This June, the Women in Architecture 2025 festival celebrates women builders across Germany – running from 19 to 29 June 2025 for the first time nationwide. WIA 2025 puts women architects front and center, making their voices and contributions impossible to ignore.

Women make up just 16.2 per cent of BDA NRW members – a figure with considerable room for growth and a compelling reason for our participation. BDA North Rhine-Westphalia is backing the festival with a statewide poster campaign, while nine regional groups across the state are hosting events throughout the festival period.

Join us for keynote lectures titled "Women Rethinking Architecture" on Friday, 27 June, at the PBSA.

Despite lecture halls bursting with students, women architects often remain silent, invisible, and underrepresented. To change that, BDA Düsseldorf, in partnership with PBSA and BDA NRW – initiators of the WIA 25 Festival – invite you to an evening of inspiration, fresh perspectives, and meaningful connection. As the invitation states: "For dialogue, courage, and new approaches to architecture with conviction." The evening features keynote lectures from visionary women reshaping the architectural landscape:

🔹 Vera Simone Bader – Munich
🔹 Marta Peris – Barcelona
🔹 Barbara Holzer – Zurich
🔹 Juliane Greb – Ghent
🔹 Dilan Vural – Cologne
🔹 Lisa Zander – Hamburg

Moderated by Katharina Lux (BaunetzCampus)

Venue: Düsseldorf University of Applied Sciences, Department of Architecture & Interior Design, Building 6 / Atrium, Münsterstraße 156, 40476 Düsseldorf

Date & Time: Friday, 27 June 2025, 5 p.m. onwards. Followed by unfiltered networking – meaningful conversations and refreshments included. Free admission.

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