Teresa Borsuk
Teresa Anna Borsuk | |
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| Born | November 1956 (age 67–68) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Architect |
| Awards | Woman Architect of the Year |
| Practice | Duffy, Eley, Giffone, Worthington, Pollard Thomas Edwards |
| Projects | Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Mills |
Teresa Anna Borsuk (born November 1956) is a British architect. She is senior partner at the architectural firm Pollard Thomas Edwards, and was named Woman Architect of the Year by Architects' Journal in 2015.
Biography
[edit]Teresa Anna Borsuk was born in November 1956.[1] She was interested in architecture from a young age; she has said that building model homes in her father's garage and playing with Lego "made me curious about the profession".[2] She attended The Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London, receiving her Graduate Diploma in Architecture in 1981.[3] She also spent a scholarship year at the University of Kansas.[2]
The first architectural firm where Borsuk practised was DEGW, an architecture and design company founded by Frank Duffy, Peter Eley, Luigi Giffone and John Worthington that specialised in workplace design.[4] Her first project was a conversion of Christie's offices in Amsterdam. She joined the practice Pollard Thomas Edwards in 1984 and has since completed projects in housing, refurbishments and mixed-use developments.[2] These projects include the award-winning project 'The Granary', Walthamstow Town Centre in Walthamstow, Greater London, and the restoration of the Royal Gunpowder Mills in Waltham Abbey.[5][6]
Borsuk was appointed executive director of Pollard Thomas Edwards in 1999 and became senior partner in 2014 as the firm celebrated its 40th anniversary. In the same year Borsuk completed a 76-home residential development called "The Avenue" in Saffron Walden, Essex.[3] In 2015 she was named Woman Architect of the Year by Architects' Journal for her efforts to improve gender equality in her practice; the proportion of women on the staff of Pollard Thomas Edwards increased to over 50 percent under Borsuk's leadership.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Pollard Thomas Edward LLP". Companies House.
- ^ a b c d Mark, Laura (27 February 2015). "Teresa Borsuk crowned Woman Architect of the Year 2015". Architects' Journal. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Bartlett alum Teresa Borsuk named Woman Architect of the Year 2015". The Bartlett. 5 March 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ "DEGW". Spatial Agency. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- ^ Johnson, Sara (27 February 2015). "The Architects' Journal Names Teresa Borsuk Woman Architect of the Year". Architect Magazine.
- ^ Hall, Jane (Writer on architecture) (16 October 2019). Breaking ground : architecture by women. London. p. 33. ISBN 978-0-7148-7927-7. OCLC 1099690151.
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External links
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 Teresa Borsuk on "The Bartlett Summer Show" 2015, Bartlett School of Architecture |
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