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The A+Awards is the world’s largest awards program celebrating architecture and building-products.<\/em>\u00a0Enter your project or product<\/a> before the final entry deadline on March 27th!<\/em><\/p>\n

Julia Gamolina is on a mission.<\/p>\n

The founder and editor of Madame Architect<\/a> is determined to increase the visibility of women in architecture, and is getting pretty fed up with major media outlets missing the point when it comes to this issue. As Gamolina rightly pointed out in a recent article<\/a>, there is a tendency in the media to speak about the absence of women at the top of the architectural field, rather than speaking to the many who are already there.<\/p>\n

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As well as founding Madame Architect, Julia Gamolina is Director of Strategy at Trahan Architects<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Gamolina \u2014 who is also Director of Strategy at Trahan Architects<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 expressed frustration at the New York Times\u2019<\/em> feature \u201cWhere Are All the Female Architects?<\/a>\u201d, which reflected at length on the symptoms of workplace inequality but not much on those breaking the status quo. Architects like Amale Andraos and Jeanne Gang get brief mentions, but for Gamolina, it\u2019s still not enough. \u201cI no longer want to hear people asking, \u2018Where are all the women architects?\u2019<\/em>\u201d she argues. \u201cInstead of asking \u2018Where are these women?\u2019<\/em>, start writing about them and telling their unique stories.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gamolina is looking for constructive narratives and real advocacy for women in the profession. It is well known that discrimination exists in architecture and the wider construction industry \u2014 this is a longstanding problem that needs to be addressed. But media publications should stop treating workplace inequality as if it is some kind of unending mystery, and begin throwing a spotlight on the women who have succeeded in spite of the fact. This will do more to advocate for women in architecture than any speculative op-ed.<\/p>\n

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The A+Awards gala, from left to right: Juliet Gore and Nupur Chaudhury; Rita Rawashdeh, Meisa Batayneh and Lama Maani; Jennifer Lewin and Emily Tuteur; images courtesy\u00a0Samantha Nandez\/BFA.com<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

This is why Architizer\u2019s A+Awards<\/a> \u2014 the world\u2019s largest awards program for architecture and building-products \u2014 aims to celebrate the work of talented architects, no matter the size or location of firm, nor the age, gender or race of their designers. By using a truly democratic selection process \u2014 the public is encouraged to vote online, for free \u2014 those that bring the best buildings to reality are guaranteed the spotlight.<\/p>\n

Among the architects that have scooped A+Awards over the past 5 years, there are dozens of women, each of whom has brought unique qualities to the built environment. Many of them are featured in the following gallery, along with other trailblazers in the profession. These women have proven that, while often faced with marginalization, it is possible to rise to the top and get extraordinary things built. As you decide which project to submit<\/a> for this year\u2019s A+Awards, take an ample dose of inspiration from some of architecture\u2019s most talented women:<\/p>\n

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Right: Public Farm 1, a 2008 installation on the grounds of Long Island City\u2019s MoMA PS1 by Amale Andraos\u2019s firm, WORKac; the museum described the installation as \u201ca living structure made from inexpensive and sustainable materials recyclable after its use at PS1\u201d; images via MoMA PS1 and\u00a0Archinect.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Amale Andraos<\/b><\/p>\n

Over the past two decades, Amale Andraos has distinguished herself as an architect, educator and urban theorist. The dean of Columbia University\u2019s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Andraos is also a founding partner of WORKac<\/a>, a firm dedicated to \u201cpositing architecture at the intersection of the urban, the rural and the natural.\u201d Her publications include the books 49 Cities<\/i><\/a> and Above the Pavement\u2014the Farm!<\/i><\/a>, both of which seek to redefine the relationship between cities, farms and nature.<\/p>\n

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Raha Ashrafi\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

One could spend hours thumbing through the renderings of United Design Architects<\/a>, or UDA, the Tehran and Portland based architecture firm co-founded by Iranian architect Raha Ashrafi. The firm\u2019s designs for the Hamedan Chamber of Commerce<\/a>, slated to be built in 2027, took home both a Popular and a Jury A+Award<\/a> in the category for unbuilt institutional structures. It\u2019s not hard to see why: with a design built on mathematical principles inspired by the legacy of Persian geometric theory, this complex exudes rationality and order.<\/p>\n

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Left: Square House; right: Stella Betts; images courtesy LEVENBETTS<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Stella Betts<\/strong><\/p>\n

We love a good portmanteau. David Leven and Stella Betts, the partners of the Manhattan based firm LEVENBETTS<\/a>, seem to feel the same way judging by their playfully constructed name. This willingness to put things together in an unorthodox way is reflected in the firm\u2019s 2017 project Square House<\/a>, a 2018 Jury Winner in the A+Awards<\/a> in the Private House Category.<\/p>\n

