When I told my parents I was slightly interested in architecture in year 11 they said no because it’s a “m*ns job”
ask them to explain how this happened
One of the world’s best known female architects of the modern era, Marion Mahony Griffin, is said to have spent her life making husband Walter Burley Griffin look good. Today, women across the industry prefer to receive due credit.
While there is still a disparity between the number of female architecture graduates and those who end up in senior roles, Australia has enough fine examples to give the next generation hope.
Most of these women feature on
Marion’s List, a relatively new public register of women in architecture set up by Parlour, the industry’s non-profit advocate for equity and diversity.
Twenty of the best feature in Maven Publishing’s
Chasing the Sky, 20 Stories of Women in Architecture, including
Clare Cousins, national president of the Australian Institute of Architects (one of five women on the board),
Kerstin Thompson – who was this year named a life fellow at the AIA for both her architecture and her impact on industry and education – Rachel Nolan of
Kennedy Nolan, and
Virginia Kerridge and
Hannah Tribe.
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