Anna Ter-Avetikian
Anna Ter Avetikian is considered the first Armenian woman architect.
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Nazma Anwar
Nazma Anwar is considered one of the first women architects in Bangladesh.
Dorji Yangki
Dorji Yangki is one of the first women architects in Bhutan, the first woman architect elected President of the Bhutan Institute of Architects (BIA), and the first woman elected as the chair of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation of Architects (SAARCH).
Lin Huiyun
Lin Huiyin was the first woman architect in modern China.
Siti Rozaimeriyanty
Founder, director, and principal architect of Eco Bumi Arkitek (EBA) in Brunei. She is the first woman president of the Organization of Surveyor, Engineering, and Architects (PUJA Brunei, 2018–2019), and a founding member of ASEAN Future Workforce Council (2019).
Patama Roonrakwit
Patama Roonrakwit is the founder of Community Architects for Shelter and Environment (CASE Studio), an architectural firm in Bangkok, Thailand (1997–).
Hsiu-Lian Wang
Hsiu-Lian Wang is the first post-war Taiwanese woman registered as an architect in Tainan City, Taiwan (1953).
Ji Soon
Ji Soon was the first licensed woman architect in South Korea (1966). She was co-founder and CEO of Ilyang Architectural Research Institute (1969–1980) and Gansam General Architecture Firm (1983–2003), both located in Seoul.
Angelene Chan
Angelene Chan is the first woman architect awarded the President’s Design Award for “Designer of the Year” (2018), the highest architectural accolade in Singapore.
La Thi Kim Ngan
La Thi Kim Ngan worked as the director of the Vietnam Association of Architects (VAA, 2013–).