Even today the work of female architects is marginalized by studies declaring the following assumptions to be fundamental They take on typical building tasks their work takes place in the shadow of male partners or she is an exceptional personality None of the premises applies to Hanna Lov This makes her interesting A study of the working circumstances of a female architect in three political systems in Germany First monograph on the architect Hanna Lov Gender study on the history of architecture in 20th century Germany Well readable and appealingly illustrated study