Jane Wernick

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Jane Melville Wernick
BornApril 1954 (age 69–70)
Alma materUniversity of Southampton
OccupationCivil engineer

Jane Melville Wernick CBE FREng (born April 1954) is a British structural engineer and a consultant to engineersHRW. [1] [2] Having founded Jane Wernick Associates in 1998, she gave the firm to an employee trust in 2010 and it was incorporated into engineersHRW in May 2015. [3] Previously, she worked at Arup (1976–1998). During her career with Arup, and later with Jane Wernick Associates, she was closely involved with projects including Stansted Airport terminal building and the London Eye.

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Early life and interests

Wernick was born in 1954, the eldest child of Irving and Doreen Wernick, and has lived in Hampstead, London. She attended Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls in Acton and graduated from the University of Southampton in 1976. [4]

Career

From 1976 to 1998, Wernick worked for Ove Arup & Partners. She was in charge of Arup's Los Angeles office from 1986 to 1988. [4] Wernick was the RAEng Visiting Professor of Design at Southampton University and has taught at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, the Mackintosh School of Architecture, Glasgow, and the Architectural Association, London. Wernick has been a member of the EDGE think tank and the RIBA Building Futures Steering Committee, in addition to a member of the Design Council CABE Design Review Panel and has been the Chair of the Diversity Task Force of the Construction Industry Council.

From 1996 to 1999 Wernick was a member of the Council of the Institution of Structural Engineers. She was also on the CABE Design Review Panel from 2001 to 2006 and the CABE Schools Panel from 2007 to 2011. [5] [2]

In 2016, Wernick and her work were featured in the V&A's Engineering Season. [6]

Notable projects

Awards

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References

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  2. 1 2 "women in architecture: DiverseCity profiles". Women in Architect. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "engineersHRW incorporating Jane Wernick Associates" . Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Wernick". Design Council. Retrieved 16 June 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Profile, Jane Wernick Associates". Profile. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "Jane Wernick featured as part of the Engineering Season" . Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  7. ↑ "Living Architecture. Holidays in modern architecture". Living Architecture. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "Balancing Barn, Suffolk by MVRDV with Mole". Architects Journal. 21 October 2010. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "RAEng New Fellows 2009" . Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  10. ↑ "First Women Awards 2013 Winners" . Retrieved 8 January 2017.
  11. ↑ "New year honours 2015: the full list". The Guardian. 30 December 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
  12. ↑ "New Year's Honours: Two women architects on honours list". Architects Journal. 2 January 2015. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
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