Women Architects at Work : Making American Modernism.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hunting, Mary Anne.

Contributor:

Murphy, Kevin.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2025.

Summary:

A comprehensive history of the women architects who left their enduring mark on American ModernismIn the decades preceding World War II, professional architecture schools enrolled increasing numbers of women, but career success did not come easily. Women Architects at Work tells the stories of the resilient and resourceful women who surmounted barriers of sexism, racism, and classism to take on crucial roles in the establishment and growth of Modernism across the United States.Mary Anne Hunting and Kevin D. Murphy describe how the Cambridge School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture in Massachusetts evolved for the professional education of women between 1916 and 1942. While alumnae such as Eleanor Agnes Raymond, Victorine du Pont Homsey, and Sarah Pillsbury Harkness achieved some notoriety, others like Elizabeth-Ann Campbell Knapp and Louisa Vaughan Conrad have been largely absent from histories of Modernism. Hunting and Murphy describe how these innovative practitioners capitalized on social, educational, and professional ties to achieve success and used architecture to address social concerns, including how modernist ideas could engage with community and the environment. Some joined women-led architectural firms while others partnered with men or contributed to Modernism as retailers of household furnishings, writers and educators, photographers and designers, or fine artists.With stunning illustrations, Women Architects at Work offers new histories of recognized figures while recovering the stories of previously unsung women, all of whom contributed to the modernization of American architecture and design.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Preface

Introduction

I. Early Experience and Education

II. International Exchanges

III. Forging Networks

IV. Collaboration as a Primary Strategy

V. The Enterprising Spirit

VI. Houses and Housing

VII. Creating Community

VIII. Singular Statements

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

Appendixes

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Illustration Credits.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780691261508

0691261504

OCLC:

1465270495