Fionnuala Heidenreich

Born Sydney, Australia
2002-2018 London, UK
2018-2020 Brooklyn, NYC, USA
2020 - 2024 Sydney, Australia 
2024 - current, Lucca, Pisa, Italy

1997- 1999 Bachelor of Fine Arts, College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Australia
2002-2006 BA Arch RIBA PART I, Architectural Association School of Architecture London UK
2007-2009 AA Dip RIBA PART II, Architectural Association School of Architecture London UK
2012 RIBA PART III Exam in Professional Practice, London Metropolitan University, UK
2023 TEFL Teaching English as Second Language Level 5 168 hour Diploma Certificate

Languages: English and Italian (B2)

I am an architectural designer, artist and teacher. Born in Sydney, Australia, I received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sydney and then undertook all of my architectural studies & qualifications in London. I then lived and worked in the UK, Italy and the USA over a course of 18.5 years. I've worked for both various sized offices and design studios within the UK, USA and Australia and as a registered sole trader- on projects within the sectors of Masterplan design, Private Residential (new and existing build), Community projects, Hospitality & Retail (boutique hotel teams and restaurants), Commercial and Urban. 

I have been a part of community-focused projects in the south of Mexico working alongside local craftspeople and builders, as well as leading a community group to establish a Bush Food garden with native edible plants in Sydney, Australia with the input of First Nation's horticulturalists. I have also exhibited my sculpture and ceramics work in Mexico (Estudio Abierto, Oaxaca City Mexico 2022), Sydney, Australia (Conversations on Shadow Architecture, Dominic Mersch Gallery 2022), NYC ( De Construkt Gallery 2019) and in Bella Italia (UNIDEE Cittadellaarte Fondazione 2016).

I have taught within the Department of Architecture and the Built Environment at Nottingham Trent University in the UK, as well as teaching English as a second language to adults one-to-one in Europe and NYC, to groups of students between the ages of 7-18 and levels A1 and C1 to prepare them for undertaking both the Cambridge and Trinity Exams in Europe. I have also taught group art-making and ceramic-making classes to adults and adolescents in both Australia and the UK.