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Maria Bentel is an American architect and interior designer. She is best known for her work on the renovation of the historic New York City landmark, the Empire State Building. She is also the founder of Bentel & Bentel Architects/Planners, a firm she established in 1965 with her husband, John Bentel. Bentel was born in New York City in 1928. She attended the High School of Music and Art and graduated from the Pratt Institute in 1950 with a degree in architecture. She then went on to work for the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, where she worked on the design of the Empire State Building. Bentel and her husband founded Bentel & Bentel Architects/Planners in 1965. The firm has since designed a variety of projects, including the renovation of the Empire State Building, the restoration of the historic Plaza Hotel in New York City, and the design of the new World Trade Center. Bentel has received numerous awards for her work, including the American Institute of Architects' Gold Medal in 2002. She is also a member of the American Institute of Architects and the National Academy of Design.

Popular As Maria-Luise Ramona Azzarone
Occupation Architect
Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 15 July 1928
Birthday 15 July
Birthplace New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of death (2000-11-08) Locust Valley, New York, U.S.
Died Place Locust Valley, New York, U.S.
Nationality United States

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2000

Bentel & Bentel received 13 awards in design in architecture from organizations such as The AIA National Chapter and Archi Awards before her death in 2000. Since her death, Bentel & Bentel has gone on to win 86 more awards for their accomplishments.

Maria Bentel died on November 8, 2000 at her home in Locust Valley from complications of bone marrow cancer. She was 72.

1957

Maria and her husband Frederick Bentel founded the architectural firm Bentel & Bentel in 1957. As of August 2019 its three principals are their sons Peter and Paul Bentel and Paul's wife Carol Rusche Bentel.

1952

Maria moved to Boston to study architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She married her husband Frederick Bentel in 1952.

1951

Maria Bentel earned a Bachelor of Architecture from MIT in 1951. She was a Fulbright scholar, Scuola d'Architettura, Venice, Italy (1952-53). In 1976, she became one of the first women to become a Fellow in the American Institute of Architects. And a year later she began teaching architecture at the New York Institute of Technology.

1928

Maria Bentel (July 15, 1928 – November 8, 2000) was an American architect. She is known for her work as a founding partner of the architecture firm Bentel & Bentel Architects/Planners A.I.A.

Maria Bentel, née Maria-Luise Ramona Azzarone, was born on June 15, 1928, in New York City to Maria Teresa (née Massaro) and Louis Azzarone, both of Italy. Bentel grew up in Jackson Heights, Queens. She attended Hunter College High School (at the time an all-girls school) and graduated in 1946. She was accepted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and completed the five-year bachelor of architecture program in 1951 as one of four females in her class. She studied with Alvar Aalto, Ralph Rapson, Pietro Belluschi and Laurence Anderson. After graduation, she received a Fulbright-Hays Scholarship for 1952-1953, which she spent attending the Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia.