Sarah Rupani interviews Donna Kacmar, an architect and author. She speaks about the importance of active mentorship, and sponsorship of women in architecture. Donna shares the struggles she has faced as a woman in design, along with the women who supported her along the way. We are reminded by her that architecture is not something you can do alone, it is about collaboration and community. A community that Donna continues to uplift through her work with Future Women in Architecture and Rebel Architettes.
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Rebel Architettes
(http://www.rebelarchitette.it/about/)
Future Women in Architecture
(https://www.instagram.com/future.wia/?hl=en)
BIG little house: Small Houses Designed by Architects
(https://www.amazon.com/BIG-little-house-Designed-Architects/dp/1138024201)
In BIG little house, award-winning architect Donna Kacmar introduces twenty real-life examples of small houses. Each project is under 1,000 square feet (100 square meters) in size and, brought together, the designs reveal an attitude towards materiality, light, enclosure and accommodation which is unique to minimal dwellings. While part of a trend to address growing concerns about minimizing consumption and lack of affordable housing, the book demonstrates that small dwellings are not always simply the result of budget constraints but constitute a deliberate design strategy in their own right.