Square House is best described as subtly deconstructive. From the outside, the elegant New York Home seems clean and modernist, with glazed walls that seem to nod to iconic 20th century buildings like the Farnsworth House. Yet the layout of Square House is completely new, designed purposefully without a front door, a detail that completely re-configures the hierarchy of the spaces. \u201cThe house is conceived as a series of rooms that can be accessed directly from outside creating a fluid relationship between interior and exterior,\u201d the firm explains.<\/p>\n

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Left: Tatiana Bilbao at the A+Awards Gala, image by Sam Deitch\/BFA.com; right: sustainable housing prototype<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Tatiana Bilbao<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mexican architect Tatiana Bilbao<\/a> was a special honoree at the 2017 A+Awards<\/a>, winning the Impact Award<\/a> for her work designing affordable and sustainable housing. Indeed, in the field of social housing, Bilbao is creating new paradigms. Her Sustainable Housing Model<\/a> would allow people to construct a highly modifiable house for as little as $8,000. And these buildings are not only efficient and affordable, they are quite beautiful, retaining the clean lines and dramatic angles that characterize her work for wealthy clients.<\/p>\n

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Left: Phoenix Heights Housing Complex; images via ArchiTeam and Twitter<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Angela Brady<\/b><\/p>\n

Angela Brady<\/a>\u00a0is an Irish-born British architect who served as the chairperson for the U.K.\u2019s Royal Institute of British Architects from 2011 to 2013. In this capacity, she tried to spark a nationwide conversation about whether the profession was meeting the needs of the public or not. Her view was that the mass-produced houses dotting the British landscape \u2014 structures she nicknamed \u201cNoddy Boxes\u201d \u2014 were cramped and poorly designed. These issues were not addressed, she believed, because architects did not play a prominent-enough role in the public discourse.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to really re-examine the way we live and play, and we need to seek better models for the next 20 years,\u201d she told the\u00a0Guardian<\/a>. \u201cWe\u2019ve got huge constraints, if you look at the pressure on the environment, and I believe we are the custodians of [that]. People are relying on architects, planners, to come up with the right answers \u2014 how to make the green deal, make homes more zero carbon. As architects, we\u2019ve got so much to offer. Governments ignore that at their peril.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Left: The Smile; right: Alison Brooks, image via Azure<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Alison Brooks<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alison Brooks<\/a>\u2019 The Smile<\/a> \u2014 a 2017 A+Award Jury Winner in the Pavilions category \u2014 is one of those projects that seems to be everywhere, its image proliferating in both print and social media years after its construction. Conceived as a \u201chabitable arc poised on the horizon,\u201d the engineered wood structure was created as a pavilion for the 2016 London Design Festival. The building quickly garnered international attention, and has been viewed online \u2014 by one estimate \u2014 over 290 million times, a testament to the fact that great design still has the power to make an impact.<\/p>\n

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Left: Gabriela Carillo, image via spabusiness<\/a>; right: Iturbide Studio<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Gabriela Carillo<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gabriela Carillo is the co-principal of TALLER Mauricio Rocha + Gabriela Carrillo<\/a>, a Mexico based firm committed to the expressive use of simple materials. In 2017, she was named Architect of the Year in the Women in Architecture Awards, a joint venture between The Architectural Review and The Architects\u2019 Journal. Readers of Architizer have recently celebrated Carillo\u2019s work as well, selecting her 2016 project Iturbide Studio<\/a> as a Popular Winner in the 2018 A+Awards.<\/p>\n

Iturbide Studio is the kind of project architects dream about. Built on a site that is just 7×14 meters in Mexico City, the clay tower showcases Carillo\u2019s dynamic handling of shadow, which the judges for the Women in Architecture Award mentioned as a key reason for her 2017 award. The best part of the project might be the small back garden, enclosed with a wall of latticed brick, that both retains privacy and lets in the Mexican sunlight. The building is used as a workplace by a renowned photographer, and though small in size it retains many spaces that are ideal for contemplation.<\/p>\n

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Left: Women’s Opportunity Center, Rwanda; right: Sharon Davis, image via Curbed<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Sharon Davis<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sharon Davis<\/a>\u2019s Women\u2019s Opportunity Center<\/a> in Rwanda won both the Popular and Jury A+Award for Architecture +Community in 2015 and it isn\u2019t hard to see why: the complex is one of the most inspiring community-oriented projects in recent memory. This was Davis\u2019s first major project and it was a challenging undertaking.<\/p>\n

As Architizer reporter Emily Nonko\u00a0explained<\/a>, this women\u2019s center \u201chad to address more than the lack of a safe gathering place for Rwandan women \u2014 it also had to create economic opportunity and a solid social infrastructure.\u201d To ensure the building met the needs of the community, David worked closely alongside local women, in the end developing a center that includes numerous gathering spaces along with tiered gardens, guest residences and more.<\/p>\n

