Eglantina gjermeni biography books

On Thursday the 25th of May, in the presence of women designers, architects, planners, and engineers, the Minister of Urban Development of Albania, Ms. Eglantina Gjermeni, presented the publication Te Projektosh per te Jetuar - To design for Living, which encompasses the works of 122 Albanian female designers during the years 1945 -1990. This book is the first of its kind that acknowledges and celebrates female architects, construction engineers and urban planners and their work in Albania.

The publication - in the form of a catalog illustrating drawings of public works - was initiated and realized under the care of the Minister and lead in collaboration with the Central Technical Archive of Construction (AQTN), and the architect Vera Bushati.

For many centuries, similarly to other disciplines, construction was a male domain; more so than ever in the Albania of the communist regime.

Albanian female designers were not only pressured due to gender inequalities, thus working