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'''Elsie Owusu''' {{Post-nominals|country=UK|OBE}} is a [[Ghanaian diaspora in the United Kingdom|Ghana-born British]] female architect, a founding member and the first chair of the Society of Black Architects.<ref name="Independent2016">{{Cite web|title = Riba run like a racist ‘boy’s club’, says leading female architect|author=Adam Lusher|url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/elsie-owusu-leading-architect-says-riba-is-run-like-a-racist-boys-club-a6757996.html|website = [[The Independent]]|date=2 December 2015|access-date =22 January 2016|language = en-GB}}</ref><ref name="Architecture2016">{{Cite web|title = Elsie Owusu OBE|url = https://www.architecture.com/Explore/RIBARoleModels/ElsieOwusu.aspx|website = [[Royal Institute of British Architects]]|access-date =22 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Elsie Owusu|url = http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/elsie-owusu/8624807.fullarticle|website = [[Architects' Journal]]|date=12 January 2012|access-date =22 January 2016}}</ref> She is also known to have co-led the refurbishment of the [[Supreme Court of the United Kingdom]] in 2009<ref name="Independent2016" /> and worked on [[Green Park tube station]].<ref name="Architecture2016"/>
'''Elsie Owusu''' {{Post-nominals|country=UK|OBE}} is a [[Ghanaian diaspora in the United Kingdom|Ghana-born British]] female architect, a founding member and the first chair of the Society of Black Architects.<ref name="Independent2016">{{Cite web|title = Riba run like a racist ‘boy’s club’, says leading female architect|author=Adam Lusher|url = https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/elsie-owusu-leading-architect-says-riba-is-run-like-a-racist-boys-club-a6757996.html|website = [[The Independent]]|date=2 December 2015|access-date =22 January 2016|language = en-GB}}</ref><ref name="Architecture2016">{{Cite web|title = Elsie Owusu OBE|url = https://www.architecture.com/Explore/RIBARoleModels/ElsieOwusu.aspx|website = [[Royal Institute of British Architects]]|access-date =22 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title = Elsie Owusu|url = http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/elsie-owusu/8624807.fullarticle|website = [[Architects' Journal]]|date=12 January 2012|access-date =22 January 2016}}</ref> She is also known to have co-led the refurbishment of the [[Supreme Court of the United Kingdom]] in 2009<ref name="Independent2016" /> and worked on [[Green Park tube station]].<ref name="Architecture2016"/>
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==Education and career==
==Education and career==
Owusu attended [[Streatham and Clapham High School]] in [[London]].
Owusu attended [[Streatham and Clapham High School]] in [[London]].

Previously a partner for 10 years with Fielden+Mawson,<ref>Richard Waite, [https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/home/elsie-owusu-leaves-feilden-mawson/8690884.article "Elsie Owusu leaves Feilden + Mawson"], ''[[Architects' Journal]]'', 25 October 2015.</ref> she went on to found her own architectural practice, Elsie Owusu Architects.<ref>[https://www.architecture.com/knowledge-and-resources/knowledge-landing-page/elsie-owusu "RIBA Role Model: Elsie Owusu"], RIBA, Architecture.com.</ref> She has been a board member of organizations including [[Arts Council England]], the [[National Trust of England]], and the UK Supreme Court Arts Trust, as well as being a trustee of the Council of the [[Royal Institute of British Architects]] (RIBA) and of the [[Architectural Association]].<ref>[http://www.the-lsa.org/people/elsie-owusu/ "Elsie Owusu, Vice-Chair pf the Trustee Board"], The London School of Architecture.</ref>



==Awards==
==Awards==
She was voted African Business Woman of the Year in 2014.<ref>[http://www.africanenterpriseawards.co.uk/attend-awards/african_enterprise_awards_winners_2014/ "Award Winners 2014"], African Enterprise Awards.</ref><ref>[http://www.buildingconstructiondesign.co.uk/news/africas-business-woman-of-the-year-elsie-owusu-offers-advice-for-architects-hoping-to-break-into-the-region/ "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.</ref>
She was voted African Business Woman of the Year in 2014.<ref>[http://www.africanenterpriseawards.co.uk/attend-awards/african_enterprise_awards_winners_2014/ "Award Winners 2014"], African Enterprise Awards.</ref><ref>[http://www.buildingconstructiondesign.co.uk/news/africas-business-woman-of-the-year-elsie-owusu-offers-advice-for-architects-hoping-to-break-into-the-region/ "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.</ref>


She received an OBE in the Queen's [[2003 Birthday Honours]] list.
She received an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in the Queen's [[2003 Birthday Honours]] list.


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.owusu.uk/ Elsie Owusu Architects] official website.


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Revision as of 00:25, 13 July 2018

Elsie Owusu
OBE
Born
Elsie Owusu

Ghana[where?]
Alma materStreatham and Clapham High School
OccupationArchitect
Websitewww.owusu.uk

Elsie Owusu OBE is a Ghana-born British 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.

Previously a partner for 10 years with Fielden+Mawson,[4] she went on to found her own architectural practice, Elsie Owusu Architects.[5] She has been a board member of organizations including Arts Council England, the National Trust of England, and the UK Supreme Court Arts Trust, as well as being a trustee of the Council of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and of the Architectural Association.[6]


Awards

She was voted African Business Woman of the Year in 2014.[7][8]

She received an OBE in the Queen's 2003 Birthday Honours list.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b "Elsie Owusu OBE". Royal Institute of British Architects. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Elsie Owusu". Architects' Journal. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
  4. ^ Richard Waite, "Elsie Owusu leaves Feilden + Mawson", Architects' Journal, 25 October 2015.
  5. ^ "RIBA Role Model: Elsie Owusu", RIBA, Architecture.com.
  6. ^ "Elsie Owusu, Vice-Chair pf the Trustee Board", The London School of Architecture.
  7. ^ "Award Winners 2014", African Enterprise Awards.
  8. ^ "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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