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INTERNATIONAL ARCHIVE OF WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE CENTER

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Celebrating 40 years of global impact

Join us in celebrating women’s contributions to the built environment. Opening May 22 at the Torpedo Factory Art Center in the Target Gallery. Be part of amplifying the stories that shape our world.

LEARN ABOUT THE 1X1 INITIATIVE

1×1 seeks to collect one original artifact made by every woman in architecture and in design around the world.

2025 SYMPOSIUM - BUILDING CONNECTIONS

This year we celebrate our 40th anniversary! As part of the celebration, we are hosting the 2025 IAWA Symposium – Building Connections: Networks Past, Present, Future.

2026 MILKA BLIZNAKOV PRIZE WINNERS ANNOUNCED

The IAWA Center is thrilled to announce that Johanna Sluiter, postdoctoral fellow at the Institute of Art History, University of Bern, was selected by the jury as the 2026 Milka Bliznakov Research Residency Candidate

2026 KRISTINE FALLON WINNER ANNOUNCED

The IAWA Center is pleased to announce the winner of the 2026 IAWA Kristine Fallon Prize! Kateryna Malaia, PhD is an architectural historian and educator teaching at Kharkiv School of Architecture and the University of Utah. She researches ordinary architectures, particularly housing, under pressure and in times of change.

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