ELSIE OWUSU

Elsie Owusu OBE is an architect, artist and urban designer. Her projects include the UK Supreme Court and London's Green Park Station. She was runner-up for the RIBA Presidency in 2018, being re-elected to RIBA National Council. Current projects include: a studio/residency complex for the artist Yinka Shonibare CBE in Lagos; the new Kumasi City Hall and Royal Museum, Ghana and a low-energy homes in Sussex, England. She is a director of JustGhana, which promotes inward investment and good governance in Ghana with a special focus on education for children and young people through the creative industries. In 2003, she was honoured by the Queen for services to architecture as Founding Chair of the Society of Black Architects.