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Timely restoration project
SIAN LEWIS welcomes a book on women architects whose buildings have traditionally been ignored or neglected
DAVID RENTON recommends a books that explores the ways in which disabled people are made to feel both of and not part of this world
JONATHAN TAYLOR is fascinated by the philosophical problems that permeate the art of life-writing
GORDON PARSONS steps warily in between the lines of Britain’s most famous diarist
SIMON DUFF recommends a recording of Arvo Part that takes the listener on a pilgrimage through seemingly distant times and events of the Bible
JENNY FARRELL relishes an intimate memoir about growing up in the household of the great Irish communist and playwright Sean O’Casey
SIAN LEWIS relishes a comprehensive account of high rise social housing in Britain by prize-winning social and political historian Holly Smith
Breaking Ground
by Jane Hall
(Phaidon, £29.95)
PICK up a book on architecture written last century and check the index. You’ll struggle to find women’s names — or non-European names, for that matter.
The opportunity for women, even Western ones, to study architecture and to pursue a career in the profession was severely limited.
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