Lin Huiyin (1904–1955), first known Chinese female architect
Jing Liu (born 1981), co-founder of the New York design office SO-IL
Xu Tiantian (born 1975), founder of DnA Design and Architecture; has participated in China's rural revitalizing process through her “architectural acupuncture"
Lu Wenyu, whose husband Wang Shu won the Priztker Prize for the work the duo completed together in their firm (and whose sole attribution of the prize generated some controversy)
India
Eulie Chowdhury (1923–1995), the first woman to qualify as an architect in Asia
Shimul Javeri Kadri (born 1962), own firm in Mumbai
Revathi Kamath (1955–2020), pioneer of mud architecture
Anupama Kundoo (born 1967), innovative architect working in Auroville
Pravina Mehta (c.1924 – c.1990), urban planner and architect
Perin Jamsetjee Mistri (1913–1989), believed to be the first woman to graduate in architecture in India
Sheila Sri Prakash (born 1955), first woman in India to have started her own architectural firm
Sonali Rastogi (born 1967), founding partner of Morphogenesis
Samira Rathod (born 1963), architect, furniture designer, educator, own partnership since 1995
Gira Sarabhai, apprenticed under Frank Lloyd Wright and established National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Brinda Somaya (born 1949), UNESCO prize for restoring St. Thomas Cathedral, Mumbai
Chitra Vishwanath, established her own firm in 1991, working in India and Africa
Indonesia
Elora Hardy (born 1980) is a Canadian-Indonesian architect who uses bamboo.
Iran
Farshid Moussavi (born 1965), Iranian-British founder of Farshid Moussavi Architecture
Nasrine Seraji (born 1957), Iranian-British founder of Atelier Searaji Architects & head of Department of Architecture, University of Hong Kong
Iraq
Dame Zaha Hadid (1950–2016), Iraqi-British; founder of Zaha Hadid Architects in London; first woman to win the Pritzker Prize
Israel
Lotte Cohn (1898–1983), German born; pioneering figure in Israeli architecture
Dora Gad (1912–2003), influential interior designer
Ada Karmi-Melamede (born 1936), Supreme Court of Israel, numerous educational buildings
Nitza Metzger-Szmuk (born 1945), conservation work in Tel Aviv
Shulamit Nadler (1923–2016), designed National Library of Israel and Jerusalem Theatre
Rivka Oxman (born 1950), academic
Malkit Shoshan (born 1976), founder of architectural think tank FAST
Japan
Itsuko Hasegawa (born 1941), own firm since 1979
Masako Hayashi (1928–2001), first woman to win Architectural Institute of Japan Award
Toshiko Mori (born 1951), first woman to receive tenure at Harvard GSD
Nobuko Nakahara (1929–2008), founded PODOKO, association of female architects
Yuko Nagayama (born 1975), founded Yuko Nagayama & Associates; visiting professor at the Musashino Art University
Kazuyo Sejima (born 1956), co-founder of SANAA, Pritzker prize winner in 2010
Satoko Shinohara (born 1958), presides over Spatial Design Studio; became the president of Japan Women's University in 2020
Nobuko Tsuchiura (1900–1998), first woman architect in Japan
Jordan
Abeer Seikaly (born 1979)
Korea
Sun-Young Rieh, practicing architect and professor at the University of Seoul
Lebanon
Amale Andraos (born 1973), dean of the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Mongolia
Biambasuren Luvsandamdingiin (born 1955), urban planner
Nepal
Hisila Yami (born 1959), also a government minister
Pakistan
Yasmeen Lari (born c. 1941), the country's first female architect
Palestine
Suad Amiry (born 1951), author and architect
Khouloud Daibes (born 1965), architect and former politician and diplomat
Saudi Arabia
Nadia Bakhurji, interior architect, holds several administrative positions
Singapore
Cheong Koon Hean (born 1957), award-winning urban planner and architect
Sri Lanka
Minnette de Silva (1918–1998), first Sri Lankan female architect
Taiwan
Xiu Zelan (1925–2016), Taiwan's first female architect
Thailand
Patama Roonrakwit, practising architect, focus on under-privileged housing
Turkey
Altuğ Çinici (born 1935)
Mualla Eyüboğlu (1919–2009)
Zeynep Fadıllıoğlu (born 1955), redesigned Istanbul's Şakirin Mosque to wide international acclaim
Australasia
Australia
Lily Isabel Maude Addison (1885–1968), early female architect in Queensland
Ruth Alsop (1879–1976), first woman qualified as an architect in the state of Victoria
Brit Andresen, Norwegian-born, first woman in Australia to be awarded the RAIA Gold Medal
Emma Appleton, Australian landscape architect and urban designer
Beverley Bolin (born 1923), the first woman to become a registered architect in South Australia.
