WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE TIMELINE

Want to LEARN more about these women architects? Here are some sources to get you started.

 

INFORMATION

Mid to Late 20th Century:

Helfrich, Kurt; Whitaker, William (2006). Crafting a Modern World: The Architecture and Design of Antonin and Noémi Raymond. Princeton Architectural Press. pp. 28–29. ISBN 1568985835.

Donald Langmead (2011). Maya Lin: A Biography. Greenwood Biographies (illustrated ed.). ABC-CLIO. p. 19. ISBN 0313378533. Retrieved May 17, 2014.

Wilson, Dreck Spurlock. African American Architects: A Biographical Dictionary 1865-1945. New York: Routledge, 2004.

Veikos, Cathrine (2013). Lina Bo Bardi: The Theory of Architectural Practice. London and New York: Routledge, Taylor& Francis. ISBN 978-0-415-68913-7.

Millier, Brett (1992). Elizabeth Bishop Life and the Memory of It. Los Angeles: University of California Press. p. 602. ISBN 0520203453.

Washington, Roberta. "Alberta Jeannette Cassell". Dynamic National Archive. Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation.

Anthony, Kathryn H. Designing for diversity: Gender, race, and ethnicity in the architectural profession. University of Illinois Press, 2001.

"Brasil, Cartões de Imigração, 1900-1965", Arquivo Nacional, Rio de Janeiro

Gebhard, David (1992). Lutah Maria Riggs: a Woman in Architecture 1921–1980. Capra Press. ISBN 978-0-88496-352-3.

Stratigakos, Despina. "Reconstructing a Lost History: Exiled Jewish Women Architects in America." in Aufbau (The Transatlantic Jewish Paper), Vol. LXVIII, No. 22, p. 14. October 31, 2002.

Harriet Rochlin, "A Distinguished Generation of Women Architects in California," AIA Journal 66(9)(1977): 38-42.

https://archives.ced.berkeley.edu/collections/wurster-william-and-catherine-bauer

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1993/01/01/chloethiel-woodard-smith-architect-and-planner-dies/5f9bb4ae-7eff-4990-bb0e-1b792b5dc856/?utm_term=.be7447bd8384

http://www.artic.edu/research/natalie-de-blois-1921-2013

 

Post War Modern:

Wilson, ed. by Dreck Spurlock (2004). African American Architects: a biographical dictionary, 1865-1945. New York [u.a.]: Routledge. pp. 175–176. ISBN 9780415929592.

KEANE, KATHARINE. 2018. "Pioneering Women of American Architecture." Architect 107, no. 1: 26.

“Minnette de Silva: The Life and Work of an Asian Woman Architect” Lecture by David Robson, 26 April 2016, http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/VIDEO/lecture.php?ID=3424  

THE AA'S UNSUNG WOMEN. Architects' Journal, 00038466, 1/10/2014, Vol. 239, Issue 1

International Archive of Women in Architecture Newsletter. International Archive of Women in Architecture, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. 1989.

Post Modern:

Denise Scott Brown, “The Women Who Taught the Design World to Take Las Vegas Seriously”

1980 - PRESENT

Istuko Hasegawa wins inaugural Royal Academy o

1980 - PRESENT

Istuko Hasegawa wins inaugural Royal Academy o

1980 - PRESENT

Istuko Hasegawa wins inaugural Royal Academy o

1980 - PRESENT

Istuko Hasegawa wins inaugural Royal Academy o

1980 - PRESENT

Istuko Hasegawa wins inaugural Royal Academy of Architecture prize

Sharon Egretta Sutton, “When Ivory Towers were Black

Yasmeen Lari, “On the Road to Self-Reliance

Sara Rosina Gramática

Susana Torre Texts, Feminism + Architecture lectures

Diana Agrest, “Teaching Students to Hear the Music in the Built World” + the Proust Questionnaire

Billie Tsien lecture, “Architecture + Optimism” and Inside Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects

Brinda Somaya, “Architects on Architecture” + “Architect Somaya bridges historic + modern concerns with restoration work” + “Go beyond the boundaries of building

Zaha Hadid, Profile

Simone Kosremelli, A Lebanese Perspective: Houses and Other Work

Zeynep Fadıllıoğlu , “First Woman to Design a Mosque

Revathi Kamath, lecture, “Doing more with less

Kazuyo Sejima, “Architecture for the Bichon Frise” + SANAA installation

Nasrine Seraji, lecture, “Surveying Women Architects” + “When Architects are not afraid of emptiness

Brigitte Shim, Wong Dai Sin Temple

Gisue Hariri and Mojgan Hariri, 10 questions with + Interview with Gisue Hariri

Maya Lin, "Becoming American" Interview

Gabrielle Bullock, Profile + “Hiring an African American woman on your leadership team is a step in the right direction”

