Female Frontiers Awards: Powered by World Architecture News are brand new for 2021.
The Female Frontier Awards: Powered by World Architecture News recognise remarkable, talented and visionary women of all ages, at every level across Architecture.
These awards will champion best practice, support new and established talent and celebrate the firms who are supporting women in their roles.
Along with celebrating design-led achievements, we will also be putting a spotlight on the great leadership and innovation which drives success in architecture.
It doesn’t matter what stage you are in in your career, we want to celebrate all of the groundbreaking women in architecture, whether you are entry level or the founder of your own practice.
Categories at a Glance:
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Team of the Year
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Unsung Hero Award
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Architectural Student of the Year (Reduced entry fee)
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Social Change Champion Award (Reduced entry fee)
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Innovation in Architecture Award
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Pioneering Award
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Contribution to Architecture Award
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Emerging Architect of the Year
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Architect of the Year
Women Build Podcast: putting roads and buildings on diets for a more sustainable future
Lisa Bate and Mia Lehrer talk about putting roads on diets, how to make a city as developed as LA more sustainable, and the award winning, tangible benefits of the Humber College Building NX retrofit
Female Frontiers Judge: Priya Mrina, Principal, Woods Bagot, United Arab Emirates
Priya is a Principal and Regional Delivery Stream Leader at the Woods Bagot Dubai Studio
Female Frontiers Judge: Bidisha Sinha, Senior Associate, Zaha Hadid Architects, UK
Sinha finished her schooling and first degree in New Delhi before moving to London for her Masters at the Architectural Association. She has had an architectural career spanning 18 years, delivering projects in India, UK and Hong Kong
Female Frontiers Judge: Lisa Bate, Global Sustainability Lead + Advance Strategy, Senior Principal, B+H Architects, Canada
A former Director and Board Chair of the Canada Green Building Council, Lisa is a Board Director and the Immediate Past Chair of the World Green Building Council
Female Frontiers Judge: Gabrielle Bullock, Principal, Director of Global Diversity, Perkins&Will, United States
Gabrielle oversees Perkins&Will's Diversity, Inclusion, Engagement programme and her role as principal and the firm's Director of Global Diversity enables her to combine her passion for architecture and social justice to effect positive change at a micro and macro level
Female Frontiers Judge: Melkan Gursel, Partner, Tabanlioglu Architects, Turkey
Melkan Gürsel studied Architecture at Istanbul Technical University and graduated in 1993, then went to UPC Barcelona for her Master's and joined Tabanlioglu Architects as a partner in 1995
Women Build Podcast: designing for life on the Moon and Mars
Christina Ciardullo and Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman from Space Exploration Architecture talk about human-centred design, the advantages of 3D printing in architecture and how designing for the living on the Moon and Mars can teach us more about how we should be building for Earth
Black Women Build
To mark Black History month in the UK, we spoke to three women about the challenges that come with being both female and black in this sector, the support available in the UK and the US and how the coronavirus pandemic has revealed problems within the built environments of black communities
Female Frontiers Judge: Fernanda Canales, Architect, Fernanda Canales, Mexico
Fernanda Canales holds a PhD in Architecture (ETSAM, Madrid), and has been distinguished with several international awards, such as the Emerging Voices Award from The Architectural League of New York
Female Frontiers Judge: Eva Jiricna, Principal, AI DESIGN, UK
Eva Jiricna is a Czech-born London-based architect who studied engineering and architecture until 1962, gaining an MA at the Prague Academy of Fine Arts
