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100 Women: Architects in Practice

Described as a “sample, and not an exhaustive survey” of the world’s female architects, this volume showcases the built works for which these women are best known, as well as their social impact on a male-dominated field. The book is organized geographically, seeking to bring light to regions long overlooked in the Eurocentric architectural canon. “While most of us can name more household products than we can women architects, this book also features women from countries and regions where most of us can’t name a male architect, either,” the authors (Harriet Harriss, Naomi House, Monika Parrinder and Tom Ravenscroft) write in their preface. Alongside profiles on established talents like