This presentation features some women architects in or from Buffalo, NY. Produced in 2011 as part of an exhibit at the Buffalo History Museum on Louise Bethune, America's first professional woman architect.

1. Bethune’s Daughters
Women Architects in Buffalo Today
October 2011

2. Roxanne Button
• M. Arch, Technical
University of Nova Scotia
(now Dalhousie
University), 1992
• Senior Architect &
Sustainability Specialist,
Architectural Resources
k.c. kratt
“Everything that I've done has a ‘green’ thread running through it. Architecture
can have a positive, regenerative impact on the planet, and architects have a
responsibility to minimize the negative environmental impact of our work.”

3. Roxanne Button
• Concept sketch for
the Burns Bog
EcoCenter, British
Columbia
• Niagara University
Academic Building

4. Barbara A. Campagna
• BPS Arch, SUNY/Buffalo,
1984
• Columbia University, MS in
Historic Preservation, 1986
• Principal & Owner, Barbara
A. Campagna/Architecture
+ Planning, PLLC
“Our firm’s work demonstrates that the artistic, scientific and cultural aspects of
remaking and greening historic and existing buildings are crucial to a sustainable
future.”

5. Barbara A. Campagna
• Restoration of Building
10, Richardson-Olmsted
Complex

6. Marie Carone
• BFA, Radford University, 1999
• M. Arch, SUNY/Buffalo, 2003
• Project Architect/Project
Manager, Watts Architecture
& Engineering
“My goal is to provide excellence of care and sustainable building solutions
with integrity.”

7. Marie Carone
• Langston Hughes
Institute, proposed
renovations,
Broadway Avenue,
Buffalo, NY

8. Tracy Conhiser-Uy
• AAS, Alfred State College, 1994
• BPS Arch, SUNY/Buffalo, 1997
• M. Arch, SUNY/Buffalo, 1999
• Associate at Kideney
Architects, PC
“I was raised with no boundaries or limitations because of my gender. I was
encouraged as well as expected to do the same work and hold the same
responsibilities as a male would. I carry that same philosophy today--the only
limitations are the ones I set.”

9. Tracy Conhiser-Uy
• Buffalo Public
School #84, new
main entrance and
interior renovations
• Proposed SPCA
serving Erie County

10. Anne Dafchick
• SUNY/Buffalo, M.
Arch, 2007
• Project Architect,
Kideney Architects
“Since childhood, I knew that architecture and buildings were important to
me. As a freshman in college, I decided that becoming a licensed architect
was my personal goal, and am please to share that I reached my goal before
the age of 30.”

11. Anne Dafchick
• Seneca Nation of
Indians
Administration
Building

12. Melissa Delmonte
• SUNY at Buffalo, BPS Architecture,
1987
• Bryant & Stratton College AOS
Interior Design, 1977
• Associate, Interior Architect,
Audubon Interiors Studio, Kideney
Architects
“I design projects with an attention to detail that includes an
understanding of space usage, furniture design, and interior components.”

13. Melissa Delmonte
• Dr. Lydia T. Wright School
#89, Classroom addition
• SUNY/Fredonia Kasling
Hall Lobby

14. Mary Werner DeNadai, FAIA
• B. Arch, cum laude, Drexel
University, 1979
• 2010 Honor Award, National
Trust for Historic
Preservation
• President, John Milner
Architects, Inc.
“I most enjoy the challenges of complex building projects, while at the same
time understanding the economic realities that are not uncommon in saving
architectural fabric and communities as a whole.”

15. Mary Werner DeNadai, FAIA
• Finca Vigia, Ernest
Hemingway's home
near Havana, Cuba

16. Catherine Faust
• BPS, SUNY/Buffalo, 1981
• M. Arch, SUNY/Buffalo,
1984
• President/CEO of
Catherine Faust, Architect
Michael Majewski
“Most people have a desire to see pedestrian-friendly
buildings that respond to street life,
versus making some kind of monumental design
statement.”

17. Catherine Faust
• Empire Grill Restaurant,
Hertel Avenue, Buffalo

18. Marcia F. Feuerstein
• M. Arch, SUNY/Buffalo, 1981
• M.S Arch, U. Penn, 1992
• Ph.D Arch, U. Penn, 1998
• Associate Professor, Virginia
Tech, Washington Alexandria
Architecture Center
“I seek out of the box free thinking -- to achieve good/excellent design and
making through mentoring and teaching. Listen to quieter voices and ideas,
without distractions of more insistent and loud pronouncements.”

