Where are the women architects? /

For a century and a half, women have been proving their passion and talent for building and, in recent decades, their enrollment in architecture schools has soared. Yet the number of women working as architects remains stubbornly low, and the higher one looks in the profession, the scarcer women bec...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stratigakos, Despina (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2016]
Series:Places Bks.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Inhalt
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction. Where Are the Women Architects?
  • 1. May Women Practice Architecture? The First Century of Debate
  • 2. The Sad State of Gender Equity in the Architectural Profession
  • 3. What I Learned from Architect Barbie
  • 4. Architecture Prizes and the Boys' Club
  • 5. Unforgetting Women Architects: A Confrontation with History and Wikipedia
  • Conclusion. Looking Back, Moving Forward
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Photo Credits.