Cora Kwiatkowski

Associate Director

Expert panel member

Cora is an architect with over 20 years’ international experience, Head of Universities at Stride Treglown, and an RIBA Client Adviser with a special focus on strategic advice, briefing and user experience.

With her strong design background and a human-centric approach, she has been responsible for high-value and change-inspiring projects, including higher education, mixed-use and workplace schemes in the UK and across Europe.

Cora, as co-chair for the Design Review Panel at the Design Commission for Wales (DCfW) and Design West, promotes and encourages design excellence and placemaking. She is also a Design Commissioner for DCfW, Board Trustee for Design West and co-chairs the Research Group at the University Design Forum.

Latest contributions

NLA Education Expert Panel: Dr Nagham El Elani on Embodied Learning Spaces

Education & Health

29 September 2026

NLA Education Expert Panel: Dr Nagham El Elani on Embodied Learning Spaces

Cora Kwiatkowski shares insights from NLA’s Education Expert Panel on Dr Nagham El Elani’s research into how movement and flexible spaces can support learning.

Education Expert Panel's first meeting of 2026

Education & Health

12 February 2026

Education Expert Panel's first meeting of 2026

Written by Cora Kwiatkowski, the NLA Education Expert Panel held their first meeting of 2026 to rethink learning spaces, AI-era skills and schools as community hubs.

Built Environment Technology, Conservation & Heritage, Culture, Education & Health, Housing, Industrial & Logistics, Innovation, Net Zero, Planning, Retail & Hospitality, Tall Buildings, Technical, Transport & Infrastructure, Work

15 January 2026

Expert Panels 2025 Summaries

As we kick off 2026 Expert Panels, panel chairs share summaries, recommendations, reflections and key findings from across the 2025 meetings, visits and debates.

Expert panel member