'Designing Women' : Gender and the Architectural Profession.

Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1 Introduction -- 'Designing Women' in an International Context -- 'Designing Women' in the Context of the Professions -- Women's Work within a Male Discourse -- 2 Entering Male-Dominated Practice, 1920-1992: The Profession 'Defines' Women Architects -- The Professional Context of the 1920s -- The Pioneering Period, 1920s to 1970 -- The Post-Pioneering Years, 1970 to 1992 -- Registered and Unregistered Professionals -- De-registered Professionals -- Where Do They Go? -- Conclusion -- 3 Images in the Mirror: The Profession's Perspective on Women Architects -- Women on the 'Margins' -- Women as Users of Space -- The Manly Architect -- Conclusion -- 4 Building the Foundations: Women Contribute to Architectural Practice -- Megastructures and Megacareers: The Quebec Case -- Ontario Women Architects -- Conclusion -- 5 Unregistered Professionals: Women Redesign the Architectural Domain in Canada -- Why Innovation? -- The Innovation Process -- Gender Differences: Innovation and De-registration -- Reinterpreting the 'Mommy Track'? -- 6 The Quebec Question: Designing a Distinct Experience -- The Quebec Experience -- Quebec Women at the Frontiers -- Quebec Women Architects and Professional Women -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Methodology -- Appendix B: Additional Tables -- Appendix C: Lexicon -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Women architects in Canada have reacted with ingenuity to the architectural profession's restrictive and sometimes discriminatory practices, contributing major innovations in practice and design to the field.

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