19. Marcia F. Feuerstein
• “Utopia in uncertainty"
for paper on Camillo
Sitte
• “In the sky with
diamonds“ for paper on
Ronchamp

20. Beverly Foit-Albert
• BA Arch, Cornell U., 1961
• M. Arch, SUNY/ Buffalo, 1975
• PhD, Human Sciences, Saybrook
Institute, 1978
• President, Foit-Albert Associates,
Architecture, Engineering and
Surveying, P.C.
“Architecture is the medium through which I view and interpret the world
around me and contribute to it. I deeply respect diverse cultures and the
architecture that has evolved to serve and educate people. We're here to make
things better than they were.”

21. Beverly Foit-Albert
• Stanley M. Makowski
Early Childhood Center
• H.H. Richardson
complex adaptive reuse
championed early on by
Foit-Albert

22. Gwen Howard
• BFA, Historic Preservation,
Savannah College of Art & Design,
1987
• M. Arch, SUNY/Buffalo, School of
Architecture & Planning, 1995
• Senior Project Manager &
Associate, Foit-Albert Associates
“Good architecture is more than just great design. It's about listening to your
clients. They know the problems they need to solve, and it's our responsibility to
define solutions that are innovative, cost-effective and beautiful at the same time.”

23. Gwen Howard
• Buffalo Zoo South
American Rainforest
exhibit

24. Denise M. Juron-Borgese
• M. Arch, University of
Pennsylvania, 1997
• Professional Studies in
Architecture, SUNY/Buffalo,
1993
• President, Buffalo Architecture
Foundation
• AIA Buffalo/WNY Board of
Directors
• Project Manager, Development,
Ciminelli Real Estate
Corporation

25. Denise M. Juron-Borgese
• Bethune Hall/
Buffalo Meter Co.
loft conversion
• Boys and Girls Club
of Camden County,
NJ

26. Kathleen M. Kinan
• M. Arch, SUNY/
Buffalo, 1983
• Kinan Architects,
Principal/Owner
“I love working on old existing structures. they represent time and energy past
spent, the contribution of our immigrant forefathers, antique skills and
materials never to be regained—and in the smallest details. “

27. Kathleen M. Kinan
• Darul Uloom Mosque,
Sobieski Street, Buffalo
• Fleet Feet store,
Elmwood Avenue,
Buffalo

28. Kelly Hayes McAlonie
• M. Arch, Technical
University of Nova Scotia
(now Dalhousie University),
1994
• Interim Assistant Vice
President of Capital
Planning Group,
SUNY/Buffalo
“Through the design of learning gardens, schools or high education projects I
am interested in how we learn and how architecture can help to teach
children and adults alike.”

29. Kelly Hayes McAlonie
• Prairie Playground
project, Mason City, IA,
1998
• Successfully campaigned
for creation of Architect
Barbie™
• Guest Curator, Louise
Bethune Exhibit, Buffalo
& Erie County Historical
Society

30. Susan Block Moores
• M. Arch, Syracuse
University, 1995
• BA, American Civilization,
George Washington
University
• Owner, Susan Block Moores
Architects + Planners
“Most important is the preservation of historic context with quality sustainable
modern intervention.”

31. Susan Block Moores
• Decatur House
Museum entry and
stair hall, Washington,
DC

32. Deborah L. Pease
• BS, Graphic Design,
Buffalo State College, 1980
• M. Education, SUNY/
Buffalo, 1995
• Vice President, Cannon
Design
“Don’t design or build anything you are not proud to identify when driving by
with your family, friends, or strangers. Don’t be afraid to tackle something new.
Try to honor and preserve our existing architecture. “

33. Deborah L. Pease
• McKinley High
School addition and
renovations

34. Anne N. Perry
• Syracuse University
School of Architecture,
1984
• President, Anpra-
Architecture, Pllc.
“We strive to empower our clients, invest in our community, and build our
people as we participate in the building and rebuilding of the environment. We
strive to balance this idealism with the realities of time and money while
respecting the priorities of our clients.”

35. Anne N. Perry
• Restoration of Lyth
Cottage, 16 Harwood
Street, Buffalo
• Restoration of the
Niagara County
Courthouse, Lockport,
NY
David Torke

36. Carol Siracuse
• MA, Harvard Graduate
School of Design, 1969
• MA, Princeton University
Graduate School of
Architecture, 1971
• Vice President and
Educational Planner,
Cannon Design, retired
“My goal was to provide public schools with first-rate learning spaces for all
children, equally.”

37. Carol Siracuse
• South Park High
School
• McKinley High
School

38. Cheryl Zimmerman
• M. Arch, SUNY/
Buffalo,1986
• Project Manager,
SUNY/Buffalo
Facilities Planning &
Design