Wanda Dalla Costa, Architect
Wanda Dalla Costa, FRAIC, AIA (she/her) is an architect, member of Saddle Lake Cree Nation, and an advocate for Indigenous peoples. A graduate of SCI-Arc and the University of Calgary, she balances practice and teaching: at Arizona State University she founded and directs the Indigenous Design Collective, while leading Tawaw Architects (www.tawarc.com), a firm licensed in California, Arizona, Ontario, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia. Her practice uses participatory design to create culturally responsive solutions for Indigenous communities across North America, with a portfolio spanning cultural, educational, healthcare, residential, recreational, landscape, and urban projects that spark cross-cultural dialogue. Dalla Costa is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada and a Yerba Buena Center for the Arts 100 honoree (2019), distinctions that recognize her leadership in shifting culture through design and activism.
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