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Left: \u201cPhantom Restaurant, Opera Garnier,\u201d Paris, France; images via Studio Odile Decq and dezeen<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Odile Decq<\/b><\/p>\n

Odile Decq<\/a>\u00a0is an architect whose work speaks to the imagination. Her \u201cPhantom Restaurant\u201d in Paris\u2019s celebrated Opera Garnier is a study in colliding temporalities, with red and white biomorphic forms challenging the opera house\u2019s vaulted beaux arts ceiling. As any good opera fan knows, however, a conflict can be made harmonious. At the \u201cPhantom Restaurant,\u201d old and new styles partake in a kind of dance that heightens the drama of each. Indeed, boldness is a cornerstone of Decq\u2019s entire body of work, which offers a sharp rebuke to the idea that elegance is defined by restraint.<\/p>\n

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Left: Zaryadye Park; right: Liz Diller, image via TIME\/Getty<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Elizabeth Diller<\/strong><\/p>\n

Few living architects have had as large of an impact on the field as Liz Diller, a founding partner of Diller Scofidio + Renfro<\/a>, the firm that \u2014 in collaboration with others \u2014 created New York City\u2019s High Line<\/a> among many other iconic projects. In 2018, Diller was the only architect named on Time Magazine\u2019s Most Influential List.<\/p>\n

The A+Awards has also recognized the achievements of DS+R, giving a Jury Prize to the High Line in 2014 and shortlisting Zaryadye Park<\/a> in Moscow in 2018. The latter project is just as dramatic addition to Moscow as the High Line was to New York: at 35 acres, it is the first large scale park to be built in the Russian capital in 50 years. Like the High Line, the park includes an elevated pedestrian walkway that helps give city dwellers reprieve from the crowded streets.<\/p>\n

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Right: Hamad International Airport Passenger Terminal Complex, the first project by Kimberly Dowdell at HOK, 2008; images via HOK and Archinect<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Kimberly Dowdell<\/strong><\/p>\n

A principal at HOK<\/a>, Kimberly Dowdell collaborates with other members of the leadership team in the firm\u2019s Chicago studio to develop and implement strategic business development and marketing initiatives. In addition to cultivating and maintaining relationships with clients and partners, she is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and events and a mentor to HOK\u2019s emerging leaders. Dowdell is also the 2019-2020 National President of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Left: urban oasis in a renovated Mexico City townhouse; images via Dezeen and World Architecture Community<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Gabriela Etchegaray<\/b><\/p>\n

Gabriela Etchegaray, partner of the Mexican firm\u00a0Ambrosi Etchegaray<\/a>, is a problem-solver. When Mexico City heritage regulators prevented Etchegary\u2019s firm from demolishing a historic townhouse to make way for their planned residential project, they got to work\u00a0renovating the original structure<\/a>\u00a0in a way that preserved the historic fa\u00e7ade while partitioning the building into four separate dwellings, each featuring a secure, private courtyard. The firm integrated pink-hued granite blocks into their design, connecting their rigorously contemporary design with the structure\u2019s history.<\/p>\n

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Right: University of Limerick; images via Dezeen and Elle Decor<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara (Grafton Architects)<\/b><\/p>\n

Nearly 40 years ago, two Irish architects named Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara got together to found a firm, which they named\u00a0Grafton Architects<\/a>. Since that time, the team has worked on numerous, celebrated projects and played a major role in rejuvenating the Temple Bar neighborhood of Dublin.<\/p>\n

In 2008, Grafton Architects won the coveted World Building of the Year Award for the stunning\u00a0Economics center<\/a> they designed for Boccocini University in Milan. 10 years later, they were the artistic directors for the\u00a02018 Venice Architecture Biennale<\/a>. Fast forward to 2020, and the two architects have added RIBA Gold Medal and the Pritzker Prize to their list of accolades. The coming decade promises to be a stellar one for this influential duo.<\/p>\n

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Left: Jeanne Gang, image via CLAD Global<\/a>; right: Writers Theatre<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Jeanne Gang<\/strong><\/p>\n

Jeanne Gang\u2019s firm, Studio Gang<\/a>, has produced some of the most striking architecture in America over the past decade, included Chicago\u2019s Aqua Tower<\/a> \u2014 a wonderful addition to a skyline that already includes many important skyscrapers. When it comes to innovative textural fa\u00e7ades that add movement \u2014 even rhythm \u2014to the urban environment, Gang truly is a leader in the field.<\/p>\n

In 2017, Gang picked up both a Popular and Jury A+Award for her Writers Theatre<\/a> in Glencoe, Illinois. This elegant complex<\/a> includes rehearsal spaces and public zones in addition to a central performance area, celebrating the sense in which theatre is a community.<\/p>\n

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Left: Ana Gatoo, image via ResearchGate<\/a>; right:<\/p><\/div>\n

