The Royal Society of Architects in Wales (RSAW) is the Wales region 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). The society was granted Royal status by the

Privy Council A privy council is a body that advises the head of state of a state, typically, but not always, in the context of a monarchic government. The word "privy" means "private" or "secret"; thus, a privy council was originally a committee of the mon ...

in 1994. It is based in

Cardiff Cardiff (; cy, Caerdydd ) is the capital and largest city of Wales. It forms a principal area, officially known as the City and County of Cardiff ( cy, Dinas a Sir Caerdydd, links=no), and the city is the eleventh-largest in the United Kingd ...

, with four branches throughout Wales; Design Circle (RSAW South), Mid Wales Branch,

North Wales Society of Architects The North Wales Society of Architects (NWSA) ( cy, Cymdeithas Penseiri Gogledd Cymru) formerly the ''North Wales Architectural Society'' is one of four branches of the Royal Society of Architects in Wales (RSAW). It was established in 1928 as an ...

and West Wales Branch. In 2007 the Society represented around 800

architects 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 ...

in Wales. RSAW regularly organises competitions to highlight good architecture in Wales. In 2012 it held a competition entitled ''ReDesigning the Terrace'', with the 12 shortlisted entries displayed at its conference in December 2012.

Recent presidents

* 1977-1979:

Dale Owen Ivan Dale Owen (2 August 1924 – 12 November 1997) was a Welsh architect in the modernist architectural style. The Glamorgan Archives and ''The Independent'' newspaper both described him as a 'leading figure in Welsh architecture'. He was ...

* ? Maureen Kelly Owen * 2003–2005:

Ruth Reed Ruth Reed is a British architect and was the first woman to be elected president of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) 2009–2011.

* 2005–2007: Jonathan Adams * 2007–2009: Gareth Scourfield * 2009–2011: Pierre Wassenaar * 2011–2013: Andrew Sutton * 2013–2015: Dan Benham * 2015–2017: Robert Firth * 2017–2019: Carolyn Merrifield * 2019–2021 : Ryan Stuckey * 2021–2021 : Gavin Traylor

References

External links

* Architecture organisations based in the United Kingdom Architects in Wales Organisations based in Cardiff Professional associations based in Wales Architecture-related professional associations {{architecture-org-stub