There are so many inspiring women out there who have influenced the world of architecture, design, the arts and critical theory. But again and again we see all-male panels or read about the same male figures day in and day out.
This list is intended as a little directory, a source of inspiration for your next conference, article, paper or presentation.
We have also started listing books that we found extremely helpful in the making of this project.
This list is intended as a little directory, a source of inspiration for your next conference, article, paper or presentation.
We have also started listing books that we found extremely helpful in the making of this project.
It is a work in progress - fell free to contact us with more input.
THE BOOKS LIST
- Anne Massey, Biography, Identity and the Modern Interior. Middlesex University, UK and Penny Sparke, Kingston University. (2013)
- Beatrix Colomina, Sexuality and Space, Princeton Architectural Press (1992)
- Beatrix Colomina, Privacy and Publicity: Modern Architecture as Mass Media, The MIT Press (1996)
- Beatrix Colomina, Domesticity at War, The MIT Press (2007)
- Denise Scott Brown, “Room at the Top? Sexism and the Star System in Architecture” in Architecture: A Place for Women, ed. Ellen Perry Berkeley and Matilda McQuaid Washington 1989, pp. 237–46. LINK
- Doris Cole, From Tipi to Skyscraper. A History of Woman in Architecture, Boston (1973).
- Ellen Perry Berkeley, Matilda McQuaid (ed.), Architecture: A Place for Women, Washington (1989).
- Jane Rendell, Art and Architecture: A Place Between, London: IB Tauris, (2006)
- Jane Rendell, Gender Space Architecture: An Interdisciplinary Introduction (2000)
- Jessa Crispin, Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto (2017)
- Laurie Penny, Bitch Doctrine. Essays for Dissenting Adults (2017)
- Marylene Lieber, Genre, violences et espaces publics : La vulnérabilité des femmes en question. Les Presses de Sciences Po (2008)
- Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Manifesto for Maintenance Art, 1969! (1969)
- Roxane Gay, Bad Feminist. Essays (2014)
- Susana Torre (ed.), Women in American Architecture: a Historic and Contemporary Perspective. NY, (1977)
- Thibault Tellier, Utopies féministes et expérimentations urbaines. PU Rennes (2009)
- Yves Raibaud, La ville faite par et pour les hommes. Belin (2015)
SEMINAL ARTICLES
Kein Ort, nirgends – Auf der Suche nach Frauenräumen", Arch+ Dezember 1981.
Ann Forsyth: In Praise of Zaha: Women, Partnership and the Star System in Architecture, in: Journal of Architectural Education, Vol. 60, No. 2, 1:1 (Nov. 2006), pp. 63–65.
John Hill, Frauen in der Architektur, in german-architects.com, Aug 19, 2015
Ann Forsyth: In Praise of Zaha: Women, Partnership and the Star System in Architecture, in: Journal of Architectural Education, Vol. 60, No. 2, 1:1 (Nov. 2006), pp. 63–65.
John Hill, Frauen in der Architektur, in german-architects.com, Aug 19, 2015
magazines and newsletters
WEBSITES
AWA - Association for Women in Architecture
WCMM - Women's Creativity since the Modern Movement
NEILS - Netzwerk von architektinnen, innenarchitektinnen, landschaftsarchitektinnen und stadtplanerinnen e. v.
WCMM - Women's Creativity since the Modern Movement
NEILS - Netzwerk von architektinnen, innenarchitektinnen, landschaftsarchitektinnen und stadtplanerinnen e. v.