Amanda Sturgeon is an architect and champion of sustainable architecture through practices like regenerative design and biophilic design. [1] Previously CEO of the International Living Future Institute, [2] she joined Mott MacDonald as the Regenerative Design Lead for the Asia Pacific Region in 2020. [3] [4] In late 2023, she became the CEO of The Biomimicry Institute.
She was elected a 2013 fellow for the American Institute of Architects and a 2013 fellow at Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. [5] In 2005, she got a Women in Sustainability Leadership Award. [6] She gave a TED talk in 2018 as part of TEDMED. [2] Amanda Sturgeon contributed to the collection of essay and fiction by women in the climate change movement All We Can Save. [7]
As of 2022, Sturgeon is a member of the board of Climate Action Network Australia Inc. [8] [9]
She is the author of Creating Biophilic Buildings (Ecotone, 2017).
Sturgeon was born in England, went to school in the Australia, and started her architecture practice in the United States. [4] She completed a Bachelor of Science at the University of Sydney and a Masters of Architecture from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. [10]
Amanda Sturgeon is an architect and champion of sustainable architecture through practices like regenerative design and biophilic design. [1] Previously CEO of the International Living Future Institute, [2] she joined Mott MacDonald as the Regenerative Design Lead for the Asia Pacific Region in 2020. [3] [4] In late 2023, she became the CEO of The Biomimicry Institute.
She was elected a 2013 fellow for the American Institute of Architects and a 2013 fellow at Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. [5] In 2005, she got a Women in Sustainability Leadership Award. [6] She gave a TED talk in 2018 as part of TEDMED. [2] Amanda Sturgeon contributed to the collection of essay and fiction by women in the climate change movement All We Can Save. [7]
As of 2022, Sturgeon is a member of the board of Climate Action Network Australia Inc. [8] [9]
She is the author of Creating Biophilic Buildings (Ecotone, 2017).
Sturgeon was born in England, went to school in the Australia, and started her architecture practice in the United States. [4] She completed a Bachelor of Science at the University of Sydney and a Masters of Architecture from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. [10]