25 Women Architects and Designers Who Are Shaping the Future

#InternationalWomensDay: "I admire Oana's curious perspective through which she observes the world and her ingenuity as a thinker and creative."

📸 Oana Stănescu, founder of Oana Stănescu Studio, has been nominated by Ingrid Moye as one of 25 women https://t.co/tRFbFtc9Kv… pic.twitter.com/8f3c1sWhcF

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#InternationalWomensDay: "I admire her dedication and her incredible depth in understanding the built environment in west Africa."

📸 Nzinga B Mboup, founder of Worofila, has been nominated by Dominique Petit-Frère as one of 25 women architects and https://t.co/tRFbFtcHA3… pic.twitter.com/65R1PFiPza

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#InternationalWomensDay: "They are part of a generation of practitioners working consciously, contextually, and sustainably. It's exciting to see how they navigate the process as women."

📸 Julia Peres and Victoria Braga, co-founders of Ruina, have been https://t.co/tRFbFtcHA3… pic.twitter.com/rKfGMBM2nT

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#InternationalWomensDay: "Neri is a design polyglot – someone with extraordinary breath and imagination, someone who understands that everything, literally everything, begins with design."

📸 Architect and designer @NeriOxman, who has been nominated by https://t.co/tRFbFtcHA3… pic.twitter.com/Q5HXjlN4NQ

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#InternationalWomensDay: "Tatu is an architect who is passionate about the built environment. She has worked within the informal settlements for several years and therefore has firsthand experience of the issues that the women there face."

📸 @tatugat, https://t.co/xRAUjXcNhf… pic.twitter.com/zca0aRmVl2

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#InternationalWomensDay: "Jess and her work deserve more recognition because our whole industry needs to move away from the veneration of newness and instead embrace reuse and repair."

📸 Repair specialist Jessica Smulders Cohen, who has been nominated by https://t.co/xRAUjXcNhf… pic.twitter.com/F24Gl5iPSV

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#InternationalWomensDay: "Whenever I look at her work, I see mindfulness on so many levels; whether it is through the use of materials, the applied sustainable design solutions or the sensitivity shown towards the surroundings."

📸 Shefali Balwani, https://t.co/tRFbFtcHA3… pic.twitter.com/e9gwK0YW46

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#InternationalWomensDay: "She has vast project experiences internationally and is one of the best people to collaborate with."

📸 Betty Ng, founder of Collective, has been nominated by Maria Cristina Didero as one of 25 women architects and designers to https://t.co/tRFbFtc9Kv… pic.twitter.com/h32SMNiNVc

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#InternationalWomenDay: "I celebrate Olayinka because she is a refreshing voice in design and has elegantly navigated and balanced life between practice, family and motherhood. She is definitely someone to watch!"

📸 Olayinka Dosekun, co-founder of https://t.co/tRFbFtc9Kv… pic.twitter.com/ykpDax2S1k

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