Signe Hornborg
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Signe Ida Katarina Hornborg was a Finnish architect. Upon her reception of her architectural diploma in 1890, she became the first official female architect in the world.
Signe Hornborg 1878
Signe Hornborg: Signelinna in Pori (1892)
Women in architecture
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Women in architecture have been documented for many centuries, as professional, non-licensed, practitioners, educators and clients. Since architecture became organized as a profession in 1857, the num
Signe Hornborg
…to the design for the fire department building in Hamina, requiring no fee. She also worked on municipal buildings for poor children in Helsinki. Women in architecture…
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