Minding her Business: Women, Architecture, and Design

Women have influenced the global dissemination of modern architecture and design through a wide variety of entrepreneurial activities. They have supervised the development, manufacture and marketing of innovative building materials. They have managed the processes through which buildings were created as real estate developers, philanthropists, social entrepreneurs and international aid workers. They have established and staffed shops that sold furnishings in new styles and created spaces in which architects gathered to exchange ideas. And, as editors and journalists, they have marketed products to consumers in the shelter press and general interest women’s magazines. An awareness of all of these roles supplements the increasing attention being paid to women architects and enables us to understand the influence that women have long had in shaping the world around them.

• Day 1 will take place at ESB Headquarters, Fitzwilliam Street, on 13 June 2024 with a session on ‘Construction’ followed by a keynote by Nina Stritzler-Levine and a reception at the Irish Architectural Archive.
• Day 2 will take place at the ESB Headquarters, Fitzwilliam Street, on 14 June 2024 with sessions on ‘Social Entrepreneurship’, ‘Developers’ and ‘Making Space’.
• Day 3 will take place at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks, on 15 June 2024 with a session on ‘Media’ followed by a viewing of the Eileen Gray collection and a walking tour of work by Grafton Architects, O'Donnell Tuomey, and McCullough Mulvin.

https://expanding-agency.com/conference/

The conference is sponsored by Expanding Agency: Gender, Race, and the Global Dissemination of Modern Architecture (https://expanding-agency.com), a research project funded by the European Research Council.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

ESB Head Office, 27 Fitzwilliam Street Lower, Dublin, Ireland