
Role Models IV: Sarah Nichols. A Portrait edited by Nora Molari (EN)
FRAU ARCHITEKT – SARAH NICHOLS …is an American architect living and working in Zurich. She is currently a doctoral candidate in the history and theory of architecture. Her dissertation is

Role Models III: Romina Grillo. A Portrait edited by Nora Molari (DE)
FRAU ARCHITEKT – ROMINA GRILLO …wurde 1984 in Como, Italien geboren. Sie studierte Architektur an der Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio in der Schweiz und schloss ihr Studium 2009 ab. Sie unterrichtete

Role Models II: Maria Conen. A Portrait edited by Nora Molari (DE)
FRAU ARCHITEKT – MARIA CONEN …studierte Architektur an der EPF Lausanne und der ETH Zürich. Nach ihrem Abschluss 2005 in Zürich arbeitete sie in verschiedenen Architekturbüros und in freier Zusammenarbeit

Role Models I: A Series of Portraits of Women in Architecture 2018 by Nora Molari (DE)
Im Rahmen einer Vertiefungsarbeit betreut von Dr. Gabrielle Schaad und Dr. Torsten Lange an der Gastdozentur für Architekturtheorie Dr. Torsten Lange ETH Zürich habe ich mich auf die Suche nach

Advance Notice: Lecture by Prof. Lori Brown “Between the Academy and Activism”, 13.12.2018, ETHZ, HIL E6, 17:00
Lori Brown’s lecture, “Between the Academy + Activism,” will discuss her research and the opportunities it has unexpectedly created in real-world engagement and activism, bringing architecture out into broader current

Interview with An Fonteyne in Swiss newspaper NZZ, 05.09.2018
An Fonteyne: “Es ist kein architektonisches, sondern ein politisches Versäumnis, dass sich Subkulturen entwickelt haben” An Fonteyne, Professorin an der ETH Zürich, ist die Architektin der Stunde: Sie engagiert sich

Advance Notice: “Saffa 58. The Women’s ‘Landi’”, 28.06.–09.09.2018, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
A long awaited exhibition finally covers one of the most interesting topics in Swiss Postwar History! (Co-curated by Dr. Eliana Perrotti and Dr. Katia Frey) In 1958, years prior to

“E. 1027” by Bess Laaring, Alexander Poulikakos, Magdalena Stolze
Cape Martin, South of France. A house built in 1929 sits on a cliff, overlooking the sea. Dear Badovici, Thank you for hosting us recently in your sea-side villa. I

Review – Flora Ruchat-Roncati, Research on Woman Architechts
On this first day of the new semester, I wanted to come back on a lecture that took place, mostly unnoticed, on the Hönggerberg campus on November 27th, as announced

Review – Arab Women in Architecture
As announced on this blog here, the 1. Architektur Film Tage in Zurich took place on November 17-19th and hold the projection of the documentary “Arab Women in architecture”.

Prix français des femmes architectes (article en français)
Ce prix a été fondé en 2013 par l’Association pour la recherche sur la ville et l’habitat (ARVHA) et dirigé par Catherine Guyot afin de mettre en avant le travail

Matrix Feminist Design Cooperative
The Matrix Feminist Design Co-operative was set up in 1980 as an architectural practice and a book group that grew out of the Feminist Design Collective. They were one of

Lacaton/Vassal or the Architecture of Generosity
The room was full for the conference of Anne Lacaton of Lacaton & Vassal Architects on November 21 at Hönggerberg. Their vision of architecture is simple: to give more and

Denise Scott Brown
“My mother studied architecture and I thought it was women’s work” Many significant women architects of the 20th century were partnered with men, like Aino and Alvar Aalto, Ray and

Lina Bo Bardi
She built for the people – In Brazil the Italian architect Lina Bo Bardi made an amazing career. After the horrors of the Second World War, Brazil’s tropical and cheerful
Lux Guyer
Lux Guyer was a Swiss architect and one of the first woman to establish her own office. She was born in Zürich in 1894 and she accomplished a lot to