Women Architects in the Modern Movement

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Women Architects in the Modern Movement is written by Carmen Espegel and published by Routledge. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1351745263 (ISBN 10) and 9781351745260 (ISBN 13).

Heroines of Space looks at four groundbreaking women architects: Eileen Gray, Lilly Reich, Margarethe Schütte-Lihotzky, and Charlotte Perriand. You'll see the parts they played in the history of modern architecture and get a clearer view of the recent past. The book explains the social and historical setting behind their coming into being and includes research on the factors around their roles as space makers to show you how they practiced architecture despite pressure not to. New in English, the Spanish edition won the 2006 Milka Blinakov Prize granted by the International Archive of Women in Architecture. Includes 150 black and white images and bibliographies for each architect.