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Chasing the Sky: 20 Stories of Women in Architecture
Chasing the Sky, is a book that showcases twenty of Australia's leading women in architecture. Chasing the Sky is the second book in the '20 Stories' series, with each edition featuring different aspects of the architecture industry. In Chasing the Sky the concentrated voice of some of Australia's most dynamic practitioners, and their substantial projects, compel us to strive for just such possibility; for equitable and vital architectural careers in our immediate reach. Distilled in this volume is a palpable sense of women at work in architecture, of the joys and challenges of a creative profession and the culture of making.Common themes and questions run across the volume to reveal commonalities and differences. We hear varied views on education, craft and technology; on collaboration and inventive processes; on formative influences and entrepreneurship; and, on the relationship between architecture and society. As acclaimed individuals and as a diverse collective, they offer an incisive glimpse into the richness of contemporary Australian architecture, of the spirit that galvanises the profession and cultivates its future buoyancy.
278 pages, Paperback
Published August 1, 2017
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September 27, 2017
The book is edited and introduced by Dean Dewhirst with a foreward by Maryam Gusheh. All twenty women then tell their own stories within a generous 10-12 pages spread. A small 'Life Lessons' tab in the middle section highlights a number of their key points for quick reference.
Each woman was obviously given a brief about the kind of content required for the book with a few key areas to cover. We learnt about their background and introduction to architecture (I was interested to note that the majority had a parent or family member already involved in architecture, design or creative pursuits somehow). They talked about their education and any challenges they had getting started. Passion, reward and ambition were three words referenced by nearly all twenty women.
Gender parity was discussed; most agreed that they had not really experienced any disadvantage by being a women, except for when children were born. They were all fortunate that their partners embraced the concept of shared parenting, but it wasn't easy for the men to do this with our society's current model for work. As Abbie Galvin said, 'work/life balance simply cannot be a woman's issue. It must be an issue that faces men, women, the old, the young, those with family and those without.'
Full review here - http://bronasbooks.blogspot.com.au/20...
Each woman was obviously given a brief about the kind of content required for the book with a few key areas to cover. We learnt about their background and introduction to architecture (I was interested to note that the majority had a parent or family member already involved in architecture, design or creative pursuits somehow). They talked about their education and any challenges they had getting started. Passion, reward and ambition were three words referenced by nearly all twenty women.
Gender parity was discussed; most agreed that they had not really experienced any disadvantage by being a women, except for when children were born. They were all fortunate that their partners embraced the concept of shared parenting, but it wasn't easy for the men to do this with our society's current model for work. As Abbie Galvin said, 'work/life balance simply cannot be a woman's issue. It must be an issue that faces men, women, the old, the young, those with family and those without.'
Full review here - http://bronasbooks.blogspot.com.au/20...
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