau]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Berta Rahm|url=http://www.frauennet.ch/index.php/frauen-geschichten/8-berta-rahm|website=Frauennet|accessdate=28 March 2018}}</ref> Rahm studied architecture at the ETH Zürich ([[Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule]], the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich) from 1929 to 1934. After graduating she traveled through [[Scandinavia]] and the [[Netherlands]] with grant funding from [[ETH]].<ref name="IAWA_V11">Jakob, Evelyne Lang. "The Life and Work of Berta Rahm, 1910 - 1998," <i>IAWA Newsletter</i>, Fall 1999, V. 11, p. 1. {{cite web|url=http://spec.lib.vt.edu/IAWA/news/news11.pdf|title=Berta Rahm and Clair Rufer|accessdate=2018-03-28}}</ref> Following her travels, she worked in [[Hallau]], [[Flims]] and [[Zürich]], until she started her own firm in 1940. Rahm was strongly influenced by Scandinavian architecture and built various vacation houses, single-family residences, and exhibition pavilions, most notably the 1959 pavilion for [[SAFFA]], in the Scandinavian style.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D31802.php|title=Berta Rahm|accessdate=2018-03-28}}</ref> The relative social and personal freedom allowed women in Scandinavia also formed a lasting impression on Rahm.<ref>{{cite web|title=Berta Rahm|url=http://www.frauennet.ch/index.php/frauen-geschichten/8-berta-rahm|website=Frauennet|accessdate=28 March 2018}}</ref> In fact, she put together a book on the subject illustrated with her own drawings that appeared in 1942. |
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Berta Rahm | |
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| Born | October 4, 1910 |
| Died | October 10, 1998 (aged 88) |
| Alma mater | ETH Zurich |
| Occupation | Architect |
Berta Rahm (October 4, 1910 in St. Gallen; † October 10, 1998 in Neunkirch) was a Swiss architect, writer, publisher, and feminist activist.
Life and career
With some influence from her uncle Arnold Meyer, who owned a successful firm in Hallau,[1] Rahm studied architecture at the ETH Zürich (Eidgenossische Technische Hochschule, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich) from 1929 to 1934. After graduating she traveled through Scandinavia and the Netherlands with grant funding from ETH.[2] Following her travels, she worked in Hallau, Flims and Zürich, until she started her own firm in 1940. Rahm was strongly influenced by Scandinavian architecture and built various vacation houses, single-family residences, and exhibition pavilions, most notably the 1959 pavilion for SAFFA, in the Scandinavian style.[3] The relative social and personal freedom allowed women in Scandinavia also formed a lasting impression on Rahm.[4] In fact, she put together a book on the subject illustrated with her own drawings that appeared in 1942.
Unfortunately, her position as a woman made it difficult for her to secure building licenses and she was excluded from design competitions. Because this lack of visibility and access to professional resources made it particularly difficult for Rahm, a woman who owned an independent firm, to secure contracts, especially for profitable public building projects, she decided to close her firm and retire as an architect in 1966.[2] Following the close of her office, she founded a publishing firm ALA-Verlag specializing in feminist literature, which operated into the 1990s.[2] ALA-Verlag published a series of women's biographies and reissued classic works of feminism by Mary Wollstonecraft, Flora Tristan, and Hedwig Dohm. For every book published under her tenure, she wrote an instructional fore- and afterword.[5]
Rahm was a member of the Schweizerischen Ingenieur- und Architektenvereins (Swiss Engineers and Architects Union), the Union internationale des femmes architectes (UIFA) and the Bund Schweizerischer Frauenorganisationen (Federation of Swiss Women's Associations).[6]
Bibliography
- Rahm, Berta. 1939 : Reise Nach Skandinavien Und Finnland. Büchergilde Gutenberg, 1942.
- Rahm, Berta. Vom Möblierten Zimmer Bis Zur Wohnung: Anregungen Für Das Einrichten Von Einzelräumen Und Wohnungen. Schweizer Spiegel Verl, 1947.
- Rahm, Berta, and Marie Goegg. Marie Goegg (Geb. Pouchoulin) : Mitbegründerin Der Internationalen Liga Für Frieden Und Freiheit : Gründerin Des Internationalen Frauenbundes, Des Journal Des Femmes Und Der Solidarité. ALA-Verlag, 1993.
Web links
- Biographical information on Rahm[1]
References
- ^ "Berta Rahm". Frauennet. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ a b c Jakob, Evelyne Lang. "The Life and Work of Berta Rahm, 1910 - 1998," IAWA Newsletter, Fall 1999, V. 11, p. 1. "Berta Rahm and Clair Rufer" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ "Berta Rahm". Retrieved 2018-03-28.
- ^ "Berta Rahm". Frauennet. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ "Berta Rahm". Frauennet. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
- ^ "Berta Rahm". Retrieved 2018-03-28.