Jane Duncan
OBE
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(born 7 July 1953) is a British
chartered architect, based in
Buckinghamshire
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.
She was elected in August 2014 as president elect of the
Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA),
receiving 52% of the vote and became the 75th president of the RIBA on 1 September 2015;
Her term of office finished on September 1, 2017, when
Ben Derbyshire
Ben Derbyshire is a British architect. He is the current chair of HTA Design LLP and a former president of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Derbyshire joined HTA Design in 1976 and has been a co-owner since 1986. HTA Design LLP are desi ...
took over as president following his election.
Duncan trained at
The Bartlett
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, School of Architecture,
University College London
, mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward
, established =
, type = Public research university
, endowment = £143 million (2020)
, budget = ...
in the 1970s.
She is director of Jane Duncan Architects which was established in 1992.
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1953 births
British women architects
20th-century English architects
Alumni of The Bartlett
Living people
New Classical architects
Architects from Buckinghamshire
21st-century English architects
Presidents of the Royal Institute of British Architects