Lindsey Wikstrom
Lindsey Wikstrom is an architect, author, and professor, known for advancing regenerative approaches to design with a focus on material innovation, biodiversity, and non-extractive processes. As the Founding Principal of Mattaforma, she leads the design of all projects big and small, public and private. She has been invited to contribute to notable publications, including the publication of her own book Designing the Forest and Other Mass Timber Futures (Routledge, 2023), has moderated conversations with global leaders, and is a frequent public speaker. She has taught at Columbia, Yale, Cornell, and Syracuse, and holds a Master of Architecture from Columbia University where she was awarded the McKim Prize and Avery 6 Prize. She also is the winner of the SOM Prize, the 2025 New Practices New York Prize and among the World Architect Festival’s Top 40 Under 40.








