Teresa Borsuk

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Teresa Anna Borsuk
BornNovember 1956 (age 65)
NationalityBritish
OccupationArchitect
AwardsWoman Architect of the Year
PracticeDuffy, Eley, Giffone, Worthington,
Pollard Thomas Edwards
ProjectsWaltham 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.

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Biography

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  [ it ] 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]

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Mark, Laura (27 February 2015). "Teresa Borsuk crowned Woman Architect of the Year 2015". Architects' Journal . Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  3. 1 2 "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.
  4. "DEGW". Spatial Agency. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  5. Johnson, Sara (27 February 2015). "The Architects' Journal Names Teresa Borsuk Woman Architect of the Year". Architect Magazine.
  6. 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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Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Teresa Borsuk on "The Bartlett Summer Show" 2015, Bartlett School of Architecture