Ana Gat\u00f3<\/strong>o<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ana Gat\u00f3o is a partner in Light Earth Designs LLP<\/a>, a British firm that gained international attention last year with the construction of the Rwanda Cricket Stadium<\/a> in Kigali, Rwanda, a 2018 A+Awards Popular Winner in the Stadium category. The charming, minimal stadium was constructed by local builders using local materials. The core of the project is just three simple parabolic vaults that protect onlookers from the sunlight, yet the form of these vaults is sculptural and expressive, reflecting the path of the bouncing ball. The cement tiles were built from locally excavated soil \u2014 perhaps the most sustainable material imaginable.<\/p>\n

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Right: the Origami building in Paris; images via e-architect and ArchDaily<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Manuelle Gautrand<\/b><\/p>\n

\u201cManuelle Gautrand<\/a>\u2019s poetics are characterized by a combination of color with formal invention aimed at arousing empathy and marvel.\u201d So says\u00a0Floornature.com<\/a>\u00a0in their profile of the great French architect, and far be it from us to try to top a sentence like that, which perfectly captures the kinds of buildings Gautrand creates. Each plays with scale, shape and colors in ways that stop visitors in their tracks.<\/p>\n

Take the\u00a0Origami\u00a0<\/a>office building in Paris. The geometric fa\u00e7ade of this building is at once totally modern, yet totally in keeping with the tenor of the luxurious setting, just blocks from the Arc d\u2019Triomphe. The intersecting diagonal lines refer to Art Deco motifs as well as to stained glass paneling, while the opaque, ivory glaze blends in perfectly with the fa\u00e7ades of the surrounding buildings.<\/p>\n

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Right: House on a Cliff, Stockholm, Sweden; images via ArchDaily and Petra Gipp arkitektur<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Petra Gipp<\/b><\/p>\n

Sweden is a cold place, a fact that is reflected in the nation\u2019s\u00a0literature<\/a>\u00a0as well as its architecture.\u00a0Petra Gipp<\/a>\u2019s work, with its clean lines and preference for raw surfaces, is certainly part of this tradition. Her work shows us how, when done right, coldness can be comforting.<\/p>\n

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Left: Beach House designed by Hariri + Hariri; images via Pinterest and the Daily News<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Gisue Hariri and Mojgan Hariri<\/b><\/p>\n

The Hariri sisters moved to the United States from Iran in the 1970s to study architecture at Cornell University and founded\u00a0their own firm<\/a>\u00a0in 1986. Since that time, Gisue and Mojgan Hariri have crafted a unique aesthetic that combines the glamor of mid-century, International design with a flair that is all their own. Their bold designs are not contained by any formula.<\/p>\n

\u201cGrowing up in the desert, the environment tends to strip everything down to the essential without diminishing its extraordinary presence and beauty,\u201d said Gisue Hariri on the influence of the Iranian landscape on her work. \u201cWhile outwardly harsh, one intimate with its nature finds sensual lines and magnificent vistas that embolden the senses and a void that is constantly being tested and carved by the fierce winds.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Left: Willem II Passage; right: Ingrid van der Heijden, image via Architizer<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Ingrid van der Heijden<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2018, Ingrid van der Heijden\u2019s firm CIVIC Architects<\/a> was shortlisted for an A+Award in the Transportation-Infrastructure category. The project, Willem II Passage<\/a>, is a great example of how architects can use ingenuity to revitalize aspects of the urban environment that too often appear dull and uninspiring. The sequence of spaces, which include several covered passageways, connects the old and new sections of Tilburg, Netherlands for pedestrians and cyclists.The colored, glazed bricks tie into surrounding architecture while remaining contemporary.<\/p>\n

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Right: Vocational School, Rudrapur, Bangladesh; images via #LivingCircular and Blogspot<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Anna Heringer<\/b><\/p>\n

Many of the architects who get written up in Architizer<\/i>are praised for their originality and willingness to challenge convention. Anna Heringer is a different kind of architect: For the past decade, she has made strides in countries like Bangladesh by encouraging local builders and craftsmen to make use of their traditional building practices and materials.<\/p>\n

Heringer\u2019s most celebrated project, METI Handmade School in Bangladesh, is a primary school in Bangladesh built using local, sustainable materials, including bamboo and loam. Heringer drew on local craftsmen building practices but improved them when needed, such as in the construction of a brick foundation and damp-proof walls. \u201cRammed earth and bamboo are not materials of the past,\u201d as she succinctly put it in a recent\u00a0interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Left: Palace of Justice, C\u00f3rdoba; right: Francine Houbin, image via Dezeen<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Francine Houben<\/strong><\/p>\n

