Abstract
Surprisingly little research on the position of women in architecture has attended to how the regulatory framing and governance of the architecture profession, through institutional and professional bodies, serves to construct and constrain professional identity in gendered ways.1 This article attempts such an analysis, applying a “new institutional” approach to understanding the continuing under-representation of women in architecture. Focusing primarily on the Australian architecture profession, we draw a contrast with features of the profession in Sweden. Our focus is on the legal rational institutions that legitimise and consequently shape the profession, and we attempt to show how credentials and registration processes, along with professional associations, act as legitimising frames for professional practice.
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