Takeuchi, Beatrice, 1921-

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Educator; Chicago, Ill. and Washington, D.C.

Takeuchi was born in Seattle, Wash. After the bombing of Pearl Harber, she was sent to a War Relocation Center, Pallyup, Wash. and Minidoka, Idaho in August 1942. In October of 1942 she was allowed to leave to pursue studies in industrial design and architecture at the Chicago School of Design (fd. 1937 as New Bauhaus). From 1945-54 she taught foundation and visual design and held various positions in architecture and design studios in Washington, D.C., moving to NYC in 1954 and working as a free lance architect until 1968. She lived and worked in Chicago from 1968-1993, when she retired to Michigan.

From the description of School of Design in Chicago : refugees east and west / Beatrice Takeuchi. 1998. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83293416

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associatedWith Filipowski, Richard E., 1923- person
associatedWith Giedion, S. (Sigfried), 1888-1968. person
associatedWith Hayakawa, S. I. person
associatedWith Keck, George Fred. person
associatedWith Kepes, Gyorgy, 1906-2001. person
associatedWith Leckie, Hubert. person
associatedWith Moholy-Nagy, László, 1895-1946. person
associatedWith Richard, Edgar. person
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