Sumayya Vally, Counterspace Photo by Marilyn Clark. Winner: Emerging architect of the year 2023. South African architect Sumayya Vally.. Sumayya Vally is founder of Counterspace, an award-winning ...

A thunderstorm raged in the background as I spoke to the architect Sumayya Vally over the phone from her hometown of Johannesburg, South Africa. Luckily, the 30-year-old architect knows how to ...

Looking at each individual project by Sumayya Vally, it’s hard to pinpoint a ‘signature’ look or subject. There are installations, film and sound pieces, projects around food, community-focused ...

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South African architect Sumayya Vally was propelled to global prominence for designing the 2020 Serpentine Pavilion in London, UK. Due to the pandemic, the structure was not inaugurated till the ...

Sumayya Vally, the founder of South African architecture studio Counterspace, has been named on the Time100 Next list of people "poised to make history". Vally, who is designing this year's ...

Sumayya Vally, architect, curator, and founder of Counterspace architecture office, joins the jury for the 2024 Obel Award.This international architectural prize, organized by the Henrik Frode ...

South African architect Sumayya Vally is collaborating with creative platform To.org to create a geometric wellness and fitness centre, designed for the refugee community in Kakuma, Kenya. Named ...

For Sumayya Vally, architecture goes beyond designing buildings. The Johannesburg-based architect, who’s appearing at two events at the upcoming Sydney Design Week, sees her practice through multiple ...

Sumayya Vally's Counterspace wins competition to design Asiat-Darse pedestrian bridge honoring migrant communities and horticulturalist Paul Panda Farnana in Belgium.

Founder of Counterspace, a Johannesburg-based collaborative architectural studio, Sumayya Vally has been named among Time magazine's top 100 emerging leaders who are shaping the future in its 2021 ...