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List of women architects

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The following is a list of women architects by nationality – notable women who are well known for their work in the field of architecture.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

Africa

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Egypt

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Ghana

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  • Mae-Ling Lokko (born 1987), associate professor and architectural scientist who focuses on renewable materials.[1]

Guinea

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Kenya

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Niger

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  • Mariam Kamara (born 1979), Nigerien and founder of the architecture and research firm Atelier Masomi

Nigeria

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Senegal

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South Africa

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Uganda

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Zambia

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Asia

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Armenia

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Azerbaijan

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Bangladesh

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China

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  • Huang Hui
  • Lin Huiyin (1904–1955), first known Chinese female architect
  • Jing Liu (born 1981), co-founder of the New York design office SO-IL
  • Xu Tiantian (born 1975), founder of DnA Design and Architecture; has participated in China's rural revitalizing process through her “architectural acupuncture"
  • Lu Wenyu, whose husband Wang Shu won the Priztker Prize for the work the duo completed together in their firm (and whose sole attribution of the prize generated some controversy[5])

India

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Indonesia

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  • Elora Hardy (born 1980),Canadian-Indonesian architect who uses bamboo

Iran

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Iraq

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Israel

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Japan

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Jordan

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Korea

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  • Sun-Young Rieh, practicing architect and professor at the University of Seoul

Lebanon

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  • Amale Andraos (born 1973), dean of the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

Mongolia

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Nepal

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Pakistan

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  • Yasmeen Lari (born c. 1941), country's first female architect

Palestine

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Saudi Arabia

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  • Nadia Bakhurji, interior architect, holds several administrative positions

Singapore

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Sri Lanka

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Taiwan

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  • Xiu Zelan (1925–2016), Taiwan's first female architect

Thailand

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Turkey

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Australasia

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Australia

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New Zealand

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Europe

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Albania

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Austria

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  • Maria Auböck (born 1951), architect, educator, specializing in landscape architecture
  • Ella Briggs (1880–1977), early Austrian female architect and interior decorator
  • Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897–2000), first Austrian female architect
  • Lilia Skala (1896–1994), graduated in and practiced architecture before becoming an actress in the United States
  • Laura P. Spinadel (born 1958), principal at BUSarchitektur
  • Silja Tillner (born 1960), principal at Architekten Tillner & Willinger
  • Liane Zimbler (1892–1987), possibly the first European woman to graduate in architecture, in Austria; practiced in the United States from 1938 to age 90

Belarus

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Belgium

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Bosnia and Herzegovina

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  • Dijana Alić, architect and academic living in Australia
  • Vesna Bugarski (1930–1992), first female architect in Bosnia-Herzegovina[9]
  • Selma Harrington (born 1955), interior design, president of the Architects' Council of Europe

Bulgaria

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Croatia

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Czech Republic

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Denmark

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Estonia

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Finland

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France

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Germany

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Greece

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Hungary

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Iceland

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Ireland

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Italy

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Luxembourg

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Malta

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Montenegro

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Netherlands

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Norway

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Poland

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Portugal

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Romania

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  • Maria Cotescu (1896–1980), one of the first women architects of Romania; built the National railway industrial complex
  • Henrieta Delavrancea (1897–1987), one of the first female architects admitted to the Superior School of Architecture in Bucharest
  • Virginia Andreescu Haret (1894–1962), first female graduate in architecture and first female Romanian Architectural Inspector General
  • Anca Petrescu (1949–2013), architect and politician

Russia

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Serbia

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Slovenia

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Spain

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Sweden

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  • Anna Branzell (1895–1983), Norwegian-born Swedish architect, first woman to graduate in architecture in Sweden
  • Léonie Geisendorf (1914–2016), Polish-born Swedish architect working in Stockholm
  • Mia Hägg (born 1970), her firm, Habiter Autrement, is based in Paris
  • Margit Hall (1901–1937), first woman in Sweden to graduate in architecture as an ordinary student
  • Agnes Magnell (1878–1966), first woman accepted to the architecture program at the Royal Institute of Technology; was not allowed to graduate since she was accepted on exception; designed the water tower in Sala in 1903[14]
  • Greta Magnusson-Grossman (1906–1999), furniture designer and architect
  • Pernilla Ohrstedt (born 1980), London-based Swedish architect
  • Brita Snellman (1901–1978), first woman to graduate in architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology, in 1924
  • Hillevi Svedberg (1910–1990), remembered for collective housing interiors
  • Inga Varg (born 1952), urban planning, interior design and architecture
  • Ingeborg Wærn Bugge (1899–1991), early Swedish graduate, residential buildings, schools, renovation

Switzerland

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Turkey

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  • Leman Tomsu (1913–1988), one of the first Turkish women to qualify as an architect in 1934

United Kingdom

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North America

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Belize

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  • Esther Ayuso (born 1958), first female architect of Belize, born in Venezuela; specializes in hospital design
  • Sue Courtenay (born c. 1966), first female president of the Federation of Caribbean Association of Architects

Canada

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Cuba

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Dominican Republic

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  • Margot Taule (1920–2008), first registered professional engineer and architect in the Dominican Republic

Jamaica

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  • Nadine Isaacs (1942–2004), first female head of the Jamaican Institute of Architects and Caribbean School of Architecture
  • Verma Panton (1936–2015), first female architect of Jamaica and of the Anglo-Caribbean

Mexico

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Puerto Rico

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United States

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See also: List of California women architects

This list of United States women architects includes notable women architects with a strong connection to the United States, i.e. born in the US, located in the US, or known primarily for their work in the USA.

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B

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C

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D

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E

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F

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G

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H

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I

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J

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K

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L

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M

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N

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  • Edith Northman (1893–1956), one of Southern California's first women architects

O

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P

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R

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S

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T

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V

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W

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Y

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Z

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  • Astra Zarina (1929–2008), architect and academic
  • Zoka Zola, Croatian-born American architect, active in Chicago since 1990

South America

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Argentina

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Brazil

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Chile

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Colombia

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Paraguay

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  • Gloria Cabral (born 1982), titular partner of the firm Gabinete Arquitectura

Uruguay

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  • Charna Furman (born 1941), urban planning architect noted for designing urban spaces for women and marginalized groups[35]
  • Giulia Guarino (1897–1985), Italian-born architect, first woman architect in South America [36]

See also

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References

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  9. ^ "Vesna Bugarski (1930–1992) in memoriam". Archived from the original on 2016-01-13. Retrieved 2012-03-12.
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  11. ^ Любенова (Lyubenova), Тоня (Tonia) (12 June 2015). "Първата жена архитект в България е от Търговище" [The first female architect in Bulgaria is from Targovishte] (in Bulgarian). Turgovishte, Bulgaria: Итар Медия. TASS. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2018.
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  21. ^ "Elizabeth Carter Brooks (1867–1951)". The New Bedford Historical Society, Inc. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
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  36. ^ Del Mese, Massimo (31 January 2009). "Eboli – Battipaglia: Giulia Guarino, una donna da ricordare".
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