Liane Zimbler, née Juliana Fischer, (31 May 1892, Přerov, Moravia – 11 November 1987, Los Angeles) is said to be the first European woman to obtain an architecture degree, although a number of Finns, including Signe Hornborg, graduated much earlier.

[1] After running a highly successful business in Vienna, Zimbler emigrated to the United States in 1938 where she specialized in interior design.

Towards the end of the First World War, she joined the Rosenberger design studio in Vienna as an architect.

By 1928, as a result of her prospering business, Zimbler was able to open a second studio in Prague managed by her associate Annie Herrnheiser.

Very shortly afterwards, thanks to Otto Zimbler's influential contacts, the family was able to leave for the Netherlands and London before the German Anschluss in March.