Francine Houben is the creative director and founding partner of Mecanoo<\/a>, a Dutch firm founded in 1984 that takes a playful approach both to their own projects and to architectural history. The firm\u2019s unusual name is actually a combination of three different words: the British model construction kit Meccano, Modernist theorist Theo van Doesburg\u2019s former magazine M\u00e9cano, and the motto \u201cOzoo,\u201d which Houben and some associates adopted before entering a design competition in the early 80s.<\/p>\n

The firm\u2019s ouevre is quite vast and their buildings have had a transformative impact on a number of cities. In 2018, the firm won an A+Award for their Palace of Justice<\/a> in C\u00f3rdoba Spain, which contains gorgeous patterning on the facade that nods to the city\u2019s rich medieval architecture.<\/p>\n

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Left: Rosanna Hu, image via San Pellegrino<\/a>; right:\u00a0Sulwhasoo Flagship Store<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Rossana Hu<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rossana Hu is one half of Neri & Hu<\/a>, the firm behind a number of amazing recently constructed commercial spaces that seems to continually win A+ awards. The Sulwhasoo Flagship Store<\/a>, the 2017 A+Awards Jury Winner for Showrooms, is a truly inspired design, featuring a brass, three-dimensional grid that spans both the interior and entranceway and defines the visitors experience of the space. Despite its contemporary appearance, this sculptural feature is deeply tied to Asian history and the notion of a space that is constructed as a journey, with each section meaningfully connected to the next.<\/p>\n

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Left: Vault House, Oxnard, Calif.; images via ArchDaily and @slj_lee on Twitter<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Sharon Johnston<\/b><\/p>\n

One of the chief joys of reading architecture blogs like this one is imagining yourself inhabiting fantastical, otherworldly houses. Sharon Johnston and her firm,\u00a0Johnston Marklee<\/a>, are keenly aware of this relationship between architecture and fantasy. Time and again, they create structures such as Vault House in Oxnard, California: buildings that are playful, elegant and seem to belong more to the future than the present.<\/p>\n

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Right: split level residence in Tokyo by Atelier Bow-Wow; images via designboom<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Momoyo Kaijima<\/b><\/p>\n

A founding partner of\u00a0Atelier Bow-Wow<\/a>, Momoyo Kaijima is among a handful of elite architects who is as capable a theorist as she is a designer. Readers interested in learning more about her firm\u2019s sensibility should check out\u00a0Made in Tokyo<\/i><\/a>, a guidebook for Kaijima\u2019s native city that focuses on, as Amazon puts it, \u201cthe architecture that architects would like to forget.\u201d<\/p>\n

In this and other projects, Kaijima and the rest of her team at Atelier Bow-Wow are unflagging in their attempt to understand how spaces are actually utilized in the trenches of daily life. Indeed, the firm\u2019s empirical ethos can be summed up by Kaijima\u2019s\u00a0personal motto<\/a>: \u201cPassion without knowledge is a runaway horse.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Left: Heartland 66; right: Christine Lam, image via Aedas<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Christine Lam<\/strong><\/p>\n

Christine Lam is a global design principal at Aedas, a firm known for its global reach. Lam was leading designer for\u00a0Center 66<\/a> in Wuxi, China,\u00a0a mixed use development that ties together a contemporary shopping plaza with a historic, Ming Dynasty era building. She is also one of the directors for the under-construction Heartland 66<\/a>,\u00a0a Chinese knot tie-inspired mixed-use development with a super high-rise tower in Wuhan, China.<\/p>\n

While Lam was not on the design team for Aedas’s A+Award-winning building\u00a0L\u00e8 Architecture<\/a>, the project deserves a mention for a unique form that is symptomatic of Aedas’ willingness to break with convention. The new office building in Taipei completely upends the rectangular orientation of the surrounding skyline, with coiling bands running vertically across the curved structure. The architects note the building was inspired by the \u201cshape of river pebbles.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Left: Elisabeth Lee; right: Dabao Primary School and Community Cultural Centre<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Elisabeth Lee<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dabao Primary School and Community Center<\/a> is a project designed by architect Elisabeth Lee in collaboration with Project Minde, an initiative of the University of Hong Kong. It made a massive impact at the 2018 A+Awards, becoming a popular winner in the competitive Architecture+Humanitarianism category. The school was built in a remote and impoverished mountainous region in the Guangxi Province of China and was created through an active dialogue with the Dabao villagers. More than anything, the project illustrates the versatility of bamboo tubes, which were used to create an outer wall that protects the school while allowing for the circulation of light and air.<\/p>\n

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Left: Binke Lenhardt, image via BAU 2019; right:\u00a0Chaoyang Future School<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Binke Lenhardt<\/strong><\/p>\n

