All the architects in this book deserve international recognition. The reality is, though, that few are household names.
Over the last decade, awareness of the need for gender balance in architecture has gained traction. Within the profession, women remain underrepresented, underpromoted and underpaid. Failure to acknowledge women's contribution to the built environment has perpetuated this cycle and impoverished us all.
By showcasing 100 exceptional architects - who happen to be women - this book provides a flagship reference to inspire and support everyone working in the profession, no matter how they identify. Global in outlook, the book presents an equitable sample of architects from every continent. We all need heroines as much as heroes.
Through illustrated interviews, each woman shares how they are responding to a profound disconnect between architecture and the people and landscape it serves. Their visions, methods and models of leadership are essential to connecting the needs of humans and the planet. In the words of Indigenous Canadian architect Eladia Smoke: 'Now is a critical time to seek out every opportunity to transmit this knowledge to future generations.'
Featuring:
- 100 interviews with leading women architects, including: Tatiana Bilbao, Liz Diller, Farshid Moussavi, Mariam Kamara, Sumayya Vally, Frida Escobedo and Sook Hee Chun.
- Over 300 photographs and drawings.
- Geographically balanced selection, with profiles across every continent.
By showcasing 100 exceptional architects – who happen to be women – this book provides a flagship reference to inspire and support everyone working in the profession, no matter how they identify.
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
Africa
Eastern Africa | Tatu Gatere - Kenya | Victoria Marwa Heilman - Tanzania |
Irene Masiyanise - Zimbabwe | Emma Miloyo - Kenya | Rahel Shawl - Ethiopia
Middle Africa | Caroline Barla - Cameroon | Valérie Mavoungou - Congo |
Paula Nascimento - Angola | Hayette Ndiaye - Chad | Caroline Pindi Norah -
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Northern Africa | Nada Elfeituri - Libya | Shahira Fahmy - Egypt | Samia
Henni - Algeria | Salima Naji - Morocco |
Southern Africa | Sarah Calburn - South Africa | Nina Maritz - Namibia |
Sithabile Mathe - Botswana | Sumayya Vally - South Africa | Ilze Wolff -
South Africa
Western Africa | Olajumoke Adenowo - Nigeria | Patti Anahory - Cabo Verde |
Olayinka Dosekun-Adjei - Nigeria | Mariam Issoufou - Niger | Melissa
Jeannette Kacoutié - Ivory Coast | Tosin Oshinowo - Nigeria
Americas
Caribbean | Carmen Díaz Acosta and Celia García Acosta and - Cuba | Patricia
E. Green - Jamaica | Lavina Liburd - Saint Kitts | Laura Narayansingh -
Trinidad | Vicki Telford - Barbados
Central America | Tatiana Bilbao - Mexico | Fernanda Canales - Mexico |
Frida Escobedo - Mexico | Gabriela Etchegaray - Mexico | Rozana Montiel -
Mexico | Dorel Ramirez - Nicaragua
Northern America | Katherine Darnstadt - USA | Liz Diller - USA | Catherine
Johnson and Rebecca Rudolph - USA | Eladia Smoke - Canada | Deanna Van Buren
- USA
South America | Sandra Barclay - Peru | Micaela Casoy and Paula de Falco -
Argentina | Carla Juaçaba - Brazil | Catalina Patiño and Viviana Peña -
Colombia | Verónica Villate - Paraguay | Sofia Von Ellrichshausen - Chile
Asia
Central Asia | Togzhan Aubakirova - Kazakhstan | Gulnara Diyarova -
Kazakhstan | Shahnoz Rahmatullozoda - Tajikistan | Takhmina Turdialieva -
Uzbekistan | Asel Yeszhanova - Kazakhstan
Eastern Asia | Sook Hee Chun - South Korea | Juan Du - Hong Kong | Rossana
Hu - China | Momoyo Kaijima - Japan | Xu Tiantian - China
Southeastern Asia | Eleena Jamil - Malaysia | Patama Roonrakwit - Thailand |
Cathy Saldaña - Philipines | Daliana Suryawinata - Indonesia | Trn Th Ng
Ngôn - Vietnam
Southern Asia | Suhailey Farzana - Bangladesh | Takbir Fatima - India |
Anupama Kundoo - India | Yasmeen Lari - Pakistan | Habibeh Madjdabadi - Iran
Western Asia | Marwa Al-Sabouni - Syria | Noura Al Sayeh Holtrop - Palestine
| Melike Altnk - Turkey | Sumaya Dabbagh - Saudi Arabia | Lina Ghotmeh -
Lebanon | Elena K. Tsolakis - Cyprus
Europe
Eastern Europe | Oana-Maria Bogdan - Romania | Anca Cioarec and Brîndua
Tudor - Romania | Julia Gamolina - Russia | Marlena Happach - Poland |
Svitlana Zdorenko - Ukraine
Northern Europe | Ymí Aládérun - UK | Rahel Belatchew - Sweden | Yvonne
Farrell and Shelley McNamara - Ireland | Saija Hollmén, Jenni Reuter and
Helena Sandman - Finland | Dorte Mandrup - Denmark | Farshid Moussavi - UK
Southern Europe | Vedina Babahmetovi - Bosnia | Iva uki - Serbia | Nerea
Amorós Elorduy - Spain | Maria Charneco and Anna Puigjaner - Spain | Mia
Roth-erina - Croatia | Francesca Torzo - Italy
Western Europe | Odile Decq - France | Anna Heringer - Germany | Francine
Houben - Netherlands | Jeannette Kuo - Switzerland | Veronique Tavernier -
Belgium
Oceania
Sophie Dyring - Australia | Elisapeta Heta - New Zealand | Loata Ho - Fiji |
Sarah Lynn Rees - Australia | Kerstin Thompson - Australia
Image Credits
Index
Dr. Harriet Harriss is a Professor at Pratt Institute in New York. An award-winning educator and a qualified architect, her publications explore climate crisis, social injustice and decolonization theories to advance diversity, equity and inclusion.
Naomi House is a writer, educator and designer. Her expertise is in the field of interiors, and she is a Senior Lecturer in Interior Architecture and Design at Middlesex University, London.
Monika Parrinder is a design writer and lecturer, working at Central Saint Martins, University of Arts, London. She is also a trustee of the Arts Foundation, who give fellowships to emerging practitioners across the arts.
Tom Ravenscroft is the editor of design and architecture publication Dezeen. He has masters in architectural history from Edinburgh and UCL.
