Amanda Levete (b. 1955, Bridgend, Wales) is the founder and principal of AL_A, the London studio she established in 2009. Trained at the Architectural Association, she worked with Richard Rogers before becoming a partner at Future Systems in 1989, where she co-designed landmark projects including the Lord’s Media Centre and Selfridges in Birmingham. Since founding AL_A, Levete has completed the Exhibition Road Quarter at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the MAAT museum in Lisbon, and Central Embassy in Bangkok — work distinguished by fluid, research-driven forms and a strong civic sensibility. In 1999 she became one of the first women to win the RIBA Stirling Prize. She was appointed CBE for services to architecture, received the Jane Drew Prize, and is an Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and a Royal Academician.