Vicky Richardson

Vicky Richardson is a writer and curator. From 2010-2016 she was Commissioner for the British Pavilion at Venice Architecture Biennale, part of her role as Director of Architecture Design Fashion at the British Council. Over the past six years she has led design projects all around the world, including touring exhibitions, installations and residencies in China, Korea, Nigeria, India, Brazil, Indonesia and Finland.

Vicky is Honorary Treasurer of the Architectural Association and a member of the advisory board of V&A Dundee. She recently completed an MA in Early Modern History at King’s College London, where she specialized in 18th century political publishing. From 2004 to 2010 she was Editor of Blueprint magazine and before that Deputy Editor of RIBA Journal.

Related Sessions
Sunday 19 October 2014, 12.00 Cinema 3

Publications

New Vernacular Architecture (Laurence King Publishing, 2001)

Feeding the world: can we engineer away hunger?

"Although 'battle' suggests destruction, these were some of the most constructive debates I've taken part in. This was civilised conflict in the best sense of both words."
Julian Baggini, author, Welcome to Everytown: A Journey into the English Mind, and The Ego Trick

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