Shumi Bose

Biography

Shumi Bose is an academic, curator and editor in the field of architecture and architectural history. She is a Senior Lecturer in Architecture at UAL Central Saint Martins, where she is responsible for coordinating Contextual Studies for BA Architecture, covering architectural history, theory and broader cultural issues. She is an adjunct professor at Syracuse University in London and lectures the Technische Universität Wien. She has curated widely, including at the Venice Biennale of Architecture, the Victoria and Albert Museum and the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Shumi is Chief Editor of KoozArch, and contributes regularly to books and periodicals including Log, PIN-UP and Wallpaper*. She is a broadcaster and co-host of Koozarch’s Space Between audio series, as well as the the second season of The Architecture of Planetary Wellbeing: Between Us for re:arc institute and the first series of BBC’s The Design Dimension.
In 2020 she founded Holdspace, a platform for extracurricular discussions in architectural education. She has served as trustee for the Architecture Foundation (2020-2025) and is currently trustee for Architects for Gaza.