Binke Lenhardt is a partner at Crossboundaries<\/a>, an innovative firm based in Frankfurt and Beijing that believes in process oriented design, aiming ultimately for buildings that operate in a functional manner. This doesn\u2019t, however, mean their buildings aren\u2019t fun or inspired! Chaoyang Future School<\/a> won the A+Award jury vote in 2018 in the Architecture +Color category \u2014 the building\u2019s bold combination of reds, yellows and whites is stimulating to the eye. Inside, the layout is quite innovative too, reflecting the school\u2019s liberal pedagogy which eschews \u201cteacher-centric\u201d features like podiums and blackboards.<\/p>\n

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Right: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C.; images via Makers and Blackbutterfly7<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Maya Lin<\/b><\/p>\n

An architect, sculptor and land artist, Maya Lin\u2019s career has been marked by achievement in diverse fields. However, she is best known for a project she conceived while still a student: the\u00a0Vietnam Veterans Memorial\u00a0in Washington, D.C. A two-acre plot framed by a wall displaying the names of all the American soldiers lost in the conflict, this monument was considered controversial at the time due to its minimalism.<\/p>\n

Today it is widely seen as a masterpiece, an unsentimental, clear-eyed tribute to a conflict that left a deep and lasting scar on the nation. \u201cThe definition of a modern approach to war,\u201d she said, \u201cis the acknowledgment of individual lives lost.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Right: Center for Excellence, Syracuse University; images via Harvard University and Azure Magazine<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Toshiko Mori<\/b><\/p>\n

As an architect,\u00a0Toshiko Mori<\/a>\u00a0has created stunning houses and commercial and public buildings noted for their efficiency and elegance. As an academic at Harvard\u2019s Graduate School of Design, Mori has concerned herself with questions of sustainability. She looks at the architecture of both the developed and developing world and tries to find ways architects could create more livable towns and cities.<\/p>\n

Everything about her career has followed this solutions-oriented mind-set. \u201cThe intention is to make something very simple, which is very difficult to achieve,\u201d explained Mori. \u201cI like to tackle complex issues by coming up with simple solutions.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Left: London School of Economics Saw Swee Hock Student Centre; images via Floornature.com and Arnolfini<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Sheila O\u2019Donnell<\/b><\/p>\n

Sheila O\u2019Donnell is among those architects to have made a distinctive mark on their home city. The warm, brick fa\u00e7ades of the buildings she has designed with her firm\u00a0O\u2019Donnell + Toumey<\/a>\u00a0have had a major impact on the visual identity of Dublin, mixing a touch of nostalgia in designs that are otherwise rigorously modern.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt some point before we started working abroad we began to realise that it wasn\u2019t just about \u2018Irishness,\u2019 but more about believing that you need to absorb all of the \u2018contextual imperatives\u2019 of a place,\u201d explained O\u2019Donnell in an interview. \u201cWe now transport that method of working \u2014 we start each project by immersing ourselves in understanding the physical material (and immaterial) culture of a place. I think that this is something that has driven our practice from the very beginning, and it\u2019s liberating to know that you can apply that all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Left: Neri Oxman\u2019s silk pavilion, constructed by letting silkworms loose on a carefully designed steel frame; images via Wikipedia and Architizer<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Neri Oxman<\/b><\/p>\n

Some architects strive to speak to the present moment; others keep their eyes fixed on the future.\u00a0Neri Oxman\u00a0is this latter type. An Israeli-American architect, designer and academic, Oxman is well known for her interest in applying findings from biology and computer science to architecture, a field that she believes will be radically upturned in the coming years. \u201cI believe in the near future, we will 3D-print our buildings and houses,\u201d she once said.<\/p>\n

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Right: Linear House; images via ArchiTravel and ArchDaily<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Patricia Patkau<\/b><\/p>\n

Patricia Patkau is a founding partner of\u00a0Patkau Architects<\/a>, which has operated out of Vancouver for over 30 years. The firm\u2019s style combines a modern sensibility with a sensitivity to the landscapes of the Pacific Northwest. The architectural historian Kenneth Frampton described their work as \u201cvery close to what I attempted to define in 1983 as Critical Regionalism.\u201d<\/p>\n

Take a project like\u00a0Tula House<\/a>, a cantilevered structure in British Columbia that fits so seamlessly into its site, it almost becomes invisible. To live here would be to truly live with the landscape, even if one never ventured out on a hike.<\/p>\n

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Right: Seaside, Fla.; images via Pinterest and Starr Sanford Design<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk<\/b><\/p>\n

Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk is a founding partner of\u00a0DPZ<\/a>, a firm associated with the New Urbanism movement known for retro-fitting sprawling suburbs into livable downtowns. If America has been plagued by poor urban planning, Plater-Zyberk is devoted to repairing the damage. One of her best-known projects is the planned community Seaside, Florida, a picturesque town made famous as the main filming location for the film \u201cThe Truman Show\u201d<\/i>(1998).<\/p>\n

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Left: Casa Larrain; images via Nevada Museum of Art and Flickr<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Cecilia Puga<\/b><\/p>\n

