Beyond Building
Architecture and Gender in Nineteenth-Century France
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2026
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-6522-0 (ISBN)
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Beyond Building examines architecture in nineteenth-century France through the lens of gender, making a case for the adoption of an expansive view of architecture and the inclusion of previously excluded makers and works.
Beyond Building offers a groundbreaking exploration of nineteenth-century French architecture through the lens of gender, focusing on the years 1852 to 1902.
Highlighting the creative work of four women and one nonbinary individual, this book reveals that architectural production extended beyond men, even when only men could be officially certified as architects. Drawing on diverse materials, including poetry, photography, archaeological artifacts, literary fiction, theater sets, and journalism, Beyond Building brings to light the contributions of those long excluded from architectural scholarship due to their gender. This book advocates for a more expansive understanding of architecture’s history by including overlooked makers and works. It examines figures such as Jane Dieulafoy, whose gender-fluid life as an archeologist in Iran is captured in colonial-era writings; Marie Krysinska, the only woman in the free-verse poetry movement; photographer Geneviève-Élisabeth Disdéri and the Countess de Castiglione, who linked architecture and early photography; the hidden career of journalist Laure Labrouste; and the American Julia Morgan, the first woman certified as an architect in France.
Through these case studies, Beyond Building demonstrates how considering gender alongside architecture opens new perspectives on artistic innovation, imperialism, and cultural change in nineteenth-century France.
Beyond Building offers a groundbreaking exploration of nineteenth-century French architecture through the lens of gender, focusing on the years 1852 to 1902.
Highlighting the creative work of four women and one nonbinary individual, this book reveals that architectural production extended beyond men, even when only men could be officially certified as architects. Drawing on diverse materials, including poetry, photography, archaeological artifacts, literary fiction, theater sets, and journalism, Beyond Building brings to light the contributions of those long excluded from architectural scholarship due to their gender. This book advocates for a more expansive understanding of architecture’s history by including overlooked makers and works. It examines figures such as Jane Dieulafoy, whose gender-fluid life as an archeologist in Iran is captured in colonial-era writings; Marie Krysinska, the only woman in the free-verse poetry movement; photographer Geneviève-Élisabeth Disdéri and the Countess de Castiglione, who linked architecture and early photography; the hidden career of journalist Laure Labrouste; and the American Julia Morgan, the first woman certified as an architect in France.
Through these case studies, Beyond Building demonstrates how considering gender alongside architecture opens new perspectives on artistic innovation, imperialism, and cultural change in nineteenth-century France.
Heidi Brevik-Zender is an associate professor of French and comparative literature at the University of California, Riverside.
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Regendering Architecture
Chapter One: Elastic Verse: Marie Krysinska’s Architectural Poetics
Chapter Two: Expanding Interiors: Architectural Photographs of the Countess de Castiglione
Chapter Three: Geneviève-Élisabeth Disdéri: Photographing Architectonic Regionalism in Brest et ses environs
Chapter Four: Resuscitating Ruins in Jane Dieulafoy’s Parysatis
Chapter Five: Laure Labrouste, Architectural Editor-in-Chief
Epilogue: A Gargoyle’s Eye View: Julia Morgan After the École
Notes
Archives Consulted
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 24.2.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | University of Toronto Romance Series |
| Zusatzinfo | 49 illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Toronto |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Gewicht | 1 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte |
| Technik ► Architektur | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4875-6522-4 / 1487565224 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4875-6522-0 / 9781487565220 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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