The architect : reconstructing her practice / edited by Francesca Hughes.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hughes, Francesca.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women-owned architectural firms--Management.

Women-owned architectural firms.

Women architects--Psychology.

Women architects.

Gender identity.

Structuralism.

Architectural firms--Management.

Architectural firms.

Architects--Psychology.

Architects.

Physical Description:

xix, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1996]

Summary:

"At a moment when the architectural profession is beginning to shift from its traditionally male orientation, The Architect: Reconstructing Her Practice examines how the introduction of women to the main body of architecture might bring about a reconstruction of the orders that shape architectural production and consumption." "In a collection of autobiographical essays in which practice is both the site and the vehicle for change, twelve American and European architects reflect on the nature of critical practice and its relation to architecture."--Jacket.

Contents:

An introduction / Francesca Hughes

Battle lines : E. 1027 / Beatriz Colomina

Rear window / Martine De Maeseneer

Aside / Françoise-Hélène Jourda

Bad press / Elizabeth Diller

A practice of one's own / Dagmar Richter

Diversion / Nasrine Seraji-Bozorgzad

Losing it in architecture / Catherine Ingraham

Invisible lines / Christine Hawley

Projects/recollections / Merrill Elam

The return of (the repressed) nature / Diana Agrest

A cold view / Margrét Harðardóttir

Nature morte / Jennifer Bloomer.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Jones Fund bookplate.

ISBN:

0262082454

OCLC:

34113316