Joanna Bacon is a British

architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...

, who was shortlisted for the Woman Architect of the Year award in 2015. She has worked at

Allies and Morrison Allies and Morrison LLP is an architecture and urban planning practice based in London and Cambridge. Founded in 1984, the practice is now one of Britain's largest architectural firms. The practice's work ranges from architecture and interio ...

since 1988 and is a managing partner.

Biography

Joanna Bacon studied at

Robinson College, Cambridge Robinson College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1977, it is one of the newest Oxbridge colleges and is unique in having been intended, from its inception, for both ...

under Bob Allies from

. She completed her studies in 1980. Bacon joined

in 1988 and became a Partner in 2001. She was the partner in charge of work on the

BBC Media Village White City Place is the name given to the collection of buildings formerly known as BBC Media Village (more commonly simply as White City or W12 within the BBC). White City Place is a collection of six buildings occupying a 17-acre site off Wo ...

, the

Royal Festival Hall The Royal Festival Hall is a 2,700-seat concert, dance and talks venue within Southbank Centre in London. It is situated on the South Bank of the River Thames, not far from Hungerford Bridge, in the London Borough of Lambeth. It is a Grade I l ...

refurbishment and

100 Bishopsgate 100 Bishopsgate consists of two mixed-use buildings in central London. The buildings are situated on the eastern edge of the City of London financial district. Building 1 on the site is a 40-storey tower comprising five floors of each and 32 of ...

project (completed in 2011).

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* 1962 births Conservation architects Alumni of Robinson College, Cambridge Living people 21st-century English architects British women architects {{UK-architect-stub