I was inspired by my grandfather who was a builder. The notion that you could change an environment with something new and different was a revelation to a 10 year old.
Soon after the riots in the 1960’s, my father asked, “Who will rebuild the cities? Diane, why don’t you become an architect?” As a young girl growing up in the 60’s, architecture had never entered my mind. But here I am in Baltimore trying to do just that.