Senior Associate
BArch, MArch
London, UK
Anat Stern

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Anat joined ZHA in 2006. Her extensive international portfolio includes projects across China, Japan, Australia, South America, Europe, the Middle East, and the UK. With extensive experience in built projects and construction, her expertise spans diverse typologies, including civic mixed-use projects, cultural buildings, residential towers, private villas, hospitality spaces, offices, and transportation.


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Featured Projects
From a US$1.9 billion mixed-use beachfront development with panoramic views of Dubai’s coast and skyline, to a transformation of a Gunpowder Store from 1805 into a public art gallery, discover highlights of Anat's notable projects at ZHA

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Anat completed her Bachelor of Architecture in Architecture and Urbanism at the Bezalel Academy of Arts & Design in Jerusalem and the Technion Israeli Institute of Technology in Haifa. She obtained her Master of Architecture and Urbanism from the Design Research Laboratory (DRL) at the Architectural Association (AA) in London.
Anat has lectured extensively across Israel, Europe, and the UK and has taught at the AA and the University of Westminster in London. She has been an invited critic at prominent institutions, including the Bartlett School of Architecture (UCL), London Metropolitan University, Royal College of Art (RCA), University of Westminster, University of Greenwich, and multiple universities in Israel. She was also co-directing the Architectural Association Visiting School in Milan's annual workshops, a collaboration between the AA and the Politecnico di Milano.
Alongside architectural practice, she engages with charitable organisations and regularly volunteers as a mentor, supporting refugees, underprivileged students, and aspiring young architects. Outside of work, she is passionate about sculpture, literature, and music.
Projects
Explore a selection of projects Anat has contributed to since joining ZHA.

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Education
Offices
KAPSARC is a non-profit institution for independent research into policies that contribute to the most effective use of energy to provide social well-being across the globe. KAPSARC develops policies and economic frameworks that reduce the environmental impact and overall costs of energy supply and enable practical technology-based solutions to use energy more efficiently.

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Offices
Mixed Use
Infinitus Plaza is the new global headquarters of Infinitus China. Incorporating work environments designed to nurture connectivity, creativity and entrepreneurship, the new headquarters also includes the group’s herbal medicine research facilities and safety assessment labs as well as a learning centre for conferences and exhibitions.

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Residential
The client explained to the architect, “I want to wake up in the morning and just see blue sky”, to which Zaha replied, “You realise you have to be above the trees?” The form of the residence is defined by its natural topography with fluid geometries emerging from the landscape and remaining partially embedded within the hillside.

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Transport + Infrastructure
Culture
An enclosed interactive space spanning the River Ebro to form a gateway to the Zaragoza Expo 2008, a hybrid of pedestrian footbridge and exhibition pavilion. Four structural elements correspond to specific spatial enclosures, which intersect and brace each other. This fluid, dynamic design interprets the Expo’s theme: ‘Water and Sustainable Development.’

Photograph by Luke Hayes
Culture
Heritage + Regeneration
The Serpentine North Gallery consists of two distinct parts, namely the conversion of a classical 19th century brick structure – The Magazine – and a 21st century tensile structure. The Serpentine North Gallery is thus – after MAXXI in Rome – the second art space where ZHA has created a synthesis of old and new.

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Hospitality
Residential
The Alba is a new US$1.9 billion mixed-use beachfront development designed by ZHA for Omniyat on the Eastern Crescent of Palm Jumeirah with panoramic views of Dubai’s coast and skyline.

Hospitality
Residential
Located in Kodra e Diellit, the fastest-growing district of Tirana, the Nest and Cascades are new additions to the community. Renowned for its colourful post-communist architecture and vibrant café culture, Tirana is the capital of Albania with almost one million residents living within its greater metropolitan region. Progressing rapidly towards European Union membership, the Albanian economy is predicted to grow significantly in the coming years—with Tirana as the centre of its growth.
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