Eva Buhrich (1915–1976), architect, editor and writer who migrated from Germany
Karen Burns (born 1962), architectural historian, theorist, activist and educator
Stroma Buttrose (1929–2020), first female Planning Assistant in South Australia
Kerry Clare, architect and joint recipient of the Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal
Justine Clark, New Zealand-born architectural editor, writer, speaker and researcher
Louise Cox (born 1939), architect, Officer of the Order of Australia for services to architecture
Eleanor Cullis-Hill (1913–2001), Sydney architect
Suzanne Dance, Melbourne-based architect
Maggie Edmond (born 1946), principal at Melbourne-based Edmond and Corrigan
Rosina Edmunds (1900–1956), architect, urban planner and writer
Harriet Edquist (born 1940s), architectural historian, educator and writer
Zahava Elenberg (born 1973), co-director of Elenberg Fraser
Cassandra Fahey (born circa 1972), architect and interior designer
Elizabeth Farrelly (born 1957), architecture critic, author and columnist
Margaret Feilman (1921–2013), Perth architect and town planner
Margaret Findlay (1916–2007), first female in Tasmania to qualify as an associate of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects
Abbie Galvin (born 1970), principal of BVN Architecture
Jill Garner, principal of Garner Davis, Associate Government Architect, Office of the Victorian Government Architect
Eli Giannini (born 1956), architect; director of McGauran Giannini Soon; Life Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects
Eileen Good (1893–1986), Australia's first female architecture academic
Elizabeth Grant (born 1963), architectural anthropologist, research in indigenous architecture
Kristin Green, director of KGA Architecture
Marion Mahony Griffin (1871–1961), one of the first registered female architects in the world
Winsome Hall Andrew (1905–1997)
Laura Harding (born 1975), practitioner and critic
Ellison Harvie (1902–1984), first Australian woman to graduate with a Diploma of Architectural Design; first female Fellow of the Royal Victorian Institute of Architects; first woman elected to an Australian Architectural Institute council; first Australian woman to become a partner in a large firm
Beatrice Hutton (1893–1990), first female architect accepted into an Institute of Architects in Australia
Sandra Kaji-O'Grady, professor and head of architecture at the University of Queensland
Louise St John Kennedy (born 1950), practices in Claremont, Western Australia
Helen Lochhead, architect and urban designer
Ruth Lucas (1924–2001), works with her husband Bill Lucas, known for the Glass House in Castlecrag, New South Wales
Kirsteen Mackay, South Australian Government architect
Gill Matthewson, academic, researcher and architect
Nellie McCredie (1903–1968), Australian architect and potter
Alison Mears, dean of the School of Design Strategies at Parsons The New School for Design
Margaret Pitt Morison (1900–1985), early female architect in Western Australia
Elina Mottram (1903–1996), British-born, Queensland's first and longest practicing female architect
Phyllis Murphy (1924–2004), architect known for the 1956 Olympic Pool in Melbourne (with John Murphy) along with conservation projects
Andrea Nield (born 1951), founded Emergency Architects Australia
Rachel Nolan (born 1974), a founding director of Kennedy Nolan, a Melbourne-based practice
Ellice Nosworthy (1897–1972), early female architect in New South Wales
Alexis Ord, architect, activist and Melbourne's first female Lord Mayor
Shelley Penn (born 1965), architect, urbanist and advocate
Christine Phillips, academic, architect, advocate
Susan Phillips (born 1958), award-winning second-generation architect based in Adelaide
Caroline Pidcock (born 1962), advocate of sustainable development, based in Sydney
Dimity Reed (born 1942), first female president of Royal Australian Institute of Architects (Victoria); founding member of the Association of Women in Architecture
Sarah Lynn Rees
Louise St John Kennedy (born 1950), West Australian architect, recipient of the 1984 Robin Boyd Award
Penelope Seidler (born 1938), director of Sydney-based Harry Seidler and associates
Mary Turner Shaw (1906–1990), pioneering female architect
Naomi Stead (born 1975), architectural academic, critic and writer
Muriel Stott (1889–1985), probably the first woman with her own architectural firm in Australia
Florence Mary Taylor (1879–1969), born in England but emigrated as a child; Australia's first qualified female architect
Jennifer Taylor (1935–2015), architect, professor, critic and author
Cynthia Teague MBE (1906–2007), pioneering Australian architect and public servant
Kerstin Thompson (born 1965), Melbourne-based architect; professor of design at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Yvonne von Hartel (born 1943), co-founder of the urban planning firm Peckvonhartel
Suzannah Waldron, a founding director of the Melbourne-based architectural practice Searle x Waldron
Cindy Walters (born 1963), active in London at Walters & Cohen
Emma Young (born 1971), director of Phooey
New Zealand
Kate Beath (1882–1979), probably the first female architect in New Zealand
Felicity Brenchley, architect
Justine Clark, New Zealand-born architectural editor, writer, speaker and researcher
Julia Gatley, architect, educator, writer
Jackie Gillies, specialist in heritage buildings and conservation architecture
Lucy Greenish (1888–1976), first woman to be a Registered Architect in New Zealand
Min Hall, first female architecture graduate at Victoria University of Wellington
Dorita Hannah, architect, educator whose work spans the spatial, visual and performing arts
Charmaine 'Ilaiū Talei, architect, academic, including projects in many Pacific Islands
Gill Matthewson (fl. from 1984), architect, educator, writer
Joanna Merwood-Salisbury, architectural historian
Margaret Munro (1914–2005) first woman to establish architectural career in Christchurch
Nancy Northcroft (1913-1980) architect and town planner
June Pallot (1953–2004), registered architect and professor of accounting
Renate Prince (1929– ), German born, New Zealand trained architect. Also worked in the United Kingdom.