Patricia Saldaña Natke receives 2018 FAIA Distinction + “Fair Play: Designing for a Woman-Friendly Workplace”

Farshid Moussavi, Advice for Students

Lu Wenyu, “The Emphasis on Craft and Precision” + On the Pritzker

Anupama Kundoo, “Current Methods of Construction are Producing more Problems than they Solve”

Sonali Rastogi,“Reinterpreting India’s Architectural Roots”

Patama Roonrakwit, “On Building for the Poor in Bangkok” + “Building Together to Transform Communities”

1990 - PRESENT

Roberta Washington, “Making a Place” + an Interview

Ivenue Love-Stanley “Wins the AIA 2014 Whitney M. Young Jr. Award” + “2017 Hall of Fame Inductees: William Stanley III and Ivenue Love-Stanley”

Yolande Daniels, “On Whitney Young’s Speech” + On Site: Yolande Daniels

Felicia Davis, “Computational Textiles and Architecture” + GSAPP Conversations #52: Felecia Davis in Conversation with Alexander van Odom + “At the intersection of science and creativity with Felecia Davis”

Nicole Hollant-Denis, “Building the African Burial Ground National Monument”

V. Mitch McEwen, “Changing the Game: Mitch McEwen on Global Architecture, Process, and Recklessness” + “McEwen named Curator of IdeasCity” + A(n) office

Kathy Denise Dixon, “Understanding Our Differences, Celebrating Our Uniqueness: American Institute of Architects”

June Grant, “Architect June Grant Designs for Change” + blink!Lab

Nina Cooke John, “Frame Design Lab Designs an Experience” + Manhattan Renovation

Michaele Pride, “Architect focused on urban design and neighborhood change” + “CivicCon: Michaele Pride talks healthy, beautiful neighborhoods”

Amanda Williams, “6 Questions for Artist and Architect Amanda Williams” + Color(ed) Theory

Liz Ogbu, “TedTalk: What if gentrification was about healing communities instead of displacing them?” + Studio O

Georgina Huljich, “Architect Georgina Huljich wins design awards for Argentine apartment building” + P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S

Mariana Ibañez , “Mariana Ibañez & Simon Kim of IK Studio Pt. I of II”

Florencia Pita, Pita + Bloom + Partners

Galia Solomonoff, “On Her Own Terms”

Ana de Brea, Total Latin American Architecture: Libretto of Modern Reflections & Contemporary Works

Rocio Romero, “The Queen of Modern Prefabs”

Paola Moya, Moya Design Partners

Sandra Vivanco “Highlights the Importance of Inclusion in Architecture” a + d

Antonieta Angulo, “Rediscovering Virtual Reality in the Education of Architectural Design”

Mónica Ponce de León, MPdL Studio + lecture “Speculations”

Martha Kohen, Center for Hydro-Generated Urbanism

Jing Liu, SO-IL

Elizabeth Chu Richter, AIA President + Alumni Spotlight

Joyce Hwang, Ants of the Prairie + Interview

J. Meejin Yoon named Dean of Cornell School of Architecture + lecture, “Public Works: Projects in Play” + Höweler + Yoon

Jennifer Lee, OBRA Architects + Cooper Alumni

Jinhee Park, SsD Architecture + Urbanism

Amale Andraos, lecture “Architecture as Diplomacy” + “How Lebanese-Born Architect Amale Andraos Made U.S. History”

Lesley Lokko, website + Lokko named Dean of Spitzer School of Architecture + book White Papers Black Marks

Linna Choi, O+C ; Madame Architect interview

INDIGENOUS WOMEN ARCHITECTS

Eladia Smoke, Professional Portfolio + Teaching Portfolio

Tamarah Begay, IDS+A

Harriet Burdett-Moulton, honorary OCAD degree

Wanda Dalla Costa, Indigenous Design Thinking Symposium + Unceded Venice Biennale 2018, ASU faculty

Tammy Eagle Bull, Encompass

Jan Tifrea, IDS+A

WOMEN OF COLOR TEACHING ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY/THEORY IN THE USA

Itohan Osayimwese About + Research @ Brown

Samia Henni, Architecture of Counterrevolution + Publications + Exhibitions

Amber N. Wiley, Site + “Notes from the Golden Triangle” + Interview with Amber N. Wiley: National Building Museum Exhibition

Mabel Wilson, “On Whitney Young’s Speech” + Black in Design + lecture, “Building Advocacy: Who builds your Architecture?” + Monumental Practice

 

PHOTO INDEX

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Fig. 12. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/architecture/news/2016/dec/christine-hawley-wins-riba-annie-spink-award-2016

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Fig. 15. https://www.ecured.cu/Sarah_Pillsbury_Harkness

Fig. 16. https://pioneeringwomen.bwaf.org/jean-bodman-fletcher/ The Architects Collaborative. Teufen: Arthur Niggli, 1966

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Fig. 20. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amaza_Lee_Meredith#/media/File:Photo_of_Amaza_Lee_Meredith.jpg

Fig. 21. https://pioneeringwomen.bwaf.org/eleanor-raymond/ Cambridge, Mass.: Doris Cole, 1980.

