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Summary
Summary
Examines the work of 48 individuals and firms from 20 countries, and includes comments by the architects and statistics for international comparisons. Argues for the importance of a female perspective in the male dominated field of architecture. Nicely illustrated. No index. Annotation(c) 2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Reviews 2
Choice Review
Every architecture librarian would agree that an international survey of women's contribution to 20th-century architecture is desperately needed. What this book provides is a very subjective biographical overview of 54 women architects, primarily practicing in North America and Europe, although a smattering of other countries are represented. Usually complete in just two pages, each entry includes biographical highlights, list of selected work, very brief essay, and several photographs. Both well-known and unknown practitioners are included; and in an effort to represent non-Western architects, women who have received their professional degrees as recently as three years ago have been included. It is hard to recommend purchasing this book. It contains scant information and provides no theoretical or critical framework; its reading list is inadequate and lacks any discernible arrangement; and the copy editing is atrocious. Despite its obvious flaws, however, libraries will buy it because so little documentation on lesser-known women architects appears in book form. Lorenz has begun to address the dearth of information on foreign women architects, but it is a minor beginning, clearly pointing to the need for a more substantial contribution to the literature. -S. M. Klos, University of Oregon
Library Journal Review
Lorenz's book has ambitious intentions. She wants it to serve as an international who's who of women architects. In each entry she outlines the professional life of the architect and uses photographs and drawings to provide samples of work. Each architect is then quoted on matters of ideas and motivation. With all these worthwhile efforts crammed into a compact, expensive paperback, the result is a whole that is less than the sum of its parts. The reader or researcher using Lorenz's book confronts pages squeezed tight by several columns of text that vary in width and often include fine print. Space limitations also reduce the quality and number of illustrations and photographs. The subject of women architects deserves a roomier, more analytical book. Recommended for academic, museum, and public libraries because of the scarcity of books on women architects.-- David Bryant, Belleville P.L., N.J. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
