Architecture Archives - Page 6 of 22

Azzah Aldeghather

The first licensed woman architect and consultant in Saudi Arabia, and founder and principal architect at Mimaria Architectural Consultants in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (1988–).

Noella Nibakuze

Noella Nibakuze is design director at MASS Design Group in Kigali, Rwanda

Minnette de Silva

Minnette de Silva was the first professional woman architect in Sri Lanka, and the first Asian woman elected as an associate member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA, 1948).

Joan Razafimaharo

Malagasy architect and founder of TRANO Architecture, an architectural firm located in Antananarivo, Madagascar.

Maliam Mdoko

Maliam Mdoko is the first woman to serve as president of the Malawi Institute of Architects (MIA, 2017–2019).

Thato Nkikana is a founder and managing director of Basa Architects and Contractors, an architecture firm and construction company in Maseru, Lesotho, which she established to provide more employability for women who work in industries affiliated with the built environment.

Aviaaja Karlshøj Knudsen

Aviaaja Karlshøj Knudsen is the CEO of NunaGreen A/S (2024–), a company in Nuuk, Greenland, that focuses on transitioning Greenland to renewable energy through the use of hydropower infrastructure.

Heidi Bonilla de Cienfuegos

Heidi Bonilla de Cienfuegos is the co-founder and Director of B100arquitectos in San Salvador, El Salvador (2007), a former bioclimatic architecture professor at the Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas in San Salvador, and the first architect in El Salvador to earn the following accreditations related to sustainable construction: LEED AP BD+C (2018), True Advisor (2020), Living Future Accredited professional (2021), Arc Performance Pro (2021), and LEED Green Rater (2021).

Margot Taulé

Margot Taulé was the first woman registered as an architect and engineer in the Dominican Republic (1948).

Karen Richards-Barnes

Karen Richards-Barnes is a founding partner, vice-president, and principal architect at Pan-African Engineering Group (PAEG), an architectural and engineering consulting firm located in Liberia.