WHERE ARE THE WOMEN ARCHITECTS?

Despina Stratigakos's provocative examination of the past, current, and potential future roles of women in the profession begins wit h the backstory, revealing how the field has dodged the question of women's absence since the nineteenth century. It then turns to t he status of women in architecture today, and the serious, entrenched hurdles they face. But the story isn't without hope, and the b ook documents the rise of new advocates who are challenging the profession's boys' club, from its male-dominated elite prizes to the erasure...[Read more]