W omen ▁in ▁Design " ▁at ▁the ▁Harvard ▁Gr adu ate ▁School ▁of ▁Design ▁started ▁a ▁pet ition ▁on ▁beh alf ▁of ▁Den ise ▁Scott ▁Brown ▁to ▁receive ▁joint ▁recognition ▁with ▁her ▁partner , ▁past ▁prize ▁winner ▁Robert ▁Vent uri , ▁further ing ▁a ▁debate ▁about ▁sex ism ▁in ▁architecture . ▁The ▁pet ition , ▁according ▁to ▁The ▁New ▁York ▁Times , ▁" re ign ited ▁long - sim mer ing ▁t ensions ▁in ▁the ▁architect ural ▁world ▁over ▁whether ▁women ▁have ▁been ▁consist ently ▁denied ▁the ▁standing ▁they ▁des erve ▁in ▁a ▁field ▁whose ▁most ▁pr estig ious ▁award ▁was ▁not ▁given ▁to ▁a ▁woman ▁until ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁when ▁Z aha ▁Had id ▁won ". ▁Although ▁the ▁pet ition ▁received ▁international ▁support ▁of ▁several ▁past ▁recip ients , ▁the ▁j ury ▁said ▁that ▁it ▁cannot ▁revis it ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁past ▁jur ies , ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁acknow ledge ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁Brown ▁and ▁Lu ▁W eny u , ▁both ▁women ▁and ▁equal ▁partners ▁to ▁their ▁sp ouses ▁Vent uri ▁and ▁Wang ▁Sh u , ▁who ▁won ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 1 ▁and ▁ 2 0 1 2 ▁respectively . ▁Scott ▁Brown ▁told ▁CNN ▁that ▁" as ▁a ▁woman , ▁she ▁had ▁felt ▁ex cluded ▁by ▁the ▁el ite ▁of ▁architecture ▁throughout ▁her ▁career ," ▁and ▁that ▁" the ▁P ritz ker ▁Prize ▁was ▁based ▁on ▁the ▁f alla cy ▁that ▁great ▁architecture ▁was ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁a ▁' single ▁l one ▁male ▁genius ' ▁at ▁the