Living in a Man-Made World: Gender Assumptions in Modern Housing Design

by Marion Roberts

There are powerful assumptions about gender divisions inscribed in the built environment. Housing is the site of some complex processes in society. In making and remaking their homes, women and men define their place in the world and are defined by it. Taking a historical perspective, Living in a Man-Made World (originally published in 1991) is the first to make a complete examination of the relationship of gender to housing design. Design...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1003863779
• ISBN13: 9781003863779
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 188 Pages