The following is a list of women architects by nationality – notable women who are well known for their work in the field of architecture.
Africa Egypt Shahira Fahmy (born 1974), founded her own firm in 2005
Ghana Mae-Ling Lokko (born 1987), associate professor and architectural scientist who focuses on renewable materials.
Guinea
Fatoumata Barry (born 1954) is known as Guinea's first woman architect, and is a former President of the Order of Architects of Guinea.
Kenya Eugenie Dorothy Hughes (1910–1987), first Kenyan and first East African female architect Erica Mann (1917–2007), town planner and architect, Architect Laureate Emma Miloyo (born 1981), partner in Design Source in Nairobi, first female President of the Architectural Association of Kenya (AAK)
Niger Mariam Issoufou (born 1979), Nigerien and founder of the architecture and research firm Atelier Masomi, now Mariam Issoufou Architects
Nigeria Joy Nwanyelimaka Nsolo (1932–1988) was the first woman to qualify as an architect in Nigeria and across West Africa, earning her credentials in 1962 Olajumoke Adenowo (born 1968), described as "the face of architecture in Nigeria""Adenowo: Branding Nigeria Through Architecture" , Sunday Magazine, The Guardian (Nigeria), 15 December 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2013. Fifi Ejindu, architect, businesswoman, philanthropist
Senegal Nzinga Biegueng Mboup, architect, own practice
South Africa Sarah Calburn (born 1964), own practice, residential projects and Johannesburg's Gallery MOMO Sophia Gray (1814–1871), first female architect in South Africa Nicola Herbst, South African architect in New Zealand Marie Huchzermeyer South African academic and public intellectual at the School of Architecture and Planning Elsa Leviseur (1931–2023), South African architect specializing in landscape and ecology Linda Mvusi (born c. 1955), actress, architect, owns her own firm Anya van der Merwe, Cape Town architect Kate Otten (born 1964), own practice, community libraries, the waterfront development at Tzaneen Magdalena Sauer (1890–1983) was the first woman qualified to practice as an architect in South Africa. Nadia Tromp (born 1977), own practice, healthcare clinics, residential homes and community centres.
Uganda Assumpta Nnaggenda-Musana (born 1970), architect, urban planner and academic
Zambia Denise Scott Brown (born 1931), born in Northern Rhodesia; educated in South Africa and London; lives and works in the US
Asia Armenia Anna Ter-Avetikian (1908–2013), first Armenian woman to become an architect Tamar Tumanyan (1907–1989), Soviet Armenian architect
Azerbaijan Gulnara Mehmandarova (born 1959), researcher in connection with UNESCO sites
Bangladesh Khaleda Ekram (1950–2016), architect, educator, researcher Marina Tabassum
China Huang Hui Lin Huiyin (1904–1955), first known Chinese female architect Jing Liu (born 1981), co-founder of the New York design office SO-IL Xu Tiantian (born 1975), founder of DnA Design and Architecture; has participated in China's rural revitalizing process through her “architectural acupuncture" Lu Wenyu, whose husband Wang Shu won the Priztker Prize for the work the duo completed together in their firm (and whose sole attribution of the prize generated some controversy)
India Eulie Chowdhury (1923–1995), the first woman to qualify as an architect in Asia Shimul Javeri Kadri (born 1962), own firm in Mumbai Revathi Kamath (1955–2020), pioneer of mud architecture Anupama Kundoo (born 1967), innovative architect working in Auroville Pravina Mehta (c.1924 – c.1990), urban planner and architect Perin Jamsetjee Mistri (1913–1989), believed to be the first woman to graduate in architecture in India Sheila Sri Prakash (born 1955), first woman in India to have started her own architectural firm Sonali Rastogi (born 1967), founding partner of Morphogenesis Samira Rathod (born 1963), architect, furniture designer, educator, own partnership since 1995 Gira Sarabhai, apprenticed under Frank Lloyd Wright and established National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad Brinda Somaya (born 1949), UNESCO prize for restoring St. Thomas Cathedral, Mumbai Chitra Vishwanath, established her own firm in 1991, working in India and Africa
Indonesia Elora Hardy (born 1980), Canadian-Indonesian architect who uses bamboo
Iran Leila Araghian (born 1983) Iranian architect, educated in Canada Farshid Moussavi (born 1965), Iranian-British founder of Farshid Moussavi Architecture Nasrine Seraji (born 1957), Iranian-British founder of Atelier Searaji Architects & head of Department of Architecture, University of Hong Kong
Iraq Dame Zaha Hadid (1950–2016), Iraqi-British; founder of Zaha Hadid Architects in London; first woman to win the Pritzker Prize. Jala Makhzoumi (born 1949), Iraqi Lebanese landscape architect and academic.