Anne Salmond (architect), architect
Lynda Simmons, architect, educator, writer
Alison Sleigh (1898–1972), first New Zealand woman to attain membership of the Royal Institute of British Architects
Felicity Wallace, architect
Dorothy Wills (1911–2007) second woman to be a Registered Architect in New Zealand
Megan Wraight (1961–2020), New Zealand landscape architect
Europe
Albania
Valentina Pistoli (1928-1993), first Albanian female architect
Doris Andoni (born 1961), architect and housing policy expert
Vera Bushati (born 1946), architect, engineer, historian and professor
Austria
Maria Auböck (born 1951), architect, educator, specializing in landscape architecture
Ella Briggs (1880–1977), early Austrian female architect and interior decorator
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897–2000), first Austrian female architect
Lilia Skala (1896–1994), graduated in and practiced architecture before becoming an actress in the United States
Laura P. Spinadel (born 1958), principal at BUSarchitektur
Silja Tillner (born 1960), principal at Architekten Tillner & Willinger
Liane Zimbler (1892–1987), possibly the first European woman to graduate in architecture, in Austria; practiced in the United States from 1938 to age 90
Belarus
Lyubow Usava (1921–2015), state architect who helped restore the Minsk after WWII
Belgium
Christine Conix (born 1955)
Simone Guilissen (1916–1996), early female practitioner; built residential villas and a large sports centre
Dita Roque-Gourary (1915–2010)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dijana Alić, architect and academic living in Australia
Vesna Bugarski (1930–1992), first female architect in Bosnia-Herzegovina
Selma Harrington (born 1955), interior design, president of the Architects' Council of Europe
Bulgaria
Victoria Angelova (1902–1947), built the first modern, national art gallery in the Balkans
Milka Bliznakov (1927–2010), founder of the International Archive of Women in Architecture
Maria Luisa Doseva-Georgieva (1894–1975), the second licensed woman architect in Bulgaria (after Elena Markova, who did not practice after obtaining her license)
Dina Stancheva (born 1925), 1985 recipient of the Gold Badge of the Bulgarian Union of Architects
Croatia
Rajka Vali (1926–2011), also pop singer
Czech Republic
Eva Jiřičná (born 1939), moved from Czechoslovakia to London in 1968
Věra Machoninová (born 1928)
Milada Petříková-Pavlíková (1895–1985), first female architect in Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Pia Bech Mathiesen (1962–2016), designer, executive, head of the Universe science amusement park
Ellen Braae (born 1965), landscape architect, educator
Thekla Schild (1890–1991), Germany's second female architectural graduate
Barbara Schock-Werner (born 1947), Cologne Cathedral
Maria Schwarz (1921–2018), architect best known for designing churches
Annabelle Selldorf (born early 1960s), founded her own agency in New York
Lotte Stam-Beese (1903–1988), Bauhaus-trained, helped with the post-war reconstruction of Rotterdam
Judith Stolzer-Segall (1904–1990), first female architect to design a synagogue
Gerdy Troost (1904–2003), Nazi architecture projects
Emilie Winkelmann (1875–1951), Germany's first independent female architect
Greece
Souzána Antonakáki (1935–2020), founder of Atelier 66 in Athens
Alexandra Paschalidou-Moreti (1912–2010), designed pavilions for international exhibitions
Rena Sakellaridou (born 1955), cofounded the Greek architecture firm SPARCH; author, and professor of Architectural Design at The Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Hungary
Eva Vecsei (born 1930), see Canada
Iceland
Högna Sigurðardóttir (1929–2017), first woman to design a building in Iceland
Ireland
Angela Brady (born c. 1957), elected president of the UK's Royal Institute of British Architects in 2011
Yvonne Farrell (born 1951), co-founder of award-winning Grafton Architects in Dublin
Eileen Gray (1878–1976), lived and worked primarily in France
Selma Harrington (born 1955), see Bosnia and Herzegovina
Róisín Heneghan, co-founder of Heneghan Peng Architects
Shelley McNamara (born 1952), co-founder of award-winning Grafton Architects in Dublin
Caroline O'Donnell (born c. 1974), winner of MoMA PS1 Young Architects Program (New York) 2013
Sheila O'Donnell (born 1953), co-founder of O’Donnell + Tuomey Architects; designed several award-winning buildings around Dublin
Italy
Paola Antonelli (born 1963), senior curator of the department of architecture & design at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City
Gae Aulenti (1927–2012), architect, interior designer and industrial designer
Lina Bo Bardi (1914–1992), moved to Brazil after the war and became a naturalized Brazilian citizen
Cini Boeri (1924–2020), architect, interior designer and industrial designer
Plautilla Bricci (1616–1690), architect and painter in and near Rome
Maria Hadfield Cosway (1760–1838) amateur architect, patron, and painter
Anna Castelli Ferrieri (1918–2006), architect and industrial designer
Alessandra Cianchetta (born 1971), founding partner of AWP Paris, large-scale urban redevelopment
Silvana De Stefano, architect and sculptor
Stefania Filo Speziale (1905–1988), first woman to graduate from an architecture program in Naples
Doriana Mandrelli Fuksas (born 1944), founding partner of Fuksas Studio in Rome
Giulia Guarino (1897–1985), Italian/Uruguayan architect first Latin American woman to graduate with a degree in architecture in 1923
