Description
Book SynopsisThe issue of gender inequality in architecture has been part of the profession’s discourse for many years, yet the continuing gender imbalance in architectural education and practice remains a difficult subject. This book seeks to change that. It provides the first ever attempt to move the debate about gender in architecture beyond the tradition of gender-segregated diagnostic or critical discourse on the debate towards something more propositional, actionable and transformative.
To do this, A Gendered Profession brings together a comprehensive array of essays from a wide variety of experts in architectural education and practice, touching on issues such as LGBT, age, family status, and gender-biased awards.
Table of ContentsEditorial
Section 1: Practice, politics, economics
Chapter 1 Six Myths About Women in Architecture – Justine Clark
Chapter 2 Architecture: A Suitable Career for a Woman? – Sandra Manley and Ann De Graft-Johnson
Chapter 3 On Age and Architecture – Sophie Hamer
Chapter 4 Why Men Leave Architecture – Doric
Chapter 5 G.F. Bodley and the Gravy: Describing Architecture on the Tangent – Hugh Pearman
Chapter 6 Women in Architecture: Stand up and be Counted – Virginia Newman
Chapter 7 The Hero's Journey – Karen Burns
Chapter 8 Lost and Found – John Fitzgerald and Ruth Morrow
Chapter 9 Site Parade – Julian Williams
Section 2: Histories, theories & pioneers
Chapter 10 The Queer Architect In Germany – Wolfgang Voigt and Uwe Bresan
Chapter 11 Sister Practices – Ruth Morrow
Chapter 12 Architecture: A Villainous Profession? – David Gloster
Chapter 13 The “Transition” As A Turning Point For Female Agency In Spanish Architecture – Lucía C. Pérez-Moreno
Chapter 14 Redesigning the Profession – Julie Humphreys
Chapter 15 Remembering Queer Space – Anthony Graham
Chapter 16 Women in Architecture Awards – Laura Mark
Chapter 17 Designers of the World Unite – Joe Kerr
Section 3: Place, participation and identity
Chapter 18 Woods and Treasure – Cany Ash and Robert Sakula
Chapter 19 Down To Earth – James Soane
Chapter 20 Vauxhall is Burning – Alexis Kalli
Chapter 21 On Looking And Learning – Paul Davies
Chapter 22 Scenes of Emancipatory Alliances – Brian McGrath
Chapter 23 The Eradication of London's Queer Pubs – Sam Douek
Chapter 24 Architecture 2.0 – Gem Barton
Section 4: Education
Chapter 25 Surveys, seminars, and starchitects: Gender studies and architectural history pedagogy in American architectural education – Catherine Zipf
Chapter 26 Interiority Complex – House and Harriss
Chapter 27 Gender, Architectural Education and the Accruing of Capital – Igea Troiani
Chapter 28 Hit Me Baby, One More Time – Lesley Lokko
Chapter 29 And Then We Were The 99%: Reflections on Gender and the Changing Contours of German Architectural Practice – Mary Pepchinski
Chapter 30 A Gendered Pedagogy – Harriet Harriss
Chapter 31 Look Who's Talking: Numbers Matter – Lori Brown
Chapter 32 Symbolic Violence – Flora Samuel