One could spend hours thumbing through photographs of\u00a0Cecilia Puga\u2019s<\/a>\u00a0buildings, many of which are located in her native Chile. Set in wild landscapes and featuring raw surfaces, Puga\u2019s houses speak to the integrity of good design, which needs no adornment.<\/p>\n

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Left: OSU South Campus Chiller; images via Beverly Willis Architecture Foundation and Creative Mornings<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Carol Ross Barney<\/b><\/p>\n

Carol Ross Barney is a founding partner and principal designer at\u00a0Ross Barney Architects<\/a>, one of the premier firms in America\u2019s first city of architecture, Chicago. A recent project, the OSU South Campus Chiller Plant, embodies Barney\u2019s firm\u2019s commitment to designing beautiful structures that meet pressing needs.<\/p>\n

The rectangular building, bejeweled with glass plates that reflect colored sunlight onto the building\u2019s fa\u00e7ade, provides a \u201clong-term, sustainable solution\u201d for the local medical community\u2019s need for chilled water, according to a statement by the firm. The structure includes glazed openings, allowing passersby opportunities to look into the chilling mechanisms.<\/p>\n

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Left: Pascal Sablan, image via AIA; left: Museum of the Built Environment by FXCollaborative Architects, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia; image courtesy FXCollaborative Architects.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Pascale Sablan<\/strong><\/p>\n

Now a senior associate at\u00a0S9 Architecture<\/a>, Pascale Sablan was previously an associate at FXFOWLE Architects (recently rebranded as\u00a0FXCollaborative Architects<\/a>). She played a crucial role in the realization of 888 Boylston Street, a LEED Platinum office building that is an exemplar for sustainable design. Pascale is the Founder & Executive Director of\u00a0Beyond the Built Environment<\/a>, an organization focused on engaging community through architecture to advocate equitable, reflectively diverse environments.<\/p>\n

Sablan has won multiple awards for her work, including being named National Organization of Minority Architects<\/a>\u00a0(NOMA) member of the year in 2015. AIA Young Architects award Winner 2018. Indeed, Sablan is a leading voice for architects of color, curating a series of SAY IT LOUD exhibitions originated at the AIANY Center for Architecture focused on elevating the contributions of women and diverse designers. SAY IT LOUD has been exhibited at the United Nations Visitors Centre, A’18, NOMA Unbounded and SXSW.<\/p>\n

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Left: Kazuyo Sejima, image via Phaidon; right: Grace Farms<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Kazuyo Sejima<\/strong><\/p>\n

Pritzker Prize Winner Kazuyo Sejima, founding partner of the Tokyo based firm SANAA, is an architect with a clear vision, favoring smooth and modern surfaces. This can be seen in projects such as New York\u2019s New Museum, a series of stacked metallic boxes that presides over the Bowery as if from a future century. SANAA\u2019s greatest project in recent years, however, might just be Grace Farms<\/a>, a 2015 A+Award Jury Winner for Architecture +Engineering. The stunning cultural complex follows a snaking path that corresponds to the rolling hills on the grounds, which had previously been used as farmland.<\/p>\n

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Right: 200 Eleventh Avenue, a new residential project in New York City; images via Selldorf Architects<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Annabelle Selldorf<\/b><\/p>\n

With\u00a0Annabelle Selldorf,<\/a>\u00a0it\u2019s all in the details. Paul Goldberger, former architecture critic for the\u00a0New Yorker,\u00a0<\/i>described her style as \u201c \u2026 a kind of gentle modernism of utter precision, with perfect proportions.\u201d For her part, Selldorf describes her praxis as follows: \u201cI seek a certain kind of logic that allows you to move in space and perceive it as beautiful and rational.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Left: Corie Sharples, image courtesy SHoP Architects; right: Uber Headquarters (rendering)<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Corie Sharples<\/strong><\/p>\n

For years, SHoP Architects<\/a> has been a major force in the world of architecture, and especially in their home city in New York, due to their willingness to approach projects from an unconventional perspective. One only needs to look at 325 Kent<\/a>, the new square apartment tower on the Williamsburg waterfront, or the unbuilt Uber Headquarters<\/a> to see how willing SHoP is to break with expectations. This latter project was the 2016 A+Awards Jury winner for an unbuilt commercial space. Corie Sharples founded the firm along with her husband, Bill, and three others in 1996.<\/p>\n

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Left: Chris-Annmarie Spencer, image via AIA; right:\u00a0Inspiration Kitchens adaptive reuse project, image via Rudy Bruner Award<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Chris-Annmarie Spencer<\/strong><\/p>\n

