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Women Architects in the Modern Movement book cover

1st Edition

Women Architects in the Modern Movement

By Carmen Espegel Copyright 2018
280 Pages 150 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages 150 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

280 Pages
by Routledge
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Women Architects in the Modern Movement rewrites the history of modern architecture to elevate the often-overlooked female architects who helped build the movement. Starting with a theoretical analysis that situates women’s roles both in society and architecture specifically, Carmen Espegel examines the transition from women as objects to subjects at the advent of modernity. This theoretical... Read more
About the Author, Preface by Kenneth Frampton, Introduction, PART I: Woman and Society, 1. Woman and Architecture, 2. Woman and Social Evolution, 3. Two X Chromosomes in Modern Architecture, PART II: Four Chronicles, 4. Eileen Gray 1878–1976, 5. Lilly Reich 1885–1947, 6. Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky 1897–2000, 7. Charlotte Perriand 1903–1999, Epilogue, Acknowledgements, Bibliography, Index

Biography

Carmen Espegel (b.1960) is a Spanish PhD Architect and Full Professor in the Design Department of the School of Architecture of Madrid at ETSAM-Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain, and has lectured in the USA, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina and Portugal. Her research focuses on Women in Architecture and Housing. She leads the Grupo de Investigación en Vivienda Colectiva (GIVCO), a research group on collective housing; directs and teaches the Projects Design Module Housing Projects within the Master of Collective Housing (MCH) in Madrid; participates with Doctoral Dissertations on Housing in the School of Architecture of Porto, Portugal; and lectures Master Courses for the Master in Housing (MH) at the University Roma Tre, Italy.

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