Agata Kurzela, Creative Director, Agata Kurzela Studio

Kurzela launched her practice in 2020. A blend of contemporary creativity, technological insight, and contextual awareness distinguishes her studio’s work. Her niche is trandforming functional, poetically engaging spaces across various disciplines, including product design, installations, interior design, and architecture. Kurzela supports her clients from concept to completion with projects of differing scales throughout the Middle East, Europe, and beyond.

She holds a Master of Science in Engineering, specializing in Architecture and Urban Planning, from Gdańsk University of Technology, and has studied Sustainable Community Development through a collaboration between Uppsala Technical University and the Technical University of Gdansk. Among her recent projects is the interiors of the Zayed National Museum. The project was achieved through a curatorial, research-led process; integrating architectural scale with material intimacy, bringing together established and emerging regional voices through extensive collaborations with local designers, artisans, and makers. Earlier projects include a Government Office and a Royal Lounge for Formula One in Abu Dhabi.

Architecture for Kurzela was something she describes as a convergence of two separate pursuits. “As a child, I would happily spend hours with my nose buried in mathematics books, fascinated by logic, patterns, and problem-solving. In quite a contrast, some of my fondest memories are of sitting with my grandfather on his sunlit patio; a paint palette in hand, painting together for hours,” she shares. “A fascination with space itself came later – its depth, proportions, and the way we experience it.”