Enamored with Place: As Woman+As Architect

Lyrical, insightful, and pleasantly avant-garde, this is the story of an intensely creative and ambitious young woman who discovered her love for place, for design, for building--that is, for architecture--even before she knew the word. It is an easy-to-read account chronicling the life and times of one in the early '60s. As a single mother, Wendy Bertrand accepted job security over the potential glamour, prestige, or celebrity of private practice, where architectural stars shine. She tells...