Meet Elsie Owusu A Ghanaian-Born British Architect Who Is Famous For Designing The UK Supreme Court

Meet Ghanaian Architect Elsie Owusu, Who is the Brain Behind the UK Supreme Court and Other Projects

Setrana Elsie Owusu is a renowned Ghanaian-born British architect who is famous for designing the UK Supreme Court and Green Park Tube Station, among others.

She has been an elected Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Council member since 2014 and is also the vice-chair of the London School of Architecture.

Elsie Owusu has devoted her professional life to removing the obstacles that continue to be present in architecture.

Ghanaian-born British architect Elsie Owusu has had a lucrative career for over fifty years. She is the director of a UK-based company called JustGhana that cooperates with artists and craftspeople to construct a new African architecture made of local materials for rural areas.

In 2009, she partnered with others to design the UK Supreme Court. Elsie Owusu was also part of the master planning team that redesigned London’s Green Park Station.

Elsie has served on several boards like the Arts Council England, the National Trust of England, and the UK Supreme Court Arts Trust. She is also a trustee of the Council of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and the Architectural Association.

In 2014, Elsie Owusu was voted the African Business Woman of the Year.

One of the things that Elsie Owusu is known for is advocating against racial discrimination. In an interview, she said: It’s time to put an end to systemic prejudice in UK planning, as I am a black, female architect who advocates for equality, diversity, inclusion, and sustainability in architecture and the built environment.

She further argued that the British authorities should apply the same principles impartially and fairly, regardless of ethnicity, gender, age, disability or culture.

Elsie adopts architecture that includes the marginalised of society. However, she asserts that her designs are environmentally-friendly and particularly flexible for households caring for older persons with dementia and youngsters with special needs. She explained that many families seek new methods to live sustainably in the twenty-first and twenty-second centuries.

Source: yen.com.gh

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