# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/beverly-willis
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:24:44.580Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/beverly-willis"
name: "Beverly Willis"
slug: "beverly-willis"
description: "Beverly Willis was an American architect who played a major role in the development of many architectural concepts and practices that influenced the design of American cities and architecture. Willis' achievements in the development of new technologies in architecture, urban planning, public policy and her leadership activities on behalf of architects are well known. Her best-known built work is the Chris Hellman Center for Dance in San Francisco, California. She was a co-founder of the National Building Museum, in Washington, D.C., and founder of the Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation, a non-profit organization working to change the culture for women in the building industry through research and education."
tagline: "American architect (1928–2023)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Beverly_Willis%2C_2015.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Architects"
  slug: "architects"
profileType:
  name: "Architect"
  slug: "architect"
birthDate: "1928-02-17"
deathDate: "2023-10-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           41.98
  momentum:             2.047619047619047
  historical:           10.07343466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://beverlywillis.com/"
sources:
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    title: "Beverly Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيفرلي ويليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "بيفرلى ويليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Willis"
    title: "Beverly Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Willis"
    title: "Beverly Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Willis"
    title: "Beverly Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Willis"
    title: "Beverly Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Willis"
    title: "Beverly Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%84%DB%8C_%D9%88%DB%8C%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%B3"
    title: "بورلی ویلیس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Willis"
    title: "Beverly Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Willis"
    title: "Beverly Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverly_Willis"
    title: "Beverly Willis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2900399"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump