Giulliana Giorgi

Giulliana Giorgi is an architect, researcher and educator whose work explores how architecture can regain agency by reconnecting with the landscapes, industries and crafts from which buildings emerge. Her research sits at the intersection of tectonics, material culture, extraction, labour and environmental stewardship, developing a methodology that begins with materials rather than form.

She is the recipient of the RIBA Scott Brownrigg Award for Sustainable Development (2024) for Unlocking UK Stone, a national research project investigating opportunities for contemporary load-bearing stone construction through collaborations with quarries, engineers, contractors and industry partners across the UK. In 2025 she was recognised as a RIBA Rising Star.

Giulliana has recently been awarded the Forshaw Studentship, a fully funded PhD by Creative Practice exploring bottom-up stereotomic systems informed by local quarrying practices and regional material ecologies. Alongside research, she teaches architecture, writes, lectures and organises exhibitions that advocate for a deeper understanding of materials as cultural, environmental and architectural resources.

She is currently establishing an independent research-led practice that develops architecture through material literacy, long-term collaboration and close engagement with local industries, seeking new forms of contemporary architecture rooted in place rather than predefined formal languages.