Franca Helg (1920–1989), architect and designer
Anna Maria Indrio (born 1943), see Denmark
Elena Luzzatto (1900–1983), first woman to graduate from an architecture program in Italy
Rosaria Piomelli (born 1937), architect and academic
Teresa Sapey (born 1962), own studio in Madrid, also academic
Afra Scarpa (1937–2011), of Afra and Tobia Scarpa
Benedetta Tagliabue (born 1963), based in Barcelona, Spain
Paola Viganò (born 1961), got awarded a Gold Medal for Italian Architecture for her career in 2018
Lella Vignelli (1934–2016), architect and designer
Tatiana Fabeck (born 1970), large-scale university development
Arlette Schneiders (born late 1950s), first woman in Luxembourg to have her own firm
Malta
Isabelle Barratt-Delia (born 1938), first Maltese female architect
Montenegro
Svetlana Kana Radević (1937–2000), first Montenegrin female architect
Netherlands
Fleur Agema (born 1976), politician, former spatial designer
Caroline Bos (born 1959), co-founder of UNStudio, an award-winning architecture firm in Amsterdam
Luzia Hartsuyker-Curjel (1926–2011), German-born Dutch architect remembered for her innovative housing designs
Francine Houben (born 1955), founding partner of Mecanoo; visiting professor at Harvard University
Afaina de Jong (born 1977), researcher and founder of AFARAI
Barbara Kuit (born 1998), co-founder of Information Based Architecture
Judith Ledeboer (1901–1990), see United Kingdom
Han Schröder (1918–1992), after establishing her own firm in Amsterdam, emigrated to the United States where she taught interior design
Margaret Staal-Kropholler (1891–1966), first woman architect in the Netherlands
Nathalie de Vries (born 1965), co-founder of MVRDV
Tonny Zwollo (born 1942), built 35 schools in Oaxaca, Mexico, and the largest open-air market in South America, in Ecuador
Liesbeth van der Pol (born 1959), co-founder of Dok architecten
Norway
Kari Nissen Brodtkorb (born 1942), architect and educator, Houen Foundation Award for Stranden housing complex in Oslo
Lilla Hansen (1872–1962), Norway's first female architect
Kristin Jarmund (born 1954), runs her own business, Kristin Jarmund Arkitekter
Ingeborg Krafft (1902–1963), designed Mesnali Church
Maja Melandsø (1906–1981), early Norwegian female architect
Hjørdis Grøntoft Raknerud (1878–1918), early Norwegian female architect
Kirsten Sand (1895–1996), first woman to graduate in architecture from the Norwegian Institute of Technology
Wenche Selmer (1920–1998), specialized in timber residential projects in the south of Norway
Kirsten Sinding-Larsen (1898–1978), designed Sunnaas Hospital
Poland
Barbara Bielecka (born 1931), designed the Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń, Poland's largest church
Karola Bloch (1905–1994), worked in Austria, the United States and Germany
Barbara Brukalska (1899–1980), Functionalist architect, educator
Adrienne Górska (1899–1969), Russian-born Polish architect working in Paris
Zofia Garlińska-Hansen (1924–2013), architect who worked in Poland with husband Oskar Hansen
Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak (1920–2018), first woman to be awarded the Honorary Award of the Association of Polish Architects (SARP)
Marya Lilien (1900 or 1901–1998), architect and university professor, the first woman architect to apprentice under Frank Lloyd Wright
Helena Syrkus (1900–1982), architect, urban planner and professor, an editor of Athens Charter
Portugal
Maria José Marques da Silva (1914–1996), first female architecture graduate from Porto's School of Fine Arts
Ana Louisa Soares (born 1988), architect, own practice
Romania
Maria Cotescu (1896–1980), one of the first women architects of Romania; built the National railway industrial complex
Henrieta Delavrancea (1897–1987), one of the first female architects admitted to the Superior School of Architecture in Bucharest
Virginia Andreescu Haret (1894–1962), first female graduate in architecture and first female Romanian Architectural Inspector General
Anca Petrescu (1949–2013), architect and politician
Russia
Nina Aleshina (1924–2012), designer of 19 stations of the Moscow Metro and head of the Metrogiprotrans design department, 1981–1991
Galina Balashova (born 1931), architect and designer associated with the Soviet space program
Adrienne Górska (1899–1969), born in Moscow of Polish extraction, early female graduate in Paris (1924) where she worked in the Art Deco style
Tamara Katsenelenbogen (1894–1976), constructivist architect and urban planner
Dita Roque-Gourary (1915–2010), see Belgium
Rachel Bernstein Wischnitzer (1885–1989), born in the Russian Empire, moved to the U.S. in 1940
Serbia
Ksenija Bulatović (born 1967), educational and commercial buildings, also academic
Jelisaveta Načić (1878–1955), first female architect in Serbia
Jovanka Bončić-Katerinić (1887–1966), 1st woman engineer in Germany
Ljiljana Bakić (born 1939), designed the award-winning Aleksandar Nikolić Hall
Ivanka Raspopović (1930–2015), designed the award-winning Museum of Contemporary Art
Milica Šterić (1914–1998), head of Energoprojekt’s architecture department
Maja Vidaković Lalić (born 1972), designed the Supermarket Store in Belgrade, founder of the Mikser Festival
Olja Ivanjicki (1931–2009), artist in sculpture, poetry, design, architecture and writing
Dubravka Sekulić (born 1980), architectural researcher and theorist
Slovenia
Sonja Lapajne Oblak (1906–1993) Slovenian architect, first Slovenian woman to graduate as a civil engineer, Slovenia's first female urban planner.
