Carmen Espegel – författare

Women Architects in the Modern Movement rewrites the history of modern architecture to elevate the often-overlooked female architects who helped build the movement. Starting with a theoretical analysis that situates women’s roles both in society and architecture specifically, Carmen Espegel examines the transition from women as objects to subjects at the advent of modernity. This theoretical basis is grounded through four case studies on pioneering women architects: Eileen Gray, Lilly Reich, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky and Charlotte Perriand. Along with illuminating their lives and work, Espegel aims to help us examine and observe the world from a perspective where the feminine and masculine are not exclusive, so that we might learn from the past in order to build with dignity in the future.Translated from the original Spanish by Angela Giral.

Women Architects in the Modern Movement rewrites the history of modern architecture to elevate the often-overlooked female architects who helped build the movement. Starting with a theoretical analysis that situates women’s roles both in society and architecture specifically, Carmen Espegel examines the transition from women as objects to subjects at the advent of modernity. This theoretical basis is grounded through four case studies on pioneering women architects: Eileen Gray, Lilly Reich, Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky and Charlotte Perriand. Along with illuminating their lives and work, Espegel aims to help us examine and observe the world from a perspective where the feminine and masculine are not exclusive, so that we might learn from the past in order to build with dignity in the future.Translated from the original Spanish by Angela Giral.

Heroines of Space looks at four groundbreaking women architects: Eileen Gray, Lilly Reich, Margarethe Schütte-Lihotzky, and Charlotte Perriand. You''ll see the parts they played in the history of modern architecture and get a clearer view of the recent past. The book explains the social and historical setting behind their coming into being and includes research on the factors around their roles as space makers to show you how they practiced architecture despite pressure not to. New in English, the Spanish edition won the 2006 Milka Blinakov Prize granted by the International Archive of Women in Architecture. Includes 150 black and white images and bibliographies for each architect.

Heroines of Space looks at four groundbreaking women architects: Eileen Gray, Lilly Reich, Margarethe Schütte-Lihotzky, and Charlotte Perriand. You''ll see the parts they played in the history of modern architecture and get a clearer view of the recent past. The book explains the social and historical setting behind their coming into being and includes research on the factors around their roles as space makers to show you how they practiced architecture despite pressure not to. New in English, the Spanish edition won the 2006 Milka Blinakov Prize granted by the International Archive of Women in Architecture. Includes 150 black and white images and bibliographies for each architect.

Las excepcionales precursoras que aquí se han distinguido, sobre la base de una elección personal relacionada con ciertas afinidades y sintonías, han demostrado con sus vidas y, sobre todo con sus obras, una alta dosis de coraje, creatividad, excelencia y coherencia. La asunción al mismo tiempo de compromisos y riesgos les ha conferido un estatus de heroínas homéricas, valientes y extraordinarias, que quizá nunca persiguieron. Sus elecciones fueron tomadas de acuerdo a unos intensos principios éticos que debieran servirnos de estímulo a los futuros herederos. Su sabiduría demostrada a la hora de iniciar nuevas visiones del espacio nos ayudará a mirar y observar el mundo con una perspectiva más generosa, donde lo femenino o lo masculino no sea excluyente. Las obras de estas arquitectas, suficientemente valiosas, abarcables, programáticas, complejas, poco conocidas y por fortuna nada mitificadas, con sus múltiples significados cristalizados en un sentido, y sus múltiples sentidos cristalizados en alguna verdad, son, a su vez, la razón interna y esencial del proyecto de calidad. Este es su drama, su poética y su grandeza. Los proyectos expuestos son grandes obras desconocidas del Movimiento Moderno y profundizar en su conocimiento ha requerido una investigación extensa, paulatina, esforzada y celosa.