Amanda Levete
| Amanda Levete | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Born |
November 17, 1955 Bridgend |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Architectural Association |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Spouse(s) |
|
| Awards | RIBA Stirling Prize |
| Practice | AL A |
| Buildings |
|
Amanda Levete (born 17 November 1955) is a Stirling Prize-winning British architect, and principal of AL A.
Levete was born in Bridgend, south Wales. She was a student at St Paul's Girls School, London, and the Hammersmith School of Art before enrolling at the Architectural Association. Afterwards she was a trainee at Alsop & Lyall and an architect at the Richard Rogers Partnership. As co-founder of the firm Powis & Levete, she was nominated for the RIBA's '40 under 40' exhibition in 1985. Levete joined Jan Kaplický at Future Systems as a partner in 1989.
Levete is credited with making Future Systems' organic and conceptual designs a reality. Recognised as one of the UK's most innovative practices, Future Systems completed works include the Selfridges department store in Birmingham and the Lord's Media Centre, which won the Royal Institute of British Architects' Stirling Prize in 1999.
Levete formed AL A in 2009, and in 2011 the practice won the international competition to design a new entrance, courtyard and gallery for London's Victoria and Albert Museum. AL_A's projects include the MAAT (Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology) project in Lisbon for the EDP Foundation, the Central Embassy project in Bangkok and the pop-up restaurant Tincan.
In 2014 it was announced that AL_A had been chosen to design the second M-Pavilion for the Naomi Milgrom Foundation in Melbourne.
...
Wikipedia