"Two Women and the Pavilion in the Water"
As noted in the poster illustrating this post, the documentary called "Two Women and the Pavillion in the Water" will be shown several times during the 2023 Orlando Film Festival. This is exciting news. The film chronicles the work of teh Ryan and Roberts Studio, one of the first all -women architectural firms in the United States, dating back to one hundred years ago.
I have been researching Isabel Roberts' life and legacy for nearly twenty years. Over that time, I have learned much about her that was not in the architectural history consciousness previously. Isabel was a trained architect, worked on architectural projects in teh Oak Park Studio of Frank Lloyd Wright, designed or contributed greatly to the design of her own famous house in River Forest, Illinois (yes the one with the tree growing through the roof), and moved to Florida after the Oak Park studio closed, and entered into a productive partnership with architect Ida Annah Ryan. You can read more about both of them in previous posts here on my blog.
The film that is being shown at the Orlando Film Festival utilized much of my research and also features me, as well as several other wonderful chroniclers of Central Florida history and architectural history. It is good that the film will reach a wide audience, and perhaps stimulate further understanding of these two pioneering women in teh field of architecture. If you are in Central Florida, I encourage you to see it.
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