Women Building Modernism: Iconic Buildings and Their Female Initiators

Kerstin Bußmann; Ingrid de Becque

Ahead of Publication Published by Birkhäuser 2023

Women Building Modernism

Iconic Buildings and Their Female Initiators

Kerstin Bußmann and Ingrid de Becque

Overview

About this book

Iconic buildings commissioned by women.

The contribution of women to 20th-century modernism still receives relatively little attention. The male architects are still in the limelight, while the achievements of their female partners, colleagues, classmates, and clients are poorly researched.

This book fills an important gap in our understanding of the history of architecture from 1900 onward, and sheds new light on the women who commissioned numerous ambitious building projects from young avant-garde architects.

The authors Kerstin Bussmann and Ingrid de Becque present the results of their research for the first time in this book and recount the genesis of many iconic international buildings.

First comprehensive publication on iconic buildings commissioned by women
History of 20th-century Modernism with a new focus
Illustrated and easy to read scholarly documentation
Available in English and German language (Frauen bauen die Moderne, ISBN 9783035625424)

Author / Editor information

Kerstin Bussmann, art historian, university lecturer in history of art and architecture

Ingrid De Becque, art historian

Topics

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Birkhäuser
Audience: Women architects; architects; historians; historians; interested individuals, gender researchers;
Pages
- Main content: 272
Illustrations
- Coloured Illustrations: 410
Keywords: Farnsworth House; Villa Tugendhat; Wittgensteinhaus; Women and Architecture; Female Clients; Villa Savoye; Vanna Venturi House; Le Corbusier; Mies Van de Rohe; Frank Lloyd Wright; Female Pioneers; Architecture HIstory; Women

eBook

Planned Publication: April 15, 2024
ISBN: 9783035626230

Hardcover

Planned Publication: April 15, 2024
ISBN: 9783035625813