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her + perspective Search Contribute her + perspective Let's recover her + stories. an incomplete archive of women + in architecture 1800 Sophia Gray 1814 - 1871 Responsible for the design of more than 40 Anglican churches in South Africa during the 1800s, Gray is widely regarded as the country's first female architect. Her particular focus was the Gothic Revival Style, examples of which can be seen at the annual Sophia Gray Lecture and Exhibition held by the School of Architecture at the University of the F
Hayden was born in Chile, but later moved to North America for the educational opportunities. In 1886 she became the first woman to be admitted to the undergraduate architecture program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where she eventually graduated with honours. Hayden's thesis project demonstrated her command of the classical orders, which she would later employ in her winning competition entry for an exhibition hall known as the Women's Building for the 1893 international exposition in Chica
After graduating from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1894, Mahony Griffin became one of the first licensed female architects in the USA. Her work is often viewed as inseparable from her employer Frank Lloyd Wright, and later her husband Walter Griffin. She was admired for her artistic talents and produced beautifully rendered drawings that became synonymous with the style of the Prairie School. Over her 50 year career, Mahony Griffin also worked in India and Australia where she was actively in