Women writing architecture 1700-1900 : expanding histories / edited by Anne Hultzsch and Sol Pérez Martínez.

Title & Author:

Women writing architecture 1700-1900 : expanding histories / edited by Anne Hultzsch and Sol Pérez Martínez.

Publication:

Zurich : Gta Verlag, ETH Zurich, [2025]
©2025

Description:

303 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map, plans, portraits ; 23 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

From India to Chile and Britain to Senegal, women have influenced architecture for centuries by exerting power over space through their writing. By exploring a wide variety of sources, from diaries and travelogues to inventories and political pamphlets, this publication expands histories of architecture to include these women. The contributing authors reveal female spatial agencies using rare written sources, novel methodologies, and in-depth re-readings of canonical histories. Housewives, princesses, novelists, travellers, nurses - writing as clients, users, or critics - are all relevant voices for understanding the past of the built environment. Examining specific spaces such as churches, homes, gardens, boulevards, kitchens, or shacks, this book proposes a novel take on feminist historiographies.

ISBN:

9783856764890 paperback
3856764895

Subject:

Architecture and women.
Architectural writing.
Women architects.
Architecture et femmes.
Architecture Art d'écrire.
Femmes architectes.

Added entries:

Hultzsch, Anne, editor.
Pérez Martínez, Sol, editor.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 324904
Call No.: 324904
Copy: 1
Status: Available

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