Winka Dubbeldam

Winka Dubbeldam (born 1966) is a Dutch architectural designer and academic. After her education in architectural design at Columbia University, she established her own firm, Archi-Tectonics (with 15 employees), in 1994 in New York City. Her use of a combination of sustainable materials, innovative and inventive building methods with adoption of digital techniques has rewarded her with many accolades for her architectural projects. She has earned a reputation as a leading figure in modern architectural designs which has also made her "a real estate newsmaker". She is a Professor and Chair of architecture at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also the RIBA External Examiner for the Bartlett UCL London [2018-2022], the Creative Director for the Venice Biennale Virtual Italian Pavillion [2021]. Her Ted talk “Crowdfunding Urban Planning” was in TED Global in Edinburgh Scotland 2013.

Her debut venture in building design was a residential house whose exhibits were displayed at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), and ''Esquire'' magazine named her "Best and Brightest" in 2004. Her designs have also been exhibited in the Venice Biennale, MoMa, Storefront, and Aedes Berlin in 2019, among others Provided by Wikipedia