Annette Fisher

an award-winning UK trained female Architect of Nigerian descent. Focuses on mixed-use projects that make a social impact on communities and the built environment.

Annette Amanda Oyèkúnlé Fisher is a renowned British/Nigerian architect, managing partner of FA Global, founder and cochair of Unionne a consortium of female-led architects’ practices. She is also an accomplished author, having written the popular guidebook “Oyinbo: A Foreigner’s Guide to Living in Lagos”. Annette is a champion for women and diversity in the field of architecture, and she chairs the Let’s Build a Televised forum, which aims to promote greater diversity in practice.

Let’s Build and Unionne were finalists at London Construction Awards 2022. Unionne recently won a place on the LHC/Southwark framework 2021, and are pioneers, one of 14 firms appointed out of 78 applicants.

Annette has had a distinguished career, having previously served as Vice President of RIBA. She was both the first black woman elected to RIBA Council in 1999 and RIBA Nominated Presidential candidate in 2002. She is also a trustee of the Commonwealth Association of Architects, former Alternate CAA Regional VP Europe and currently serves as a professional part-time RIBA Part 3 Tutor at Westminster University in London.

Annette’s contributions to the field of architecture have been recognized through numerous awards, including the CAA award for the organization’s 50th anniversary, the Barclays Men & Women of Merit Award, and the NatWest Award for African Professional of the Year.

She has also served as a judge for several architecture and design awards, including the Malta Architecture & Spatial Planning Awards(MASP), the prestigious Civic Trust Awards, the International Design Awards (IDA), the Outstanding Property Award London (OPAL), and Dezeen Awards 2022.

Annette is a former executive council member of the Association of Consultant Architects Nigeria(ACAN) and former Chair Kush Housing Association and Group Board Director for Places for People HA.

Now her mission and ambition are to use her skills, privilege, powers of persuasion, position, and experience to motivate others to greater heights, and transform other people’s lives.

e and her team are spearheading a global mass affordable housing project as sustainable digital villages starting in Nigeria to meet the 25 million housing deficit- delivery of the first prototypes is imminent utilising local materials in innovative and sustainable ways that aim to kick start a thriving housing finance market; and a major UK project showcasing women and minority architects, to be procured, designed and delivered by us and other diverse non-traditional construction professionals through the entire supply chain, to challenge the status quo and paradigm shift about what is possible through collaboration, innovation and diversity.

Previously FA Global won a competition and designed and built the Old Albanians Sports Pavilion- the largest privately owned Rugby and Cricket Club in Europe which sits within the greenbelt in 70 acres accommodating 20 Rugby and Cricket pitches.

FA Global/Unionne recently completed Project Management Interiors for the new Africa Centre, Great Suffolk Street, Southwark.