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

in 1992, specialising in

self-build Self-build is the process of creating an individual home or building through a variety of methods. The self-builder's input into this process varies from doing the actual construction, also known as Do it yourself, DIY, to contracting certain wor ...

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 Birmingham City University (abbrev. BCU) is a university in Birmingham, England. Initially established as the Birmingham College of Art with roots dating back to 1843, it was designated as a polytechnic in 1971 and gained university status in ...

. She was President of the Royal Society of Architects in 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 city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

and her house in

Birmingham Birmingham ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands (county), West Midlands, within the wider West Midlands (region), West Midlands region, in England. It is the Lis ...

.''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, Baron Gove (; born Graeme Andrew Logan, 26 August 1967) is a British politician and journalist who served in various Cabinet of the United Kingdom, Cabinet positions under David Cameron, Theresa May, Boris Johnson and Rish ...

. 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, also called architectural 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 licen ...

, 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)