Marjetica Potrč (born 1953), installations, research
Spain
Roser Amadó (born 1944), architect working in Barcelona
Margarita Brender Rubira (1919–2002), Romanian-born architect active in Barcelona
Lucía Cano Pintos (born 1965), cofounded the Madrid studio SelgasCano
Ángela García de Paredes (born 1958), co-founded the Paredes Pedrosa studio
Matilde Ucelay Maortúa (1912–2008), first woman licensed in architecture in Spain
Fuensanta Nieto (born 1957), partner of Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
Carme Pigem (born 1962), a member of the Pritzker Prize-winning architectural firm RCR Arquitectes
Carme Pinós (born 1954)
Beatriz Ramo (born 1979), Spanish architect working in the Dutch city of Rotterdam
Benedetta Tagliabue (born 1963), see Italy
Patricia Urquiola (born 1961), working in Milan, Italy since 1990
Elisa Valero (born 1971), architect and professor
Sweden
Anna Branzell (1895–1983), Norwegian-born Swedish architect, first woman to graduate in architecture in Sweden
Léonie Geisendorf (1914–2016), Polish-born Swedish architect working in Stockholm
Mia Hägg (born 1970), her firm, Habiter Autrement, is based in Paris
Margit Hall (1901–1937), first woman in Sweden to graduate in architecture as an ordinary student
Agnes Magnell (1878–1966), first woman accepted to the architecture program at the Royal Institute of Technology; was not allowed to graduate since she was accepted on exception; designed the water tower in Sala in 1903
Greta Magnusson-Grossman (1906–1999), furniture designer and architect
Pernilla Ohrstedt (born 1980), London-based Swedish architect
Brita Snellman (1901–1978), first woman to graduate in architecture at the Royal Institute of Technology, in 1924
Hillevi Svedberg (1910–1990), remembered for collective housing interiors
Inga Varg (born 1952), urban planning, interior design and architecture
Ingeborg Wærn Bugge (1899–1991), early Swedish graduate, residential buildings, schools, renovation
Switzerland
Angela Deuber (born 1975), architect, educator
Annette Gigon (born 1959), architect, educator
Lux Guyer (1894–1955), architect behind the SAFFA women's fair in Bern
Inès Lamunière (born 1954), architect, educator, editor
Gret Loewensberg (born 1943), works in domestic architecture
Mother 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 critic
Susan M. Ross (born 1963), Quebec architect and author, specializing in heritage conservation
Brigitte 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 (1919–2014)
Cuba
María Margarita Egaña Fernández (1921–1975), Cuban modernist architect
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 Architecture
Verma 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 + Carillo
Fernanda Canales (born 1974), architect, designer, curator
Frida 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 America
Laura Itzel Castillo (born 1957), architect, politician
Ruth 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 Arquitectura
Teresa Táboas (born 1961), architect, professor and Galician politician
Sara Topelson de Grinberg (born 1945), educational, commercial, and cultural buildings; professor
Puerto Rico
Beatriz del Cueto (born 1952 in Havana), conservation, academic
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.
