ABSTRACT
The first woman to qualify as an architect in Spain was Matilde Ucelay. She studied at the Madrid School of Architecture in 1936, during the crisis of the Second Spanish Republic and the beginning of the Spanish Civil War. In 1964, the Barcelona School of Architecture issued its first degree to a woman, Mercedes Serra Barenys. At the end of the 1960s, coinciding with Spain’s economic redevelopment, the number of female architects increased to around 40. In parallel with the environment of social protest, which was especially active in Madrid and Barcelona, the number of women studying architecture continued to rise. One of the most important names from the Barcelona School of Architecture is Rosa Barba Casanovas. Having graduated in 1971, Barba is considered to be the ‘the driving force of landscape in Spain. The female architects whose trajectories represent outstanding achievements on several levels.
