Dear women architects of Queensland,

I feel very proud and privileged to be an architect.

We architects do important work: we translate and shape culture by making the places and spaces that are the infrastructure of our lives.

Here in Queensland I believe we have something special in our particular relationships with our bounteous and various Queensland places.

I myself am very curious (aren’t you?) about all the great work that is happening throughout Queensland. Over more than 3 decades I have witnessed the developing sophistication of the response to our place and the discourse around it, and the burgeoning of women architects’  involvement in and influence on this.  I believe there is power in the work, and power in the collective.

I think it’s time for us to get together to share the conversation about our work; not just about BEING a woman architect in Queensland, but about what we are DOING.

So, please join me in gathering around our collective work.

What we are planning is collecting examples of women’s architecture from all over Queensland and from all women architects and students at any stage of life or career, placing it together, initially in a digital space via the Institute’s website, and then in the future as an exhibition. This is a great opportunity for us to get together in a celebratory and unstructured way to share and discuss the work.

Click here to see an example submission.

To be involved and share your work please contact Narelle.Robinson@architecture.com.au

Please feel free to contact me on Elizabeth.WatsonBrown@architectus.com.au

Cheers

Libby Watson Brown