From the editor

摘要

It has only taken the Royal Institute of British Architects 167 years to get round to it, but finally the hallowed institution has given its top prize-the Royal Gold Medal-exclusively to a woman. Sure, Ray Eames, Patty Hopkins and Sheila O'Donnell have been honoured in this way too, but in partnership with their male partners. Sometimes even being part of a prominent double act has not been enough for RIBA to recognise female architectural talent, as the instance of Jane Drew missing out when Maxwell Fry was given his medal in 1964 sadly proves.