Bridget Smyth is an architect, urban designer and advocate for public art.

She is the City Architect/ Executive Manager City Design and Public Art at City of Sydney. She has held this role since 2001. She leads the organisations strategic urban design, public space and public art programs. Bridget co-directed Sustainable Sydney 2030 and Sustainable Sydney 2030 to 2050. Bridget was Design Director for the Sydney 2000 Olympics from 1996 to 2001 and prior to that Bridget worked in private practice in the United States on the US $14 billion Big Dig project in Boston and Wood Marsh Architects and Hassell in Melbourne.

Bridget holds a Masters Degree in Design (Urban Design) from Harvard University’s GSD and a Bachelor of Architecture (Hons) from the University of Melbourne.

She was awarded the 2014 Marion Griffin Prize and the 2016 NSW President’s Prize. Bridget sits on the board of the Placemaking New South Wales, Lenity charity and the UTS Design and Built Environment School Dean's Advisory Council.

Bridget is a founding ambassador for the Venice Architecture Biennale and a Life Fellow of the Australian Institute of Architects.