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Featured architecture projects from female-led international firms

2023-03-08T15:40:00-05:00

As we celebrate Women's History Month, we continue our focus on celebrating the built works of female architects and female-led architecture firms. Last week, we highlighted projects from architecture firms in the American West that have been posted to their firm profiles. Today, on International Women's Day, we share some projects across the globe including China, Portugal, Australia, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Nigeria, Cyprus, and Georgia.

Feeling inspired? Be sure to check out the job opportunities at female-lead firms in Archinect Jobs.

Magic Bar by GB SPACE
This firm is led by Wenyu Gao and Yang Bai in Beijing, China.

Magic Bar by GB Space. Image © Ning Wang/Courtesy of GP Space. Learn more about the project here.

Heróis de África House by CREA - Arquitetos
The studio's team consists of Tânia Fernandes, Teresa Osório, and Rita Correia, along with André Camelo, Bruno Soares, and António Ataíde in Oporto, Portugal.

Heróis de África House by CREA - Arquitetos. Image courtesy o...

Selldorf Architects, a leading female-founded/run NYC firm, is currently hiring

2023-03-08T11:57:00-05:00

Following last week’s look at an opening for an Assistant Professor of XR Technologies at Arizona State University, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore open roles at Selldorf Architects.

Over on Archinect Jobs, the 70-person architectural design practice is currently advertising for two roles in their New York City office. For their Project Manager position, the firm seeks a “senior professional architect responsible for delivering projects on time and on budget while maintaining design excellence and maximizing profitability and efficiency.” Meanwhile, their Interior Designer role calls for an individual responsible for “sourcing, ordering, creating digital images, generating proposals, purchase orders, specifications, and invoices, ensuring client presentations are properly prepared and executed, and more.”

Why the role interests us

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Why International Women's Day matters (for architects)

2016-03-08T15:45:00-05:00

You’ve probably heard that today is International Women’s Day. But what exactly is it? And why is it important?

For many in the global West, the significance of March 8th is probably a lot less familiar than, say, Mother’s Day. In fact, the holidays originated around the same time, during the early 20th century, at the nascence of struggles for equal rights and suffrage. But unlike Mother’s Day, International Women’s Day has always been explicitly political: a day to both celebrate women and to fight for emancipation.

A first iteration of Women’s Day was organized by the Socialist Party of America in 1909, but its international observance began properly in 1911 with large protests throughout Europe, albeit on different days in the different cities. In 1914, International Women’s Day was held for the first time on March 8. Sylvia Plankhurst, the great British suffragette, was arrested in front of Charing Cross on her way to deliver a speech at Trafalgar Square.

Then, on March 8, 1917, R...