In 1978, a Feminist design collective called Matrix was established in London. Matrix consisted of a number of women architects who were trying to challenge the ‘man-made environment’, which they saw as a physical manifestation of patriarchy. According to one member of the group:
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The Feminist Design Collective, a group of about twenty women was started in 1978. Its title was consciously assembled: the use of the word “feminist” was contentious; no architectural practice in Britain had previously stated their political position so overtly. The use of “design collective”, rather than “architectural practice”, indicated the group’s intention to value non-architects as highly as architects and was influenced by contemporary critiques of professionalism and of architects’ professional institutions by groups such as NAM.’