This book documents contemporary architectural projects designed by women architects participating in diverse forms of practice in diverse regions around the world. Examining each design within its unique context, this collection of forty projects includes beautifully illustrated case studies of transformative buildings, encompassing a range of sizes, building types, materials, and construction methods. Overcoming historical challenges within architectural practice, the women architects in this collection lead their firms and expand the field of architecture. Brit Andresen, Andresen O'Gorman Architects, Australia; Sandra Barclay, Barclay & Crousse Architecture, Peru + France; Tatiana Bilbao Estudio, Mexico; Shirley Blumberg, KPMB Architects, Canada; Eliana Bormida, Bormida y Yanzon Arquitectos, Argentina; Fernanda Canales Arquitectura, Mexico; Gabriela Carrillo, Mexico; Aziza Chaouni Projects, Canada; Elizabeth Diller, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, USA; Carmen Espegel, Espegel Arquitectos, Espana; Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara, Grafton Architects, Eire; Jeanne Gang, Studio Gang, USA + France; Lina Ghotmeh Architecture, France; Melkan Gursel, Tabanlioglu Architects, Turkey, UK + USA; Studio Anna Heringer, Deutschland; Francine Houben, Mecanoo, Nederland, Taiwan, UK + USA; Carla Juacaba Studio, Brasil; Antonia Lehmann, Izquierdo Lehmann Arquitectos, Chile; Ines Lobo Arquitectos, Portugal; Lu Wenyu, Amateur Architecture Studio, China; Doriana Mandrelli Fuksas, STUDIO FUKSAS, Italia, France, UAE + China; Nina Maritz Architects, Namibia; Valerie Mulvin, McCullough Mulvin Architects, Eire; Sheila O'Donnell, O'Donnell + Tuomey, Eire + UK; Patricia Patkau, Patkau Architects, Canada; Estudio Carme Pinos, Espana; Samira Rathod Design Associates, Bharat Ganarajya; Maria Samaniego, arquitectura x, Ecuador; Kazuyo Sejima, Kazuyo Sejima and Associates + SANAA, China; Brigitte Shim, Shim-Sutcliffe Architects, Canada; Sonja Petrus Spamer Architects, South Africa; Marina Tabassum Architects, Bangladesh; Kerstin Thompson Architects, Australia; Lene Tranberg, Lundgaard & Tranberg Arkitekter A/S, Danmark; Billie Tsien, Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects Partners, USA; Claire Weisz, WXY Architecture + Urban Design, USA; Sarah Wigglesworth Architects, UK; Xu Tiantian, DnA (Design and Architecture), China; Estudio Cazu Zegers Arquitectura, Chile; Marusa Zorec, Arrea Arhitektura, Slovenija

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ISBN 9781848222700
Author Marcia Feuerstein
Format Hardback
Page Count 528
Imprint Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Publisher Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd