List of important architects

The list of important architects is sorted alphabetically by surname and includes name, life dates and nationality.

A.

Thea Altaras
Gae Aulenti

Aino Aalto (1894-1949), Finland
Elissa Aalto (1922-1994), Finland
Thea Altaras (1924–2004), Germany / Yugoslavia
Suad Amiry (* 1951), Palestine
Victoria Angelova (1902–1947), Bulgaria
Irina Atykowna Asisjan (1935–2009), Russia / Soviet Union
Hildegard Auf Franić (* 1941), Yugoslavia / Croatia
Gae Aulenti (1927–2012), Italy
Genia Awerbuch (1909-1977), Israel

B.

Sabine Beuter
Louise Blanchard Bethune

Anita Bach (* 1927), Germany
Elisabeth von Baczko (1868 – after 1937), Germany
Irena Bajerska (* 1943), Poland
Galina Andrejewna Balaschowa (* 1931), Russia / Soviet Union
Inken Baller (* 1942), Germany
Afra Bianchin Scarpa (1937-2011), Italy
Tatiana Bilbao (* 1972), Mexico
Lina Bo Bardi (1914–1992), Brazil / Italy
Sabine Beuter (1949–2015), Germany
Louise Blanchard Bethune (1856–1913), United States
Elisabeth Böhm (1921–2012), Germany
Martha Bolldorf-Reitstätter (1912–2001), Austria
Caroline Bos (* 1959), Netherlands
Karola Bloch (1905–1994), Germany / Poland
Jovanka Bončić-Katerinić (1887–1966), Yugoslavia
Elsi Borg (1893-1958), Finland
Christiane Borgelt (* 1944), Germany
Heike Böttcher (* 1960), Germany
Katharina Brichetti (* 1968), Germany
Ella Briggs (1880–1977), Austria / United Kingdom
Barbara Brukalska-Sokołowska (1899–1980), Poland
Clara de Buen Richkarday (* 1954), Mexico
Eva Buhrich (1915–1976), Australia / Germany
Zora del Buono (* 1962), Switzerland
Emily Helen Butterfield (1884–1958), United States
Ramona Buxbaum (* 1962), Germany

C.

Lise Anne Couture

Paula Maria Canthal (1907–1987), Germany
Laura Carducci (* 1960), Switzerland
Anna Castelli Ferrieri (1920–2006), Italy
Gigi Chao (* 1979), People's Republic of China
Lotte Cohn (1893–1983), Germany / Israel
Mary Colter (1869–1958), United States
Christine Conix (* 1955), Belgium
Maria Cotescu (1896–1980), Romania
Lise Anne Couture (* 1959), Canada

D.

Elsie de Wolfe

Marianne Dahlbäck (* 1943), Sweden
Layla Dawson (1949-2015), United Kingdom
Odile Decq (* 1955), France
Elke Delugan-Meissl (* 1959), Austria
Marie-Theres Deutsch (* 1955), Germany
Elsie de Wolfe (1865–1950), United States
Verena Dietrich (1941-2004), Germany
Elizabeth Diller (* 1954), Poland / United States
Edith Dinkelmann (1896–1984), Germany
Yvonne P. Doderer (* 1959), Germany
Angela Dolgner (* 1955), Germany
Hildegard Dörge-Schröder (1901 – unknown), Germany
Kerstin Dörhöfer (* 1943), Germany
Jane Drew (1911-1996), United Kingdom

E.

Barbara Ettinger-Brinckmann (* 1950), Germany
Mualla Eyüboğlu Anhegger (1919–2009), Turkey

F.

Gertrud Ferchland (1894–1943), Germany
Rita Fernández Queimadelos (1911–2008), Spain
Stefania Filo Speziale (1905–1988), Italy
Charlotte Frank (* 1959), Germany
Ute Frank (* 1952), Germany
Antje Freiesleben (* 1965), Germany
Gertrud Frisch-von Meyenburg (1916–2009), Switzerland
Marie Frommer (1890–1976), Germany / United States
Catherine Furet (* 1954), France

G

Léonie Geisendorf
Eileen Gray

Jeanne Gang (* 1964), United States
Dörte Gatermann (* 1956), Germany
Manuelle Gautrand (* 1961), France
Dominique Gauzin-Müller (* 1960), France
Léonie Geisendorf (1914–2016), Sweden
Elsa Gidoni (1899–1978), Germany / United States
Édith Girard (1949–2014), France
Adelheid Gnaiger (1916–1991), Austria
Ruth Golan (1944–2012), Germany
Jadwiga Grabowska-Hawrylak (1920–2018), Poland
Eileen Gray (1878–1976), Ireland
Susanne Gross (* 1960), Germany
Lux Guyer (1894–1955), Switzerland

H

Zaha Hadid
Francine Houben

Zaha Hadid (1950–2016), Iraq / United Kingdom
Herta Hammerbacher (1900–1985), Germany
Heike Hanada (* 1964), Germany
Catherine Hardwicke (* 1955), United States
Maren Harnack , Germany
Itsuko Hasegawa (* 1941), Japan
Klara Hautmann-Kiss (1920–2000), Austria
Gusti Hecht (1903–1950), Germany
Franca Helg (1920–1989), Italy
Anna Heringer (* 1977), Germany
Ludmilla Herzenstein (1906–1994), Germany
Margarethe Heubacher-Sentobe (* 1945), Austria
Lucy Hillebrand (1906–1997), Germany
Simone Hoa Guillissen (1916–1996), Belgium / China
Susanne Hofmann (* 1963), Germany
Signe Hornborg (1862–1916), Finland
Francine Houben (* 1955), Netherlands
Annemarie Hubacher (1921–2012), Switzerland
Nana von Hugo (1936–2001), Germany

J

Katrin Jaggi (* 1967), Switzerland
Barbara Jakubeit (* 1945), Germany
Eva Jiřičná (* 1939), Czech Republic / Czechoslovakia
Françoise-Hélène Jourda (1955-2015), France
Jūratė Juozaitienė (* 1953), Lithuania

K

Marie Krøyer

Petra Kahlfeldt (* 1960), Germany
Tamara Katsenelenbogen (1894–1976), Soviet Union
Margrit Kennedy (1939–2013), Germany
Julia King , Venezuela
Kathleen King from Alvensleben (* 1959), Germany
Hanne Kjærholm (1930-2009), Denmark
Elisabeth von Knobelsdorff (1877–1959), Germany
Florence Knoll (1917–2019), United States
Helene Koller-Buchwieser (1912–2008), Austria
Katarzyna Kotowska (* 1956), Poland
Karla Kowalski (* 1941), Germany
Sigrid Kressmann-Zschach (1929–1990), Germany
Jutta Kriewitz (* before 1985), Germany
Marie Krøyer (1867–1940), Denmark
Ingeborg Kuhler (* 1943), Germany
Dörte Kuhlmann (* 1968), Germany

L.

Seog-Jeong Lee
Amanda Levete
Lin Huiyin
Wivi Lönn

Phyllis Lambert (* 1927), Canada
Sonja Lapajne (1906–1995), Yugoslavia / Slovenia
Edith Lassmann (1920–2007), Austria
Patricia Leboucq (* 1957), France
Christine Lechner (* 1960), Austria
Seog-Jeong Lee (* 1955), South Korea
Regine Leibinger (* 1963), Germany
Monika Lemke-Kokkelink (* 1954), Germany
Hilde Léon (* 1953), Germany
Amanda Levete (* 1955), United Kingdom
Dita Leyh (* 1977), Germany
Lin Huiyin (1904–1955), China
Blanca Lleó (* 1959), Spain
Inês Lobo (* 1966), Portugal
Gret Loewensberg (* 1943), Switzerland
Wivi Lönn (1872–1966), Finland
Hanna Löv (1901–1989), Germany
Regula Lüscher (* 1961), Switzerland
Ulla Luther (* 1944), Germany
Elena Luzzatto (1900–1983), Italy

M.

Elisabeth Merk

Kate Macintosh (* 1937), United Kingdom
Marion Mahony Griffin (1871–1961), United States
Maria José Marques da Silva (1914–1996), Portugal
Martta Martikainen-Ypyä (1904-1992), Finland
Donatella Mazzoleni (* 1943), Italy
Viera Mecková (* 1933), Slovakia / Czechoslovakia
Mary Medd (1907-2005), United Kingdom
Annette Menting (* 1965), Germany
Käthe Menzel-Jordan (* 1916), Germany
Elisabeth Merk (* 1963), Germany
Norma Merrick Sklarek (1928–2012), United States
Ute Margarete Meyer (* 1963), Germany
Wera Meyer-Waldeck (1906–1964), Germany
Marlene Moeschke-Poelzig (1894–1985), Germany
Julia Morgan (1872–1957), United States
Dorothea Müller (* 1941), Germany
Petra Müller (* 1960), Germany
Graciela Muslera (* 1963), Uruguay
Linda Mvusi (* around 1955), South Africa

N

Marija Vladimirovna Naschtschokina (* 1953), Russia
Liana Nella-Potiropoulou (* 1959), Greece
Fuensanta Nieto (* 1957), Spain
Kristina Nolte (* 1984), Russia
Erika Nõva (1905–1987), Estonia / Soviet Union
Teresa Nunes da Ponte (* 1955), Portugal

O

Oľga Ondreičková (* 1935), Slovakia / Czechoslovakia
Ingrid Ostermann (* 1968), Germany
Sheila O'Donnell (* 1953), Ireland
Camille O'Sullivan (* 1974), Ireland

P

Rosemarie Pohlack
Vera Purtscher

Maria Teresa Parpagliolo (1903–1974), Italy
Alexandra Paschalidou-Moreti (1912–2010), Greece
Jayoo Patwardhan (* 1949), India
Anca Petrescu (1949–2013), Romania
Carme Pigem Barceló (* 1962), Spain
Eugenie Pippal-Kottnig (1921–1998), Austria
Rosemarie Pohlack (* 1953), Germany
Sabine Pollak (* 1960), Austria
Regina Poly (1942–2014), Germany
Theodate Pope Riddle (1867–1946), United States
Valve Pormeister (1922–2002), Estonia / Soviet Union
Marie Louise Poschacher (1886–1965), Austria
Anna-Lülja Praun (1906-2004), Austria
Elsa Prochazka (* 1948), Austria
Vera Purtscher (* 1961), Austria / Switzerland

Q

Maria Carlota Quintanilha (* 1923), Portugal

R.

Berta Rahm (1910–1998), Switzerland
Jórunn Ragnarsdóttir (* 1957), Iceland
Catarina Raposo (* 1974), Portugal
Ivanka Raspopović (1930–2015), Yugoslavia / Serbia
Cordula Rau (* 1961), Germany
Eleanor Raymond (1887–1989), United States
Lilly Reich (1885–1947), Germany
Maya Reiner (* 1952), Germany
Gret Reinhard (1917–2002), Switzerland
Iris Reuther (* 1959), Germany
Mary Reynolds (* 1974), Ireland
Sophie Rieger (* 1933), Germany
Gunnhild Ruben (1926–2012), Germany
Flora Ruchat-Roncati (1937–2012), Switzerland
Rita Ruoff-Breuer , Germany
Marie Russak (1865–1945), United States

S.

