Margaret McCurry

Margaret McCurry
Born c. 1942
Chicago
Nationality United States
Education Vassar College, BA in Art History; Harvard Graduate School of Design, Loeb Fellowship in Advanced Environmental Studies
Occupation Architect
Spouse(s) Stanley Tigerman

Margaret McCurry is an American architect and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.

Early life

McCurry grew up in two houses designed by her father, architect Paul McCurry, whom she describes as "an intense modernist [who] nonetheless instilled in his children a curiosity about the architecture of other periods."[1]

Career

For 11 years McCurry worked in the Chicago office of Skidmore Owings and Merrill (SOM) where Davis Allen (1916–1999) became her mentor. [1]

While at SOM, the projects she worked on included the interiors of the National Life and Accident Insurance Company in Nashville [1] and the East Wing addition to the Art Institute of Chicago including the School of the Art Institute and the Rubloff Auditorium.

After leaving SOM, McCurry opened her own firm on April Fool's Day 1977.[2] In 1982, she joined forces with her husband, Stanley Tigerman, to found their Chicago-based firm Tigerman McCurry Architects.[3][4]

She has served as the chair of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on Design and vice-president of the Illinois chapter of the American Society of Interior Designers.

Some of her projects include the Chicago Bar Association headquarters on Plymouth court, c. 1990,[3] a private apartment on 900 N. Michigan Ave, Chicago,[3][1] a two-story farmhouse on Lake Michigan,[1] a home in Martha's Vineyard, c. 1995,[1] an update to a midcentury modern home in Chicago written up in Architectural Digest 2009,[5] an article republished by the magazine May 2017.[6]

Personal life

McCurry has been married to Stanley Tigerman since 1979.[3] Tigerman, McCurry's husband and partner, retired from their firm May 2017.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Giovannini, Joseph (December 31, 2001). "Margaret McCurry: All-American houses that reflect a layered tradition". Architectural Digest.
  2. ↑ Gordon, Terri (February 18, 2013). "Margaret McCurry's extraordinary career". The Times of Northwest Indiana.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Tapp, Mara (November 20, 2003). "Can Stanley Tigerman Play Nice? - The legendarily combative architect is trying to keep his cool as he works toward what may be the crowning achievement of his career". Chicago Reader.
  4. ↑ Rossi, Kaitlyn (June 9, 2014). "ARCHITECT Visits: Stanley Tigerman & Margaret McCurry". Architect.
  5. ↑ "2010 AD100: Margaret McCurry". Architectural Digest.
  6. ↑ Giovannini, Joseph (May 18, 2017). "A Midcentury Modern Home in Chicago is Refreshed". Architectural Digest.
  7. ↑ Crain's Chicago Business: "So we're not retiring after all: Tigerman, McCurry" By Dennis Rodkin May 16, 2017
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