The First Practising Female Architect in Germany – Emilie Winkelmann, a Role Model

As a woman, she was not allowed to study architecture and therefore initially concealed her first name. Eventually, however, Emilie Winkelmann planned and built remarkable buildings as a successful female architect – some of them in the Westend. Making connections between a pioneering trailblazer, to the status-quo of this male-dominated discipline.

Leistikowstraße 2, 14050 Berlin Alemannenallee 3, 14052 Berlin Lindenallee 21, 14050 Berlin Architecture: Emilie Winkelmann, 1906 - 1926 Housing

With Elke Duda, architect, n-ails e.V. Berlin