# Ruth Reed

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{{Short description|British architect}}
{{similar names|Ruth Reid (disambiguation)}}
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'''Ruth Reed''' is a British architect and was the first woman to be elected president of the [Royal Institute of British Architects](/source/Royal_Institute_of_British_Architects) (RIBA) 2009–2011.<ref name="RIBA profile">[http://www.architecture.com/TheRIBA/AboutUs/Ourstructure/RIBABoard/Trustees/RuthReed.aspx Trustees: Ruth Reed], RIBA website. Retrieved 2012-02-04.</ref> She was brought up in Shrewsbury and now lives in Birmingham.<ref name=":0" />

Reed set up her practice, ''Reed Architects'', in mid-[Wales](/source/Wales) in 1992, specialising in [self-build](/source/Self_build) 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](/source/Birmingham_School_of_Architecture).<ref name="RIBA profile" />

She was President of the [Royal Society of Architects in Wales](/source/Royal_Society_of_Architects_in_Wales) (RSAW) from 2003 to 2005.<ref name="RIBA profile" /> 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](/source/London) and her house in [Birmingham](/source/Birmingham).<ref name=":0">[http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/home/ruth-reed-architect-at-home/1851953.article ''Ruth Reed: architect at home''], The Architects' Journal, 16 September 2008. Retrieved 2012-02-04.</ref> 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](/source/Michael_Gove).<ref>''Ruth Reed's RIBA: How was it for you?'', The Architects' Journal, 18 August 2011, pp. 12-13.</ref> She ended her presidency by publicly criticising the government's [Free Schools](/source/Free_school_(England)) strategy.<ref>David Rogers [http://www.bdonline.co.uk/ruth-reed-ends-riba-presidency-with-final-shot-at-gove/5023927.article ''Ruth Reed ends RIBA presidency with final shot at Gove''], [Building Design](/source/Building_Design), 2 September 2011. Retrieved 2013-04-14.</ref>

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==External links==
* [http://ruthreed.co.uk/ RuthReed.co.uk]
* [http://www.architecturetoday.co.uk/?p=535 My Kind of Town: Ruth Reed (Architecture Today, October 2009)]
*<nowiki>https://architecturetoday.co.uk/my-kind-of-town-birmingham-by-ruth-reed/</nowiki> 
*<nowiki>https://www.frametechnologies.co.uk/meet-ruth-reed-this-world-architecture-day/</nowiki>

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