List of women architects

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

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Africa

Egypt

Kenya

Nigeria

South Africa
  • Sarah Calburn (born 1964), own practice, residential projects and Johannesburg's Gallery MOMO
  • Sophia Gray (1814–1871), first female architect in South Africa
  • Linda Mvusi (born c. 1955), actress, architect, owns her own firm
  • Kate Otten (born 1964), own practice, community libraries, the waterfront development at Tzaneen
  • Anya van der Merwe, Cape Town architect

Uganda

Zambia

Asia

Armenia

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh

China

India

Indonesia
  • Elora Hardy (born 1980) is a Canadian-Indonesian architect who uses bamboo.

Iran

Iraq

Israel

Japan

Jordan

Lebanon
  • Amale Andraos (born 1972/1973), dean of the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation

Mongolia

Nepal

Pakistan

Palestine

Saudi Arabia
  • Nadia Bakhurji, interior architect, holds several administrative positions

Singapore

Sri Lanka

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

Thailand

Turkey

Australasia

Australia

New Zealand
  • Kate Beath (1882–1979), probably the first female architect in New Zealand
  • Gill Matthewson (fl. from 1984), architect, educator, writer

Europe

Albania

Austria
  • 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

Belgium
  • Christine Conix (born 1955)
  • Simone Guilissen (1916–1996), early female practitioner; built residential villas and a large sports centre
  • Dita Roque-Gourary (1915–2010)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
  • Dijana Alić (born 195?), architect and academic living in Australia
  • Vesna Bugarski (1930–1992), first female architect in Bosnia-Herzegovina[7]
  • Selma Harrington (born 1955), interior design, president of the Architects' Council of Europe

Bulgaria

Croatia

Czech Republic

Denmark

Estonia
  • Yoko Alender (born 1979), architect, civil servant and politician
  • Dora Gordine (1895–1991), Estonian-born sculptor, architect, active in England, remembered for Dorich House
  • Katrin Koov (born 1973), large public projects since 2000
  • Marika Lõoke (born 1951), office buildings
  • Margit Mutso (born 1966), apartment buildings
  • Erika Nõva (1905–1987), Estonia's first female architect
  • Maarja Nummert (born 1944), schools
  • Valve Pormeister (1922–2002), highly influential in Soviet era
  • Mai Šein (born 1946), housing and university addition, has own business
  • Hilda Taba (1902–1967), took up work in New York City because Tartu University would not employ a woman
  • Meeli Truu (1946–2013), active in Tallinn
  • Veronika Valk (born 1976), various large buildings, also lectures widely
  • Siiri Vallner (born 1972), installations and various building projects

Finland

France

Germany

Greece

Hungary

Iceland

Ireland

Italy

Luxembourg

Malta

Montenegro

Netherlands

Norway

Poland

Portugal

Romania
  • 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 (born 1949), architect and politician

Russia

Serbia

Slovenia

Spain

Sweden
  • Anna Branzell (1895–1983), Norwegian-born Swedish architect, first woman to graduate in architecture in Sweden
  • Léonie Geisendorf (born 1914), 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[12]
  • 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

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

United Kingdom

North America

Belize
  • Esther Ayuso (born 1958), first female architect of Belize, born in Venezuela; specializes in hospital design
  • Sue Courtenay (born mid–1970s), first female president of the Federation of Caribbean Association of Architects

Canada

Cuba

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

Jamaica
  • 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

Puerto Rico

United States

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

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

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

O

P

R

S

T

V

W

Y

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

South America

Argentina

Brazil

Chile

Colombia

Uruguay
  • Charna Furman (born 1941), urban planning architect noted for designing urban spaces for women and marginalized groups[28]
  • Giulia Guarino (1897–1985), Italian-born architect, first woman architect in South America [29]
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See also

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