Katie Fisher BA, MArch, ARB RIBA, PGDip

Katie is an architect, and educator with a wealth of experience in advocacy, architectural agency and mentorship.

Katie is the founder of CARD (Collaboration, Agency, Research, Design) Projects, a practice which celebrates collaborative design and empowering agency in the built environment. CARD's current work spans the residential, cultural, engagement and public realm sectors.

Named a 2024 RIBA Rising Star for her work promoting inclusion in the industry, Katie also serves as a trustee at the Architects Benevolent Society and is a former co-chair of the Architecture Foundation Young Trustees. Katie currently sits on the RIBA National Council, where she is part of the Education Committee and the co-chair of the Finding and Accessing Architecture Expert Advisory Group.

Katie Fisher is a founding member of the Professional Architect Mentors (PAM), a collective of early-career architects dedicated to bridging education and practice. She mentors on various programmes supporting young creatives and underrepresented talent including the Design Museum’s Ardagh Young Creatives, Built By Us and the Social Mobility Foundation.

Prior to this role, Katie has experience working in architecture and worked across a range of sectors including housing, cultural, retrofit and higher education. This experience includes estate regeneration at Grounded Practice Ltd and part of the wider Museum of London redevelopment at Stanton Williams Architects.

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