Malgorzata TOMCZAK

architect's profession

In 1991, Robert Venturi - Denise Scott Brown's professional and life partner - received the Pritzker Prize. His partner in life and work, co-author of this success, did not receive it until today. She was simply overlooked. Despite petitions, public debate about the role of women in architecture, research on the subject. Perhaps she is the shadow from under the Acropolis from the photo Adrian Krêzlik writes about?

There are many women in architecture. They make up the majority in architecture departments. However, they still face barriers in their professional lives. Why is this the case? What role do they play in the profession? What is their significance? We asked the most important Polish female architects about this, including Prof. Ewa Kurylowicz, Marta Sękulska-Wronska, Marlena Wolnik, Joanna Malecka, Monika Arczynska. We also ask architects a similar question, because we are interested in the environmental debate, not the feminist one. We are interested in how we perceive women in the architectural profession today. Well, exactly - a lady architect or an architect? We are discussing these feminativities - much disliked by some female architects, we should add - because cultural changes often begin with language changes. So how is the issue of gender equality in the design industry?

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