The following is a list of women architects by nationality – notable women who are well known for their work in the field of architecture .
North America
Belize
Esther Ayuso (born 1958), first female architect of Belize, born in Venezuela; specializes in hospital designSue Courtenay (born c. 1966), first female president of the Federation of Caribbean Association of Architects
Canada
Alexandra Biriukova (1895–1967), first woman to register with the Ontario Association of Architects [13] Shirley Blumberg (born 1952), founding partner of KPMB Architects Giovanna Borasi (born 1971), Italian-born Canadian architect, curator of the Canadian Centre for Architecture Alison Brooks (born 1962), moved to the UK in 1989; Stirling Prize winner 2008Pamela Cluff (born 1931), accessibility designTeresa Coady (born 1956), sustainability and energy-saving designMarie-Chantal Croft (born c. 1970), Quebec architectBeatrice Centner Davidson (1909–1986), Toronto architectBlanche Lemco van Ginkel (born 1923), Modernist architectLennox Grafton (1919–2017), design and project architect for the Government of CanadaJean Hall (1896–1982), B. Arch. University of Toronto, 1923, first Canadian-trained female architect to design a building in CanadaEsther Hill (1895–1983), first female architect to graduate in Canada, from University of Toronto in 1920Barbara Humphreys (died 2017), architect and author, specializing in public service, historic preservation, and housingLily Inglis (1926–2010), Italian-born Canadian architectPhyllis Lambert (born 1927), architect and philanthropistMartha Stewart Leitch (1918–2015) (fl. 2006), Toronto architect, Fellow of the RAIC [14] Elizabeth Lord , B. Arch. University of Manitoba , (graduated 1939); first woman to register with the Manitoba Association of Architects[15] Janet Leys Shaw Mactavish (1925–1972), university buildingsAlice Malhiot (1889–1968), first Canadian woman to receive a diploma in architectureMarianne McKenna (born 1950), founding partner of KPMB Architects Cornelia Oberlander (1921–2021), landscape architectMother Joseph Pariseau (1823–1902), religious sister who designed buildings in the state of Washington Patricia Patkau (born 1950), architect and founder of Patkau Architects Helga Plumb (born 1939), Austrian-born architect and design criticSusan M. Ross (born 1963), Quebec architect and author, specializing in heritage conservationBrigitte Shim (born 1958), born in Jamaica , founding partner of Shim-Sutcliffe Architects ; tenured professor at the University of Toronto's John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture Eva Vecsei (born 1930), Hungarian-born architect active in Montreal Catherine Mary Wisnicki [16]
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 ArchitectureVerma Panton (1936–2015), first female architect of Jamaica and of the Anglo-Caribbean
Mexico
Tatiana Bilbao (born 1972), best known for the Botanical Garden of Sinaloa in Culiacán Clara de Buen Richkarday (born 1954), metro stations in Mexico City Gabriela Carrillo , partner of the practice Taller Rocha + CarilloFernanda Canales (born 1974), architect, designer, curatorFrida Escobedo (born 1979), architect best known for the 2018 Serpentine Pavilion, and La Tallera Siquieros in Cuernavaca.María Luisa Dehesa Gómez Farías (1912–2009), first female architecture graduate in Mexico and Latin AmericaLaura Itzel Castillo (born 1957), architect, politicianRuth Rivera Marín (1927–1969), first female graduate of College of Engineering and Architecture at the National Polytechnic Institute Beatriz Peschard (born 1970), architect, editor, and partner of Bernardi + Peschard ArquitecturaTeresa Táboas (born 1961), architect, professor and Galician politicianSara Topelson de Grinberg (born 1945), educational, commercial, and cultural buildings; professor
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
Constance Abernathy (1931–1994), architectural collaborator with Buckminster Fuller Ruth Maxon Adams (1883–1970), designer for Yelping Hill, ConnecticutDiana Agrest (born 1945), architect and urban designer in New York CityNellie B. Allen (1874–1961), landscape architect known for her knot gardens Rachel Allen (born 1970), architect based in Los AngelesMary Almy (1883–1976), one of three women who founded Howe, Manning & Almy, Inc. in Boston , MassachusettsLavone Dickensheets Andrews (1912–2002), architect in Texas[17] Kathryn H. Anthony , architect, educator, writerPaola Antonelli (born 1963), see Italy Mai Arbegast (1992–2012), landscape architect, educatorAlice Constance Austin (1868–ca. 1930), designed houses to reduce domestic labor so as to promote gender equalityVioleta Autumn (1930–2012), Peruvian-born, Sausalito , California architect and city councilwomanElizabeth Ayer (1897–1987), pioneering woman architect in Seattle , Washington
