AA alumna Tosin Oshinowo has featured and been identified in Architectural Digest as an influential architect leading the charge in Lagos, Nigeria, for new-wave design.

Oshinowo’s ‘afro-minimalism’ has earned acclaim in Nigeria for it’s light-suffused residences and hospitality projects. In addition to founding her own architecture firm, cmDesign Atelier, Oshinowo has launched her own lifestyle brand Ilé Ilà (“House of Lines” in Yoruba).

Oshinowo, the recently named curator for the Sharjah biennale, was one of seven architects to feature in Architectural Digest for their work in Lagos.

Image: Sencillo Lagos rental villa on Ilashe island, Nigeria. Phtography by Yagazie Emezi.