Laura Evans is founder of Howland Evans Architects. She studied History of Art and Ancient History at Trinity College Dublin, before studying Architecture at the University of Limerick and London Metropolitan University. She has worked in architectural practice in both Ireland and the UK, founding Howland Evans Architects in 2017. Laura is also a Senior Lecturer and Course Leader of the undergraduate architecture course at Kingston School of Art, and has been a visiting critic at the University of Cambridge, TU Dublin, the University of Liverpool, the University of Nottingham and elsewhere.

In 2016 Laura was awarded the RIBA Boyd Auger Scholarship for an ongoing research project entitled 'Portico and Patio: Response to Climate and Tradition in Cuban Modernist Architecture', which resulted in a small publication and an exhibition of drawings and models.