NPR Specials Air Nationally for Acclaimed BWAF Audio Docs
Marking International Women’s Day on March 8 and Women’s History Month for 2024, the national women’s advocacy group Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation has announced commitments by several major National Public Radio (NPR) affiliate stations to air the new 1-hour special Buildings Speak: Stories of Pioneering Women Architects, hosted by Academy Award-winning producer and performer Frances McDormand, a collaboration with the Peabody Award-winning radio producers, The Kitchen Sisters.
Announced by The Kitchen Sisters and Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation (BWAF), creators of the pioneering audio documentary series New Angle: Voice that inspires the new one-hour special, Buildings Speak will be heard by major metro audiences around the country—from Atlanta, Boston and Cleveland to San Francisco and Seattle. (See below for listings and dates.) The special features insights from the lives of pioneering women architects Julia Morgan (1872—1957), Amaza Lee Meredith (1895—1984) and Natalie de Blois (1921—2013).