Manijeh Verghese is the Director of Sphere Spaces, a design and curatorial practice interested in widening access to who can participate in conversations about architecture and culture. Manijeh was co-curator of The Garden of Privatised Delights– the 2021 British Pavilion at the 17th International Venice Architecture Biennale and was the interpretation specialist for theSouth Asia Gallery at the Manchester Museum in partnership with the British Museum that was co-curated by a collective of over 30 local experts. She is the Head of Public Engagement at the Architectural Association (AA) School of Architecture, where she also teaches the design studio Diploma Unit 12. She is currently one of the Mayor of London’s Design Advocatesand an External Examiner for the M.Arch programme at The Bartlett, UCL. She is on the Board of Trustees for theArchitecture Foundation and a member of the advisory board for The DisOrdinary Architecture Project.