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Five RIBA members in New Year Honours

Date:

02 January 2008

Press office contact:

Beatrice Cooke
T: +44 (0)207 307 3813
E: beatrice.cooke@riba.org

 Two chartered members and three honorary fellows of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) have received awards in the Queen's New Year's Honours list. 

 Congratulations to RIBA chartered members:

  • Professor Christine Hawley who received a CBE for services to architectural education;
  • Dr Donald Buttress who received an OBE for services to the conservation of cathedrals

Congratulations also to RIBA Honorary Fellows:

  • John Sorrell CBE, Chair of the Sorrell Foundation and the London Design Festival, who received a knighthood for services to the creative industries;
  • Paula Ridley OBE, lately Chair of the Board of Trustees, Victoria and Albert Museum, who received a CBE for services to the arts;
  • Graham Watts, Chief Executive of the Construction Industry Council, who received an OBE for services to the construction industry.

 

Notes to editors

For further information contact Beatrice Cooke in the RIBA Press Office beatrice.cooke@inst.riba.org| or 020 7307 3813

 

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