Lila Allen is a writer and editor based in New York City.

I am currently the senior editor of AD PRO, Architectural Digest’s membership-based vertical for design professionals.

Prior to joining AD, I was managing editor at Metropolis magazine and spent years working in education and marketing at art museums in North Carolina and New York City.

My writing has appeared in Architectural Digest, The New York Times, Metropolis, Architectural Record, The Architect’s Newspaper, and The Charlotte Observer, as well as in the books DRAMA, At a Distance: 100 Visionaries at Home in a Pandemic, and Design for Children.