ABSTRACT

The 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.

part 1|74 pages

Practice Politics Economics

chapter One|17 pages

Six Myths about Women in Architecture

chapter Three|8 pages

On Age and Architecture

chapter Four|4 pages

Why Men Leave Architecture

chapter Nine|7 pages

Site Parade

part 2|58 pages

Histories Theories Pioneers

chapter Twelve|4 pages

Architecture: A Villainous Profession

chapter Fourteen|9 pages

Redesigning the Profession

chapter Fifteen|7 pages

Remembering Queer Space

part 3|54 pages

Place Participation Identity

chapter Eighteen|6 pages

Woods and Treasure

chapter Nineteen|8 pages

Down to Earth

chapter Twenty|7 pages

Vauxhall is Burning

chapter Twenty One|7 pages

On Looking and Learning

chapter Twenty Two|8 pages

Scenes of Emancipatory Alliances

chapter Twenty Three|10 pages

The Eradication of London’s Democratic Queer Pubs

chapter Twenty Four|6 pages

Architecture 2.0

part 4|78 pages

Education

chapter Twenty Six|11 pages

Interiority Complex

chapter Twenty Eight|7 pages

Hit Me Baby One More Time

chapter Thirty|9 pages

A Gendered Pedagogy

chapter Thirty One|12 pages

Look Who’s Talking: Numbers Matter

chapter Thirty Two|7 pages

Symbolic Violence