Israel Lotte Cohn (1898–1983), German born; pioneering figure in Israeli architecture Dora Gad (1912–2003), influential interior designer Ada Karmi-Melamede (born 1936), Supreme Court of Israel, numerous educational buildings Nitza Metzger-Szmuk (born 1945), conservation work in Tel Aviv Shulamit Nadler (1923–2016), designed National Library of Israel and Jerusalem Theatre Rivka Oxman (born 1950), academic Malkit Shoshan (born 1976), founder of architectural think tank FAST
Japan Itsuko Hasegawa (born 1941), owned firm since 1979 Masako Hayashi (1928–2001), first woman to win Architectural Institute of Japan Award Toshiko Mori (born 1951), first woman to receive tenure at Harvard GSD Nobuko Nakahara (1929–2008), founded PODOKO, association of female architects Yuko Nagayama (born 1975), founded Yuko Nagayama & Associates; visiting professor at the Musashino Art University Kazuyo Sejima (born 1956), co-founder of SANAA, Pritzker prize winner in 2010 Satoko Shinohara (born 1958), presides over Spatial Design Studio; became the president of Japan Women's University in 2020 Nobuko Tsuchiura (1900–1998), first woman architect in Japan
Jordan Abeer Seikaly (born 1979)
Korea
Sun-Young Rieh, practicing architect and professor at the University of Seoul
Lebanon Amale Andraos (born 1973), dean of the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Mongolia Biambasuren Luvsandamdingiin (born 1955), urban planner
Nepal Hisila Yami (born 1959), also a government minister
Pakistan Yasmeen Lari (born c. 1941), country's first female architect
Palestine Suad Amiry (born 1951), author and architect Khouloud Daibes (born 1965), architect and former politician and diplomat
Qatar
Fatma Ibrahim Al Sehlawi, architect and curator
Saudi Arabia Nadia Bakhurji, interior architect, holds several administrative positions
Singapore Cheong Koon Hean (born 1957), award-winning urban planner and architect
Sri Lanka Minnette de Silva (1918–1998), first Sri Lankan female architect
Taiwan Xiu Zelan (1925–2016), Taiwan's first female architect
Thailand Patama Roonrakwit, practising architect, focus on under-privileged housing
Turkey Altuğ Çinici (1935–2024) Mualla Eyüboğlu (1919–2009) Zeynep Fadıllıoğlu (born 1955), redesigned Istanbul's Şakirin Mosque to wide international acclaim
Australasia Australia Lily Isabel Maude Addison (1885–1968), early female architect in Queensland Ruth Alsop (1879–1976), first woman qualified as an architect in the state of Victoria Brit Andresen,Biographies of Women Architects in the United States , Association for Research on the City and Housing (Paris). Retrieved 2012-02-04. Norwegian-born, first woman in Australia to be awarded the RAIA Gold Medal Beverley Bolin (1923–2014), first woman to become a registered architect in South Australia. Eva Buhrich (1915–1976), architect, editor and writer who migrated from Germany Karen Burns (born 1962), architectural historian, theorist, activist and educator Stroma Buttrose (1929–2020), first female Planning Assistant in South Australia Kerry Clare, architect and joint recipient of the Australian Institute of Architects Gold Medal Justine Clark, New Zealand-born architectural editor, writer, speaker and researcher Louise Cox (born 1939), architect, Officer of the Order of Australia for services to architecture Eleanor Cullis-Hill (1913–2001), Sydney architect Suzanne Dance, Melbourne-based architect Maggie Edmond (born 1946), principal at Melbourne-based Edmond and Corrigan Rosina Edmunds (1900–1956), architect, urban planner and writer Harriet Edquist (born 1940s), architectural historian, educator and writer Zahava Elenberg (born 1973), co-director of Elenberg Fraser Cassandra Fahey (born ca. 1972), architect and interior designer Elizabeth Farrelly (born 1957), architecture critic, author and columnist Margaret Feilman (1921–2013), Perth architect and town planner Margaret Findlay (1916–2007), first female in Tasmania to qualify as an associate of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects Abbie Galvin (born 1970), principal of BVN Architecture Jill Garner, principal of Garner Davis, Associate Government Architect, Office of the Victorian Government Architect Eli Giannini (born 1956), architect; director of McGauran Giannini Soon; Life Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects Eileen Good (1893–1986), Australia's first female architecture academic Elizabeth Grant (born 1963), architectural anthropologist, research in indigenous architecture Kristin Green, director of KGA Architecture Marion Mahony Griffin (1871–1961), one of the first registered female architects in the world Winsome Hall Andrew (1905–1997) Laura Harding (born 1975), practitioner and critic Ellison Harvie (1902–1984), first Australian woman to graduate with a Diploma of Architectural Design; first female Fellow of the Royal Victorian Institute of Architects; first woman elected to an Australian Architectural Institute council; first Australian woman to become a partner in a large firm Beatrice Hutton (1893–1990), first female architect accepted into an Institute of Architects in Australia Sandra Kaji-O'Grady, professor and head of architecture at the University of Queensland Louise St John Kennedy (born 1950), practices in Claremont, Western Australia Helen Lochhead, architect and urban designer Ruth Lucas (1924–2001), works with her husband Bill Lucas, known for the Glass House in Castlecrag, New South Wales Kirsteen Mackay, South Australian Government architect Gill Matthewson, academic, researcher and architect Nellie McCredie (1903–1968), Australian architect and potter Alison Mears, dean of the School of Design Strategies at Parsons The New School for Design Margaret Pitt Morison (1900–1985), early female architect in Western Australia Elina Mottram (1903–1996), British-born, Queensland's first and longest practicing female architect Phyllis Murphy (1924–2004), architect known for the 1956 Olympic Pool in Melbourne (with John Murphy) along with conservation projects Andrea Nield (born 1951), founded Emergency Architects Australia Rachel Nolan (born 1974), a founding director of Kennedy Nolan, a Melbourne-based practice Ellice Nosworthy (1897–1972), early female architect in New South Wales Alexis Ord, architect, activist and Melbourne's first female Lord Mayor Shelley Penn (born 1965), architect, urbanist and advocate Christine Phillips, academic, architect, advocate Susan Phillips (born 1958), award-winning second-generation architect based in Adelaide Caroline Pidcock (born 1962), advocate of sustainable development, based in Sydney Dimity Reed (born 1942), first female president of Royal Australian Institute of Architects (Victoria); founding member of the Association of Women in Architecture Sarah Lynn Rees, indigenous Australian architect Louise St John Kennedy (born 1950), West Australian architect, recipient of the 1984 Robin Boyd Award Felicity D. Scott (born 1965), academic, critic, and writer; Columbia University architecture professor