Movement
Feminist Architectural History
Explore in the Atlas →Field opened by Hayden and Colomina and continued by Rendell, Stratigakos and others, recovering women's labour, design and reception in architecture.
Knowledge Labour Care Pedagogy Power
Details
- Origin
- USA / international
Classifications
- Holder
- Communal intergenerational
- Source of authority
- Lived experienceReason
- Subject
- Human centred
- Political position
- Subaltern resistant
- Degree of codification
- Protocol performed
- Mode of transmission
- Text drawing
- Knowledge type
- Relational embodied
- Epistemic cluster
- Western philosophical
Referenced by
- Dolores Hayden associated with
- Beatriz Colomina associated with
- Despina Stratigakos associated with
- Beatriz Colomina founded
- Race and Modern Architecture Network relates to
- Jane Rendell extends
- Matrix Feminist Design Co-operative extends
- Parlour: Women, Equity, Architecture extends
Sources
- Princeton UP. n.d.. https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691170138/where-are-the-women-architects.
- Torre, Susana (ed.). Women in American Architecture: A Historic and Contemporary Perspective. Whitney Library of Design, 1977.
- Hayden, Dolores. The Grand Domestic Revolution: A History of Feminist Designs for American Homes, Neighbourhoods, and Cities. MIT Press, 1981.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "Feminist Architectural History." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/movement/feminist-architectural-history/. Accessed July 17, 2026.