Anabel Fernández Rubio

Architect and urban planner with over two decades of international professional experience. Graduated from the Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona (UPC), RIBA Part III from the Architectural Association (London), and the Master’s in Innovation and Technologies for Development (UPM and UCM).

Until 2024, I led large-scale, technically complex international architecture and urban development projects from London (UK) at Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates and F3 Architects. Alongside my professional practice, I have been a visiting lecturer at the Bartlett School of Planning (UCL), contributing to teaching and mentoring in planning and urban design. Through my experience in both practice and academia, I bring deep expertise in collaborative design processes, urban and territorial strategy, and interdisciplinary work.

I work at the intersection of architecture, urban-territorial systems planning, and design-driven research. I am a licensed architect in Spain and the United Kingdom, as well as a LEED AP ND. I specialize in designing spaces and processes that facilitate multi-stakeholder collaboration and collective decision-making.

“I continue to seek beauty, regeneration and active listening. I am driven to revitalise existing structures and overlooked communities, and to challenge the status quo. I am passionate about moving between megacities and villages. Every day presents an opportunity to forge bonds of trust and repair the social fabric, shaping a future habitat that is more humane, beautiful, and just.”