Beverly Willis

Beverly Willis FAIA (February 17, 1928 – October 1, 2023) was an American architect.^[1] Beverly Willis’s life as an artist and architect begins here. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 1928 and weaned on these Midwestern oil fields, Willis experienced an America awestruck by the machine, nostalgic for the days of westward expansion and determined to preserve its puritan ethic.^[2]

Beverly Willis
Born	(1928-02-17)February 17, 1928 Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Died	October 1, 2023(2023-10-01) (aged 95) Branford, Connecticut, U.S.
Nationality	American
Alma mater	University of Hawaii
Occupation	Architect
Buildings	Manhattan Village Academy: New York, New York San Francisco Ballet Building: San Francisco, California Union Street Shops: San Francisco, California Yerba Buena Gardens: San Francisco, California Aliamanu Valley Community: Honolulu, Hawaii
Projects	Computerized Approach to Residential Land Analysis: CARLA

Her best known built-work is the San Francisco Ballet Building^[3][4] in San Francisco, California. She is the co-founder of the National Building Museum, in Washington, D.C., and founder of the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation, a non-profit organization working to change the culture for women in the building industry through research and education.^[5]

Willis died of complications from Parkinson's disease at her home in Branford, Connecticut on October 1, 2023 at the age of 95.^[6]