B
Agnes Ballard (1877–1969) Florida 's first registered woman architect and first woman AIA Diana Balmori (1932–2016), landscape and urban designerJulie Bargmann (born 1958), landscape architect, educatorCarol Ross Barney (born 1949), founder of Ross Barney Architects , 1981Nora Barney (1883–1971), civil engineer, architect and suffragistKatherine Bashford (1885–1953), landscape architect active in Southern CaliforniaKaren Bausman (born 1958), has taught at both Harvard University and Yale University Ann Beha (born 1950), Boston architectLaura Bennett (born 1963), architect and fashion designerDeborah Berke (born 1954), founder of Deborah Berke & Partners Architects in New York CityBarbara Bestor (born 1969), active in Los Angeles , CaliforniaLouise Blanchard Bethune (1856–1948), first American woman known to have worked as a professional architectRebecca L. Binder (born 1951), architect, designer, and educator, who was named a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects Phyllis Birkby (1932–1994), practicing architect, educator and proponent of women's role in architectureNorma Bonniwell (1877–1961), worked with her father in North Carolina India Boyer (1907–1998), first female architect in Ohio Louise Braverman (born 1948), New York-based architect who is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects Lilian Bridgman (1866–1948), active in California after World War ICornelia Brierly (1913–2012), worked with Frank Lloyd Wright Sara Bronin , architect and historic preservationistAngela Brooks , co-founder of Brooks + Scarpa in Los Angeles, CaliforniaElizabeth Carter Brooks (1867–1951), African American architect, educator and activist[18] Daphne Brown (1948–2011), highly acclaimed Alaskan architectDebra M. Brown (born 1963), judge, worked as an architect in Washington, D.C. Denise Scott Brown (born 1931), see Zambia Lori Brown (born 1969), co-founder of ArchiteXX, educatorEmma Brunson (1887–1980), opened her own firm in Minnesota Cory Buckner , restoration architect in Los Angeles, CaliforniaKatharine Budd (1860–1951), pioneering woman architect admitted to the AIA in 1924 after practicing for 30 years[19] Pamela Burton (born 1948), landscape architectEmily Helen Butterfield (1884–1958), Michigan 's first licensed female architect
C
Elizabeth Cadbury-Brown (1922–2002), American-born architect who practiced in New York and LondonAlma Carlisle (born 1927), African American architect who helped preserve historic structures in Los Angeles, California[20] Alberta Jeannette Cassell (1926–2007), African American architect who worked for the U.S. Navy [21] Olive Chadeayne (1904–2001), architect, specifications writerJudith Chafee (1932–1988), architect, educator, residential buildings in ArizonaJosephine Wright Chapman (1867–1943), active in Boston, MassachusettsAnnie Chu , Chinese American architect and educator in Los Angeles, CaliforniaJane West Clauss (1907–2003), architect and educatorElizabeth Close (1912–2011), pioneering female architect in Minneapolis , MinnesotaRose Connor (1892–1970), early woman architect in Pasadena, California Marian Cruger Coffin (1876–1957), pioneering landscape architectElisabeth Coit (1897–1987), own firm in New York CityDoris Cole (born 1938), co-founder of Cole and Goyette, Architects and Planners in Cambridge, Massachusetts , MassachusettsMelissa Minnich Coleman (1917–2014), active in Pennsylvania , specialized in school buildingsMary Colter (1869–1958), chief architect of the Fred Harvey Company Lise Anne Couture (born 1959), co-founder of Asymptote Architecture Dana Hudkins Crawford (born 1931), architectural conservation developer and preservationist for Downtown Denver , ColoradoMary Ann Crawford (1901–1988), architect in IllinoisDana Cuff , architecture theorist and educator and founder of CityLab[22]
D
