'This issue presents role models for aspiring female architects, and dispels the myth that you can't be a successful woman and have a life'

摘要

When architect Barbara Weiss approached me last year about publishing a power list of female architects in the AJ, the timing seemed apt. Despite lingering inequalities, the position of women in architecture is more tenable today than ever in the profession's history. Things that were once unthinkable have now occurred: a woman has been awarded both the Pritzker and the Stirling Prize, the latter twice (for Zaha Hadid's interview, see page 34). There have been two consecutive female RIBA presidents, first Ruth Reed, now Angela Brady (page 35).