Tosin Oshinowo

Architect, Designer and Curator Oshinowo Studio, Nigeria

Tosin Oshinowo

Architect, Designer and Curator Oshinowo Studio, Nigeria
Tosin Oshinowo is an architect, designer, curator, and the principal and founder of Oshinowo Studio. She has worked on civic, commercial, and residential projects throughout Nigeria and is renowned for her socially responsive approach to architecture, design, and urbanism. Her work demonstrates a strong interest in architectural history while embodying a contemporary perspective on African design and innovation. Her designs include a project with the United Nations Development Programme for a village displaced by Boko Haram and the Maryland Mall in Lagos. Her curatorial work focuses primarily on concerns of culture and identity, embodying a contemporary perspective of urbanism in the global South. She co-curated the second Lagos Biennial and the second Sharjah Architecture Triennial. She will participate in the 19th Venice Architecture Biennale with her project, An Alternative Urbanism: Self-organising Lagos Markets.She has a BA in Architecture from Kingston University London, an MSc in Development and Planning: Building and Urban Design in Development from the University College London, and a Masters in Business for Architecture and Design from IE University Madrid. She is a 2025 Harvard Loeb Fellow at the Graduate School of Design.
Last updated: Nov 05, 2025

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