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The architectural profession is beginning to shift from its traditionally male domination. This book examines how the introduction of women to the main body of architecture might bring about a reconstruction of the orders that pervade architectural production and consumption. In a collection of autobiographical essays in which practice is both the site and the vehicle for change, 12 American and European architects reflect on the nature of critical practice and its relation to architecture. The contributors encompass a range of architectural practices from the intersection of theory and philosophy to the intersection of building process and industry. Together they present a critique of architectural culture and attempt to transgress the various mediums and territories of architecture, to recover and reopen certain discussions lost in the architectural discourse they have inherited.

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The collection raises critical issues for the discipline ofarchitecture in a generous and provocative manner. It should be readby all of us. Steven Spier , Building Design

The collection raises critical issues for the discipline of architecture in a generous and provocative manner. It should be read by all of us. --Steven Spier, Building Design

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Francesca Hughes lives and works in London, where she taught at the Bartlett School of Architecture and the Architectural Association for many years. She is the editor of The Architect: Reconstructing Her Practice (MIT Press) and Drawings That Count.

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