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Celebrating Women in Practice: Archinect Highlights Architects and Female-led Firms to Follow

2022-03-09T07:47:00-05:00

Discourse surrounding women in architecture and its adjacent disciplines continues to grow and expand. With March honoring Women's History Month and this week's International Women's Day, let us be reminded that a woman's worth, intellect, and contributions shouldn't be reserved for a single day or month of awareness and celebration. Instead, let's continue to propel equity and intersectionality within practice, close the gender pay gap, hire women for their skills as practitioners not to check DEI boxes, listen to women as equals, and refrain from tokenization.

A continuous goal at Archinect has been to use our platform as a means to amplify and connect with various groups and voices, especially women in practice. In celebration of all female practitioners, today and every day below is a group of architects and firm leaders to follow via their firm profiles on Archinect and on social media.

Overlooked; A Reflection on Progress and Equality of Women in Architecture

2020-11-19T09:00:00-05:00

Recently I was asked to name female pioneers in architecture of the 20th century and how the industry has changed to become more inclusive. It was a quandary – I knew they were looking for an inspiring story with an upward trajectory. Architecture and design can appear as an idealized realm to the outside world.

The New Wave of Female Powerhouses are Pushing the Boundaries of Professional Practice

2019-03-08T09:45:00-05:00

The gradually increasing presence of a diverse range of practitioners across the architectural profession has provided a stronger platform for women to showcase their work, leadership, and innovation. In remembering the past, pioneering female architects such as Denise Scott Brown and Norma Merrick Sklarek have paved the way for women like Kazuyo Sejima, Dame Zaha Hadid, and Jeanne Gang to push the boundaries of representation in the field. Further, architecture's new class of female architects are learning from their predecessors and making moves for what architecture will become in 2019. With discussions of the #MeToo movement, equitable labor practices, and diversity weighing heavily on the field, the profession still has a long way to go.