Lavina Liburd is the founder and Principal of Lavina Liburd Architect (formerly TigerQi Architecture), an award winning boutique design firm based in the British Virgin Islands. With current projects in the BVI and her native St. Kitts-Nevis, her work includes commercial buildings, luxury residential developments, and single family homes, as well as corporate, medical, and retail interior fit-out projects. Prior to founding TigerQi Architecture, Lavina was a lead designer and Project Architect with OBMI (BVI) for seven years. Lavina is a California Licensed Architect. She is a graduate of Florida A&M University and the University of California at Berkeley, holding a professional Bachelor of Architecture degree as well as a Master of Science in Architecture degree with an emphasis on Environmental Design in Developing Countries.

Lavina practiced in the San Francisco Bay Area for seven years before moving to the BVI, working on significant civic and institutional projects including the San Francisco International Airport, the San Francisco Youth Guidance Center, and the design of two Outpatient Clinics for the Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System.

Lavina became a Rotarian at the Rotary Club of Road Town, BVI, in July 2008 and was awarded a Paul Harris Fellow by her club in June 2009. She served as President in 2019-2020. She has served on the Board of the BVI Chamber of Commerce and currently serves on the BVI Surveyors’ Board.

Lavina’s work has recently been featured in the book “100 Women: Architects in Practice” published by the Royal Institute of British Architects Publishing house, and in the Wallpaper* Architects’ Directory 2024, an "annual round-up of exciting emerging architecture studios".

You can find Lavina on social media as @lavinaliburdarchitect