Lisa Iwamoto

Design, Materials Research and Fabrication.

Lisa Iwamoto researches new materials and fabrication techniques for architectural design. Her creative work is centered in her design practice, IwamotoScott Architecture, which she co-founded in 2002. Both her research and teaching focus on design synthesis and the innovative coherence of material, technological, spatial, geometric, and contextual constraints of building. Her work includes innovative design at multiple scales, including installations, buildings and interiors, and urban proposals. IwamotoScott has received numerous awards including the Cooper Hewitt/Smithsonian National Design Award, induction into Interior Design Magazine’s Hall of Fame, the Architectural League’s Emerging Voices and Young Architects, Architectural Record’s Design Vanguard, ACADIA’s Digital Practice Award of Excellence, and more than 20 AIA Design Awards, including a National Award, P/A Award, and numerous other architecture and interior awards. Iwamoto was recognized as Next Generation Leader by Architectural Record’s Women in Design.

The work of her firm has been published in hundreds of journals and exhibited in numerous museums and galleries. Iwamoto received her master of architecture with distinction from Harvard University, and a bachelor of science degree in structural engineering from the University of Colorado. She is author of Digital Fabrications: Architectural and Material Techniques published in 2009 by Princeton Architectural Press.