The image of the architect is undeniably gendered. While the
male architect might be celebrated as the ideal man in Hollywood
romantic comedies, blessed with practicality and creativity in
equal measure to impeccable taste and an enviable lifestyle, the
image of the woman architect is not so clear cut. While women have
been practicing and excelling in architecture for more than a
hundred years, their professional identity, as constructed in the
media, is complex and sometimes contradictory. This book explores
the working lives and aspirations of women in architectural
practice, but more than this it explores how popular media
newspapers, magazines, and websites serve to define and describe
who a woman architect should be, what she should look like and how
she should behave. Looking further, into the way that professional
characteristics are reinforced through awards like the Pritzker
Prize, the book demonstrates how idealised characteristics such as
sensitivity and vision are seen to be neither entirely masculine
nor feminine, but instead a complex hybrid owing much to historic
concepts of genius. Drawing on history, sociology, media analysis
and feminist theories of architectural practice, the book will be
of interest to all of those who seek to better understand the image
and identity of the architect.
This book was published as a double special issue of
Architectural Theory Review."
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