Architecture is still a male-dominated profession but women architects are challenging and changing
![Today women occupy leadership positions in architecture, from deans of schools to senior partners of global firms, writes Stratigakos [Getty Images]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014826151912969580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)

Despina Stratigakos is an internationally recognised historian and professor in the Architecture Department at the University at Buffalo.
Architecture is still a male-dominated profession but women architects are challenging and changing
![Today women occupy leadership positions in architecture, from deans of schools to senior partners of global firms, writes Stratigakos [Getty Images]](https://aljazeeranews-3fuh52rgrl.edgeone.app/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/2014826151912969580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)