Liam Young

Liam Young is an Australian-born film director and architect. Young's work lies at the intersection of design fiction and critical design. Described by the BBC as "The man Designing our Futures", Young explores the increasingly blurred boundaries between film, fiction, design and storytelling to prototype and imagine the future of cities. Using speculative design, film and the visualisations of imaginary urban environments. He opens up conversations about urban life and poses questions about the roles of both architecture and entertainment.

Young has described his approach as that of an architect who works like a science fiction author or futurist. Through his projects that escape traditional definitions of how an architect practices, Young has caused some controversy in the architectural field and the comments section on the industry blog Archinect with his claim that "An architect's skills are completely wasted on making buildings".