Part W is a British collective of women working in architecture, design, infrastructure and construction, challenging systems that disadvantage women, and calling for gender mainstreaming in the built environment.
[4][5][6] The Alternative List (2019)[7] was the collective's first project, aiming to highlight how at the time the Royal Institute of British Architects Royal Gold Medal had 165 male winners, but only one woman (Zaha Hadid) and three male-female partnerships winners.
[9][10][11][12] The Royal Gold Medal for Architecture was subsequently granted to Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara in 2020.
The workshop supported people to develop the digital profiles of women architects and designers who are missing online, or whose articles do not reflect their achievements.
[3] An initial map of 20 projects was created and featured in the Barbican exhibition How We Live Now: Reimagining Spaces with the Matrix Feminist Design Co-operative.