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Elsie Owusu | |
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| Born | Elsie Owusu Ghana |
| Alma mater | Streatham and Clapham High School |
| Occupation | Architect |
Elsie Owusu OBE is a Ghana-born female architect, a founding member and the first chair of the Society of Black Architects.[1][2][3] She is also known to have co-led the refurbishment of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in 2009[1] and worked on Green Park tube station.[2]
Education and career
Owusu attended Streatham and Clapham High School in London.
Awards
She was voted African Business Woman of the Year in 2014.[4][5]
She received an OBE in the Queen's 2003 Birthday Honours list.
References
- ^ a b Adam Lusher (2 December 2015). "Riba run like a racist 'boy's club', says leading female architect". The Independent. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ a b "Elsie Owusu OBE". Royal Institute of British Architects. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ "Elsie Owusu". Architects' Journal. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ "Award Winners 2014", African Enterprise Awards.
- ^ "Africa’s Business Woman of the Year, Elsie Owusu offers advice for architects hoping to break into the region", Building Construction Design, 8 December 2014.
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