Shawn Adams

Shawn Adams is a London architect, writer and lecturer who works between practice, editorial and video. A graduate of the Royal College of Art’s Architecture MA, he co-founded POoR Collective (Power Out of Restriction), the socially minded practice that won the London Design Festival Emerging Design Medal in 2023, and is Outreach Lead at housing specialist HTA Design.

His films, interviews and essays translate architecture for wider audiences, with more than a hundred published stories for the Financial Times, Wallpaper*, Hypebeast, FRAME, VICE and The World of Interiors, often championing underrepresented voices. He has taught at Central Saint Martins and the Architectural Association, was a RIBAJ Rising Star in 2020, and in 2026 was one of nine creatives asked by Savo to rethink the office chair, shown at 3daysofdesign.