Book Review: Mechtild Widrich reviews Frauen blicken auf die Stadt: Architektinnen, Planerinnen, Reformerinnen, edited by Katia Frey and Eliana Perotti

Published in Journal of the Society of Architectural Historians 79, no.3 (2020): 343–344, by Mechtild Widrich, of the book (German edition): Frauen Blicken auf die Stadt: Architektinnen, Pla…[Read more]

Click here to read an interview with Dana McKinney of Gehry Partners in Madame Architect on advocating for justice and equity through design.

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE LAUNCHES MISTRESSES OF PRATT TO RECOGNIZE THE WORK OF WOMEN EDUCATORS
In launching its own initiative recognizing the legacy of women educators at Pratt Institute, the School of Architecture organized a Dinner Party-inspired gathering with individualized place settings for 41 honored guests. The Monday, March 9 event at the…[Read more]

This year’s Landslide, The Cultural Landscape Foundation’s (TCLF) annual thematic report about threatened and at-risk landscapes and landscape features, is entitled Landslide 2020: Women Take the Lead. The title is derived from a May 13, 1938 New York Times article about women landscape architects that includes the subheadline “Women Take Lead in…[Read more]

Congratulations to SAH WiA AG Advising Chair Prof. Annmarie Adams, who has been selected as a Fellow to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) for 2020! You can read more about her accomplishments and this prestigious Fellowship here.

Sharing some great resources available on Not Even Past, a history research site developed by the Department of History at the University of Texas at Austin that is freely accessible to all:

• Women’s History Archives
• My Journey Through Career Diversity

From the SAH GB:
 

“In light of the ongoing pandemic, the Annual Symposium (originally scheduled for May) will take the form of a series of 4 virtual symposia and seminars between July and October. Run in partnership between the SAHGB, AA Archives and RIBA Collections, we will explore the connections between architecture and archives. The…[Read more]

The international Gender Design Network/iGDN, a non-profit organization to promote gender sensitivity in design strongly emphasizes the necessity of talking about gender and design because both are right in the middle of the society, and both have an immense impact on our way of living, That’s why we invented the first ever award for design p…[Read more]