Ruth Reed is a British architect and was the first woman to be elected president of the

Royal Institute of British Architects The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects primarily in the United Kingdom, but also internationally, founded for the advancement of architecture under its royal charter granted in 1837, three suppl ...

(RIBA) 2009–2011.Trustees: Ruth Reed
RIBA website. Retrieved 2012-02-04. She was brought up in Shrewsbury and now lives in Birmingham. Reed set up her practice, ''Reed Architects'', in mid-

Wales Wales ( cy, Cymru ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It is bordered by England to the Wales–England border, east, the Irish Sea to the north and west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the ...

in 1992, specialising in

self-build Self-build is the creation of an individual home for oneself through a variety of methods. The self-builder's input into this process varies from doing the actual construction to contracting the work to an architect or building package company. ...

projects. She also worked in teaching and, from 2006, was Director of the Part 3 Postgraduate Diploma in Architectural Practice course at the

Birmingham School of Architecture , mottoeng = "Do what you are doing; attend to your business" , established = 1992—gained university status1971—City of Birmingham Polytechnic1843—Birmingham College of Art , type = Public , affiliation = ...

. She was President of the

Royal Society of Architects in Wales The Royal Society of Architects in Wales (RSAW) is the Wales region of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). The society was granted Royal status by the Privy Council in 1994. It is based in Cardiff, with four branches throughout Wales ...

(RSAW) from 2003 to 2005. On 1 September 2008 she became president elect of the RIBA, which she described as "a great honour and privilege". She planned to divide her time between her RIBA flat in

London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...

and her house in

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the West ...

.''Ruth Reed: architect at home''
The Architects' Journal, 16 September 2008. Retrieved 2012-02-04. Reed later said she preferred "measured and discreet lobbying" and had voiced the profession's concerns in person to the new government minister,

Michael Gove Michael Andrew Gove (; born Graeme Andrew Logan, 26 August 1967) is a British politician serving as Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities and Minister for Intergovernmental Relations since 2021. He has been Member of Parli ...

. She ended her presidency by publicly criticising the government's Free Schools strategy.David Roger
''Ruth Reed ends RIBA presidency with final shot at Gove''

Building Design Building design refers to the broadly based architectural, engineering and technical applications to the design of buildings. All building projects require the services of a building designer, typically a licensed architect. Smaller, less complica ...

, 2 September 2011. Retrieved 2013-04-14.

References

External links

RuthReed.co.uk

My Kind of Town: Ruth Reed (Architecture Today, October 2009)
*https://architecturetoday.co.uk/my-kind-of-town-birmingham-by-ruth-reed/ *https://www.frametechnologies.co.uk/meet-ruth-reed-this-world-architecture-day/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Reed, Ruth Living people British women architects Presidents of the Royal Institute of British Architects Year of birth missing (living people)