Gilma Teodora Gylytė is a driving force in human-oriented architecture and an influential voice of a new generation of architects in Lithuania. In 2013, after professional practice in the Netherlands, Switzerland, and Germany, Gilma co-founded the leading, award-winning DO ARCHITECTS office. Since 2022, she has been running an initiative called 'Rebuild the Wonderful,' which unites architectural transformation practices in Eastern and Central Europe, aiming to help Ukraine after the war. Gilma is an active member of the Architects’ Chamber of Lithuania and a vigorous internationally acclaimed keynote speaker.
Gilma Teodora Gylytė's practice focuses on humane architecture and the relationship between spatial and social aspects. Therefore, the award at the National Architecture Awards of Lithuania (NAA) 2023 for the reconstruction of the kindergarten "Pelėdžiukas" was significant. The project was selected as the winner in the socio-cultural architecture category.
Furthermore, together with her team, Gilma has already been nominated seven times for Europe's most prestigious Mies van der Rohe Award for Contemporary Architecture and has won six main prizes at the annual Lithuanian Contemporary Architecture Awards.
