The Architect: Women in Contemporary Architecture - Softcover

Toy, Maggie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0823016528 ISBN 13: 9780823016525

Publisher: Watson-Guptill, 2001

Synopsis

This volume celebrates 33 extraordinary contemporary women architects whose work is representative of a rich variety of styles and a wide range of intellectual and social concerns. The dramatic color and b&w illustrations demonstrate the idea that women are just as likely as men to have the five necessary key skills for success design competence, the ability to listen to and understand the needs of the client, to work with a large number of people with different skills, to present an authoritative and confident approach, and to negotiate with planners, site workers, and so on. Accompanying a photograph and personal statement of each architect is her professional history, firm profile, design statement, and illustrated projects. Edited by Toy, executive editor of Architectural Design . Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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From Library Journal

Featuring 34 women architects working worldwide, this book opens with a summary of the work done by some of the best-known women architects in history and then provides capsule biographies of each contributor (except Victoria Meyers, who appears to have been inadvertently left out). Each entry includes a professional history, with selected awards and publications, a profile of the firm with which the architect was associated, and data on illustrated projects. Although there are few plans, most illustrations are adequate in size and sufficiently high-resolution, and generous captions explain the specific content of each. In addition, each architect was asked to make an introductory statement on her most challenging project design, but, unfortunately, the unedited responses consist mostly of opaque and platitudinous comments. The volume ends with contact details. Though in general the works presented here are indistinguishable from those of the contributors' male colleagues, the result is nevertheless a satisfying balance of theoretical and actual projects. The only comparable work, Clare Lorenz's Women in Architecture: A Contemporary Perspective (1990), is now over a decade old. Recommended for all architecture and design collections. Paul Glassman, New York Sch. of Interior Design Lib., New York
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About this edition

• Publisher: Watson-Guptill
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0823016528
• ISBN 13: 9780823016525
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 184