Overview

New Zealand women architects have faced decades of struggle to maintain a position in a male-dominated profession. This groundbreaking new book tells the story of their contribution to the creativity, built environment and community of New Zealand.

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Author:   Elizabeth Cox
Publisher:   Massey University Press
Imprint:   Massey University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 22.00cm , Height: 3.30cm , Length: 25.00cm
Weight:   1.450kg
ISBN:  

9781991016348

ISBN 10:   1991016344
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   20 October 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

PART ONE: 1840-1945 INTRODUCTION / ELIZABETH COX 'WE MADE THE PLAN OURSELVES': EARLY COLONIAL WOMEN DESIGNING BUILDINGS / CHERIE JACOBSON 'THE TALENT SHE UNDOUBTEDLY POSSESSES': KATE BEATH / ELIZABETH COX VERY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES: LUCY GREENISH / ELIZABETH COX A 'WORK-ROOM PURE AND SIMPLE': FLORENCE FIELD / ELIZABETH COX 'GIRL AS ARCHITECT': TRAINING TO BE AN ARCHITECT 1920s-1945 / ELIZABETH COX 'THEIR PRESENCE COULD WORK A REVOLUTION': WOMEN IN PRACTICE 1900s-1945 / ELIZABETH COX PART TWO: 1945-2000 'AWFUL TROUBLE': UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCES 1945-1970 / ELIZABETH COX 'SOLID REALITIES': ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE 1945-1970 / ELIZABETH COX CREATIVITY AND DISLOCATION: IRENE KOPPEL, ANNA PLISCHKE AND RENATE PRINCE / LUCY TREEP 'IN THE DEEP END': MARGARET MUNRO / MARY-JANE DUFFY 'NOT AFRAID TO TRY ANYTHING': MONICA BARHAM / MEGAN RULE 'VIGOUR AND ZEST': LILLIAN CHRYSTALL / LYNDA SIMMONS 'A GOOD LIFE': MURIEL LAMB / RICCI HARKER 'I NEVER REALLY HAD TO FIGHT': MARY DE LISLE / ROS EMPSON LONDON CALLING: ALISON SHEPHERD / JULIA GATLEY 'SORRY WHEN THE END OF THE DAY CAME': DRAUGHTSWOMEN / ELIZABETH COX 'MOVERS AND SHAKERS': CAMPAIGNING FOR BETTER ARCHITECTURE 1920s-1950s / ELIZABETH COX TE KARANGA O TE WHAO: THE CALL OF THE CHISEL / TRYPHENA CRACKNELL JOBBING ALONG: THE CURIOUS CASE OF ESTHER JAMES / GILL MATTHEWSON IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE: WOMEN GOVERNMENT ARCHITECTS 1930s-1950s / AMANDA MULLIGAN 'SAILING IN A NEW DIRECTION': NANCY NORTHCROFT / ELIZABETH AITKEN ROSE DOING 'THEIR THING': WOMEN ARCHITECTS AND THEIR OWN HOMES 1940s-1980s / CHERIE JACOBSON 'WE STOOD OUR GROUND': UNIVERSITY IN THE 1970s-1990s / ELIZABETH COX 'THE FACES OF CHANGE': PRACTICE IN THE 1970s-1990s / ELIZABETH COX OTHER WAYS: WOMEN ARCHITECTS AND ACTIVISM IN THE 1980s / GILL MATTHEWSON 'LAYING OUT PEOPLE'S LIVES': PUBLIC SERVICE ARCHITECTURE 1950s-1980s / ELIZABETH COX PAVING THE WAY: MARY BUCKLAND / PAULA WILKINSON PART THREE: 2000-2020 'THE BURDEN OF TRANSLATION': WOMEN AT ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL 2000-2020 / EKTA NATHU NEW MODELS: THE LANDSCAPE OF PRACTICE 2000-2020 / JULIE WILSON COLLECTIVE ACTION: WOMEN ARCHITECTS AND ACTIVISM SINCE THE 1990s / LYNDA SIMMONS EVER TENACIOUS: WAHINE MAORI IN ARCHITECTURE / DEIDRE BROWN DESIGNING PAPAKAINGA: WAHINE MAORI ARCHITECTS / FLEUR PALMER TO BE CONTINUED: PACIFIC WOMEN ARCHITECTS / KARAMIA MUELLER GOING PUBLIC: CIVIC AND SPECIAL PROJECTS / CATHERINE HAMMOND 'THE EXCELLENCE SOMEONE BEFORE YOU HAS CREATED': WOMEN ARCHITECTS IN HERITAGE AND CONSERVATION / CHESSA STEVENS BUILDING BIG: WOMEN ARCHITECTS AND PROJECTS OF SCALE / DIVYA PURUSHOTHAM COLLABORATIVE EFFORT: WOMEN ARCHITECTS IN EDUCATION, HEALTH AND RESEARCH / ELIZABETH COX THE PATH TO GREEN: MAKING SUSTAINABILITY MATTER / MIN HALL FORMING THE FUTURE: WOMEN, ARCHITECTURE AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF CHRISTCHURCH / JESSICA HALLIDAY FORCES OF NATURE: WOMEN IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE / LUCY TREEP THE ARCHITECTURE OF COLLECTIVE LIVING / ELIZABETH AITKEN ROSE THE MAJESTIC DOMESTIC: RECENT RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE / NICOLE STOCK ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS: HOME AS AN EVOLVING STORY / MAGGIE HUBERT 'FRIENDS ON THE DOORSTEP': WOMEN ARCHITECTS AND COOPERATIVE HOUSING / ABIGAIL HURST AWAY FROM HOME: NEW ZEALAND WOMEN ARCHITECTS ABROAD / ANN MCEWAN A HOME OF ONE'S OWN: ARCHITECTS' OWN HOMES 1990s-2020s / NATASHA MARKHAM BUILDING THE DOGBOX: A CASE STUDY / SALLY OGLE ENDLESSLY CREATIVE: ACADEMICS AND ARCHITECTURAL WRITERS / ELIZABETH COX EPILOGUE: MULTIPLE WORLDS COEXISTING / ELIZABETH COX SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS INDEX

Reviews

‘Hands-down the best history of women architects I’ve ever read’ — Julie Willis, Parlour

Fills in this missing piece of New Zealand’s architectural history -- Kelly Dennett A timely and much-needed record -- Federico Monslave Making Space is an important book, one that anyone interested in architecture should own. -- Penny Lewis

Author Information

Elizabeth Cox is a Wellington historian who specialises in both architectural and women’s history. She works as a senior historian at Manatū Taonga Ministry for Culture and Heritage, and runs a consultancy business exploring the history of New Zealand’s heritage buildings. She has worked at both Heritage New Zealand Pouhere Taonga and the National Trust (UK). Her book A Friend Indeed: The Saving of Old St Paul’s, about the battle to save Old St Paul’s Church in Wellington, was published in 2018. She is also a trustee of the Futuna Chapel in Wellington.

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