Updating the numbers, part 3: Institute membership
Gill Matthewson does the numbers on membership of the Australian Institute of Architects.
Updating the numbers, part 1: at school
Gill Matthewson updates our statistical knowledge of women's participation in Australian architecture, starting with the state of play in architecture schools.
Updating the numbers, part 2: at work
An update on the statistics – measuring women's involvement in practice and the profession.
Counting registered architects — no easy matter
One of the standard ways to measure women’s participation in architecture is to look at the numbers of registered architects. But this is no straightforward matter in Australia. Gill Matthewson describes the trials and tribulations of counting registered women, and finishes the most accurate count we have to date. If...
Angie the architect meets Rosie the riveter
Are unlicensed women working in architecture the 'expendable proletariat'? Gill Matthewson looks at the lastest American Institute of Architects survey of “firm characteristics”.
Taking it to the limit
A generation after Gill Matthewson first asked, “where are all the women?” she is still, with some frustration, asking the same question.
Why bother?
Where do you go to? Gill Matthewson reflects on the continuing disappearance of women from architecture and why we should care (and not glaze over).
The numbers so far …
So what can statistics tell us about the situation of women in architecture in Australia? Gill Matthewson outlines the data she has collected so far.
Women, leadership and democracy
The paper "Women and Leadership in the Australian Architecture Profession: Prelude to a Research Project" details the current Women,Work and Leadership research project.
Architect Barbie & Vitruvius
Ideal proportions. Gill Matthewson discusses Architect Barbie in her paper for Fabulation. We present some out takes.
Studying gender and the profession
Challenging assumptions. Gill Matthewson outlines her PhD project and some of the questions that have arisen so far.