Mary Lund Davis (1922–1998), modernist architect from the Pacific NorthwestHelen Sellers Davis (1912–2008), architect in Alabama[23] Natalie Griffin de Blois (1921–2013), partner for many years in the architectural firm of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Edna Deakin (1871–1946), considered one of the earliest American women architectsPeggy Deamer (born 1950), architect, educator, principal at Deamer, ArchitectsKatherine Diamond (born 1954), first woman to be president of the Los Angeles chapter of the AIAElizabeth Diller (born 1954), co-founder of Diller Scofidio + Renfro in 1979Julia Lester Dillon (1871–1959), Georgia landscape architect and columnistBetsey Doughtery , California architect, recipient of AIACC Lifetime Achievement Award, 2017Henrietta Dozier (1872–1947), first female architect in GeorgiaWinka Dubbeldam (born 1966), Dutch-born American architect active in New York CityEna Dubnoff , Southern California architect
E
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Beatrix Farrand (1872–1959), landscape architectJessica Farrar (born 1966)Roberta M. Feldman , educator, University of Illinois, Chicago Katherine Cutler Ficken (1911–1968), first licensed female architect in Maryland (1936)Elizabeth Hirsh Fleisher (1892–1975), first registered female architect in Philadelphia Jean B. Fletcher (1915–1965), founding member of the Architects' Collaborative Helen Liu Fong (1927–2005), Chinese-American architect and interior designer who practiced in Los Angeles, CaliforniaAnne Fougeron (born 1955), active in CaliforniaRuth Reynolds Freeman (1913–1969), architect in Vermont[24] Helen French (1900–1994), latterly based in San Francisco Margaret Fritsch (1899–1993), first female architect in Oregon Ethel Furman (1899–1993), earliest African American female architect in Virginia
G
Jeanne Gang (born 1964), award-winning leader of Studio Gang Architects Mary Gannon (1867–1932), co-founder of Gannon and Hands [19] Carolyn Geise (born 1935), Seattle-based architectElsa Gidoni (1901–1978), German-born architect and interior designerMadeline Gins (1941–2014), collaborated with Shusaku Arakawa on the Mechanism of MeaningJoan E. Goody (1935–2009), modern architecture in BostonLois Gottlieb (1926–2018), one of the five women featured in the documentary A girl is a fellow here Greta Gray (1880-1961), architect, home economist, academicRose Greely (1887–1969), first licensed female architect in Washington, D.C.Beverly Loraine Greene (1915–1957), first registered African American female architect in the USMarion Mahony Griffin (1871–1961), one of the first licensed female architects in the world
H
Leola Hall (1881–1930), first female architect in Berkeley, California Frances Halsband (born 1943), AIA design committeeAlice Hands , co-founder of Gannon and Hands [19] Sarah P. Harkness (1914–2013), president of the Boston Society of Architects Georgia Louise Harris Brown (1918–1999), second African American woman to become a licensed architect in the United StatesJane Hastings (born 1928), in Seattle; first female chancellor of the AIA College of FellowsSophia Hayden (1868–1953), Chilean-born American architect, first woman architecture graduate from MIT , best known for designing the Woman's Building at the World's Columbian Exposition Margo Hebald-Heymann , 1960s graduate, contributed to Terminal One, Los Angeles International Airport Margaret Helfand (1947–2007), own firm in New York CityEdith Henderson (1911–2005), landscape architectFrances Henley (1896–1955), early female architect in Rhode Island Margaret Hicks (1858–1883)E. E. Holman (1854–1925) (aka Emily Elizabeth Holman ) (fl. 1892–1915), early female architect in Pennsylvania Victorine du Pont Homsey (1900–1998), founding partner in the firm of Victorine & Samuel Homsey Mary Rockwell Hook (1877–1978), denied admission to AIA due to her genderLois Howe (1864–1964), founder of the all female firm in Boston, Howe, Manning & Almy, Inc. Elinor Mead Howells (1837–1910), artist, architect, aristocratAda Louise Huxtable (1921–2013), architecture criticJoyce Hwang , architect and urban planner
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J
K
Michelle Kaufmann , green architect and designerAnna Keichline (1889–1943), first registered female architect in PennsylvaniaFay Kellogg (1871–1918), "the foremost woman architect in the United States" in the early 20th century[25] Sheila Kennedy , Professor of Architecture at MIT, winner of International Building Exhibition award[26] Gertrude Lempp Kerbis (1926–2016), modernist architect with Bauhaus connections, and with links to Frank Lloyd WrightFlorence Knoll (1917–2019), architect and furniture designerRosalyn Koo (born 1929), Chinese-born American, manager at MBT Associates, San Francisco, also a philanthropistGertrude Kuh (1893–1977), landscape architect active in the Chicago area
