women in architecture

Louise Blanchard Bethune: Every Woman her Own Architect By Kelly Hayes McAlonie (State University of New York Press, 2023) Architect, mother, cyclist,…

When my mother graduated from McGill’s School of Architecture in 1973, her class set a record for the number of women that convocated. From the 60 students…

Architect, planner, educator, and author, Blanche Lemco van Ginkel has been a leading figure in modern architecture for more than sixty years. She passed…

In 2011, a student asked architect and historian Lisa Landrum, an associate professor of architecture at the University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Architecture:…

Provencher_Roy’s team behind the Port of Montréal’s Grand Quai project and Eleonore Leclerc, Principal at Stantec Architecture, are finalists in the…

Beginning my career as an architect in Canada, my worldview of gender roles within the workplace took on a distinctly North American perspective. I joined B+H…

On November 12, an online event celebrates and honours the legacy of architect, urban planner, educator and activist Blanche Lemco van Ginkel. The…

TEXT Betsy Williamson, Principal, Williamson Williamson The atomization of architecture offices during the pandemic presented an immediate and profound…

TEXT Tanner Morton PHOTOS Blanche Lemco van Ginkel fonds and van Ginkel Associates fonds, CCA, Montreal (unless otherwise noted) The RAIC Gold Medal is…

Canadian director Joseph Hillel has received an award at this year’s Society of Architectural Historians' awards.  The film received an honourable mention in…

Breaking Ground: Architecture by Women By Jane Hall (Phaidon, 2019) A few years ago, the conversation about gender equity in architecture centered on the…

How can we expand the discussion of women architects beyond the boundaries of the star system?

A documentary looks at the city-building contributions of four extraordinary North American women.

A group of women in Toronto are bringing a new vision to an emerging neighbourhood in Etobicoke with their residential project, Reina. Lead by Taya Cook,…

Women in Architecture Vancouver (WIA) invites you to participate in a workshop investigating the modern design workplace: what makes it work for women, and what…

Celebrating women pioneers in architecture and urbanism, Joseph Hillel's new film City Dreamers chronicles the accomplishments of four seminal urban figures.…