At a moment when the architectural profession is beginning to shift from its traditionally male orientation, 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 shape architectural production and consumption. In a collection of autobiographical essays in which practice is both the site and the vehicle for change, twelve American and European architects reflect on the nature of critical practice and its relation to architecture.
Full of contents:
- An Introduction / Francesca Hughes
- Ch. 1. Battle Lines: E.1027 / Beatriz Colomina
- Ch. 2. Rear Window / Martine De Maeseneer
- Ch. 3. Aside /Francoise-Helene Jourda
- Ch. 4. Bad Press /Elizabeth Diller
- Ch. 5. A Practice of One's Own /Dagmar Richter
- Ch. 6. Diversion / Nasrine Seraji-Bozorgzad
- Ch. 7. Losing It in Architecture /Catherine Ingraham
- Ch. 8. Invisible Lines /Christine Hawley
- Ch. 9. Projects/Recollections /Merrill Elam
- Ch. 10. The Return of (The Repressed) Nature / Diana Agrest
- Ch. 11. A Cold View / Margret Harthardottir
- Ch. 12. Nature Morte / Jennifer Bloomer
