Top 4 Most Sustainable Female Architects
BY SIENNA ROLLINS, GRADE 6
Jeanne Gang
Jeanne Gang was born on March 19, 1964. She is the founder of Studio Gang architects. Gang is well-known from her famous building, the Aqua tower in Chicago. Studio Gang’s website says: “Combining a hotel, offices, rental apartments, condominiums, and parking, along with one of Chicago’s largest green roofs, Aqua facilitates strong connections between people and to the city.”
Jeanne Gang. Wikipedia
Zaha Hadid
Zaha Hadid was born on October 1st ,1950, and passed away on March 31, 2016. She was the founder of Zaha Hadid Architects. Hadid’s work is popular because of its futuristic style. One of her most popular buildings is the One Thousand Museum in Miami, Florida. Standing at about 700 feet tall with 62 stories, it is one of the tallest buildings in Miami.
Zaha Hadid. Artnet News
Maya Lin
Maya was a 21-year old college student when she entered a national design competition for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. She originally designed the memorial as a class project, which she earned a B+ on. Ironically, the professor that gave her this grade also submitted a design for the competition, yet Lin’s was chosen. Lin has also designed numerous other sculptures and buildings, such as the Civil Rights Memorial in Alabama. According to Wikipedia, “Lin constructs her works to have a minimal effect on the environment by utilizing recycled and sustainable materials, by minimizing carbon emissions, and by attempting to avoid damaging the landscapes/ecosystems where she works.”
Maya Lin. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Amanda Levete
Amanda Levete, born November 17, 1955, is the co-owner of Future Systems. According to an article by The Architects' Journal, “Levete has…achieved great success with her eponymous practice. She is delivering the V&A’s new courtyard, Sky’s media campus near Heathrow, a cultural center in Lisbon and a huge mixed-use scheme in Bangkok on the former site of the British Embassy. She is in high public demand, making regular TV and radio appearances and until recently writing columns for the New Statesman.” Levete’s success is largely due to the sustainable lens she takes on all of her projects.
Amanda Levete. CNN
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