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Designing women : gender and the architectural profession / Annmarie Adams and Peta Tancred.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adams, Annmarie.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women architects--Canada.
- Women architects.
- Canada.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 190 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2000]
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- 1. Introduction ; 'Designing women' in an international context ; 'Designing women' in the context of the professions ; Women's work within a male discourse
- 2. Entering male-dominated practice, 1920-1992 : the profession 'defines' women architects ; The professional context of the 1920s ; The pioneering period, 1920s to 1970 ; The post-pioneering years, 1970 to 1992 ; Registered and unregistered professionals ; De-registered professionals ; Where do they go?
- 3. Images in the mirror : the profession's perspective on women architects ; Women on the 'margins' ; Women as users of space ; The manly architect
- 4. Building the foundations : women contribute to architectural practice ; Megastructures and megacareers : the Quebec case ; Ontario women architects
- 5. Unregistered professionals : women redesign the architectural domain in Canada ; Why innovation? ; The innovation process ; Gender differences : innovation and de-registration ; Reinterpreting the 'mommy track'?
- 6. The Quebec question : designing a distinct experience ; The Quebec experience ; Quebec women at the frontiers ; Quebec women architects and professional Women.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Martin and Margy Meyerson Endowment Fund for the Built Environment.
- ISBN:
- 9781442673847
- 1442673842
- Publisher Number:
- 99990075066
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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