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"Cornelia Brierly" (b. 1913) was an American architect and one of the first five women to study architecture at Carnegie Tech (formerly Carnegie Mellon University). She was the first female fellow of Frank Lloyd Wright in Taliesin, 1934.

Biography
Cornelia Brierly was born April 12, 1913, in rural Miffin County, PA. She studied briefly at Cornell University and the University of Pittsburg, before enrolling in Carnegie Tech (formerly Carnegie Mellon University) becoming one of the first five women to study architecture in the program. In 1934 she joined the Taliesin Fellowship under Frank Lloyd Wright. She worked on Wright’s Broadacre City plan, building models in Arizon and traveling to Pittsburg and Washington, D.C. to explain the ideas to a wider audience.

She studied with Frank Lloyd Wright for 10 years and started a private practice with her husband Peter Berndtson. In 1956 she returned to the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation working as an architectural designer, interior decorator and landscape architect. She was Honorary Chairman and Trustee of the Foundation for many years.

Cornelia passed away August 24, 2012 at age 99. She is succeeded by daughters Anna Coor and Indira Berndtson, cousin Robert Brierly, and nephews Peter and Eric Drake

Major Buildings and Projects
Models for FLLW’s Broadacre City project Taliesin West (contributor) Hulda and Louise Notz House, West Mifflin, 1940 Arthur Jeffrey House (with Peter Berndtson), Allison Parks, PA, 1947 Edward Weinberger House (with Peter Berndtson), Squirrel Hill, PA, 1948 Joseph Katz/McComb House (with Peter Berndtson), West Mifflin, PA 1950 Abraam Steinberg House (with Peter Berndtson), Squirrel Hill, 1951 F. Esther Fineman House (with Peter Berndtson), Stanton Heights, PA, 1952 George Brayman House (with Peter Berndtson), Ben Avon Heights, PA, 1953 Saul Lipkind House (with Peter Berndtson), Swisshelm Park, PA, 1954

Press
Garino, Agnes. “A Visit with Cornelia Brierly at Taliesin West.” The Frank Lloyd Wright House in Ebsworth Park Newsletter Winter 2004. http://www.ebsworthpark.org/newsletterWI04.html Haller, Sonja. “Pioneering architect Cornelia Brierly dies at 99.” The Republic August 27, 2012. http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/2012/08/29/20120829pioneering-architect-cornelia-brierly-dies.html Hesselberg, George. “Woman believed to be older survivor of Taliesin Fellowship dies at 99.”Wisconsin State Journal August 24, 2012. http://host.madison.com/news/local/woman-believed-to-be-oldest-survivor-of-taliesin-fellowship-dies/article_086cec30-ee47-11e1-a47f-0019bb2963f4.html Pitz, Marylynne. “Cornelia Brierly: The Pittsburgher in Frank Lloyd Wright’s Inner Circle,” Pittsburgh Post-Gazette April 28, 2013. http://archrecord.construction.com/yb/ar/article.aspx?story_id=185019296

Writings
Brierly, Cornelia. Tales of Taliesin: A Memoir of Fellowship. Petaluma, CA: Pomegranate, 2000.