Background
Levete was born in Bridgend, south Wales.
Levete was born in Bridgend, south Wales.
Street Paul"s Girls" School.
She was a student at Street Paul"s Girls School, London, and the Hammersmith School of Art before enrolling at the Architectural Association. Levete is credited with making Future Systems" organic and conceptual designs a reality. AL_A"s projects include the MAAT (Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology) project in Lisbon for the electronic data processing Foundation, the Central Embassy project in Bangkok and the popular-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.
Levete is a trustee of the Young Foundation, and served as a trustee of the arts organisation Artangel from 2000 to 2013.
As co-founder of the firm Powis & Levete, she was nominated for the Royal Institute of British Architects"s "40 under 40" exhibition in 1985. Recognised as one of the United Kingdom"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.
