Education
Architectural Association School of Architecture.
Architectural Association School of Architecture.
In the mid-1950s Rowntree took on jobs within architectural press, establishing a position as first architectural writer for The Guardian and acting as news editor for the Architectural Design magazine. In 1964 she wrote Diana"s Interior Design: A Penguin Handbook, a pioneering work with an emphasis on minimalist rationality. By the mid-1960s she had resumed her own architectural practice in addition to her writing.