Bibliograph

Chasing the sky, 20 stories of women in architecture, [author: Dean Dewhirst]

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Chasing the sky, 20 stories of women in architecture, [author: Dean Dewhirst]

Language

eng

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illustrationsportraits

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Chasing the sky

Responsibility statement

[author: Dean Dewhirst]

Sub title

20 stories of women in architecture

Summary

Chasing the Skyshowcases twenty of Australia's leading women in architecture.Distilled in this volume is a palpable sense of women at work in architecture, of the joys andchallenges of a creative profession and the culture of making. We hear varied views on education,craft and technology; on collaboration and inventive processes; on formative influences andentrepreneurship; and on the relationship between architecture and society.As acclaimed individuals and as a diverse collective, they offer an incisive glimpse into the richnessof contemporary Australian architecture, of the spirit that galvanises the profession and cultivates itsfuture buoyancy.Chasing the Sky is the second book in the '20 Stories' series, with each edition featuring different aspects of the architecture industry

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