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky
Maria Black
Kazuyo Sejima
Margaret Staal-Kropholler
Nora Stanton Blatch Barney
Hillevi Svedberg

Lisbeth Sachs (1914–2002), Switzerland
Joseph du Sacré-Cœur (1823–1902), Canada
Christiane Sauer (* 1968), Germany
Ingeborg Schild (* 1927), Germany
Thekla Schild (1890–1991), Germany
Astrid Schneider (* 1965), Germany
Ursula Schneider (* 1961), Austria
Helga Schnierle (1924–2015), Germany
Barbara Schock-Werner (* 1947), Germany
Grete Schroeder-Zimmermann (1887–1955), Germany
Ursulina Schüler-Witte (* 1933), Germany
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897–2000), Austria
Maria Schwarz (1921–2018), Germany
Anna Franziska Schwarzbach (* 1949), Germany
Denise Scott Brown (* 1931), United States
Elisabeth Scott (1898–1972), United Kingdom
Kazuyo Sejima (* 1956), Japan
Annabelle Selldorf (* early 1960s), Germany
Högna Sigurðardóttir (1929–2017), Iceland
Graciela Silvestri (* 1954), Argentina
Kaija Sirén (1920–2001), Finland
Halina Skibniewska (1921–2011), Poland
Alison Smithson (1928-1993), United Kingdom
Ingeborg Spengelin (1923–2015), Germany
Laura P. Spinadel (* 1958), Argentina / Austria
Margaret Staal-Kropholler (1891–1966), The Netherlands
Lotte Stam-Beese (1903–1988), Germany
Nora Stanton Blatch Barney (1883–1971), United States
Katharina Steib (* 1935), Switzerland
Flora Steiger-Crawford (1899–1991), Switzerland
Judith Stolzer-Segall (1904–1990), Germany
Nataša Štupar Šumi (* 1927), Yugoslavia / Slovenia
Hillevi Svedberg (1910–1990), Sweden
Gunilla Svensson (* 1956), Sweden
Helena Syrkusowa (1900–1982), Poland

T

Christiane Thalgott

Benedetta Tagliabue (* 1963), Italy
Christiane Thalgott (* 1942), Germany
Tilla Theus (* 1943), Switzerland
Doris Thut (* 1945), Germany
Sara Topelson de Grinberg (* 1947), Mexico
Anne Torcapel (1916–1988), Switzerland
Ursula Trint (* 1931), Germany
Gerdy Troost (1904–2003), Germany
Anne Tyng (1920–2011), United States

U

Patricia Urquiola (* 1961), Spain
Susanne Ussing (1940-1998), Denmark

V

Nathalie de Vries (* 1965), Netherlands
Ljiljana Vućović Bakić (* 1939), Yugoslavia / Serbia

W.

Viktoria Waltz (* 1944), Germany
Myra Warhaftig (1930–2008), Germany / Israel
Gesine Weinmiller (* 1963), Germany
Hilde Weström (1912–2013), Germany
Emilie Winkelmann (1875–1951), Germany
Herta-Maria Witzemann (1918–1999), Germany

Y

Dorji Yangki , Bhutan

Z

Zhang Yajin

Juliane Zach (* 1960), Germany
Maria Zachwatowicz (1902-1994), Poland
Zhang Yajin (* 1974), People's Republic of China
Liane Zimbler (1892–1987), Austria / United States
Stefanie Zwirn (1896 – unknown), Germany

literature

Verena Dietrich: Architects. Ideas, projects, buildings . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Berlin / Cologne / Mainz 1986, ISBN 978-3-17-009336-2 .
Ana María Fernández García, Caterina Franchini, Emilia Garda, Helena Seražin: MoMoWo - 100 Works in 100 Years. European Women in Architecture and Design, 1918–2018 . MoMoWo, Ljubljana / Torino 2016, ISBN 978-961-254-922-0 .
Anett-Maud Joppien: Architects: profil.werk.leben . Müller + Busmann, Wuppertal 2014, ISBN 978-3-941217-09-6 .
Sonia Ricon Baldessarini: How women build. Architects from Julia Morgan to Zaha Hadid . AvivA, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-932338-12-X .

Web links

Commons : Architects - Collection of images, videos and audio files

notes

^ Zimbler website

[1] Zimbler website