Women Architects in Film (WAR/F) proposes a pioneering study of how commercial cinema portrayed women architects throughout the 20th century, as a signpost of how society perceived men and women working as architectural practitioners. The project focuses on the period from 1945 to 2000 and deals mainly with the Spanish and Latin-American context, while framing it within the international scene (Hollywood and selected European contexts).

The proposed project aims to build a new body of knowledge that will lay the foundations for future research on how mass media represents women architects since their entry into modernity at the beginning of the 20th century.

WAR/F is an unwritten part of the history of architecture, as well as the history of cinema. Moreover, it provides information on the evolution of gender stereotypes in the architecture profession, which, according to the Architects’ Council of Europe, is one of the main gaps that most effectively explain current gender inequality in the profession.