L
Ellamae Ellis League (1899–1991), first woman FAIA from GeorgiaGrace La (born 1970), Professor of Architecture at Harvard University, co-founder of LA DALLMAN in Boston, MA and Milwaukee, WICara Lee , co-founded a firm in Los Angeles, California, in 2003Andrea Leers , founded the Boston-based firm Leers Weinzapfel Associates Brenda Levin , based in Los Angeles, California, advocate of historic preservationDiane Lewis (1951–2017), architect, first female faculty at Cooper UnionMaya Lin (born 1959), designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.Jing Liu (architect) (born 1980), co-founder of new York-based firm SO-IL Mimi Lobell (1942–2001), architect and academicMJ Long (1939–2018), principal architect partner on the British Library in LondonIvenue Love-Stanley , first African American woman licensed architect in the SoutheastFlorence Luscomb (1887–1985)
M
Marion Manley (1893–1984), based in Florida , collaborated on the University of Miami campusElisabeth Martini (1886–1984), active in ChicagoSusan Maxman (1938–1997), first woman president of the AIA (1992)Ida McCain (born 1884, date of death unknown), early female architect active on the West oastMargaret McCurry (born 1942), partner with Stanley Tigerman in Tigerman McCurry Architects in ChicagoMarcia Mead (1879–1967), partner in the early female firm Schenck & Mead in New York CityElise Mercur (1869–1947), early female architect in PennsylvaniaAmaza Lee Meredith (1895–1984), early African American architect, known for Azurest South Harriet Moody (1891–1966)[19] Julia Morgan (1872–1957), first woman to obtain an architecture degree at the École des Beaux-Arts [2] Toshiko Mori (born 1951), Japanese architect based in New York CityGertrude Comfort Morrow (ca. 1888–1983), opened her own office in San Francisco, contributed to the Golden Gate Bridge Edla Muir (1906–1971), designed residences in Southern CaliforniaLouise Caldwell Murdock (1857–1915), interior designer and architect active in Wichita, Kansas
N
Edith Northman (1893–1956), one of Southern California's first women architects
O
P
Mary L. Page (1849–1921), first American woman to graduate in architecture in the United StatesCary Millholland Parker (1902–2001), landscape architect, worked with Rose Greely and Gertrude Sawyer [27] Elizabeth Pattee (1893–1991)[19] Juliet Peddle (1899–1979), first woman architect licensed in Indiana Brigitte Peterhans (born 1928), worked on many renowned buildings internationally, including the Sears Tower, ChicagoNelle Peters (1884–1974), prolific architect in Kansas City Carolyn Peterson , Texas preservation architect and Fellow of the AIAEleanore Pettersen (1916–2003), one of the first female architects in New Jersey Alberta Pfeiffer (1899–1994), one of the first female architects in Illinois Marjorie Pierce (1900–1999), architect who practiced in MassachusettsEmily Pilloton-Lam (born 1982), design educatorElizabeth Plater-Zyberk (born 1950), co-founder of Miami's Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company ; academicLinda Pollari , active in Los Angeles, CaliforniaMonica Ponce de Leon (born 1965), National Design Award Winner; practicing architect; founder of MPdL StudioEthel B. Power (1881–1969), writer on architecture and magazine editor
R
Amy Porter Rapp (1908–2002), active in Portland, Oregon Eleanor Raymond (1888–1989), prominent architect in Boston and Cambridge, MassachusettsFlorence Kenyon Hayden Rector (1882–1973), first licensed female architect in OhioHilde Reiss (1909–2002) (fl. 1930s–1960s), German-born architect, active in MinneapolisLilian Jeannette Rice (1889–1938), worked in California in the Spanish colonial style Elizabeth Chu Richter (born 1949), originally from Hong Kong but made her career in Texas; 2015 President of the AIA; has designed notable buildings in the Corpus Christi areaTheodate Pope Riddle (1867–1946), first female licensed architect in both New York and Connecticut Jane Silverstein Ries (1909–2005), Colorado landscape architectLutah Maria Riggs (1896–1984), early female architect, active in Southern California, especially Santa Barbara, California Isabel Roberts (1871–1955), member of the architectural design team in the Oak Park Studio of Frank Lloyd WrightAnnie Rockfellow (1866–1954), prolific architect in Tucson , ArizonaRocio Romero (born 1971), Chilean-American architectKarla Rothstein (born 1966), German American architect, educator, active in New York CitySigrid Lorenzen Rupp (1943–2004), German-born architect in Silicon Valley Marie Russak (1865–1945), singer, esotericist, also designed houses in Krotona , CaliforniaIda Annah Ryan (1873–1950), pioneering woman architect
