Bianca Censori – wife, muse and employee to controversial rapper Kanye West – dominates

headlines with her increasingly explicit fashion statements and relationship drama.

But lesser known about the 29-year-old Australian is that she has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree

in architecture from the esteemed University of Melbourne and has worked alongside industry

giants including Valerio Olgiati and Vincent Van Duysen.

But lesser known about the 29-year-old Australian is that she has a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in architecture from the esteemed University of Melbourne and has worked alongside industry giants including Valerio Olgiati and Vincent Van Duysen.

Her old boss, Joe Tuscano, told the Sydney Morning Herald: ‘She obviously made an impression on Kanye West and she made that impression because she’s actually very talented.’

Bianca’s portfolio explains that her project Stone-Age Architecture ‘compels us to reimagine the built environment through a prehistoric lens’ and ‘sparks a dialogue between the past and the present’ – a concept she and her team call ‘Primitive Futurism’.

Her architectural philosophy aims to have ‘buildings and natural elements coexist in a symbiotic relationship’ in hopes that mother nature will merge with and change the structure over time.

This philosophy is evident in the Saudi Sound Stage – a space she and her design partners imagined in the Arabian Desert with six sound stages and a restaurant.

Presumably, it would be used to host listening parties and concerts for her musician husband and his friends.

Only two pictures of the concept exist but from what can be seen, it looks like a giant pebble-shaped rock is balanced on top of stone walls, offering shade dictated by the sun to the mostly open-plan venue.

Bianca’s portfolio says her work is ‘not just about creating a visually pleasing environment but also about telling a story through design’.

A sentiment she repeated when she revealed details of a new building style thought up by her and Kanye before the pair became romantically involved.

They dubbed this new style ‘Donda Language’ after the Flashing Lights rapper’s late mother who died in 2007 from a heart attacked caused by plastic surgery related problems and coronary artery disease.

In a resurfaced video of Bianca giving a guest lecture at the University of Malta in 2022 on her architecture career, she explained that the Donda Language is a concept they created to represent her vision of architecture as a means of storytelling. She believes every home should have its own story and should share a connection with the people who live in them.