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Review | Thrive: A Field Guide for Women in Architecture

By 2023-12-07T00:05:00

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Indujah Srikaran describes Sumita Singha’s new book as one that she wishes she’d had during her own education

A bright yellow cover, bold pink text, and the classic image of the Sri Lankan architect Minette De Silva, climbing a ladder in her saree, encases Thrive: A Field Guide for Women in Architecture by Sumita Singha. The cover screams “We are here, and we are proud”. It confirms to people like myself, an architect with Sri Lankan heritage, that female architects of colour are just as worthy of being on the front cover of an RIBA book!

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