28 November 2024
2024 French Prize for Women Architects at the Arsenal Pavilion
Introduction
Aigline de GINESTOUS Group Director of Institutional Relations at URW
— 16h40 —
Presentation of the prize and its context
Catherine GUYOT Secretary General of ARVHA, President of Women in Architecture France and President of the jury
— 16h:55 —
Young Woman Architect Prize 2024
with Beatrice AUXENT President of Architectuelles Hauts de France
and Victoria MIGLIORE Young Woman Architect Winner 2023
— 17h:20 —
Original Work Prize 2024
Presentation by
Nayla MECATTAF architect, co-founder of Crome Studio and member of the Committee of the International Section of the SIA
and Ludovica Di FALCO 2023 Original Work Winner
— 17:45 —
International Prize 2024
International award ceremony with:
Antonella MARI, 2023 winner Special mention
and Dikkie SCIPIO Kan Architecten – winner of the 2023 international award
— 18h05 —
2024 Women Architect Award
presentation by Sophie BERTHELIER, 2017 winner of the Women Architect Award and full member of the Academy of Architecture and Member of the Board of Directors and Françoise NTHEPE, 2023 winner of the Women Architect Award
— 18h40 —
Conclusions by Catherine Guyot, initiator of the Women Architect Award since 2013, followed by a friendly drink.
Open November 24 at 16h45
ARVHA, the Association for Research on the City and Housing, is launching the twelfth edition of the Women Architects Prize in 2024 with the support of the Pavillon de l’Arsenal, the National Council of the Order of Architects and the City of Paris. For the 2024 Prize, ARVHA is also receiving support from BNP Paribas Real Estate, Unibail Rodamco Westfield, CIMbéton, De Dietrich, Heidelberg Materials, Cogedim Altera and Unibail Rodamco Westfield. as well as media support: Le journal de l’Architecte and Batiactu.
The aim of this prize is to highlight the works and careers of women architects, so that young women architects can draw inspiration from existing female role models, and to encourage parity in a profession with a strong male dominance.
In 2024, 350 applications were examined and presented 1,270 projects. In 2023, four prizes were awarded and two mentions for:
- Female architect awarded for her completed projects – 3 to 5 works built, and a special mention
- An original work produced by a female architect, and a special mention
- Young Female architect under 40 awarded for her projects – 3 to 5 projects completed or not
- International Prize 3 to 5 works built
The jury was composed of representatives of the National Order of Architects with Ludovica DiFalco winner of original work 2023, Béatrice AUXENT president of ARCHITECTUELLES Hauts-de-France, Vinciane Albretch Oulipo architecture studio New-York, Françoise N’THEPE winner of female architect 2023; Emmanuelle DECHELETTE Special mention Young woman architect 2023, Christina VEGA IGLESIAS Winner Young woman architect 2022, Nayla MECATAFF Co-Founder of Crome studio, Antonella MARI special mention international prize, Victoria Migliore Winner young woman architect 2023 and Catherine GUYOT Secretary General of ARVHA, President of Women in Architecture and President of the Jury.