Yasmin Shariff
{{Short description|Ugandan architect (born 1956)}}
Yasmin Shariff (born in 1956 in Uganda) is a Ugandan-born British architect, environmentalist and university professor, known for her defence of gender equality in the field of architecture.{{Cite news|url=https://womeninarchitecture1975.wordpress.com/may-22nd-2015-valencia-international-seminar/people/country-coordinators/yasmin-shariff/|title=Yasmin Shariff|date=17 March 2015|work=Women in Architecture|access-date=17 November 2017|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://womeninarchitecture1975.wordpress.com/2015/03/18/country-coordinators-uk_-yasmin-shariff/|title=Country coordinator: United Kingdom Yasmin Shariff|date=2015-03-18|work=Women in Architecture|access-date=17 November 2017|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/game-changing-architect-zaha-hadid-gets-the-google-doodle-she-deserves_us_592ed754e4b0e09b11ec8ea9|title=Game-Changing Architect Zaha Hadid Gets The Google Doodle She Deserves|last=Brooks|first=Katherine|date=31 May 2017|work=Huffington Post|access-date=17 November 2017|language=en-US}}
Biography
Yasmin Shariff was born to Indian parents in Uganda, East Africa, in 1956 when Uganda was still a British protectorate. She spent her childhood between Hampshire in the United Kingdom and Nairobi until finally settling in Hertfordshire in 1977.{{Cite web|url=https://undiaunaarquitecta.wordpress.com/2015/10/05/yasmin-shariff-1956/|title=Yasmin Shariff 1956|last=Poizat|first=Sandra Gutierrez|date=5 October 2015|website=Un Dia Una Arquitecta|language=es|access-date=6 December 2017}}{{Cite journal|last=Hurst|first=Will|date=2006|title=Stop Making Excuses and Tackle Diversity|url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=23008975&site=ehost-live|journal=Building Design|issue=1744|page=4|access-date=6 December 2017|url-access=subscription |via=EBSCOhost}} She studied and graduated in Architecture at the Bartlett School of Architecture (Faculty of the Built Environment) at University College London. Before that, Shariff had completed a master's degree in Archaeology in 1981 at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London.
In 1983, she married architect Dennis Sharp (1933–2010), with whom she had a son, Deen, and the family then moved to Epping, Essex.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/jun/21/dennis-sharp-obituary|title=Dennis Sharp obituary|last=Rykwert|first=Joseph|date=21 June 2010|work=The Guardian|access-date=17 November 2017|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}
Career
In addition to working as an architect in firms such as Populous, Pringle Brandon (Perkins and Will) and Jestico & Whiles, Shariff has also been a university professor for more than a decade at the University of Westminster. She is currently a board member of the firm Dennis Sharp Architects, which she joined in 1992. She has held the position of Honorary Secretary of the Chair of {{Clarify|date=May 2025|text=AA and AA XX 100}}, as well as conducting education consultancy at Eric Parry Architects.
She has participated in projects such as Aspenden Lodge (2007–2009); the renovation of Norman Foster's Renault factory in Swindon (2006–2008); the Luton Community Center (2005), the Eco-Home, Bayford (2005–2009); the Strawdance Dance Studio; and the Community Environmental Project (1999). She worked on the Trinity Bridge project in Manchester (1994–95), where she worked with the architect Santiago Calatrava.{{Cite web|url=http://www.sharparchitects.co.uk/NOPOP.html|title=DSA|website=www.sharparchitects.co.uk|access-date=17 November 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://cicarchitecture.org/members/shariff.htm|title=CICA - International Committee of Architectural Critics|last=Cuadra|first=Manuel|website=cicarchitecture.org|access-date=17 November 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://architects-register.org.uk/architect/053101D | title=Yasmin Amirali Shariff | website=Architects Registration Board | access-date=17 November 2017}}
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Category:Academics of the University of Westminster
Category:Alumni of SOAS University of London
Category:Alumni of the Bartlett
Category:Architects from Hampshire
Category:Architects from Hertfordshire