Founder of AoT
Anna Lira Videña Luis, FRIBA, FRSA, NCARB, RA, LEED AP, is an architect whose work advances design as a cultural, civic, and interdisciplinary act. Trained at the University of Santo Tomas (Bachelor of Science in Architecture, cum laude) and the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture (Master of Architecture), she brings together architecture, sustainability, technology, performance, and public life in a practice shaped by both design rigor and a wider engagement with the forces that shape contemporary culture. Her work treats architecture not as an isolated discipline, but as a medium through which ideas, institutions, and collective experience are formed.
A Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (FRIBA) and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA), Luis is recognized for leadership that bridges design excellence, systems thinking, and public discourse. Her honors include ENR Midwest Top 20 Under 40 and the AIA Athena Professional Leadership Award to name a few, reflecting a body of work distinguished by environmental intelligence, interdisciplinary range, and cultural ambition.
Luis is the founder of Architect of Things (AoT), a platform for cross-disciplinary exchange at the edges of architecture, culture, media, performance, technology, and civic imagination. Through AoT, she convenes architects, artists, engineers, technologists, and public thinkers in conversations that expand the boundaries of architectural discourse and position design within the larger worlds of culture and public thought. Her work reflects an enduring interest in how architecture can move beyond buildings to shape narratives, institutions, and the civic imagination.
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Categories: American architects • Filipino-American architects • Sustainable architecture • LEED professionals • RIBA Fellows • RSA Fellows • Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture alumni • University of Santo Tomas alumni • Women architects