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Lily
Jencks
Cofounder
,LilyJencksStudio, JencksSquared
Lily Jencks is the cofounder of JencksSquared. The offices’ passion is to make content-driven forms that create strong
identities for meaningful public interaction through architecture, landscape and landart projects in the UK and abroad.
Her work spans the scale from intimate courtyards to large public parks.
Lily is on the board of Maggies Centres UK, Hong Kong, and previously was on the board of Maggies UK. Lily herself
worked on the gardens of the Maggies centres in Glasgow, and Hong Kong. Lily studied at Columbia University and
holds a Masters in both Architecture and Landscape Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania. She teaches an
experimental design unit at the Architectural Association in London, currently investigating ecological principles in the
design of museums.
Lily is the recipient of a Grace Humanitarian Award from Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, an honour
award from the American Institute of Landscape Architects, a Silver Medal Arthur Spruy Brooke Memorial Prize for
Architecture Design. Recent awards for her architectural work include the Glasgow Institute of Architects “Supreme
Award”, and the RICS “Design through innovation Award”.