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Soraci Designs

Hello,

I am on an AIA program committee for a regional conference & have been tasked with creating a list of possible keynote speakers. The theme of our conference is "beyond green". Since our lineup thus far is shaping up to be fairly male centric, I am hoping to offer some balance.

Can you recommend any female architects who are focusing on whats next in sustainability, design & social equity issues?

Thank you very much for your time & input.

Michael Soraci

www.soracidesigns.com

 
Jan 20, 10 9:58 pm
AquillatheNun

What about Lori Ryker?

I think she still may be working in Montana.

Use to be with Ryker/Nave studio.

Jan 20, 10 10:11 pm  · 
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WonderK

What region?

Jan 20, 10 10:57 pm  · 
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future hope

This blog has recently posted articles on influential women architects:
blog.buildllc.com/category/build-heroes/

Jan 20, 10 11:21 pm  · 
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holz.box

yeah, build had a series of posts on women in architecture - a good resource.

additional:
katrin klingenberg (passivhaus)
louisa hutton (sauerbruch + hutton)
amanda levete (future systems)
zoka zola

Jan 21, 10 1:41 am  · 
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mk2

jeanne gang
elizabeth diller

Jan 21, 10 5:50 am  · 
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hematophobia

sejima (SANAA)

Jan 21, 10 8:34 am  · 
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ellen dunham-jones (georgia tech)

Jan 21, 10 9:17 am  · 
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prairie school drop out

i just saw corie sharples of shop speak and she was awesome!

Jan 21, 10 9:59 am  · 
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gresham

Merrill Elam (Mack Scogin Merrill Elam, ATL)
Julie Snow (Minneapolis)
Lindy Roy (NYC)
Amale Andraos (Work AC, NYC)
Maryann Thompson (Cambridge, MA)

This book might also be a good resource:

Women in Green: Voices of Sustainable Design

Jan 21, 10 10:49 am  · 
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archie

Laura Nettleton in Pittsburgh pa

Jan 21, 10 11:09 am  · 
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justavisual

Julie Eizenberg (LA)

Jan 21, 10 11:56 am  · 
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prairie school drop out

marion weiss!

Jan 21, 10 11:59 am  · 
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Soraci Designs

Awesome feedback thus far.

Keep it comin'

-Michael

Jan 21, 10 3:36 pm  · 
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SeriousQuestion

Sharon Johnston (Johnston Marklee)

Jan 21, 10 3:56 pm  · 
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gresham

Two more:

Andrea Leers and Jane Weinzapfel (Leers Weinzapfel Associates, Boston)
Ann Beha (Boston)

Jan 21, 10 4:24 pm  · 
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dlb

Winka Dubbledam
Monica Ponce de Leon
Nanako Umemoto
Farshid Moussavi
Liza Fior
Christine Binswanger
Odile Decq
Lise Anne Couture
Laurie Hawkinson
Dagmar Richter
Marcelyn Gow
Nathalie de Vries

Jan 21, 10 5:46 pm  · 
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gresham

One more suggestion....

She's based in Slovenia, but Marjetica Potrc is an interesting up-and-coming architect/artist whose work is at the intersection of sustainability and social justice issues (you mentioned social equity issues in your original post, so I thought I'd throw it out there....)

Jan 21, 10 5:49 pm  · 
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AquillatheNun

she looks like she ripped off sambo mockbee's butterfly house with that one image on the page though

Jan 22, 10 12:12 am  · 
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halfwindsor

Jennifer Luce of Luce et Studio

Jan 22, 10 12:33 am  · 
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AquillatheNun

merrill elam?

Jan 22, 10 12:50 am  · 
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AquillatheNun

oops gresham beat me to it. u from atlanta gresham? work for gresham smith & partners?

Jan 22, 10 12:51 am  · 
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gresham

Ha! I wouldn't make my username that obvious... anonymity is a good thing.

Jan 22, 10 6:56 am  · 
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jplourde

Zaha Hadid.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Jan 22, 10 8:14 am  · 
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prairie school drop out

Farshid Moussavi

I saw Marcelyn Gow lecture a few years ago and remember being really into her talk.

Jan 22, 10 12:05 pm  · 
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smallpotatoes

second for Lori Ryker
http://www.artemisinstitute.org/

Jan 22, 10 1:42 pm  · 
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AquillatheNun

or if you would prefer I could dress up as a femme and totally talk the shit out of some green perspectives for you

i could make them walk away in tears of joy or tears of regret for all the tampons that are wasting away in landfills as we speak!

Jan 23, 10 5:33 am  · 
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