Sue Courtenay

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Sue Courtenay
Bornca. 1966
Sri Lanka
NationalityBelizean
Alma mater University of the West Indies
Southern California Institute of Architecture
OccupationArchitect
ProjectsFort Point Pedestrian Walk

Sue Courtenay (born c.1966) is a Belizean architect who was selected as the first female president of the Federation of Caribbean Associations of Architects and served from 2012 to 2014. She is an advocate of regional building standards and mutual recognition agreements for architects of the CARICOM alliance.

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Biography

Courtenay was born in Sri Lanka and grew up Zambia, India, and the United Kingdom. She earned a degree in architecture from the Southern California Institute of Architecture in Los Angeles and then went on to obtain a Master's degree in Business Administration at the University of the West Indies Cave Hill Campus, Barbados. [1] Courtenay is a registered architect in Belize [2] who has designed more than 70 buildings. Predominantly her designs are residential, but she has designed several commercial spaces for both public and private use. Her largest project was the Fort Point Pedestrian Walk in Belize City. [1]

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Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an island country in South Asia, located in the Indian Ocean to the southwest of the Bay of Bengal and to the southeast of the Arabian Sea. The island is historically and culturally intertwined with the Indian subcontinent, but is geographically separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait. The legislative capital, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, is a suburb of the commercial capital and largest city, Colombo.

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Zambia, officially the Republic of Zambia, is a landlocked country in south-central Africa. It neighbours the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the north, Tanzania to the north-east, Malawi to the east, Mozambique to the southeast, Zimbabwe and Botswana to the south, Namibia to the southwest, and Angola to the west. The capital city is Lusaka, and it is located in the south-central part of Zambia. The population is concentrated mainly around Lusaka in the south and the Copperbelt Province to the northwest, the core economic hubs of the country.

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In 2007, Courtenay pressed for Belize to join in the Federation of Caribbean Association of Architects, [3] in part to facilitate better cooperation among Caribbean architects. Varying standards among Caribbean nations make regional collaboration difficult and she has been an advocate of adopting a Mutual Recognition Agreement, which would acknowledge the qualification of CARICOM architects among all other member states. [1] In 2009 Courtenay took part in an evaluation of Belize's Building Standards to prepare for meetings on designing and implementing regional building standards. [4] In a historic selection, Courtenay was made the first female head of the Federation of Caribbean Association of Architects in 2012 and had hopes that she could continue to push forward regional collaboration. [3] She has served on the board of the Association of Professional Architects of Belize in various capacities and in 2015 was serving as the Director of International Affairs. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Dixon, Bobie-lee (15 May 2013). "Building on a grand design". The Guardian . Port-of-Spain, Trinidad. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Reg. #-011-2001 Courtenay Sue". Belize City, Belize: Association of Professional Architects of Belize. 2001. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 Shadia, Simpson (16 October 2012). "Woman takes up reins at architects' association". Nation News . St. Michael, Barbados. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  4. ↑ Williams, Shane D. (2 July 2009). "Implementing Regional Building Standards". The Guardian . Belize City, Belize. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Board members for year August 2015-August 2017". Belize City, Belize: Association of Professional Architects of Belize. 2001. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
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