S
Patricia Saldaña Natke (born 1964), founding partner of UrbanWorks, ChicagoChristine Salmon (1916–1985), mainly residential, focus on housing for the disabledVerna Cook Salomonsky (1890–1950), mainly residential architectureHilary Sample , principal and co-founder of award-winning architecture firm MOS ArchitectsAdèle Naudé Santos , based in San Francisco, focus on low-income housingGertrude Sawyer (1895–1996), early female architect in Maryland and Washington D.C.Anna Pendleton Schenck (1874–1915), partner in the New York firm of Schenck & Mead Cathy Simon , San Francisco Bay Area architectNorma Sklarek (1926–2012), first black female licensed architect in the US[2] Chloethiel Woodard Smith (1910–1992), architect and urban planner in Washington, D.C.Anna Sokolina (born 1956), PhD, architect, author, curator, educator, founder and Chair of Women in Architecture AG, the WiA AG Legacy Committee, and the WiA AG Registers Committee of the Society of Architectural Historians [28] Laurinda Hope Spear (born 1950), co-founder of Arquitectonica Margaret Fulton Spencer (1882–1966), second woman to become a member of the American Institute of Architects Lenore Thomas Straus (1909–1988)Sharon E. Sutton (born 1941), African American architect and architectural educator and Fellow of the American Institute of Architects Patricia Swan (1924–2012), active in Calgary , Alberta , and Denver, Colorado
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Hilda Taba (1902–1967), architect, theorist, and educatorMarilyn Jordan Taylor (born 1949), partner of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill , founder of Transport and Airport Design DivisionJane Thompson (1927–2016), principal of Thompson Design GroupMartha Cassell Thompson (1925–1968), African American architect and chief restoration architect for the National Cathedral Polly Povey Thompson (1904–1994), early 20th-century American architect, principal in the firm Polly Povey Thompson, Ray Kermit Thompson, ArchitectsMartha Thorne (born 1953), educator, curator, writer, executive director of the Pritzker Prize Olive Tjaden (1904–1997) the only woman member of the American Institute of Architects for many years.[29] Billie Tsien , Tod Williams (born 1943) Billie Tsien (born 1949) partner, Tod Williams Billie Tsien ArchitectsAnne Tyng (1920–2011), close collaborator of Louis Kahn
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Roberta Washington , founded one of the few architecture firms led by an African AmericanHazel Wood Waterman (1865–1948), worked in Arts and Crafts style in Southern CaliforniaNelva Weber (1908–1990), landscape architect in New York CityJane Weinzapfel , co-founder of the Boston-based firm Leers Weinzapfel Associates Marion Weiss (born 1957), co-founder of Weiss/Manfredi , and Professor of Architecture at the University of Pennsylvania
Candace Wheeler (1827–1923), interior designerSarah Whiting (born 1964), academic and authorBertha Yerex Whitman (1892–1984), first female architecture graduate from the University of Michigan , active in IllinoisElizabeth Whittaker , founder of Merge Architects in Boston and professor at Harvard University 's Graduate School of Design Leila Ross Wilburn (1885–1967), one of the first female architects in GeorgiaEmily Williams (1869–1942), pioneering female architect in San Jose, California and San FranciscoBeverly Willis (born 1928), influential in design development, active mainly in San FranciscoAlda Heaton Wilson (1873–1960), architect and civil engineer from Iowa Zelma Wilson (1918–1996), active mainly in CaliforniaMarjorie Wintermute (1919–2007), active in OregonCatherine Bauer Wurster (1905–1964), architect and urban social activist
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Z
Astra Zarina (1929–2008), architect and academicZoka Zola , Croatian-born American architect, active in Chicago since 1990