Woman-Made: 13 Architects You Might Not Know: Quick Facts

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The New Museum of Contemporary Art

The Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood, Los Angeles features bold, angular buildings with reflective red and green glass facades, surrounded by palm trees and city streets.

The illuminated Modern Wing of the Art Institute of Chicago at night, featuring a glass and metal facade with a large overhanging roof, designed by architect Dina Griffin.

J. Meejin Yoon stands on a balcony overlooking the New York City skyline, wearing a black jacket and smiling in bright sunlight.

Architect Yasmeen Lari, wearing a straw hat and black clothing, gestures while speaking during an interview in a garden in Karachi, Pakistan.

A woman in colorful clothing holds a child at the entrance of a round, thatched-roof hut with a painted mural, designed to be flood-resistant, in Sanjar Chang village, Sindh, Pakistan.

Olajumoke Adenowo

Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa stand beneath the curving, reflective roof of their Serpentine Gallery Pavilion in Kensington Gardens, London, with grass and gravel paths surrounding the structure.

Chandigarh, India: Palace of Assembly

National Gallery, London: Sainsbury Wing

Jeanne Gang on the future of architecture

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