Amanda Levete is the winner of the 2018 Jane Drew Award

Architect Amanda Levete was the winner of the 2018 Jane Drew Prize , which promotes the recognition of women in architecture. The British architect was chosen by the Architects' Journal (AJ) and The Architectural Review for being "an architect who, through serious commitment to professional practice, has strengthened the important role that women have always played in the practice of architecture." "Jane Drew was a trailblazer and led the way for us all, so to receive an award in her name is a huge honour - particularly following on from previous winners such as Zaha [Hadid] and Denise Scott Brown," Levete told Dezeen. "Receiving this award exactly a century after women got the vote in the UK makes it even more special," she added. The architect was part of the prestigious Future Systems firm. Levete won the Stirling Prize for her design of the Lord's Media Centre in 1999. In 2009, she founded the AL_A firm in London and began to forge her own path.

In 2016, Levete designed the MAAT Museum in Lisbon - a sinuous structure covered in tiles. The building became so popular that the access bridge had to be temporarily closed as a precaution after 15,000 people gathered to admire it during its opening days. opening. AL_A's current projects include the redevelopment of Galeries Lafayette's flagship stores in Paris, a new Maggie's Center in Southampton and a collaboration with artist Anish Kapoor for the Monte St. Angelo metro station in Naples.