Fig. 22. https://www.californiamuseum.org/inductee/julia-morgan

Fig. 23. https://alchetron.com/Lilian-Jeannette-Rice

Fig. 24. http://fujian.chinadaily.com.cn/2019-04/18/c_356285.htm

Fig. 25. African American Architects : A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945

Fig. 26. https://alchetron.com/Lota-de-Macedo-Soares

Fig. 27. https://www.casatigallery.com/designers/lina-bo-bardi/

Fig. 28. https://distributedmuseum.illinois.edu/exhibit/beverly-loraine-greene/

Fig. 29. https://pioneeringwomen.bwaf.org/georgia-louise-harris-brown/

Fig. 30. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/jul/20/plastic-emotions-by-shiromi-pinto-review

Fig. 31. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eulie_Chowdhury

Fig. 32. https://inscribingarchitecture.com/2019/08/10/women-in-architecture-and-their-contribution-to-breaking-the-stereotypes/

Fig. 33. https://pioneeringwomen.bwaf.org/norma-merrick-sklarek/

Fig. 34. https://www.facebook.com/pg/Alberta-J-Butler-Architect-535786359773165/posts/?ref=page_internal

Fig. 35. African American Architects : A Biographical Dictionary, 1865-1945

Fig. 36. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violeta_Autumn

Fig. 37. http://www.colegioarquitectos.com/docucomites/glenda.pdf

Fig. 38. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutah_Maria_Riggs

Fig. 39. https://pioneeringwomen.bwaf.org/elsa-mandelstamm-gidoni/

Fig. 40. https://www.appleton-architects.com/events/

Fig. 41. https://www.casatigallery.com/designers/greta-magnusson-grossman/

Fig. 42. https://tessa.lapl.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/photos/id/41989/rec/1

Fig. 43. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Coit

Fig. 44. https://ced.berkeley.edu/ced/alumni-friends/catherine-bauer-wurster-award

Fig. 45. https://www.loc.gov/resource/ppmsca.31775/

Fig. 46. https://undiaunaarquitecta.wordpress.com/2015/06/01/natalie-griffin-de-blois-1921-2013/

Fig. 47. https://www.knoll.com/designer/Denise-Scott-Brown

Fig. 48. https://archpaper.com/2019/03/aleksandra-kasuba-obituary/ Aleksandra Kasuba

Fig. 49. https://meralekincioglu.blogspot.com/2019/05/a-conversation-with-mary-otis-stevens.html Meral Ekincioglu

Fig. 50. https://onepulsefoundation.org/design-construction/

Fig. 51. http://www.ihasegawa.com/en/profile/ Itsuko Hasegawa

Fig. 52. https://www.newschool.edu/parsons/faculty/sharon-egretta-sutton/ Kensington Leverne

Fig. 53. https://www.dezeen.com/2020/01/30/yasmeen-lari-jane-drew-prize-2020/

Fig. 54. https://www.fundacionkonex.org/b277-sara-rosina--gramatica Fundación Konex archives

Fig. 55. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susana_Torre

Fig. 56. https://www.kpbs.org/news/2015/apr/21/teaching-students-to-hear-the-music-in-the-built/

Fig. 57. https://museumofnonvisibleart.com/interviews/billie-tsien/ ©Taylor Jewell

Fig. 58. https://www.lafargeholcim-foundation.org/experts/brinda-somaya

Fig. 59. https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait/mw145783/Dame-Zaha-Hadid Bryan Adams, 2018.

Fig. 60. https://www.sobeirut.com/people/simone-kosremelli

Fig. 61. https://www.designboom.com/architecture/interview-zeynep-fadillioglu-female-architect-turkey-mosque-12-03-2014/

Fig. 62. https://www.wef.org.in/revathi-sekhar-kamath/

Fig. 63. https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/architect-kazuyo-sejima-sanaa-architecture-firm Takashi Okamoto

Fig. 64. http://caoi.ir/en/component/k2/item/606-nasrin-seraji

Fig. 65. https://www.alisonbrooksarchitects.com/university-toronto-home-away-lecture-series/

Fig. 66. https://asiasociety.org/blog/asia/interview-gisue-hariri-her-persian-influences-and-women-architecture

Fig. 67. https://happybday.to/Maya-Ying-Lin

Fig. 68. https://www.iida.org/content.cfm/gabrielle-bullock Armando Arorizo

Fig. 69. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Salda%C3%B1a_Natke

Fig. 70. https://www.farshidmoussavi.com/node/36  Anne Purkiss

Fig. 71. https://alchetron.com/Lu-Wenyu

Fig. 72. Andreas Deffner

Fig. 73. http://bwdisrupt.businessworld.in/article/India-in-the-World-of-Design-has-Been-a-Global-Trendsetter-Sonali-Rastogi-Founding-Partner-Morphogenesis/03-12-2019-179765/

Fig. 74. https://www.creativemove.com/interview/patama-roonrakwit/ Creative Move

Fig. 75. https://johannatagada.net/yui Japan: Johanna Tagada Hoffbeck, 2018.

