Lead Designer
London, UK
Leads
Bella Micheletto Lima
Photograph by Frederic Aranda ©
Bella joined ZHA in 2025. In Bella’s early career in Brazil, she focused on infrastructure projects and contributed to the delivery of a built airport in Mozambique and metro stations in Brazil. She continued to work on large-scale infrastructure projects at Foster + Partners before delivering UK-based, residential schemes at Broadway Malyan for over six years. She has led front-end design and planning applications for major urban regeneration projects, often in collaboration with the Berkeley Group. She also freelanced as a London-based consultant specialising in residential projects for four years, while in parallel contributing to senior living and nursing home projects at Life3A.
Inside ZHA
We are architects, designers, coders. Thinkers, creators, innovators. We are a diverse community of 500 people from 55 nations working across 5 global offices. We are ZHA.
Bella completed her Bachelor of Architecture at Mackenzie Presbyterian University in São Paulo and her Master of Architecture and Urbanism at the Design Research Laboratory of the Architectural Association (AA) in London. Outside of work, Bella enjoys cycling through the city and taking in the rhythm of its everyday buzz.
Projects
All scales, all sectors, all budgets. All around the world, and into the virtual world. From small product collaborations to grand masterplans. Whatever the iteration, ZHA’s core commitment never wavers: we are designing a better world.