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#FromMarginToCenter: Queer Architect(ure)s: Living LGBTQ+ Architects

Mira De Avila-Shin

De Avila-Shin identifies as queer, nonbinary and uses she/her pronouns.

 

Ila Berman

Dean of the School of Architecture at University of Virginia. Associate AIA. Research covers the relationship between culture and evolution of contemporary material. Identifies as gay woman. 

Aaron Betsky

American architect. Director of Architecture + Design School at Virginia Tech. Identifies as gay man.

Olivia Chaumont

French architect. Identifies as transgender woman. 

                                       

Gauthier Destenay

Belgian architect with firm A3 Architecture. Husband of Luxembourg Prime Minister, Xavier Bettel. Identifies as gay man. 

Bradley Fritz

American Architect. Identifies as gay man.

Ryan Gann

Chicago-based architect. Associate AIA. Identifies as gay man. 

Jane Greenwood

American architect. Partner of Kostow Greenwood Architects in New York. Co-creator of Organization of Lesbian and Gay Architects and Designers. Identifies as gay woman. 

Tom Guy

Architect at Guy Piper Architects in London. Founder of National Student Pride, Architects LGBT+. Identifies as gay man. 

Laurie Lee Hall

American architect. Has private practice in Salt Lake City, UT. Currently Senior Vice President of Affirmation, non-profit located in Arizona. Identifies as transgender woman. 

A.L. Hu

Architectural designer at Solomonoff Architecture Studio. Identifies as genderqueer and nonbinary. Uses they/them pronouns. 

 

Carlos Huber

Architect and founder of ARQUISTE Parfumeur. Identifies as gay man.

Marc Kushner

American architect. Co-founding CEO of Architizer. Identifies as gay man.

Richard Landry

Canadian-born American architect. President and founder of Landry Design Group. Identifies as gay man.

Spencer Lepler

American architect practicing in Virginia. Identifies as homoromantic and gray-asexual. 

Alecos Modinos

Cypriot architect. Founder of Gay Rights Liberation Movement in Cyprus. Identifies as gay man. 

Larry Paschall

CEO of Spotted Dog Architecture in Texas. Designs residential homes. Identifies as gay man. 

Andrew Piva

Australian architect. Director at B.E. Architecture. Identifies as gay man. 

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Charles Renfro

American architect practicing in New York City. Partner at Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Identifies as gay man. 

Mark Robbins

American architect. Former Dean of the School of Architecture at Syracuse University. Identifies as gay man

Lisa Sumner

British architect. Director at Williams Lester firm in Ringwood, UK. Identifies as transgender woman.