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Maria C. Romanach was born in Havana, Cuba and came to the United States in 1959.听 She received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Architecture degree from Princeton University. She began her professional career working with The Kling Partnership and in 1975 joined with her father Mario J. Romanach to establish the Romanach Partnership. This collaboration produced projects in the United States and abroad. Upon Mr. Romanach鈥檚 death in 1984 the firm became known as Maria C. Romanach Architects. The over the years the firm gravitated to doing primarily museum and exhibition projects. Concurrent to her professional practice she has pursued a commitment to architectural education. As Associate Professor at Cornell University she headed the second-year design studio, taught the history and theory of architecture course, and advised undergraduate and graduate thesis students. She has been on the faculties of the School of Design at North Carolina State University, the School of Architecture at the Simon Bolivar University in Venezuela and at the Ecole Special d鈥橝rchitecture in Paris. Most recently she was the Fox Professor of Architecture at the University of Southern California. Her honors and awards include the Lucy G. Moses Preservation Award of the New York Landmarks Conservancy for the restauration of The Hispanic Society of America, and a nomination to the National Academy of Design. Her work has been exhibited at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Herbert G. Johnson Museum of Art, and the Architectural Archives of the University of Pennsylvania.

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