Maria Cotescu [SEP] father
in the Romanian Army during World War I. She graduated from the High School of Architecture in Bucharest in 1922 and in 1924, she was one of only six women, who had been allowed membership in the Romanian Architects Society, the others being Irineu Maria Friedman, Virginia Andreescu Haret, Maria Hogas, Antonetta Ioanovici and Ada Zăgănescu. Some sources indicate that she also later attended the Superior School of Architecture in Bucharest, graduating after Henrieta Delavrancea did so in 1926–1927.
She was most prolific building in the era between the wars
Maria Cotescu
Maria Cotescu (sometimes shown as Maria Cottescu or Marica Cottescu) (1896–1980) was one of the first female Romanian architects. She was most prolific in the period between the wars and was one of the few architects of the period whose theoretical design writings were parallel to her design implementation. She is most known for large industrial works, like the Romanian Railway Company's industrial and office project.
Biography.
Maria Cotescu was born in 1896 in Romania to Maria (née Tufelcică) and , a general