At a moment when the architectural profession is beginning to shift from its traditionally male domination, "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 pervade architectural production and consumption. In a collection of autobiographical essays in which practice is both the site and the vehicle for change, 12 American and European architects reflect on the nature of critical practice and its relation to architecture. The contributors were chosen not only for their work, but also for the range of architectural practices they collectively encompass - from the intersection of theory and industry. Together, they present a critique of architectural culture. All show a willingness to transgress the various mediums and territories of architecture, to recover and reopen certain discussions lost in the architectural discourse they have inherited. "The Architect: Reconstructing Her Practice" argues that women architects - insiders by their education and their adoption by and of certain professional institutions, and outsiders by their difference, their gender-related experience - are ideally placed to critique the body of architecture and to challenge certain accepted aspects of our built and unbuilt environment. Furthermore, it is the woman architect's ability to be simultaneously marginal and mainstream that provides an opportunity for the critical reconstruction of architectural practice.
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"The collection raises critical issues for the discipline ofarchitecture in a generous and provocative manner. It should be readby all of us." Steven Spier , Building Design
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.About the Author
Francesca Hughes is on the faculty of the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London.
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- Ethics and the Practice of Architecture by Barry Wasserman in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Pursuit of Pleasure: Gender, Space and Architecture in Regency London by Jane Rendell in Back Matter
- Modernism and the Spirit of the City by Iain Boyd Whyte on page 234
- Modernism and the Spirit of the City by Iain Boyd Whyte on page 234
- Design and Feminism: Re-visioning Spaces, Places, and Everyday Things by Joan Rothschild on page 10
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