Jane Duncan (architect)

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Jane Duncan OBE (born 7 July 1953) [1] is a British chartered architect, based in Buckinghamshire.

She was elected in August 2014 as president elect of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), [2] receiving 52% of the vote and became the 75th president of the RIBA on 1 September 2015; [3] Her term of office finished on September 1, 2017, when Ben Derbyshire took over as president following his election. [4]

Duncan trained at The Bartlett, School of Architecture, University College London in the 1970s. [2]

She is director of Jane Duncan Architects which was established in 1992. [5] [6]

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