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RIBA Wessex and RIBA South West have new regional chairs, with Tom Bell becoming RIBA Wessex chair and Rachael Gaunt becoming RIBA South West chair from 1 September 2019.

RIBA are developing new relationships with Exeter City Council, new unitary BCP (Bournemouth Christchurch Poole) Council, and Gloucester City Council.

RIBA Immediate Past President Jane Duncan OBE has been awarded an Honorary Degree as Doctor of Design from UWE Bristol in recognition of pioneering work on sustainability, fire safety, and increased diversity in architecture.

Over 80 RIBA members from across the UK gathered in Bristol on 11 to 12 July for the RIBA Members Forum 2019 to celebrate, share ideas and activity, and explore future plans for the RIBA branches and regions who are the grass roots activists and campaigners of the Institute.

RIBA President Elect Alan Jones spent four days in the South West in recent weeks as he visited the RIBA Wessex and RIBA South West regions to take part in university shows, meet members, and engage with our regional partners.

Future Place Open Call Greater Exeter - Sustainable growth and high density-living-led placemaking

Our five schools of architecture reveal the future talent of the profession at the summer shows in late May and June. RIBA will be awarding Graduate and Postgraduate Prizes at many of the schools supported by the RIBA Local Initiative Fund. All welcome at the launch and shows.

A theatre, a boat house, a school, a burial ground and a pub are amongst the fourteen buildings shortlisted for the RIBA Awards in the South West of England from 48 entries in 2019.

RIBA South West Ask an Architect is an opportunity for local architects from RIBA Chartered Practice to meet with members of the public in one-to-one consultations, offering advice and expertise on plans and schemes as well as promoting the profession and hopefully picking up a new project or two.

RIBA South West provides guidance on the format of Ask an Architect sessions across the region