Sumayya Vally, the founder of South African architecture studio Counterspace, has been named on the Time100 Next list of people "poised to make history".
Vally, who is designing this year's Serpentine pavilion, is the principal of Johannesburg-based architecture studio Counterspace.
She was the only architect named on the list that aims to "highlight 100 emerging leaders who are shaping the future".
This is the second annual Time100 Next list, which is published as an expansion to the long-running Time100 list.
Top: Sumayya Vally. Above: her studio Counterspace is designing this year's Serpentine Pavilion
Vally was included on the list as the editors of Time believe that she is someone that is set to have an impact on the world. "Everyone on this list is poised to make history," said Dan Macsai, editorial director of the Time100. "And in fact, many already have."

As the principal of Counterspace, Vally's most significant project to date is her commission to design this year's Serpentine pavilion.
Vally will be the youngest architect to design the prestigious pavilion, which has previously been created by some of the world's most significant architects including Zaha Hadid, Diébédo Francis Kéré, Bjarke Ingels, Sou Fujimoto, Jean Nouvel and Peter Zumthor.

Counterspace's pavilion, which was delayed from 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic, will refer to the experiences of London's migrant communities in its design.
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