Cigar in hand, casually sitting on a cantilever chair - almost everyone knows this photo of Mies van der Rohe, one of the most famous architects of the 20th century. How many iconic photographs are known of female architects? Cities and important buildings have been planned and built for and by men for centuries. The female perspective is missing. This applies to the planning of cities as well as to the visibility of women in architecture. This book brings together portraits of women from all areas of architecture - they are architects with their own offices, students of architecture, responsible for public relations and communication, work for specialist magazines or in administration. Photographs and personal texts make the women visible: what issues shape them, what drives them, what they bring into the world. All the protagonists in this book are united by the desire to build sustainably and in a way that conserves resources, to repurpose existing buildings and, above all, to work together on new, sustainable solutions. Based on iconic photographs, Anke Illing portrays the women with selected accessories, the Chaise Longue LC4 and the Armchair Tournant LC7 by Charlotte Perriand (1903-1999) - and with the cigar from Mies van der Rohe's legendary photo.