Where are the women architects?
Picture this: a woman suspended on a swinging beam, nine storeys up, being interviewed about being an architect. The year is 1911 and the woman Fay Kellogg, a trailblazer keen to impress upon both her peers and the public that women are capable of far more than “building closets”. Reconcile that gesture with this fact: In 2015, when Britain’s Architecture Journal asked its readers whether they would encourage a woman to enter the profession only half said yes. Read Kerstin’s full review of Despina Stratigakos’ new book, published in The Age and Sydney Morning Herald last week, here and also in Parlour here.