Julia Barfield has interest in vernacular architecture, geometry and in the way nature "designs and organizes itself so efficiently".
10 Facts About Julia Barfield
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Julia Barfield was influenced by Buckminster Fuller and his beliefs on how architects have a social and environmental responsibility.
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Julia Barfield remains involved in a diverse array of projects within architecture, including the categories of culture, education, transportation, sports, leisure, and master planning.
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Julia Barfield was drawn to architecture through the influence of a family friend who was an architect.
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Julia Barfield was interested in the arts and sciences, and believes that "architecture is a bridge" between them.
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Julia Barfield studied at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London from 1972 to 1978.
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Julia Barfield spent a year abroad working in the barriadas of Lima, Peru, where she designed housing and a community centre.
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In 1990, together with husband David Marks, she founded Marks Julia Barfield Architects, designing projects for the leisure, housing, transport, education and cultural sectors.
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Julia Barfield has served as an awards assessor for RIBA and the Civic Trust and judges architectural competitions.
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Julia Barfield previously served as vice president of the Architectural Association School of Architecture.