Dr Daphne Hobson

Dr. Daphne Hobson participated in the development of the first draft of an Architects’ Registration Bill (c. 1996–1999), which eventually led to the proposal to charter (c. 2002) and then establish the St. Kitts-Nevis Institute of Architects (c. 2005).

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Nadia Moussa

Nadia Moussa is a Comorian architect and Manager of Nadia Moussa Architects and Associates (NM2A), an architecture agency based in Comoros and France (2003).

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Mary Rockwell Hook

The International Archive of Women in Architecture wrote, “Mary Rockwell Hook will be remembered, not because she was a woman working in a ‘man’s field,’ but because she was a successful designer who made her mark in the field of architecture.”

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Louisa Hutton

In 2013, the Gottfried Semper Architekturpreis was initially awarded only to Matthias Sauerbruch of Sauerbruch Hutton, without acknowledging equal founding partner Louisa Hutton—a decision that was later reversed when Sauerbruch objected.

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Arinda da Cruz Sobral

Arinda da Cruz Sobral was the first woman to graduate with a diploma in architecture from the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes in Rio de Janeirol (c. 1914)

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