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Constance Abernathy (1931–1994), architectural collaborator with Buckminster Fuller
Ruth Maxon Adams (1883–1970), designer for Yelping Hill, Connecticut
Diana Agrest (born 1945), architect and urban designer in New York City
Nellie B. Allen (1874–1961), landscape architect known for her knot gardens
Rachel Allen (born 1970), architect based in Los Angeles
Mary Almy (1883–1976), one of three women who founded Howe, Manning & Almy, Inc. in Boston, Massachusetts
Lavone Dickensheets Andrews (1912–2002), architect in Texas
Kathryn H. Anthony, architect, educator, writer
Paola Antonelli (born 1963), see Italy
Mai Arbegast (1992–2012), landscape architect, educator
Alice Constance Austin (1868–ca. 1930), designed houses to reduce domestic labor so as to promote gender equality
Violeta Autumn (1930–2012), Peruvian-born, Sausalito, California architect and city councilwoman
Elizabeth 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 designer
Julie Bargmann (born 1958), landscape architect, educator
Carol Ross Barney (born 1949), founder of Ross Barney Architects, 1981
Nora Barney (1883–1971), civil engineer, architect and suffragist
Katherine Bashford (1885–1953), landscape architect active in Southern California
Karen Bausman (born 1958), has taught at both Harvard University and Yale University
Ann Beha (born 1950), Boston architect
Laura Bennett (born 1963), architect and fashion designer
Deborah Berke (born 1954), founder of Deborah Berke & Partners Architects in New York City
Barbara Bestor (born 1969), active in Los Angeles, California
Louise Blanchard Bethune (1856–1948), first American woman known to have worked as a professional architect
Rebecca 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 architecture
Norma 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 I
Cornelia Brierly (1913–2012), worked with Frank Lloyd Wright
Sara Bronin, architect and historic preservationist
Angela Brooks, co-founder of Brooks + Scarpa in Los Angeles, California
Elizabeth Carter Brooks (1867–1951), African American architect, educator and activist
Daphne Brown (1948–2011), highly acclaimed Alaskan architect
Debra 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, educator
Emma Brunson (1887–1980), opened her own firm in Minnesota
Cory Buckner, restoration architect in Los Angeles, California
Katharine Budd (1860–1951), pioneering woman architect admitted to the AIA in 1924 after practicing for 30 years
Pamela Burton (born 1948), landscape architect
Emily Helen Butterfield (1884–1958), Michigan's first licensed female architect
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Elizabeth Cadbury-Brown (1922–2002), American-born architect who practiced in New York and London
Alma Carlisle (born 1927), African American architect who helped preserve historic structures in Los Angeles, California
Alberta Jeannette Cassell (1926–2007), African American architect who worked for the U.S. Navy
Judith Chafee (1932–1988), architect, educator, residential buildings in Arizona
Josephine Wright Chapman (1867–1943), active in Boston, Massachusetts
Annie Chu, Chinese American architect and educator in Los Angeles, California
Jane West Clauss (1907–2003), architect and educator
Elizabeth Close (1912–2011), pioneering female architect in Minneapolis, Minnesota
Rose Connor (1892–1970), early woman architect in Pasadena, California
Marian Cruger Coffin (1876–1957), pioneering landscape architect
Elisabeth Coit (1897–1987), own firm in New York City
Doris Cole (born 1938), co-founder of Cole and Goyette, Architects and Planners in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts
Melissa Minnich Coleman (1917–2014), active in Pennsylvania, specialized in school buildings
Mary 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, Colorado
Mary Ann Crawford (1901–1988), architect in Illinois
Dana Cuff, architecture theorist and educator and founder of CityLab
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Mary Lund Davis (1922–1998), modernist architect from the Pacific Northwest
Helen Sellers Davis (1912–2008), architect in Alabama
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 architects
Peggy Deamer (born 1950), architect, educator, principal at Deamer, Architects
Katherine Diamond (born 1954), first woman to be president of the Los Angeles chapter of the AIA
Elizabeth Diller (born 1954), co-founder of Diller Scofidio + Renfro in 1979
Julia Lester Dillon (1871–1959), Georgia landscape architect and columnist
Betsey Doughtery, California architect, recipient of AIACC Lifetime Achievement Award, 2017
Henrietta Dozier (1872–1947), first female architect in Georgia
Winka Dubbeldam (born 1966), Dutch-born American architect active in New York City
Ena Dubnoff, Southern California architect
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Tammy Eagle Bull, architect
Ray Eames (1912–1988)
Keller Easterling (born 1959), architect, urbanist and writer
Judith Edelman (1923–2014), co-founder of Edelman Sultan Knox Wood/Architects
Merrill Elam, active in Atlanta, Georgia, co-founded her own firm in 1984
Dora Epstein-Jones, educator, theorist and curator
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Beatrix Farrand (1872–1959), landscape architect
Jessica 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, California
Anne Fougeron (born 1955), active in California
Ruth Reynolds Freeman (1913–1969), architect in Vermont
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
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Jeanne Gang (born 1964), award-winning leader of Studio Gang Architects
Mary Gannon (1867–1932), co-founder of Gannon and Hands
Carolyn Geise (born 1935), Seattle-based architect
Elsa Gidoni (1901–1978), German-born architect and interior designer
Madeline Gins (1941–2014), collaborated with Shusaku Arakawa on the Mechanism of Meaning
Joan E. Goody (1935–2009), modern architecture in Boston
Lois 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, academic
Rose Greely (1887–1969), first licensed female architect in Washington, D.C.
Beverly Loraine Greene (1915–1957), first registered African American female architect in the US
Marion Mahony Griffin (1871–1961), one of the first licensed female architects in the world
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Leola Hall (1881–1930), first female architect in Berkeley, California
Frances Halsband (born 1943), AIA design committee
Alice Hands, co-founder of Gannon and Hands
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 States
Jane Hastings (born 1928), in Seattle; first female chancellor of the AIA College of Fellows
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
Edith Henderson (1911–2005), landscape architect
Frances 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 gender
Lois Howe (1864–1964), founder of the all female firm in Boston, Howe, Manning & Almy, Inc.
Ada Louise Huxtable (1921–2013), architecture critic
Joyce Hwang, architect and urban planner
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Elizabeth Wright Ingraham (1922–2013), architect and granddaughter of Frank Lloyd Wright
Harriet Morrison Irwin (1828–1897), early female architect from North Carolina
Lisa Iwamoto, Japanese-American architect, co-founder of IwamotoScott, and Associate Professor at University of California, Berkeley.
