Tag: Women in architecture
150 years of Marion Mahony Griffin
For more than a century, Marion Mahony Griffin’s role as “a founding mother” of a city has been in the shadows of her male partner, but on the150th anniversary of her birth, there is renewed focus on her life’s work and legacy.
Indigenizing practice: To award, or not to award?
In the first of a series of discussions on Indigenizing practice, Sarah Lynn Rees speaks to practitioners about awards programs.
Three women appointed professors of practice at Sydney uni
Olivia Hyde, Kate Goodwin and Qianyi Lim are the first professors of practice to be appointed by the architecture school.
Equality, diversity and global challenges
The 2020 International Women’s Day gives pause to reflect on what an “equal, enabled” world means in the face of global challenges.
Architects are workers: The Architecture Lobby’s Peggy Deamer
Architect and Yale professor Peggy Deamer wants us to see architecture as work, and architects as workers.
Six landmark projects of the first all-woman Pritzker winning duo
From a “modern day Machu Picchu” to “cool mysterious interiors,” we sample some of the most notable projects by the first all-female duo to win the Pritzker Prize.
Pritzker Prize awarded to all-female partnership
Architecture’s highest honour has been awarded to two women for the first time in its history.
One to watch: Brcar Morony Architecture
Natalie Brcar and Michael Morony run a practice grounded in principles of environmentally sustainable design.
Devaluing care: The issue of unpaid hours
Lynda Simmons discusses how the hours spent ‘working’ and ‘caring’ are divided and how that might affect architecture practices.
Humanitarian architect wins global women in architecture award
Pakistan’s first female architect, who’s had a decades-long career in humanitarian architecture, has been honoured in the 2020 W Awards.
Institute president makes Women of Influence list
Helen Lochhead has been recognized for helping to change the status quo to a “more equal, more diverse and vibrant society.”
One to watch: Kin Architects
Leah Gallagher and Marjorie Dixon, of Kin Architects, formed their Brisbane-based practice in 2017 with a desire to design people-centric architecture that respects the history and context of their city.
Are flexible working arrangements the key to a more equitable workplace, or a gateway to casualization?
An event in Melbourne, held in anticipation of International Women’s Day, sought to dissect the possibilities of flexibility.
Gender equity needed ‘in every nook and cranny of architecture,’ census analysis shows
In 2012, Parlour published its first and devastating statistical portrayal of the loss of women from the architecture profession and their sparseness at senior levels. What progress has been made since then?
To design safer parks for women, city planners must listen to their stories
Planners, architects, the police and politicians need to put aside the traditional expert perspective to learn from – and design for – women’s experiences.
Australian digital mapping project of women’s safety in cities goes global
Women in Sydney, Delhi, Lima, Kampala and Madrid can now collaborate on the creation of maps that show city spaces that make them feel unsafe.
Sexism and the city: how urban planning has failed women
The proportion of women to men in architecture and associated professions is low. Can cities not designed by women really meet their needs?
Parlour and gender equity in Australian architecture: Where to from here?
Parlour editor Justine Clark reflects on the organization’s development since the publication of research in 2014 that laid bare the state of gender inequity in Australian architecture, turns an eye to the future, and explains how you can help.
Amanda Levete wins 2018 Jane Drew Prize
British architect and designer of Melbourne’s 2015 MPavilion Amanda Levete has been awarded the 2018 Jane Drew Prize, which recognizes someone who has raised the profile of women in architecture.
Leading Change: presented by Parlour
All four of Victoria’s architecture schools are currently headed by women. Seizing the moment, Parlour has organized a panel discussion to be held at the National Gallery of Victoria as part of the Triennial Extra program.
