Main entry:

Toromanoff, Agata, author.

Title & Author:

Raising the roof : women architects who broke through the glass ceiling / Agata Toromanoff.

Publication:

Munich ; London ; New York : Prestel, [2021]
©2021

Description:

255 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (some color) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
(From table of contents) Olajumoke Adenowo -- Amale Andraos -- Gae Aulenti -- Sandra Barclay -- Deborah Berke -- Tatiana Bilbao -- Lina Bo Bardi -- Caroline Bos -- Alison Brooks -- Sarah Calburn -- Fernanda Canales -- Lucía Cano -- Odile Decq -- Elizabeth Diller -- Jane Drew -- Frida Escobedo -- Yvonne Farrell & Shelley McNamara -- Doriana Fuksas -- Jeanne Gang -- Eileen Gray -- Zaha Hadid -- Itsuko Hasegawa -- Anna Heringer -- Francine Houben -- Rossana Hu -- Louisa Hutton -- Kristin Jarmund -- Amanda Levete -- Inês Lobo -- Ellen van Loon -- Dorte Mandrup -- Norma Merrick Sklarek -- Marta Pelegrín -- Carme Pigem -- Carme Pinós -- Samira Rathod -- Su Rogers -- Nathalie Rozencwajg -- Denise Scott Brown -- Cristina Segni -- Kazuyo Sejima -- Annabelle Selldorf -- Alison Margaret Smithson -- Benedetta Tagliabue -- Xu Tiantian -- Monica Tricario -- Nathalie de Vries -- Betsy Williamson -- Ada Yvars Bravo -- Cazú Zegers.

Summary:

Historically, women architects were disappointingly absent in the news and at awards ceremonies, but now they are spearheading some of the most exciting and important projects in every corner of the globe. These profiles of fifty female architects bring to light some of those projects and highlight pioneering women architects. Each architect is introduced in double-page spreads that include a brief biography, an overview of her philosophy and vision, and stunning photographs of her most significant works. Interviews with several of the architects provide a global perspective on how women are changing the face of the world, including feminist icon, philanthropist, and Nigerian "Starchitect" Olajumoke Adenowo; Tatiana Bilbao, who is leading the way in sustainable Mexican architecture; Rossana Hu, who is fighting to preserve Chinese village culture in her rapidly urbanizing country; and Elizabeth Diller, who created the High Line, one of New York City's most beloved public spaces, and helped redesign the city's Museum of Modern Art. This volume offers indisputable and inspiring evidence that the architectural profession is no longer just a man's game.

ISBN:

9783791386638 hardcover
3791386638 hardcover

Subject:

Women architects.
Women architects Interviews.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architecture, Modern 21st century.
Architecture, Modern Pictorial works.
Women in the professions Portraits.
Femmes architectes.
Femmes architectes Entretiens.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Architecture 21e siècle.
Femmes dans les professions libérales Portraits.
Women in the professions.
Architecture, Modern.

Form/genre:

portraits.
interviews.
Portraits.
Pictorial works.
Interviews.
Illustrated works.
Ouvrages illustrés.

Added entries:

Adenowo, Olajumoke, interviewee, architect.
Bilbao, Tatiana, 1972- interviewee, architect.
Diller, Elizabeth, interviewee, architect.
Hu, Rossana, 1968- interviewee, architect.
Levete, Amanda, 1955- interviewee, architect.
Mandrup-Poulsen, Dorte, 1961- interviewee, architect.
Rathod, Samira, 1963- interviewee, architect.

Women architects who broke through the glass ceiling

Holdings:

Location: Library main 309367
Call No.: BIB 254631
Status: Available