May 9 2005
The RIBA presented 17 new Honorary Fellowships on the 21 April 2005. The Fellowships are awarded to men and women from a wide range of backgrounds, including construction, landscape architecture, politics, the arts and the media.
Honorary Fellowships reward the particular contributions people have made to architecture in its broadest sense: its promotion, administration and outreach; its role in building more sustainable communities; and finally its role in the education of future generations.
RIBA President George Ferguson said, "It is with great pleasure that I welcome this distinguished list of new Honorary Fellows to the RIBA extended family. All have done much for architecture - as clients, politicians, educators and commentators. They work to help improve the quality of design and influence the delivery of the built environment in a sustainable, and creative way."
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The RIBA's new Honorary Fellows are:
- Amanda Baillieu, Editor, RIBA Journal
- Baroness Blackstone, Chair, RIBA Trust
- Professor Sir Christopher Frayling, Rector, Royal College of Art and Chairman, Arts Council England
- Felicity Goodey, President, The Lowry Trust
- Lord Gowrie, Former Chairman of the Arts Council
- Mike Hayes, President, Royal Town Planning Institute
- Rt. Hon. Alan Howarth MP
- Hanif Kara, Director, Adams Kara Taylor Consulting Engineers
- Roger Madelin, Chief Executive, Argent Group plc
- Frances Morrell, Chief Executive, Arts Inform
- Lord Moser, patron of architecture
- Paula Ridley, Chair, V&A
- Martha Schwartz, American landscape architect
- Mark Thompson, BBC Director General
- Peter Walker, American landscape architect
- Rachel Whiteread, sculptor
- Giles Worsley, Architecture Critic, Daily Telegraph
This year's jury to select the Honorary Fellows was chaired by RIBA President George Ferguson and included Sir Jeremy Dixon, architect of the Royal Opera House London; Royal Gold Medallist Lady Patty Hopkins; engineer Tony Hunt; past RIBA President Michael Manser CBE; CABE Commissioner Sunand Prasad; and Sir Michael Wilford CBE.