Martha Ellen LaGess, Director Martha LaGess is a British-American architect with 25 years’ experience in design, building, and teaching. Born and educated in USA, she was registered in California when she moved to London to study in a Graduate Program at the Architectural Association. Following completion of that program in1988, she worked for James Stirling & Michael Wilford on German and USA projects. As a result of this international experience she joined the start-up team for the new London offices of Kohn Pedersen Fox in 1990. There, after a brief period as job captain on in the City of London, Ms. LaGess held positions as Project Architect and Manager in charge of the Broomielaw Development in Glasgow and Project Manager on the £135M De Hoftoren Office Tower in the Hague, Holland. Shortly after being named London’s first KPF Associate for completing detailed design on time and on budget, Ms. LaGess left KPF to found LaMa Studio in the West End of London.