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2026 COLLABORATORS

 
 

Our Collaborators

Meet our Collaborators, bringing together a diverse group of respected voices from across architecture, design and image-making, the Collaborators panel reflects the breadth of thinking shaping creative practice today. Each member has been invited for their distinct perspective, experience and influence within creative fields, offering audiences insight into the people driving new ideas, challenging conventions and championing the value of visual culture across the industry

The panel will be judging the new Collaborator’s Choice medal, recognising talents who are visual representation through originality and craft of technology

 
 
 

Steven Rubio | Founder of Show it Better

Steven Rubio is a Colombian architect and the founder of Show It Better, a global educational platform dedicated to architectural representation and visual storytelling. His work explores how drawings communicate ideas, bridging traditional craft with emerging digital tools. Through videos, courses, and workshops, Steven helps architects develop clearer, more intentional visual workflows used by a worldwide community of students and professionals.

 
 

Lauren Sinclair | Co-Director of Sinclair Collective

Lauren Sinclair is the co-director of Sinclair Collective, a New York based spatial design practice and an architecture critic. With over a decade of architectural practice, Lauren has previously worked as the Design Manager at Americas for The Standard Hotels and as a designer at SOM (NYC) and Kinzo (Berlin). She holds an MArch from Pratt Institute.  Outside of traditional practice, Lauren also engages with the design community as an influencer on TikTok (@industrythotleader), where she breaks down the impact of architecture on culture.

 
 

Wassim El Fallaki

Wassim El Fallaki has been studying Architecture at Delft University of Technology since 2023. During his studies, he has developed a strong passion for architectural visualisation and representation, recognising the importance of clear communication within design. Through rational, purposeful design, he aims to create sustainable, long-term, highly functional architecture. In August 2025, Wassim founded @wefarch to document his architectural journey and share knowledge and experience with designers worldwide, supporting them in developing clear and professional architectural representation.

 
 
 

Charlotte Huppertz

Charlotte Huppertz is a 26-year-old architecture student with a passion for both architecture and interior design. She is particularly interested in how spatial design influences the way people live, feel and interact with their surroundings. Through her work, she explores thoughtful detailing, materiality, and the relationship between concept and atmosphere.

 
 
 

Hunter Carey

Hunter Carey is a MArch student at the University of California, Berkeley. He enjoys focusing on precise drawings and realistic architectural visualization. He is passionate about creating and sharing design-focused content across social media, translating ideas into clear, compelling imagery while building an engaged audience around architecture and visual storytelling.

 
 
 

Lauren Jasper

Lauren Jasper is a Master of Architecture in Urban Design student at the Harvard Graduate School of Design and a Cornell University architecture alumna. Her work focuses on equitable redevelopment, housing, and the future of post industrial cities, with a particular emphasis on Black communities. Online, Lauren makes architecture and urban design accessible to a growing audience of students and young creatives, sharing lessons from studio, professional practice, and the everyday realities of design education.

 
 
 

Chris Baker

Chris Baker graduated from the University of Nottingham (BArch, 2021) and The Bartlett (MArch, 2025) and is now a Part II Architectural Assistant at Foster + Partners. Alongside practice, Chris creates digital content exploring his student and personal projects, and the process behind crafting architectural images and animations. Bridging the gap between architecture, filmmaking and CGI, he constructs atmospheric, narrative-driven worlds, often combining digital workflows with hand drawing. Chris approaches architecture as a storytelling medium, placing equal emphasis on visual effects, cinematography and spatial design. His work can be found on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube @chrisbakerdigital.

 
 
 

Afifa

Afifa is a spatial architectural designer and BArch graduate from Newcastle University, currently studying for her MArch. She has been freelancing across architectural and visual design projects, with a particular interest in concept-driven design, representation, and storytelling through drawings. She is always excited by work that explores new ways of communicating architecture, from early ideas to final visuals.