Profiles: Pioneering Women Architects From Finland (1983) (Inscribed by M J Long)

Profiles: Pioneering Women Architects from Finland (Museum of Finnish Architecture & Architecta, 1983) is an exhibition booklet on trailblazing Finnish female architects. Contributions by Ulla Markelin, Marja Nuuttila-Helenius, Riitta Nikula, Riitta Jallinoja, Marja Nuuttila-Helenius, Pirkko Ilonen, Eva Packalén, Marjukka Tyynilä, Kaisa Vepsäläinen, and Anja Wahlberg. The book discusses women’s possibilities to receive architectural education and presents both historical and modern architects such as Wivi Lönn, Aino Marsio-Aalto, or Martta Martikainen-Ypyä.

The text is in Finnish and English. The book is richly illustrated with portraits, project photos and architectural drawings.

Condition: Good copy apart from a crease along the bottom right hand corner to front cover.

Inscribed by American Architect M J Long.