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BUILDING DESIGN: IMPRESSIVE TRY ...
An imaginative use of timber has made what is essentially a rectangular, glorified barn into an elegant addition to the St. Alban landscape which is appreciated by users and the community alike
ARCHITECTS JOURNAL: SPECIFIER'S CHOICE - OLD ALBANIANS SPORTS PAVILION
Sutherland Lyall talks to Annette Fisher about a project in St. Albans where the architect saved the day when the main contractor disappeared at the eleventh hour
POWER STRUGGLE ROCKS ARCHITECTURE
A female moderniser ruffles the establishment with radical ideas for a 'sponsored' president of the RIBA Institute
PEOPLE IN THE NEWS ...
Will Alsop threatened to leave the 'irrelevant' RIBA before it emerged that Annette Fisher might sit at its helm
ANNETTE FISHER: IS THIS THE NEW FACE OF RIBA?
This time next month, the RIBA could have a black woman as president, which would certainly be a change for an institution, and an industry, still dominated by white men
FISHER'S PRICE ...
If elected, RIBA presidential candidate, Annette Fisher intends to back herself with corporate sponsorship and promises to challenge all preconceptions about the way the role of RIBA president should be carried out
FISHER JOINS RIBA RACE FOR PRESIDENT
Annette Fisher is set to kick-start the RIBA Presidential election today with the announcement of her bid to become the first ever black female leader. Fisher, 42, has already won the support of the pressure group Women in Architecture and the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust which campaigns for greater opportunities for black architects
“ANNETTE FISHER BECAME THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO BE ELECTED TO RIBA COUNCIL”
Annette Fisher becomes the first black woman to be elected to the RIBA Council in 1999. Fisher, a single mother, is known for her commitment and determination. "When you are in the minority, you always have to be better ..." Her reputation was recognised in July 2000 when she became Vice President of Communications for the RIBA after only a year on the council
