Breaking ground : architecture by women / Jane Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, Jane (Writer on architecture), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women architects.

Architecture and women.

Architecture, Modern--20th century.

Architecture, Modern.

Architecture, Modern--21st century.

Physical Description:

223 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Phaidon, 2019.

Summary:

Would you still call me a diva if I were a man?" asked Zaha Hadid, challenging as she did so, more than 100 years of stereotypes about female architects. A century in which women were refused entry to architecture schools, were denied degrees when they had completed courses, a century in which even now, women occupy just ten per cent of the highest-ranking jobs in architecture firms. In contrast, Breaking Ground is a pioneering, even essential, celebration of incredible architecture designed by women. Featuring more than 150 architects and buildings, and spanning the last 100 years, Breaking Ground is both a glorious visual manifesto and a timely record of the extraordinary contribution female architects have made to the profession.

Contents:

Would they still call me a diva?

Breaking ground

Timeline

Quotations and further reading.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0714879274

9780714879277

OCLC:

1099690151