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Catherine Bauer Wurster

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American architect

United StatesArchitectsLived 1905 to 1964 · aged 59
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Catherine Krouse Bauer Wurster was an American public housing advocate and educator of city planners and urban planners. A leading member of the "housers," a group of planners who advocated affordable housing for low-income families, she dramatically changed social housing practice and law in the United States.

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1936Guggenheim Fellowship

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Catherine Krouse Bauer Wurster was an American public housing advocate and educator of city planners and urban planners. A leading member of the "housers," a group of planners who advocated affordable housing for low-income families, she dramatically changed social housing practice and law in the United States. Wurster's influential book Modern Housing was published by Houghton Mifflin Company in 1934 and is regarded as a classic in the field.

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United States
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Architects
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Architect
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deceased
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Lived 1905 to 1964 · aged 59
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10 languages

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