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| Courtesy of Arquitetas Invisíveis |
To celebrate
International Women’s Day, we asked the Brazilian non-profit group
Arquitetas Invisíveis to share with us a part of their work, which identifies women in architecture and urbanism. They kindly shared with us a list of 48 important women architects, divided into seven categories:
pioneers, “
in the shadows,” architecture, landscape architecture, social architecture, urbanism and sustainable architecture. We will be sharing this list over the course of the week.
Today we present women architects who stand out for the quality of their work.
Architecture
These architects stand out for their quality work. Many designed buildings that today are symbols of a specific time or place. Whether for their aesthetic, functional or technical aspects, these projects are undeniably relevant and draw attention. Kazuyo Sejima, winner of the Pritzker Prize along with Ryue Nishizawa, has designed striking buildings around the world. Like her, Farshid Moussavi, Jeanne Gang, Gae Aulenti, Annabelle Seldorf, Carme Pinós, Carolina Bueno, Jô Vasconcelos, Elizabeth de Portzamparc, Freusa Zechmeister,
Marianne Mckenna and Odile Decq are recognized globally and have designed award-winning projects. Although Italian born, Brazilian citizen, Lina Bo Bardiworked mostly in Brazil, she is known for the quality and inventive nature of her designs, and especially for her design of the São Paulo Art Museum (MASP).
ANNABELLE SELLDORF
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| Annabelle Selldorf. Image Courtesy of Selldorf Architects, via Blouin Art Info |
German architect born in 1962. Her office is certified by New York City and New Jersey as a company run and organized by women.
CARME PINÓS
Carme Pinós. © Estudio Carme Pinós
Caixa Forum Zaragoza © Ricardo Santonja
Spanish architect born in 1954. Among some of her standout projects are the Urban and Bridge Park (1999), in Alicante, Spain; La Serra High School (2001), in Lleida, Spain; the Ses Estacions Park (2002), in Palma, Spain; the Cube Tower (2004), in Guadalajara, Mexico; the Sports Centre (2005), in Egues, Spain; Primary School (2006), in Castelldefels, Spain; and Department 4 at the Vienna University of Economics and Business. She has also won several architecture awards.
CAROLINA BUENO
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| Carolina Bueno and her colleagues at Triptyque |
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| Fidalga 727 © Fran Parente |
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| Harmonia 57 © Nelson Kon |
Brazilian architect born in 1975. Co-founder of the French-Brazilian company
Triptyque Arquitetura, she tackles problems facing developing cities, and analyzes the evolution of urban spaces and modern construction.
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| Elizabeth de Portzamparc. © Steve Murez |
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| Musée de la Romanité. Courtesy of Elizabeth de Portzamparc |
French-Brazilian architect born in 1955. She has written diverse publications on urbanism and urban planning. Some of her most notable projects include the Musée de la Romanité in Nimes and the new city center in Massy, France.
FARSHID MOUSSAVI
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| Farshid Moussavi. Photo by Valerie Bennett |
Iranian architect born in 1965. She is currently a professor at Harvard, and has also taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna, Princeton and the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA). She has written two books on design practice and was one of the co-founders of Foreign Office Architects
(FOA) in London.
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| Distrito Financeiro La Defense © Farshid Moussavi Architecture |
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| Architecture and its Affects’ © Nico Saieh |
FREUSA ZECHMEISTER
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| Casa Cícero. © Frederico Grimaldi |
Brazilian architecture who graduated from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro in 1964. She works on architecture, interior, design and landscape projects and has also worked as a costume and set designer for the dance company Grupo Corpo since 1981. With boldness and irreverence she uses a mixture of colors, materials, and styles that are very Brazilian.
