Women Architects in the Modern Movement

Carmen Espegel (b.1960) is a Spanish PhD Architect and Full Professor in the Design Department of the School of Architecture of Madrid at ETSAM-Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain, and has lectured in the USA, Italy, Belgium, The Netherlands, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina and Portugal. Her research focuses on Women in Architecture and Housing. She leads the Grupo de Investigación en Vivienda Colectiva (GIVCO), a research group on collective housing; directs and teaches the Projects Design Module Housing Projects within the Master of Collective Housing (MCH) in Madrid; participates with Doctoral Dissertations on Housing in the School of Architecture of Porto, Portugal; and lectures Master Courses for the Master in Housing (MH) at the University Roma Tre, Italy.

• About the Author, Preface by Kenneth Frampton, Introduction, PART I: Woman and Society, 1. Woman and Architecture, 2. Woman and Social Evolution, 3. Two X Chromosomes in Modern Architecture, PART II: Four Chronicles, 4. Eileen Gray 1878–1976, 5. Lilly Reich 1885–1947, 6. Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky 1897–2000, 7. Charlotte Perriand 1903–1999, Epilogue, Acknowledgements, Bibliography, Index