Canadian architect Alison Brooks was born in Toronto in 1962. She moved to London in 1988 and founded her own practice in 1996. Throughout her career, in addition to Canada and the UK, she has built in Sweden, Italy, Germany, and Australia. She is also the only UK architect to have received the country's three most prestigious awards for completed works: the RIBA Stirling Prize, the Stephen Lawrence Prize, and the Manser Medal. Brooks is currently in Barcelona as one of the subjects of a documentary at the new edition of the Barq architecture film festival. Forested future. Our restaurant, our relationship with the natural world (Thursday at the Girona cinemas at 6 pm), directed by Petr Krejčí, and sponsored by the American Hardwood Export Council (AHEC). She will also give a talk at the Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC).