Tanya Kalinina, PhD RUA BA (Hons) Dip.Arch

 Founding partner of McAdam Architects 

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Studied at Moscow Architectural Institute and Canterbury School of Architecture

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On graduation worked for Theo Crosby (Pentagram) and with Ian Ritchie

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Initiator of the ice-breaking Project Imagination seminars with Catherine Cooke in 1992

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Established the Moscow office of Will Alsop and worked as director from 1993 – 2000

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Co-founder of Ask Architects with Eugene Asse 1997 – 2000

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Presented Golden Section Award by Union of Moscow Architects in 1999

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Visiting tutor at Kuban State University and external examiner for East London University

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Completed PhD Practice Research Program with RMIT under direct supervision of Leon van Schaik in Barcelona in 2014

Co-founder of Architectural Development Initiative MBBK, London 2014