Olajumoke Olufunmilola Adenowo is an architect, and founder of AD Consulting an architecture and interior design company, which she started in 1994.
She graduated from Obafemi Awolowo University, with a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Architecture, and worked as an Assistant Architect at Towry Coker Associates.
Adenowo founded AD Consulting at 25 years, and since its inception, AD Consulting has been involved in the design and construction of more than 70 projects, which include Nigerian government buildings, private residences, healthcare facilities, industrial complexes, and corporate and financial institutions.
She was inspired to study architecture by visits to Paris and the Palais de Versailles as a young child, as well as living on the Obafemi Awolowo University campus.
CNN described her as “Africa’s Starchitect”, and The Guardian (Nigeria), has described her as “the face of Architecture in Nigeria”.
In 2018 she was recognized by the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), as one of the inspirational women in architecture today. Adenowo has been featured in the architectural journal Architectural Record.