Madeleine is an architect, curator and urbanist. Her participatory design studio, Madeleine Kessler Architecture, is dedicated to designing joyful, people-centred places that contribute positively to our planet. Over the past decade she has led a number of award-winning projects including the co-curation of the British Pavilion at the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale. She is currently a Royal Commission’s 1851 Built Environment Fellow, embedding design thinking in government decision-making. Trained as an architect and engineer, Madeleine sits on the National Infrastructure Commission’s Design Group and is the Arts & Culture Expert on Design Review Panels across the UK. She is an Associate Lecturer at Central St Martin’s and the Architectural Association, Examiner for the Architects Registration Board, and previously a Visiting Professor at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Her awards include the RIBA Rising Star Award and Architects’ Journal 40 Under 40.