WCW: Arch Tosin Osinowo, A Queen Carving A Niche For Herself In The Structural Men’s World

This our WCW features the beautiful queen of Architecture in Nigeria Tosin Osinowo is the lady leading rise for futuristic new look Lagos and for gender inclusivity while creating a niche for herself as a goal-getter, norm breaker and redefiner. Tosin Osinowo

Tosin Osinowo is the founder of cmDesign Atelier, an architecture design consultancy practise based in Lagos, which she founded in 2012.
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One of her firm’s most notable works is the Maryland Mall, which has been nicknamed the “Maryland Blackbox” which opened in June 2016.
Tosin is an indigene of Ikorodu, from Lagos State, she had both her and primary and secondary education Queen’s College, Lagos, before she then decided to follow her passion, and headed to Kingston University where she bagged a bachelor’s degree in Architecture. She got her Master’s degree in Architecture from Bartlett School of Architecture, University College, London where she majored in Urban Design. She also has a diploma from the Architecture Association.

After her education, she went on to work at leading international practices and was part of the design team for the 4th Mainland Bridge proposal in 2008 when she was with Office of Metropolitan Architecture, Rotterdam. She then moved to Nigeria and worked as a Project Architect at one of the leading firms. She was team-lead for the masterplan and corporate head office building for Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) head office in Port Harcourt, among other notable firms/buildings in the country. She left the company and went on to start her own practice in 2012.

Tosin Osinowo started her own company CmDesign Atelier in 2012 in a bid to explore more her appetite of the contemporary African designs aesthetic and work on projects of personal interest.
In 2017 she went on to start a lifestyle furniture line and designs Ilé-Ilà, which are meant to be hand-made in Lagos, Nigeria.
Between 2009 and 2014, Tosin organised and annual event Sho-N-Tel at the University of Lagos, which takes practising professionals back into the studio to present their experiences to undergraduate and postgraduate students. Photo Credit: Getty

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