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In what may be a surprising fact to many, Indonesia boasts more than 150 architecture schools, second only to Japan in Asia, and more than half of the students are women. One of the best-known female architects in the country, Tri Rismaharini, now serves as the eco-pioneering mayor of Indonesia’s second-largest city, Surabaya. Yet among recognised avant-garde practitioners, women remain vanishingly scarce. Three

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