Ruth Reed

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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 (RIBA) 2009–2011.[http://www.architecture.com/TheRIBA/AboutUs/Ourstructure/RIBABoard/Trustees/RuthReed.aspx 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 in 1992, specialising in 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.

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 and her house in Birmingham.[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. 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.Ruth Reed's RIBA: How was it for you?, The Architects' Journal, 18 August 2011, pp. 12-13. She ended her presidency by publicly criticising the government's Free Schools strategy.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, 2 September 2011. Retrieved 2013-04-14.