Fig. 76. https://www.beyondthebuilt.com/fullscreen-page/comp-jv2okqc8/70822a8f-6aaa-11e9-a9ff-063f49e9a7e4/6/%3Fi%3D6%26p%3Dd34uk%26s%3Dstyle-jemmuvhd

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Fig. 81. https://soa.princeton.edu/content/assistant-professor-and-ideascity-curator-v.-mitch-mcewen-interviewed-pin

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Fig. 83. https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2017-1-january-february/faces-clean-energy/architect-june-grant-designs-for-change

Fig. 84. https://www.oneclub.org/awards/adcawards/-judge/3821/nina-cooke-john

Fig. 85. https://www.mrsgreensworld.com/podcast/impact-earth-innovation-episode-1/

Fig. 86. https://www.arts.gov/art-works/2016/art-talk-visual-artist-and-architect-amanda-williams

Fig. 87. https://www.cvilletomorrow.org/specials/friendship-court/liz-ogbu#

Fig. 88. https://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/kimberly-dowdell-the-complexion-of-legacy-in-architecture_o

Fig. 89. https://sources.npr.org/mariana-ibanez/

Fig. 90. https://www.aud.ucla.edu/faculty/georgina-huljich

Fig. 91. https://21ninety.com/how-samantha-josaphat-is-amplifying-the-presence-of-black-women-in-architecture

Fig. 92. https://www.madamearchitect.org/interviews/2018/9/6/on-her-own-terms-galia-solomonoff

Fig. 93. https://www.sciarc.edu/people/faculty/florencia-pita

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Fig. 95. https://www.metropolismag.com/architecture/zena-howard-game-changer/

Fig. 96. https://fkstudio.com/#/Stills Paul Nordmann

Fig. 97. https://www.bsu.edu/academics/collegesanddepartments/architecture/about-us/faculty-and-staff/debreaana

Fig. 98. https://goodsamfrc.org/about-us/board-of-directors/sandra-vivanco/

Fig. 99. https://news.psu.edu/story/349597/2015/03/23/public-events/colombian-american-architect-paola-moya-speak-march-25

Fig. 100. https://archpaper.com/2011/08/monica-ponce-de-leon/

Fig. 101. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Antonieta_Angulo

Fig. 102. https://www.archoutloud.com/jing-liu.html

Fig. 103. https://dcp.ufl.edu/faculties/martha-kohen/

Fig. 104. https://archleague.org/article/ants-of-the-prairie/

Fig. 105. https://www.dezeen.com/2015/01/05/elizabeth-chu-richter-takes-over-as-aia-president/

Fig. 106. https://cooperalumni.org/jennifer-lee/

Fig. 107. https://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/j-meejin-yoon-gutters-are-for-rain-not-women_o

Fig. 108. https://magazine.columbia.edu/article/amale-andraos-appointed-dean-gsapp

Fig. 109. http://www.ssdarchitecture.com/2015/08/jinhee-park-is-visiting-professor-at-uq/

Fig. 110. https://www.madamearchitect.org/interviews/2019/6/13/linna-choi

Fig. 111. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-2177832/Lesley-Lokko-Why-did-I-convince-loved-me.html Debra Hurford Brown.

Fig. 112. https://www.madamearchitect.org/interviews/2020/3/20/jennifer-newsom Martin Szabo.

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Fig. I-2. https://buffaloarchitecture.org/news/1280/

Fig. I-3. https://metisarchitect.com/2017/03/06/conversations-harriet-burdett-moulton/

Fig. I-4. https://www.awaplusd.org/association-for-women-in-architecture-design/member-spotlight-wanda-dalla-costa

Fig. I-5. https://www.architectmagazine.com/practice/tamara-eagle-bull-stop-appropriating-my-culture_o

Fig. I-6. https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-deer-tifrea-aia-leed-ap-aicae-ncarb-4b97a913

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Fig. T-2. https://architecturearoundtheworld.net/architecture-spotlight-algeria-5968921bb6d9

Fig. T-3. https://www.sah.org/about-sah/member-stories/amber-wiley

Fig. T-4. https://www.arch.virginia.edu/news/uva-alumna-mabel-o-wilson-among-2019-women-in-architecture-award-winners