Takbir Fatima is an architect, educator, and entrepreneur, and the founder of DesignAware, an interdisciplinary design and experimental architecture studio. She completed her MArch in Architecture + Urbanism at the Architectural Association, London (2011). She also founded the Fractals Workshop (focused on generative design and computation) and BuildAware (a fabrication and construction initiative). She serves as Adjunct Faculty at the Boston Architectural College and CEPT University, focusing on digital fabrication, prototyping, and computational design.
She is also Senior Curator and Exhibition Designer at the Museum of Science Fiction and has been a Senior Fellow at T-Works. With over 14 years of experience, her work spans design, fabrication, construction, entrepreneurship, fundraising, and education. Takbir works at the intersection of design, technology, and community, applying emerging technologies to socially relevant and craft-based initiatives. In 2023, she won the Regenerative Futures AI design competition (Symbiotic Futures category) for her project WombHome: Decolonizing Nature, exhibited at SPACE10 Copenhagen. She also delivered a keynote at the UIA World Congress of Architects 2023 on architecture and AI.
Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at Roca London Gallery, India Design ID, and Dubai Design Week. She was invited by India’s Ministry of Culture to present HeliX 2.0 at the 2023 India Art, Architecture & Design Biennale. She is featured in 100 Women: Architects in Practice (RIBA).DesignAware, based in Hyderabad and Dubai, focuses on data-driven and socially relevant design and has received recognitions, including Surfaces Salutes 2025 and nominations for the RA Dorfman Prize and Dezeen Awards.Takbir is also a mentor, juror, and speaker across global institutions and initiatives, and has led fundraising efforts supporting education and displaced workers during COVID-19.
