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Karl Singporewala is an architect and designer, b.1983 in Crawley West Sussex.
Karl attended De Montfort University, Leicester School of Architecture from 2001-04 and the University of Brighton 2005-07, where he studied under Christopher Pierce and Chris Matthews, in the architectural studio Mis-Architecture; and also under Jenny Lowe. In 2013, he attended The Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London (UCL).
Between 2005-08 he won numerous international architectural and graduate awards for the theoretical design of a new tidal defence system that complemented and prolonged the life of the Thames Barrier London; this included the RIBA South-East Student award and prizes in excellence from Nagoya University Japan and University of Seoul, South Korean . This all cumulated with Karl being voted ‘One of the UK’s Young Creative Heroes’ at the age of 25 by Channel 4’s 4Talent, with the award presented by Kieran Long and James Pallister of the Architects Journal.
During this period Absorption Light Strategy and Symphony on the Water, were selected and sold in the Royal Academy of Arts Summer Exhibition. This led to meeting Professor Ian Ritchie RA, the curator of the architecture room that year. Since that meeting, Karl has been working at the prestigious Ian Ritchie Architects internationally (Ireland, Kazakhstan, Malta and Turkey) and in the UK, ranging in scale from city masterplanning to unique sculptures. Notable works as part of the team at IRA include King Solomon Academy, Sainsbury Wellcome Centre for Neural Circuits and Behaviour at UCL, the Farsons Business Park and a number of stainless steel sculptures at Turville Park.
Karl has given talks at the Arts University Bournemouth (AUB) and the Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture (Mis-Architecture studio) on design, drawing processes and speculative visions of architecture. His drawings and maquettes can be found in various private collections as well as exhibitions and public galleries.