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. Since 2022, Nele has been editor of the Swiss architecture magazine archithese, conceptualizing issues such as 4.2022 Bahrain, 3.2023 Herman Hertzberger, 4.2023 Japan or 2.2025 Cartography / Mapping. She is a regular contributor to db deutsche bauzeitung as well as writes 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.