Sadie Anna MorganOBE (born 28 February 1969) is an English designer. In 1995 she founded dRMM, the RIBA Stirling Prize[1] winning architecture practice, with Alex de Rijke and Philip Marsh.
Morgan met Alex de Rijke and Philip Marsh during her studies at Kingston Polytechnic. In response to a competition to design a public education building for the London Docklands Development Corporation (LDDC), the three designers founded dRMM Architects in 1995.[3] They won the competition and after a series of small-scale projects completed their first building – No. One Centaur Street – in 2003.[4]
No. One Centaur Street, for which Morgan was design director, received praise from industry critics Jonathan Glancey[5] and Barrie Evans,[6] and won seven awards including the "RIBA London Building of the Year" and the "AJ First Building Award". In 2004 the studio won "Best New Architectural Firm", and in 2005 the "MIPIM Next Generation Award".[7]
Other dRMM projects have included civic and educational buildings, such as the community-led Hastings Pier (winner of the 2017 RIBA Stirling Prize),[1] Kingsdale School in Southwark,[8] cancer care centre Maggie's Oldham and Clapham Manor Primary School (shortlisted for the 2010 RIBA Stirling Prize).[9]
The practice has also undertaken residential projects, including individual dwellings such as the Sliding House[10] and Woodblock House,[11] and large-scale housing developments, including Trafalgar Place in Elephant & Castle[12] (shortlisted for the 2016 RIBA Stirling Prize and winner of the Development of the Year Award at the 2016 British Home Awards), Faraday House at Battersea Power Station[13] and Wick Lane in Hackney Wick.
The practice won the "BD Education Architect of the Year" in 2014, the overall "BD Architect of the Year Award" in 2014 and, most recently, the "BD Housing Architect of the Year" in 2015.[7] As well as winning several National RIBA Awards, the practice has received the UK's top architecture award, the RIBA Stirling Prize, for which it received two further nominations.
In 2013, Morgan became the fourth female President of the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA) and the youngest individual to hold the position.[14] Prior to her Presidency, Morgan was Honorary Treasurer of the AA between 2009 and 2013.[15]
Government advisor
In March 2015, the UK's Secretary of State for Transport appointed Morgan Design Chair for High Speed Two (HS2) to oversee the design of the £36billion project and to ensure the HS2 Design Vision is adhered to throughout the lifespan of the project.[16] Following her appointment, she recruited a group of approximately thirty design experts to form the HS2 Design Panel.
In October 2015, Chancellor George Osborne announced Morgan's inclusion on the government's National Infrastructure Commission (NIC), tasked with producing a report at the start of each five-year Parliament to offer recommendations for priority infrastructure projects.[17] The budget for infrastructure projects in the UK up to 2020 has been set at £100billion. Morgan's fellow commissioners include Lord Adonis (Chair), Sir John Armitt (Deputy Chair), Dame Kate Barker, Professor Tim Besley, Professor David Fisk, Andy Green, Dr Demis Hassabis, Julia Prescot and Bridget Rosewell.[18]
In 2016, Morgan was made commissioner on the Thames Estuary 2050 Growth Commission and in 2017 became a Mayor's Design Advocate for the Greater London Authority.[19]
Morgan co-founded dRMM at the age of 26 and has maintained a gender-balanced workforce within the studio since foundation.[20]
In 2012 she was the only female aboard the winning GB sailing team for the Commodores Cup, having won the class in the Fastnet race the previous year. In 2015 she joined the board of PedELLE, a cycling group specially created for women to network, and has cycled to promote the role of women in design and property, and to raise money for charity. In 2017, she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro and raised over £20,000 to support the Railway Children organisation.
Through her government advisory roles, she advocates the importance of design that connects back to people and place, and in 2017 she joined a panel of built environment specialists to respond to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, as he launched his Good Growth by Design vision for the future of London.
In 2016 she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the London South Bank University, was named one of Debrett's 500 most influential people in Britain and became the first woman to receive the Building Magazine Personality of the Year Award. In 2017 she received the New London Architecture (NLA) New Londoner of the Year Award for her work in championing design at the highest political level.
In 2019, Morgan was awarded the 'AJ100 Contribution to the Profession' award,[28] as well as the inaugural 'Female Architectural Leader of the Year' award at the Building Design awards.[29]
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