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Women in ArchitectureLatest Stories

Seen in Milan

Four installations at Milan Design Week from leading female architects and designers

No Longer Forgotten

Penn exhibition surfaces the story of Minerva Parker Nichols, the first American woman to have an independent architecture practice

Spatializing Reproductive Justice

After Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, a network of women architects studies abortion using the tools of architecture

Streaming Now

Media digest: Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation releases second season of podcast profiling women designers, and more news

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International Women’s Day

Facades+ Atlanta spotlighted women in design and construction with a roundtable

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Today and Everyday

Women have made, are making, and will make essential contributions to architecture

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Minerva Parker Nichols

University of Pennsylvania to stage exhibition on first woman architect in U.S. to practice solo

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We Dissent. Architects for Abortion Access!

Why the Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization matters for architects and architecture students

Three Women Deans

Recent academic departures offer lessons about how architectural education should change

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Changing and Expanding

For advancement in today’s world, women architects need more than books

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Stepping Forward

Op-ed: Women in architecture are taking small steps toward big changes

BWAF Releases New Podcast Episode of ‘New Angle: Voice,’ on Florence Knoll Basset

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In Long Remembrance

Daily digest: The first multistory skatepark, the fraught history of the Babyn Yar memorial, and more

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Highest Praise

2022 Jane Drew and Ada Louise Huxtable Prizes awarded to Farshid Moussavi and Mona Hatoum

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Expanding Housing Equity

Canada’s first development by an all-female team gets green-lit in Vancouver

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A Century of Trailblazers

Landmarks Illinois launches database of pioneering Prairie State women in architecture, engineering, and design

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Clearing the Path

AIA launches pilot program to help underrepresented women reach leadership roles

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Highest Praise

2021 Jane Drew and Ada Louise Huxtable Prizes awarded to Kate Macintosh and Lesley Lokko

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