lisa fathalla
Architect / Practice DirectorBVN
Lisa is an architect and Practice Director at BVN in Sydney where she co-facilitates the BVN Mentoring Program, Design Conversations, and Women's Support Crew Network.
In her work, she feels a profound responsibility to create places that respect, interpret and celebrate the history and complexity of the urban environment and the people occupying it. The principles of Connecting with Country and a deep understanding of place is at the forefront of her approach. She is an innovative thinker, always looking to augment and streamline the design process with digital technologies and complex analytical and automation tools.
Lisa is as hopeless a romantic as she is a relentless pragmatist.
She understands how a building's broadest setting and smallest detail contribute to its success, relevance and beauty. She is at her best when solving complex, multifaceted problems to provide well considered and comprehensively tested design outcomes.
Lisa has always been surrounded by extraordinary women which has had an immeasurable impact on her life and career.