About
H.J.E. Wenckebachweg 144, 1114AD Amsterdam
mail@killingarchitects.com (protonmail)
Killing Architects is a studio for architecture and digital media, based in the Netherlands. We use our architecture and urban planning skills to investigate human rights and social justice issues and then use our design skills to develop effective ways of telling those stories. The studio was founded by Alison Killing in 2011.
Alison Killing is an architect and investigative journalist. In 2021 she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, together with Megha Rajagopalan and Christo Buschek for an investigation that uncovered a secret network of detention camps in Xinjiang, China.
What we do
Investigations
We use architecture and urban planning skills to investigate human rights and social justice issues, from surveillance in cities to migration to prison networks.
Storytelling
We use design to develop effective ways to communicate about the issues that we work on, from interactive exhibitions about death, to data visualisations on irregular migration.
Training
We organise workshops and lectures to train others in investigation and design skills and develop written guides for activists and journalists.
Funders, clients and partners
Team
Teams are brought together on a project by project basis, to ensure that each project has the specialist skills needed to carry it out at a high level. - architects, graphic designers, editors, developers, UX designers, researchers, sound designers, UX/UI designers, producers. If you're interested in working with us, please get in touch with us via the form below.
Killing Architects is led by Alison Killing
Team and collaborators to date:
Stephen Kirk; Ania Molenda; George Wilson; LUST; Alessandro Borgomainerio, AB Venice; Abigail Batchelor, Rachel Engler; Magnus Weightman; Giulia Milza and Maria Azzurra Rossi, mintLIST; Sabina Arbouw; Kuno Mayr; Daryl Mulvihill; Harald van der Sluys Veer; Kate Crawford; Camillo Boano; Gilly Karjevsky and Kerem Halbrecht, 72 Hour Urban Action; Sarah Cook; Josie Gardiner, Alison Killing, Michelle Feuerlicht; Mike Robbins; Thomas Lievestro; Anik See; Sarah Saaey; Asja Keeman; Bora Yoon; Omar Shamil Mohammed, Nayief Salameh; Michelle Chakkalackal; Luke Gilder; Elnathan John; Nadia Asfour; Zarghuna Kargar; Marnie Chesterton; Nayief Salameh; Benjamin Thomas White; BuzzFeed News; Tactical Technology Collective; Het Nieuwe Instituut, Lighthouse Reports, Bellingcat
Get in touch
If you’d like to work with us, have a press query or anything else, you can get in touch with us here.