Second Edition of Lilly Reich Grant for Equality in Architecture

The Fundació Mies van der Rohe has launched the second edition of the Lilly Reich Grant for equality in architecture, named after the German designer who collaborated with Mies van der Rohe on iconic projects like the Barcelona Pavilion (1929), Villa Tugendhat, and the Weissenhof interiors (1927). Reich, one of the few women to teach at the Bauhaus, has been historically overshadowed. This year, the foundation introduces two new categories: the Lilly Reich Grant for Senior High School Students Research, supporting high school students in researching forgotten architectural contributions, and the Lilly Reich Grant for Academic Research, continuing to fund studies on Reich's work. The first edition was awarded to Laura Martínez de Guereñu for "Re-encatment: Lilly Reich's work occupies the Barcelona Pavilion," on view until July 15 at the Barcelona Pavilion. Reich's archive was destroyed in WWII bombings, but surviving drawings are held at MoMA in New York and the Bauhaus archive.