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Mary Rutherfurd Jay (1872–1953), early landscape architect
Alice E. Johnson (1862–1936), early architect from Ohio
Jane Hall Johnson (1919-2001)
Sharon Johnston, founding partner of the firm Johnston Marklee & Associates
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Michelle Kaufmann, green architect and designer
Anna Keichline (1889–1943), first registered female architect in Pennsylvania
Fay Kellogg (1871–1918), "the foremost woman architect in the United States" in the early 20th century
Sheila Kennedy, Professor of Architecture at MIT, winner of International Building Exhibition award
Gertrude Lempp Kerbis (1926–2016), modernist architect with Bauhaus connections, and with links to Frank Lloyd Wright
Florence Knoll (1917–2019), architect and furniture designer
Rosalyn Koo (born 1929), Chinese-born American, manager at MBT Associates, San Francisco, also a philanthropist
Gertrude Kuh (1893–1977), landscape architect active in the Chicago area
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Ellamae Ellis League (1899–1991), first woman FAIA from Georgia
Grace La (born 1970), Professor of Architecture at Harvard University, co-founder of LA DALLMAN in Boston, MA and Milwaukee, WI
Cara Lee, co-founded a firm in Los Angeles, California, in 2003
Andrea Leers, founded the Boston-based firm Leers Weinzapfel Associates
Brenda Levin, based in Los Angeles, California, advocate of historic preservation
Diane Lewis (1951–2017), architect, first female faculty at Cooper Union
Maya 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 academic
MJ Long (1939–2018), principal architect partner on the British Library in London
Ivenue Love-Stanley, first African American woman licensed architect in the Southeast
Florence Luscomb (1887–1985)
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Marion Manley (1893–1984), based in Florida, collaborated on the University of Miami campus
Elisabeth Martini (1886–1984), active in Chicago
Susan 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 oast
Margaret McCurry (born 1942), partner with Stanley Tigerman in Tigerman McCurry Architects in Chicago
Marcia Mead (1879–1967), partner in the early female firm Schenck & Mead in New York City
Elise Mercur (1869–1947), early female architect in Pennsylvania
Amaza Lee Meredith (1895–1984), early African American architect, known for Azurest South
Harriet Moody (1891–1966)
Julia Morgan (1872–1957), first woman to obtain an architecture degree at the École des Beaux-Arts
Toshiko Mori (born 1951), Japanese architect based in New York City
Gertrude 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 California
Louise Caldwell Murdock (1857–1915), interior designer and architect active in Wichita, Kansas
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Edith Northman (1893–1956), one of Southern California's first women architects
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Eleanor Manning O'Connor (1884–1973), partner in the female firm Howe, Manning & Almy, Inc. in Boston
Kathleen O'Donnell (born 1988), architect and founding partner of Studio Gang/O'Donnell [Now Studio/Gang]
Carole J. Olshavsky (born 1947), own firm in 1975, state architect for Ohio
Kate Orff (born 1971), landscape architect, founder of SCAPE
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Mary L. Page (1849–1921), first American woman to graduate in architecture in the United States
Cary Millholland Parker (1902–2001), landscape architect, worked with Rose Greely and Gertrude Sawyer
Elizabeth Pattee (1893–1991)
Juliet Peddle (1899–1979), first woman architect licensed in Indiana
Brigitte Peterhans (born 1928), worked on many renowned buildings internationally, including the Sears Tower, Chicago
Nelle Peters (1884–1974), prolific architect in Kansas City
Carolyn Peterson, Texas preservation architect and Fellow of the AIA
Eleanore 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 Massachusetts
Emily Pilloton-Lam (born 1982), design educator
Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk (born 1950), co-founder of Miami's Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company; academic
Linda Pollari, active in Los Angeles, California
Monica Ponce de Leon (born 1965), National Design Award Winner; practicing architect; founder of MPdL Studio
Ethel B. Power (1881–1969), writer on architecture and magazine editor
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Amy Porter Rapp (1908–2002), active in Portland, Oregon
Eleanor Raymond (1888–1989), prominent architect in Boston and Cambridge, Massachusetts
Florence Kenyon Hayden Rector (1882–1973), first licensed female architect in Ohio
Hilde Reiss (1909–2002) (fl. 1930s–1960s), German-born architect, active in Minneapolis
Lilian 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 area
Theodate Pope Riddle (1867–1946), first female licensed architect in both New York and Connecticut
Jane Silverstein Ries (1909–2005), Colorado landscape architect
Lutah 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 Wright
Annie Rockfellow (1866–1954), prolific architect in Tucson, Arizona
Rocio Romero (born 1971), Chilean-American architect
Karla Rothstein (born 1966), German American architect, educator, active in New York City
Sigrid Lorenzen Rupp (1943–2004), German-born architect in Silicon Valley
Marie Russak (1865–1945), singer, esotericist, also designed houses in Krotona, California
Ida Annah Ryan (1873–1950), pioneering woman architect
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Patricia Saldaña Natke (born 1964), founding partner of UrbanWorks, Chicago
Christine Salmon (1916–1985), mainly residential, focus on housing for the disabled
Hilary Sample, principal and co-founder of award-winning architecture firm MOS Architects
Adèle Naudé Santos, based in San Francisco, focus on low-income housing
Gertrude 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 architect
Norma Sklarek (1926–2012), first black female licensed architect in the US
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)
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 educator
Marilyn Jordan Taylor (born 1949), partner of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, founder of Transport and Airport Design Division
Jane Thompson (1927–2016), principal of Thompson Design Group
Martha 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, Architects
Martha 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.
