Table of Contents

PART ONE: 1840-1945
INTRODUCTION / ELIZABETH COX
'WE MADE THE PLAN OURSELVES': EARLY COLONIAL WOMEN DESIGNING BUILDINGS / CHERIE JACOBSON
'THE TALENT SHE UNDOUBTEDLY POSSESSES': KATE BEATH / ELIZABETH COX
VERY DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES:
LUCY GREENISH / ELIZABETH COX
A 'WORK-ROOM PURE AND SIMPLE':
FLORENCE FIELD / ELIZABETH COX
'GIRL AS ARCHITECT': TRAINING TO BE AN ARCHITECT 1920s-1945 / ELIZABETH COX
'THEIR PRESENCE COULD WORK A REVOLUTION': WOMEN IN PRACTICE 1900s-1945 /
ELIZABETH COX
PART TWO: 1945-2000
'AWFUL TROUBLE': UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCES 1945-1970 / ELIZABETH COX
'SOLID REALITIES': ARCHITECTURAL PRACTICE 1945-1970 / ELIZABETH COX
CREATIVITY AND DISLOCATION: IRENE KOPPEL, ANNA PLISCHKE AND RENATE PRINCE /
LUCY TREEP
'IN THE DEEP END': MARGARET MUNRO /
MARY-JANE DUFFY
'NOT AFRAID TO TRY ANYTHING': MONICA BARHAM / MEGAN RULE
'VIGOUR AND ZEST': LILLIAN CHRYSTALL /
LYNDA SIMMONS
'A GOOD LIFE': MURIEL LAMB / RICCI HARKER
'I NEVER REALLY HAD TO FIGHT': MARY DE LISLE / ROS EMPSON
LONDON CALLING: ALISON SHEPHERD /
JULIA GATLEY
'SORRY WHEN THE END OF THE DAY CAME': DRAUGHTSWOMEN / ELIZABETH COX
'MOVERS AND SHAKERS': CAMPAIGNING FOR BETTER ARCHITECTURE 1920s-1950s / ELIZABETH COX
TE KARANGA O TE WHAO: THE CALL OF THE CHISEL / TRYPHENA CRACKNELL
JOBBING ALONG: THE CURIOUS CASE OF ESTHER JAMES / GILL MATTHEWSON
IN THE PUBLIC SERVICE: WOMEN GOVERNMENT ARCHITECTS 1930s-1950s / AMANDA MULLIGAN
'SAILING IN A NEW DIRECTION': NANCY NORTHCROFT / ELIZABETH AITKEN ROSE
DOING 'THEIR THING': WOMEN ARCHITECTS AND THEIR OWN HOMES 1940s-1980s /
CHERIE JACOBSON
'WE STOOD OUR GROUND': UNIVERSITY IN THE 1970s-1990s / ELIZABETH COX
'THE FACES OF CHANGE': PRACTICE IN THE 1970s-1990s / ELIZABETH COX
OTHER WAYS: WOMEN ARCHITECTS AND ACTIVISM IN THE 1980s / GILL MATTHEWSON
'LAYING OUT PEOPLE'S LIVES': PUBLIC SERVICE ARCHITECTURE 1950s-1980s / ELIZABETH COX
PAVING THE WAY: MARY BUCKLAND /
PAULA WILKINSON
PART THREE: 2000-2020
'THE BURDEN OF TRANSLATION': WOMEN AT ARCHITECTURE SCHOOL 2000-2020 /
EKTA NATHU
NEW MODELS: THE LANDSCAPE OF PRACTICE 2000-2020 / JULIE WILSON
COLLECTIVE ACTION: WOMEN ARCHITECTS AND ACTIVISM SINCE THE 1990s /
LYNDA SIMMONS
EVER TENACIOUS: WAHINE MAORI IN ARCHITECTURE / DEIDRE BROWN
DESIGNING PAPAKAINGA: WAHINE MAORI ARCHITECTS / FLEUR PALMER
TO BE CONTINUED: PACIFIC WOMEN ARCHITECTS / KARAMIA MUELLER
GOING PUBLIC: CIVIC AND SPECIAL PROJECTS / CATHERINE HAMMOND
'THE EXCELLENCE SOMEONE BEFORE YOU HAS CREATED': WOMEN ARCHITECTS IN HERITAGE AND CONSERVATION /
CHESSA STEVENS
BUILDING BIG: WOMEN ARCHITECTS AND PROJECTS OF SCALE / DIVYA PURUSHOTHAM
COLLABORATIVE EFFORT: WOMEN ARCHITECTS IN EDUCATION, HEALTH AND RESEARCH / ELIZABETH COX
THE PATH TO GREEN: MAKING SUSTAINABILITY MATTER / MIN HALL
FORMING THE FUTURE: WOMEN, ARCHITECTURE AND THE RECONSTRUCTION OF CHRISTCHURCH / JESSICA HALLIDAY
FORCES OF NATURE: WOMEN IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE / LUCY TREEP
THE ARCHITECTURE OF COLLECTIVE LIVING / ELIZABETH AITKEN ROSE
THE MAJESTIC DOMESTIC: RECENT RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE / NICOLE STOCK
ALTERATIONS AND ADDITIONS: HOME AS AN EVOLVING STORY / MAGGIE HUBERT
'FRIENDS ON THE DOORSTEP': WOMEN ARCHITECTS AND COOPERATIVE HOUSING / ABIGAIL HURST
AWAY FROM HOME: NEW ZEALAND WOMEN ARCHITECTS ABROAD / ANN MCEWAN
A HOME OF ONE'S OWN: ARCHITECTS' OWN HOMES 1990s-2020s / NATASHA MARKHAM
BUILDING THE DOGBOX: A CASE STUDY /
SALLY OGLE
ENDLESSLY CREATIVE: ACADEMICS AND ARCHITECTURAL WRITERS / ELIZABETH COX
EPILOGUE: MULTIPLE WORLDS COEXISTING / ELIZABETH COX
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INDEX

About the Author

Elizabeth Cox is a Wellington historian who specialises in both architectural and women's history. She works as a Senior Historian at the Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Her book A Friend Indeed: The Saving of Old St Paul's, about the battle to save Old St Paul's Church in Wellington, was published in 2018. She has two blogs: one about the history of Old St Paul's and one about Wellington's heritage issues. She is also a Trustee of the Futuna Chapel in Wellington.

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‘Hands-down the best history of women architects I’ve ever read’ — Julie Willis, Parlour