Delineating practitioners in a binary manner - between architect and non-architect, male and female, theorist and practitioner - fundamentally undermines the inherently interwoven and collaborative nature of the practice of architecture. Instead of asserting these differences, it is the commonalities which make us stronger. Can we instead posit a new perspective, looking beyond the immediately apparent to reveal the female face of the profession to address these issues? In revealing their agency within the processes of architecture, the many diverse roles which are adopted can be acknowledged and more stridently asserted. A more positive approach would be to consider these women not as a sub-set, but as architects in their own right, framed by their work rather than by their gender, revealing instead their position within the networks of architectural production. 

The series Architects which I’ve developed as a result portrays each practitioner at the heart of the schemes they have created, lending a greater sense of equality to the subjects - both between each other, and to the larger profession. With a representational breadth spanning geography, typology, budget and sector, as realised & researched by project partner Ruth Lang, Architects offers a cross section through the industry which, much like the section through a building itself, reveals the innermost workings at play, seeking to reposition the missing pieces of the bigger picture, and bringing greater focus to an age-old debate