”Few countries in the world offer architects such varied challenges as those of South Asia. In the last few decades women architects have been responsible for an enormous and diverse body of work, which deserves wider recognition. From low-income housing to large corporate and public buildings, from urban planning to the restoration of heritage structures, their creative solutions have entailed integrating the hi-tech professional with the 'barefoot architect'. Women In Architecture offers a cross-section of work from India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, together with some representation from Singapore and Australia, to demonstrate how women architects are steering a course between the imperatives of a global culture and their own countries' rich design traditions.”