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| Gae Aulenti. © Ernesto Ruscio – Getty Images Europe via Zimbio. |
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| Musée d’Orsay © Vbritto via Wikipedia |
Italian architect born in 1927. She worked as a stylist, architect and interior decorator and taught in the US, Canada, Spain and Germany. She received the Special Prize for Culture from the Italian government in 1989 and the Praemium Imperiale award for architecture, awarded by the Japan Arts Association in 1991. She was president of the Brera Fine Arts Academy in Italy from 1995-96. On October 16, 2012 she made her last public appearance during the award ceremony at the Milan Triennale, where she received the last award of her career. She died in 2012 at the age of 85.
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| Jeanne Gang in front of the Acqua Tower. Image Courtesy of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation |
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| Jô Vasconcellos. © Beto Novaes/EM/D.A Press |
Brazilian contemporary architect, she was the co-creator of two magazines in the 70s. She founded the Jô Vasconcellos & Arquitetos Associados office and later the Maia Arquitetos Associados office that she, along with Éolo Maia, ran together as a team for more than 20 years, participating in numerous competitions.
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| Museu da Cachaça. © Junia Mortimer |
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| Lina Bo Bardi. Image Courtesy of Instituto Lina Bo e P.M. Bardi. © Bob Wolfenson |
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| Sesc Pompeia. © Pedro Kok |
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| Casa de Vidro. © wordpress casasbrasileiras |
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| MASP. © Pedro Kok |
Italian-Brazilian architect born in 1914. She was a professor, writer, graphic designer, magazine editor, set designer, costume designer and exhibition curator. Along with Pietro Maria Bardi, she created and directed the Industrial Design course at the Institute of Contemporary Art (IAC), where she taught Jacob Ruchti, Lasar Segall, Eduardo Kneese de Melo, Roberto Burle Marx, Oswaldo Bratke, Rino Levi, Giancarlo Palanti, Elizabeth Nobling, Alcides da Rocha Miranda, Thomas Farkas, Rudolf Klein and Clara Hartoch. She designed numerous buildings in Brazil including the São Paulo Museum of Art (MASP); Glass House (her home in São Paulo) and the Sesc Pompéia cultural center. She died in 1992 at the age of 78.
Canadian architect born in 1951. In 2010 she was named one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women. She gave a series of lectures at McGill University, L’Université de Montréal and Toronto University. She received international attention for her design of the Jackson-Triggs winery in Niagara state, Canada. This project became a model for sustainable design and she was chosen to represent Canada in the Sustainable Building Challenge that was held in Norway in 2002. According to McKenna, she is most proud of her restoration of the Royal Conservatory of Music, which she worked on for 18 years.
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| Marianne McKenna. Image Courtesy of Ann Marsden (CNW Group / KPMB Architects) |
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| Centro Mike e Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano. © Doublespace Photography |
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| Royal Conservatory. © Eduard Hueber |
ODILE DECQ
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| Odile Decq. Image Courtesy of FutureGiraffes.com |
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| GL Events Headquarters. © Roland Halbe |
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| Museu de Arte Contemporânea en Rome. © Odile Decq – L. Filetici |
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| Museu de Arte Contemporânea en Rome. © Odile Decq – L. Filetici |
French architect born in 1955. She was a professor at the École d’architecture in Grenoble, the École spéciale d’architecture in Paris, the Vienna Technical University, the Bartlett School of Architecture in London, the Kunstakademie in Vienna, the Kunstakademie in Dusseldorf and the head of the Ecole Spéciale d’Architecture in Paris. Among her most notable projects are the Museum for Contemporary Art and the interior of the Phantom Opera Garnier restaurant, both in France.
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| Kazuyo Sejima. © Takashi Okamoto |
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| Christian Dior Building. © Kakidai |
Japanese architect born in 1956. She was awarded the Pritzker Prize in 2010 along with Ryue Nishizawa. Together the two founded SANAA. Among their main projects are the New Art Museum in New York, the Louvre-Lens in France and the Shibaura House in Japan.
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| Zollverein School of Management and Design. © Nomo/Michael Hoefner |
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