Domestic architecture both reflects and reinforces the relationships between women and men. The private and public spheres, and their gendered roles, have certainly evolved. Yet the link between spaces and gender, whilst less rigid, remains strong, and equality within the home has not yet been achieved.

Our everyday environment is shaped by gender and gender stereotypes. In underground adverts, on toilet partitions, and in the school playground, we find signs that tell us how to behave. Yet, when these concepts are applied to architecture, it would seem that gender ceases to exist. As Mark Wigley stated in 1992 in relation to gender and architectural discourse, it would appear that architecture ‘is more clearly defined by what it does not say than by what it does say’.