Billie Tsien, Tod Williams (born 1943) Billie Tsien (born 1949) partner, Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects
Anne Tyng (1920–2011), close collaborator of Louis Kahn
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Margaret Van Pelt Vilas (1905–1995), opened a practice in New Haven, Connecticut in 1958
Shirley Jane Vernon (1930–2011), architect and architectural educator in Pennsylvania, was a Fellow of the AIA
Lauretta Vinciarelli (1943–2011), artist, architect, and architectural educator
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Roberta Washington, founded one of the few architecture firms led by an African American
Hazel Wood Waterman (1865–1948), worked in Arts and Crafts style in Southern California
Nelva Weber (1908–1990), landscape architect in New York City
Jane 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 designer
Sarah Whiting (born 1964), academic and author
Bertha Yerex Whitman (1892–1984), first female architecture graduate from the University of Michigan, active in Illinois
Elizabeth 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 Georgia
Emily Williams (1869–1942), pioneering female architect in San Jose, California and San Francisco
Beverly Willis (born 1928), influential in design development, active mainly in San Francisco
Alda Heaton Wilson (1873–1960), architect and civil engineer from Iowa
Zelma Wilson (1918–1996), active mainly in California
Marjorie Wintermute (1919–2007), active in Oregon
Catherine Bauer Wurster (1905–1964), architect and urban social activist
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Georgina Pope Yeatman (1902–1982), active in Philadelphia
Florence Yoch (1890–1972), landscape architect active in California
Meejin Yoon (born 1972), Korean-American architect and designer, co-founder of Höweler+Yoon
Helen Binkerd Young (1877–1959), early New York architect and architectural educator
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Astra Zarina (1929–2008), architect and academic
Zoka Zola, Croatian-born American architect, active in Chicago since 1990
South America
Argentina
Diana Agrest (born 1945), co-founded Agrest and Gandelsonas Architects in New York City
Cristina Álvarez Rodríguez (born 1967), various administrative positions
Alicia Cazzaniga (1928–1968), best known for designing the National Library of the Argentine Republic
Noemí Goytia (born 1936), Argentine architect, professor
Sara Gramática (born 1942), co-founded GGMPU Arquitectos in Córdoba, Argentina
Mabel Lapacó (1930–2016), Brutalist architect
Martha Levisman (born 1933), architect and archivist
Zaida Muxí (born 1964), architect, city planner
Filandia Elisa Pizzul (1902–1987), first female architecture graduate in Argentina
Graciela Silvestri (born 1954), architect, educator, researcher
Susana Torre (born 1944), feminist with academic and practical experience, strong supporter of women's role in architecture
Itala Fulvia Villa (1913–1991), Buenos Aires urban planner
Marina Waisman (1920–1997), Premio América laureate in 1987
Brazil
Lina Bo Bardi (1914–1992), Italian-born Brazilian modernist architect
Georgia Louise Harris Brown (1918–1999), African American who spent most of her career in Brazil
Carla Juaçaba (born 1976), received the first arcVision prize for Women and Architecture
Lota de Macedo Soares (1910–1967), self-taught architect and landscape architect emeritus, created the Parque do Flamengo, RJ
Carmen Portinho (1903–2001), the third woman to graduate as an engineer in Brazil and later designed the Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro with Affonso Eduardo Reidy
Mayumi Watanabe Lima (1934–1994), architect and educator
Chile
Sophia Hayden (1868-1953), the first female graduate of the four-year program in architecture at MIT.
Antonia Lehmann (born 1955), first woman to receive National Architecture Prize in Chile.
Glenda Kapstein Lomboy (1939–2008), architect who won the 2003 PLEA Lifetime Achievement Awards for "sustainable architecture and urban design"
Joan MacDonald (born 1941), Deputy Ministre of Housing and Urbanism in Chile from 1990 until 1994
Margarita Pisano (1932–2015), architect, writer, and feminist theorist
Cecilia Puga (born 1961), architect, educator, and director of the Chilean Museum of Pre-Columbian Art
Dora Riedel (1906–1982), the first Chilean woman to receive a degree in architecture
Rocio Romero (born 1971), prefabrication, kit home designer
Sofía von Ellrichshausen (born 1976), Argentinian-born architect, cofounder of art and architecture studio Pezo von Ellrichshausen
Sonia Tschorne (born 1954), architect and Minister of Housing, Urban Development and National Assets from 2004 until 2006
Colombia
Luz Amorocho (1922–2019), first woman to graduate with a degree in architecture in Colombia; Director of Planning at the National University of Colombia, 1966–1988
Diana Pombo (1952-2016), environmentalist, architect and writer.
Emesé Ijjasz de Murcia (1936), architect specialized in social housing
Paraguay
Gloria Cabral (born 1982), titular partner of the firm Gabinete Arquitectura
Uruguay
Charna Furman (born 1941), urban planning architect noted for designing urban spaces for women and marginalized groups
Giulia Guarino (1897–1985), Italian-born architect, first woman architect in South America