Lucy Tilley

CEO, London

Lucy Tilley, ARB, RIBA, is CEO of the Adjaye Associates London studio overseeing projects in the United Kingdom, Europe, Middle East, Asia, and Australasia. She has led the company’s growth for over 20 years and has been a key figure in the global success of the practice from many of the firm’s early civic and cultural projects—including the Idea Store community libraries in Whitechapel and Chrisp Street—to the firm’s expansion into commercial, residential, and retail typologies, and international markets—including the Nobel Peace Centre in Oslo, the Aïshti Foundation mixed-use retail and arts complex in Beirut, and the Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi.

Lucy trained at Southbank University and received her Diploma from the Architectural Association. She has served as a juror for the World Architecture Festival (WAF) and as a design review panelist for the RIBA Awards, the University of Westminster, and the Architectural Association, where she has also delivered lectures.