ABOUT
Oliver Wainwright a writer and photographer based in London.
He has been the architecture and design
critic of the Guardian since 2012. He trained as an architect at the University of Cambridge and the Royal
College of Art, and worked in strategic planning at the Architecture
and Urbanism Unit of the Greater London Authority and at a number of
architecture practices, including OMA in Rotterdam and Muf in London.
He has written extensively on
architecture and design for a wide range of international
publications, from Building Design and the Architects' Journal, to
Icon, Domus and Frieze and has won awards for his in-depth reporting
on the housing crisis and the planning system. He has served as
curatorial advisor to the Architecture Foundation and is a regular
visiting critic and lecturer at a number of architecture schools internationally.
His first book, Inside North Korea, was published by Taschen in 2018, and his photographs have been exhibited in Seoul, Moscow, London and New York.