AJ 40 under 40: Yẹmí Àlàdérun
14 December 2020 By Fran Williams, illustration by Simon Hayes
Following spells at Mae and Barbara Weiss, AJ 40 under 40 architect Yẹmí Aládérun is now major projects manager at Islington and Shoreditch Housing Association
Following her studies at Kingston University, where she completed Parts 1-3 plus an additional architecture masters in ‘Thinking Building’, Àlàdérun’s passion for good-quality social housing began at the start of her career working for Mae on projects including Hillington Square in King’s Lynn for Freebridge Community Housing.
She went on to spend more than six years working at Barbara Weiss Architects, where she eventually became an associate, gaining more experience on residential schemes.