Title & Author:

The architect : women in contemporary architecture.

Publication:

New York, NY : Watson-Guptill Publications, 2001.

Description:

184 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Notes:
Edited by Maggie Toy with a preface by Peter Pran.
Covers extend to form two additional leaves.
Word "architect" in title includes symbol below first "c".
Includes bibliographical references.
Irene Bauman -- Ann Beha -- Caroline Bos -- Alison Brooks -- Lise Anne Couture -- Odile Decq -- Elizabeth Diller -- Julie Eizenberg -- Merrill Elam -- Karen Fairbanks -- Zaha Hadid -- Frances Halsband -- Gisue Hariri & Mojgan Hariri -- Jane Harrison -- Itsuko Hasegawa -- Laurie Hawkinson -- Christine Hawley -- Margaret Helfand -- Katherine Heron -- Patty Hopkins -- Cathi House -- Eva Jiricna -- Sulan Kolatan -- Eve Laron -- MJ Long -- Victoria Meyers -- Carme Pinós -- Regina Pizzinini -- Kazuyo Sejima -- Laurinda Spear -- Billie Tsien -- Nanako Umemoto -- Sarah Wigglesworth.

Summary:

"The gender issues surrounding architecture are extraordinarily complex and, frequently, highly emotionally charged. Even the title of this book generated controversy: The original title, The Female Architect, was rejected because it highlighted the fact that the architects whose work is featured here are women, when most want to be considered just as architects. All want their work to be read on its own merits." "Architecture grows and develops according to the challenges it faces. Taking up the challenge of refuting the gender divide and welcoming intelligent input, from whatever source, will benefit a profession which, by definition, is serving the people from whom it works and therefore needs to operate within a collaborative framework, one offering equal opportunities according to talent rather than gender."--Jacket.

ISBN:

0823016528
9780823016525
0471495441
9780471495444

Subject:

Women architects.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architects Biography.
Women architects Biography.
Architecture, Modern.
Femmes architectes Biographies.
Architectes Biographies.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Femmes architectes.
Architects
Architektin.
Geschichte.

Form/genre:

Biographies

Added entries:

Toy, Maggie.
Pran, Peter C.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 215959
Call No.: NA2000 .A7 2001
Status: Available