Isabella Reynolds
Isabella Reynolds has made a unique and progressive contribution to the advancement of architecture and education. She has operated at the intersection of student experience and the broader profession in a skilled and sophisticated manner. She has shown strong leadership among the student cohort in the area of interdisciplinary design and collaboration.
In 2020, Reynolds founded the ongoing Architecture& panel series, which seeks to engage members of the profession in discussions on architecture and its surrounding disciplines. These discussions, made accessible in-person and online, have also been archived and published in the University of Queensland journal Barbara, allowing discourse to reach the broader community. This platform for diverse interdisciplinary engagement provides opportunity for industry leaders, engineers, students, practitioners, CEOs, artists, developers, politicians, urban planners and academics to intermingle and merge in the same physical and ideological spaces.
Reynolds has acted as both student and teacher during her architectural education. While working in a Student of Architecture role at BVN in Brisbane, she established an open-to-all guest lecture program to feature Brisbane artists and emerging architects. The program was accompanied by an in-studio design and art workshop and competition that culminated in an exhibition of works at the Queensland state library. Further, while undertaking her master’s of architecture, she undertook a tutoring role in building technology at her university.
Reynolds has made significant contributions that have benefited the education of her student cohort as well as the broader profession. She operates effectively in cross-disciplinary environments, broadly influencing the profession in a manner that is crossgenerational and noteworthy, considering her years of experience. She provides a precedent for the strong contributions that students can have on the future of the architectural profession.