Nele Rickmann studied architecture at RWTH Aachen University, the Dublin Institute of Technology, and Bauhaus University Weimar. She lived in Leipzig and Athens, where she worked at the intersection of architecture and art. Her particular interest lies in the interface between theory and practice – whether that involves building within existing structures, exploring architectural methods of representation, or examining narrative terms in architecture. In 2022, Nele became editor at the Swiss architecture magazine archithese. Since then, she has regularly contributed to db deutsche bauzeitung, as well as written for publications by the Zurich University of the Arts and the emerging architecture magazine Lila Strauss. In 2024, she contributed to the article series Gutes Bauen Ostschweiz by Architektur Forum Ostschweiz and became a member of Open House Zurich. As a young female architecture critic, Nele also moderates events and takes part in architectural reviews at ETH Zurich and the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts. Nele is based in Zurich, Switzerland.