architecture changing face meet women
Aug 16, 2025
Karl van Es

Meet the 20 Women Changing the Face of Architecture

Amanda Levete

  • Nationality: British
  • Practice: London, England
  • Firm: AL_A
  • Role: Founder of AL_A
  • Education: Architectural Association School of Architecture
  • Award: RIBA Sterling Prize

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Kazuyo Sejima

  • Nationality: Japanese
  • Practice: Tokyo, Japan
  • Firm: SANAA
  • Role: Founder, Architect
  • Education: Japan Women's University
  • Award: 2010 Pritzker Prize in Architecture

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Jeanne Gang

  • Nationality: American
  • Practice: Chicago, New York, San Francisco
  • Firm: Studio Gang
  • Role: Founder, Principal Architect
  • Education: Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD)
  • Award: MacArthur Fellowship

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Farshid Moussavi

  • Nationality: Iranian, British
  • Practice: London, England
  • Firm: Farshid Moussavi Architecture (previously Foreign Office Architects)
  • Role: Founder of FMA, professor at GSD
  • Education: Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD)
  • Award: Order of the British Empire

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Amale Andraos

  • Nationality: Lebanese, American
  • Practice: New York
  • Firm: WORKac
  • Role: Founder of WORKac, Dean of Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
  • Education: Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD)
  • Award: Order of the British Empire

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Nathalie de Vries

  • Nationality: Dutch
  • Practice: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
  • Firm: MVRDV
  • Role: Co-Founder of MVRDV
  • Education: TU Delft
  • Award:

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Odile Decq

  • Nationality: French
  • Practice: Paris, France
  • Firm: Studio Odile Decq
  • Role: Founder, Architect
  • Education: École nationale supérieure d'architecture de Paris-La Villette
  • Award: Jane Drew Prize - Architects Journal, London

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Elizabeth Diller

  • Nationality: American
  • Practice: New York
  • Firm: Diller Scofido + Renfro
  • Role: Co-Founder of Diller Scofido + Renfro, Professor at Princeton University
  • Education: Cooper Union
  • Award: MacArthur Fellowship

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Francine Houben

  • Nationality: Dutch
  • Practice: Delft, The Netherlands
  • Firm: Mecanoo
  • Role: Co-Founder of Mecanoo
  • Education: TU Delft
  • Award:

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Lene Tranberg

  • Nationality: Danish
  • Practice: Copenhagen, Denmark
  • Firm: Lundgaard & Tranberg
  • Role: Co-Founder of Lundgaard & Tranberg
  • Education: Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture
  • Award: Prince Eugen Medal for architecture

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Jing Liu

  • Nationality: Chinese
  • Practice: New York
  • Firm: SO-IL
  • Role: Co-Founder of SO-IL
  • Education: Tulane School of Architecture
  • Award:

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Alison Brooks

Brigitte Shim

Mette Kynne Frandsen

Elizabeth de Portzamparc

Caroline O’Donnell

Doriana Mandrelli Fuksas

Patricia Patkau

Tatiano Bilbao