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It includes architects that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "British women architects" The following 100 pages are in this category, out of 100 total.
Sophia 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 City
This list of British architects includes notable architects, civil engineers, and earlier stonemasons, from the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. People have also been included who were born outside the UK/Great Britain but who are primarily known for their practice within the UK.
Part W is a British collective of women working in architecture, design, infrastructure and construction, challenging systems that disadvantage women, and calling for gender mainstreaming in the built environment. [1] The collective was founded by Zoë Berman in 2018 [2] and is co-chaired by Alice Brownfield. [3]
Stephanie Macdonald OBE (born 15 October 1966 in Lewisham, London) is a British architect. She co-founded architecture firm 6a architects with Tom Emerson in 2001. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to architecture.
Harriss was born in Hampshire, UK and holds British and Irish Nationality. Before attending Manchester University to study an BA (HONS) in Architecture in 1997, she qualified as a youth worker and worked with children at risk in Manchester, UK, Quito, Ecuador and Johannesburg, South Africa.
She set up her own practice in Glasgow in 1920. In 1927, she became the first woman nominated for membership of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), the nominators including John Begg and her uncle, John Burnet. However, RIBA's legal advisers stated that she could not be elected, and RIBA remained an all-male institution until the ...
Leverkus was a member of numerous women's groups, and established the women's committee of the RIBA in 1932. [8] She served as the committee Secretary in the 1930s and their work promoted the interests of women architects, encouraged and advised recent graduates as well as recording cases of discrimination. [9]