A principal at Wheeler Kearns Architects<\/a>, Chris-Annmarie Spencer is a talented Chicago designer with a keen interest in public interest design. Her collaboration with nonprofit Inspiration Kitchens is particularly notable \u2014 the architect transformed a 1906 building in Chicago to create a 7,800-square-foot, 80-seat restaurant serving both affordable and market-rate meals for working-poor families and the general public respectively. That project netted nine design awards, and Spencer\u2019s incredible social impact work was recognized with a AIA Young Architects Award in 2017.<\/p>\n

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Left: Farm to Table; Kate Stickley and Gretchen Whittier, images via Arterra Landscape Architecture<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Kate Stickley and Gretchen Whittier<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kate Stickley is a founder of Arterra Landscape Architects<\/a>, a landscape architecture firm that places sustainability at the very core of their practice. Stickley and partner Gretchen Whittier aim to create landscapes that work with built spaces in visual harmony, echoing the pair\u2019s ethical commitment to a lifestyle that causes minimal disruption to the environment. In Farm to Table<\/a>, a 2018 A+Awards Jury Winner in Landscape Design, Arterra conceived a private estate as a series of \u201coutdoor rooms\u201d that integrate living and lounging areas with agriculture. \u201cEdible plantings\u201d can be encountered throughout the complex.<\/p>\n

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Left: ARE Sketches Volume I; right: Lora Teagarden, image via AIA<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Lora Teagarden<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lora Teagarden was a 2017\u00a0Young Architects Award recipient for her significant contributions to the profession. A LEED certified project architect at RATIO Architects and the Founder of L2<\/sup> Design<\/a>, Teagarden has also been published \u2014 her ARE Sketches<\/a>\u00a0series forms an insightful visual guide to the Architect Registration Exams.\u00a0 Teagarden was recently elected Chair of the AIA National Young Architects Forum, reflecting her growing influence in the industry \u2014 both in terms of design and thought leadership.<\/p>\n

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Right: Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia; images via Yale School of Architecture and ANTIQUES<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Billie Tsien<\/b><\/p>\n

The husband and wife duo behind\u00a0Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects<\/a>\u00a0is one of the most prolific pairs around. Since the 1970s, the pair has been behind numerous museum projects. This reporter is especially taken with the space they created to house the historic Barnes collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist Art in Philadelphia. The museum is spare yet warm and highly conducive to contemplation. It is a careful balance that the firm seems to strike time and again. Architizer<\/i>looks forward to their forthcoming plans for the\u00a0Obama Library<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Left: Capela de Nossa Senhora de F\u00e1tima; right: Helena Lucas Vieira and Pedro Miguel Ferreira, images via Plano Humano Arquitectos<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Helena Lucas Vieira<\/strong><\/p>\n

Helena Lucas Vieira is one half of Plano Humano Arquitectos<\/a>, a creative Lisbon-based architecture firm that envisioned\u00a0Capela de Nossa Senhora de F\u00e1tima<\/a>. This striking chapel won a grand total of three 2018 A+Awards in the Architecture +Wood and Religious Buildings and Monuments categories, its elegant pitched roof canopy captivating the jury and the public alike.<\/p>\n

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Left: Straw Bale House; images via The Architectural Review and Building Design<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Sarah Wigglesworth<\/b><\/p>\n

Sarah Wigglesworth’s practice is devoted to designing buildings on a human scale, with an eye toward sustainability. The architect\u2019s 2002 project, Straw Bale House<\/a>, showcases her sensibility perfectly. This modern residence \u2014 which serves as the architect\u2019s home and office \u2014 is \u201cswaddled in straw bales\u201d for sustainable insulation.<\/p>\n

Sandbags constitute one of the building\u2019s walls, which faces a a railway yard, one of the building\u2019s many witty details. Hattie Hartman, in an article<\/a>\u00a0that asks whether Straw Bale House was \u201cthe most influential house in a generation,\u201d writes that she is continually \u201cstruck by the sheer number of ideas in this house,\u201d which she claims \u201cspawned a new green aesthetic.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Right: August Wilson Center for African American Culture, Pittsburgh, Pa.; images via Cultural District and The Khooll<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

Allison Williams<\/b><\/p>\n

Over the course of her decades-long career, Allison Williams has worked on many major projects at some of the world\u2019s most high-profile firms, including San Francisco\u2019s\u00a0Perkins+Will<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0AECOM<\/a>, where she currently serves as the Design Director.<\/p>\n

Her best-known buildings, including the August Wilson Center for African American Culture in Pittsburgh, illustrate her commitment to maximizing the potential of the site. The August Wilson Center, for instance, is spacious, open and luminous despite the fact that it is situated on a tight street corner.<\/p>\n

Now it’s your turn: Be the next A+Award winner, get published internationally and gain global recognition for your work! Submit your project<\/a> before the final entry deadline on\u00a0March 27th<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

Enter the 2020 A+Awards<\/a><\/p>\n

Editorial contributions by Paul Keskeys and Pat Finn.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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