Nationality United States Occupation Architect | Practice Undisclosable Name Alejandra Lillo | |
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Born September 15, 1972 (age 51) ( 1972-09-15 ) United States Alma mater • Universidad Mendoza Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo • University of California, Los Angeles Awards • 2010 Hospitality Design Magazine, Influential Women in Hospitality Design • 2010 Contract Magazine: Designer of the Year • 2008 D&AD Yellow Pencil Winner • 2007 "The Boutique 18" Young Designer Award, Boutique Design Magazine Education University of California, Los Angeles | ||
Alejandra lillo new orleans recovery series
Alejandra Lillo (born September 15, 1972) is an American designer.
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- Alejandra lillo new orleans recovery series
- Alejandra Lillo Architecture Design Firm
- Early life education and early career
- Career
- Publications
- Speaking engagements
- References
Alejandra Lillo - Architecture & Design Firm
Early life, education and early career
Alejandra was born in Buffalo, New York to Dr. Jose and Elvira Lillo, where she lived until the age of two. Her family moved to Rock Island, Illinois where Alejandra attended Rivermont Collegiate, known then as St. Katharine's St. Mark's Independent College Preparatory School, until 1981. The Lillo family moved to Irvine, California in 1981 where Alejandra continued her grade school education at St. Cecilia School. She attended Irvine High School, graduating in 1990. Shortly thereafter, in 1991, the Lillo family moved to Mendoza, Argentina where Alejandra developed interest in architecture and design, leading to her matriculation into the University of Mendoza's Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, receiving her first professional degree as well as her Architecture License in 2001.
In 2003, she pursued her second professional degree at the School of Architecture and Urban Design at the University of California, Los Angeles, located in Los Angeles, California, graduating in 2004.
Career
Her architectural career began at Corbett Cibinel Architects in 2001, where she focused upon healthcare and educational design.
Alejandra joined Graft, an architectural firm located in Los Angeles, as a lead designer and project manager in 2004. In 2007, she was promoted to a managing partner and the chief executive officer of the company where she led the Los Angeles office until March 2011. During her tenure, Graft aggressively participated in philanthropic enterprises, including Brad Pitt's Make It Right Foundation New Orleans (MIR) with William McDonough + Partners, and Cherokee. MIR work was the centerpiece of the 2009 Clinton Global Initiative.
In February 2011, Lillo co-founded Los Angeles-based design firm Undisclosable. At Undisclosable, she completed architectural work for Jonathan Glazer and J. Spaceman's Untitled: A physical manifestation of “Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Floating in Space" presented by The Creators Project (a partnership with Intel and Vice) at Coachella in April 2011 and in Brooklyn that October.
She has spearheaded architectural, interior, and product design solutions for a wide variety of project types, including healthcare, commercial, residential, cultural, and hospitality; as well as at a variety of scales, from the single-family home to multi-use towers and large scale master plans, maintaining a flexible and often cross-disciplinary attitude in order to create progressive, nimble solutions within a rapidly changing world. These designs espouse the belief in enriching spaces through combining seemingly disparate elements, whether they pertain to the narrative sequences contained within a building, geometry, or materiality.