We’re not there yet. In an industry where the gender pay gap has widened in recent years, where all-male panels at conferences are not unusual, and where macho culture still prevails on building sites, a book like this, sadly, still has a place. — The Guardian
Writing for The Guardian, critic Oliver Wainwright says he hopes RIBA’s new publication 100 Women: Architects in Practice, which we previewed in December, will encourage competition judges, academic panels, awards juries, exhibitions organizers, and rebuke “the headhunters who claim women never apply, [...] the clients who say they just can’t find women with the right experience.”
Many of the architects included in the book, namely Mariam Kamara, Suhailey Farzana, and others, are women whose practices are informed by and in service to decolonization in the developing world à la the 2023 RIBA Gold Medal winner Yasmeen Lari and 2021 Soane Medalist Marina Tabassum. (The profiles are divided into 18 geographical "sub-regions" based on the UN's geoscheme.)
The 320-page book was written by Harriet Harriss, Naomi House, Monika Parrinder, and Tom Ravenscroft, with Alison Brooks responsible for the foreword.
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Marina Tabassum’s profile does not feature in the book- have you read the book?
The article doesn't state that she was profiled in the book. The article says that many of the women profiled in the book were informed by the work of female architects such as Tabassum.
"Many of the architects included in the book [ ], are women whose practices are informed by and in service to decolonization in the developing world à la the 2023 RIBA Gold Medal winner Yasmeen Lari and 2021 Soane Medalist Marina Tabassum"
None of the 100 women say that in the book either!
Again, this seems to be a misread of the article. The line you are referencing doesn't state these women are quoted as saying that in the book. It simply says that their work is "informed by and in service to decolonization in the developing world" similar to that of other architects such as Yasmeen Lari and Marina Tabassum. Are you disputing that their work is informed by, or in service of, decolonization in the developing world?
It sounds like you're very familiar with this book, so we're open to any corrections or insight you can offer!
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