Jos Boys and Frances Bradshaw and Jane Darke and Benedicte Foo and Sue Francis and Barbara Mcfarlane and Marion Roberts — Making Space: Women And The Man-Made Environment By Matrix

PLUTO PRESS 1985 Softcover. Making Space is a pioneering work first published in 1984 which challenges us to look at how the built environment impacts on women’s lives. It exposes the sexist assumptions on gender and sexuality that have a fundamental impact on the way buildings are designed and our cities are planned. Written collaboratively by the feminist collective Matrix, the book provides a full blown critique of the patriarchal built environment both in the home and in public space, and outline alternative forms of practice that are still relevant today. Making Space remains a path breaking book pointing to possibilities of a feminist future. Some authors worked for the London-based Matrix Feminist Architect’s collective, an architectural practice set up in 1980 seeking to establish a feminist approach to design. Cover a little worn & dog-eared. Good.