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Women in architecture have been documented for many centuries, as professional (or amateur) practitioners, educators and clients. Since architecture became organized as a profession in 1857, the number of women in architecture has been low. At the end of the 19th century, starting in Finland, certain schools of architecture in Europe began to admit women to their programmes of study. In 1980 M. Rosaria Piomelli, born in Italy, became the first woman to hold a deanship of any school of architecture in the United States, as Dean of the City College of New York School of Architecture.[1] In recent years, women have begun to achieve wider recognition within the profession,[2] however, the percentage receiving awards for their work remains low. As of 2023, 11.5% of Pritzker Prize Laureates have been female.[3]
- ^ "rosaria_piomelli". Digital-archives.ccny.cuny.edu. 1937-10-24. Retrieved 2015-09-29.
- ^ Sokolina, Anna, ed. The Routledge Companion to Women in Architecture. London and New York: Routledge, 2021. "The Routledge Companion to Women in Architecture". Archived from the original on 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
- ^ "Laureates". The Pritzker Architecture Prize. 2023-03-09.