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Why Make Books

Books make an immense contribution to how we understand architecture in showing us examples, opening up interpretations, narratives and ideas, and providing instruction and knowledge. But who makes them, and what are their motivations? Inspired by Women’s Day and challenged by the Architecture Foundation, editors at Women Writing Architecture sought out some of the women […]

9 March, 2026

The Author Speaks

Each episode of The Author Speaks (T-A-S) series is a short interview where we find out a little about the approach and inspirations of different female producers of text, focussing each time on one of their works. Our circle of guests extends globally to women that in some way or another, engage with an idea […]

14 April, 2023

A Book I Love

Each episode of A Book I Love (A-B-I-L) is a conversation around a book that is special to one of the speakers. It is a companion text, in the words of Sara Ahmed, that in some way or another intersects with an idea of architecture. Episode 1: The Living Mountain by Nan Shepherd, chosen by Helen […]

13 July, 2022