Charlotte Skene-Catling

Charlotte Merilyn Skene-Catling (born 1965) is a British architect, who founded and is director of the architectural practice Skene Catling de la Peña in London, England.

The daughter of Patrick Skene Catling and Diane Skene Catling (née Wheeler-Nicholson), she was born in October 1965.[1][2]

Skene-Catling studied architecture at the University of Westminster, graduating in 1992. In 2003, she and Jaime de la Peña founded London-based architectural practice "Skene Catling de la Peña"[1] which has completed projects on sites in the UK, New York, Berlin, Moscow and Beijing.[3] Many of her designs are informed by an approach to architecture she calls "geoarchaeology" which involves examining the geological and historical layers of a site.[4][5][6]

As an educator she has taught architecture to postgraduate groups at the Royal College of Art and at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology.[4]

Notable projects and awards

She was included as one of Wallpaper* Magazine's "Top 50 Young Architects in the World" in 2008.[3]

In 2015 her work on the Flint House, Buckinghamshire was recognised by the award of the RIBA House of the Year.[7][8] Channel 4 featured the house as part of the Grand Designs: House of the Year series in November 2015.[9][note 1]

She was shortlisted for the Architectural Review's Women in Architecture Award in 2016[10] and was named as one of Debrett's "500 People of Influence", under the Architecture & Design section, in both 2016[4][11] and 2017.[12] Skene-Catling and Manuel Toledo-Otaegui created the first film festival in the UK dedicated to the topics of film and architecture; the Arch Film Fest was first held in 2017.[13]

Skene-Catling embarked on a collaboration in 2020 with the Factum Foundation, which had been setup by Adam Lowe (Skene-Catling's husband and the founder of Factum Arte), to purchase the 28m high wood chip silo at Toppila, Finland[14] so that it could be repurposed into a performance, exhibition and event space.[5] The silo, which was erected in 1931 and was voted “the ugliest building in Oulu” in a public poll in 2009,[15] was the first industrial building designed by Alvar and Aino Aalto,[15] it is now designated and protected by the Finnish Heritage Agency as a nationally important protected building.[16]

Personal life

Skene-Catling was engaged to Malcolm McLaren in the 1990s, they collaborated on writing projects, film scripts and on design for men's and women's fashion wear.[1][17][5][18]

In 2016 she married the artist Adam Lowe, founder of Factum Arte.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Skene Catling, Charlotte Merilyn, (Mrs Adam Lowe)". Who's Who. A & C Black. 2025. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U287365. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ "Patrick Skene Catling, comic writer who squired Jane Russell and interviewed Mickey Mouse". The Telegraph. 21 January 2026. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  3. ^ a b "Skene Catling de la Peña on Architizer". Architizer. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  4. ^ a b c "2021 Judges: Charlotte Skene Catling". Deezen. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  5. ^ a b c Smith, Sukie. "Charlotte Skene Catling Rebel With a Cause in conversation with Sukie Smith" (PDF). Futuro. pp. 98–104. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  6. ^ "Apple podcast- A is for Architecture: Charlotte Skene Catling: From geoarcheology to architecture" (Podcast). 18 October 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  7. ^ Mark, Laura (25 November 2015). "Flint House named RIBA House of the Year". Architects Journal. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  8. ^ "Flint House". Waddesdon Manor. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  9. ^ "Grand Designs: House of the Year". Channel 4. Retrieved 6 March 2026.
  10. ^ Booth, Emily (10 February 2016). "Women in Architecture Awards 2016: shortlists revealed". Architectural Review. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  11. ^ Mark, Laura (26 January 2016). "Woman Architect of the Year joins big names on list of influential architects". Architects Journal. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  12. ^ "Debrett's 500 List: Architecture & Design". The Telegraph. 20 January 2017. Archived from the original on 20 January 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  13. ^ "Reel to Real". Architecture Today. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  14. ^ "Alvar Aalto's Toppila Sulphite Pulp Mill". Visit Finland. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  15. ^ a b Sun, Lei; Guardigli, Luca (14 January 2026). "Activating modern industrial heritage conservation. The revitalization of Toppila Silo in the perspective of Alvar Aalto's architecture". Nature: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications. 13. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  16. ^ "Toppilan satama ja teollisuusalue (Toppila Harbour and Industrial Area)". RKY.fi (in Finnish). Finnish Heritage Agency. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  17. ^ Gorman, Paul (2020). The Life and Times of Malcolm McLaren: The Biography. Constable. pp. 667 et seq. ISBN 978-1472121103. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  18. ^ "London School of Architecture Show and Tell: Artful Architecture". Design Museum. 14 January 2016. Retrieved 4 March 2026.
  1. ^ Featured on episode 1 and 4, with Skene-Catling appearing in episode 4
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