After graduating from Canada’s University of Waterloo, Brooks did a short stint as partner at Ron Arad Associates in London before branching out and establishing her own firm. Just three years later, in 1999, Brooks placed third in the UK’s “Young Architect of the Year” competition and was awarded a European Hotel Design and Development Award. In 2008, Brooks won a coveted Stirling Award for her part in the design of a large living development called Accordia. And she’s hardly slowed down since. Her unique and award-winning residential projects can be found all throughout Britain and Germany.