Americans still build millions of dream houses in neighborhoods that sustain Victorian stereotypes of the home as 'woman's place' and the city as 'man's world.' Urban historian and architect Dolores Hayden tallies the personal and social costs of an American 'architecture of gender' for the two-earner family, the single-parent family, and single people. Many societies have struggled with the architectural and urban consequences of women's paid employment: Hayden traces three models of home in historical perspective-the haven strategy in the United States, the industrial strategy in the former USSR, and the neighborhood strategy in European social democracies-to document alternative ways to reconstruct neighborhoods.

Updated and still utterly relevant today as the New Urbanist architects have taken up Hayden's critique of suburban space, this award-winning book is essential reading for architects, planners, public officials, and activists interested in women's social and economic equality.


This title was the winner of the National Endowment for the Arts Award for Excellence in Design Research; winner of the Paul Davidoff Award for an Outstanding Book in Urban Planning; winner of the Vesta Award for Feminist Scholarship in the Arts; and winner of an ALA Notable Book Award.

About the Author
Dolores Hayden, professor of architecture and American studies at Yale, writes about the politics of design.

Reviews
"Essential reading for architects, planners, and public officials...just as relevant today as it was nearly 20 years ago." -- Ellen Louer - ArchNewsNow.com



Book Information
ISBN 9780393730944
Author Dolores Hayden
Format Paperback
Page Count 288
Imprint WW Norton & Co
Publisher WW Norton & Co
Weight(grams) 486g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 157mm * 20mm