Elsie Owusu

**Elsie Owusu** OBE RIBA FRSA ɔyɛ Britanyi a osi adan a wɔwoo no wɔ Ghana, ɔka hɔn a wɔ hyehyɛɛ Society of Black Architects kuw no ho na ɔyɛ hɔn guamtranyi a odzi kan.[2][3][4] Wonyim no dɛ onye obi a odzii enyim ma wosiesiee Supreme Court of United Kingdom no wɔ afe 2009[2] na ɔyɛɛ edwuma wɔ Green Park tube station.[3] Ɔyɛ Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Council kuw mu nyimpa a wɔ yii no fri afe 2014, na London School of Architecture no guamtranyi abadzakyir.[5][6] 

## Nwomasua na edwuma
Wɔwoo Elsie Owusu wɔ Ghana na wɔ November 1962 mu no ɔnye n’awofo tu kɔɔ UK, bea a na n’egya yɛ panyin a ogyina ma London.[7] Ɔkɔɔ Streatham na Clapham High school wɔ London.[8] 

Ɔayɛ edwuma dɛ adansifo fri afe 1986,[9] ɔhyehyɛɛ n’ankasa ne adansi edwumayɛbea, Elsie Owusu Architects (EOA), a ɔda ano ara dɛɛ sukuu ne panyin.[10] EOA nye Sir Peter Blake ayɛ edwuma wɔ efie a ahoɔdzen nnyi mu, 60 Aden Grove, a  ano wɔ sii no nda ebiasa mu .[11] Dɛ adansifo panyin ma dɛm edwuma yi no, EOA nso ayɛ adan nhyehyɛɛ ama Ujima Adan kuw no.[12] Dɛm aber yi EOA nye Symbiotica na NS Design Consultants reyɛ edwuma abom wɔ UK/Nigeria mfonyinyɛfo Yinka Shonibare .[13] 

Ɔyne Fielden+Mawson yɛɛ ɔhokafo mfe 10,[14] baabi a na ɔne no yɛ ɔdansifoɔ panin ma UK Asɛnnibea Kunini ne nhyehyɛeɛ kɛseɛ kuo ma London Green Park Station.[6] Owusu ne Fielden+Mawson yɛɛ adwuma bom nso hwɛɛ Lammas Center for St. Bernard Ayaresabea no dabere so.[15] Sɛ́ obi a ɔyɛ nneɛma a wɔkora so ho ɔdansifo no, wayɛ adwuma nso wɔ ɔmanfo kar ne nneɛma a wɔbɛsan asiesie mu wɔ Ghana ne Nigeria.[16][6] Ɔyɛ UK adwumakuw JustGhana a ɛhyɛ sikasɛm, nkɔso a ɛtra hɔ daa ne asetra mu nkitahodi a ɛma denhyɛ ho nkuran wɔ Ghana no kwankyerɛfo, ne ArchQuestra, "wɔhyehyɛɛ sɛ wɔde Britania adansi, adwinni ne mfiridwuma mu nneɛma a eye sen biara bɛma de aboa sikasɛm a ɛrenya nkɔso no kwankyerɛfo". [17] . Wɔ afe 2015 mu no na ɔyɛ nnipa 12 a wɔbɔɔ wɔn din sɛ "RIBA nhwɛsoɔ" de boaa nnipa a wɔka ho ne nnipa ahodoɔ no mu baako.[16][18] 

Ɔayɛ ahyehyɛde ahorow a Arts Council England, National Trust of England, ne UK Supreme Court Arts Trust ka ho no baguafo, na ɔsan nso yɛ Council of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) ne Architectural no sohwɛfo Fekuw.[6] 

Wɔ afe 2017 mu, de hyɛ Stephen Lawrence a na ɔwɔ anidasoɔ sɛ ɔbɛyɛ ɔdansifoɔ a wɔkumm no mfeɛ aduonu nnum no, Owusu hyɛɛ aseɛ, ne Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust, RIBA+25 ɔsatuo a ɛbɛma nneɛma ahodoɔ akɔ soro wɔ adansiɛ mu,[19] adwuma a no, Architects' Journal bɔɔ amanneɛ wɔ afe 2015 mu sɛ "ɛyɛ nea ɛnyɛ ahodoɔ pii wɔ UK no mu baako, a wɔakyerɛ adansifoɔ ɔha mu nkyekyɛmu 94 ase sɛ wɔyɛ aborɔfoɔ", na RIBA adansifoɔ 27,000 a wɔagye wɔn atom no mu 4,000 pɛ na wɔyɛ mmaa. Wɔ "+25" nhyehyɛe no akyi a enyaa mmoa fii mfɛfo adwumayɛfo te sɛ David Adjaye, Alison Brooks ne Richard Rogers hɔ no, na Owusu nkutoo nyɛ RIBA sodikuw no muni a ɔnyɛ aborɔfo bio na mmom na ɔyɛ 12 no mu biako.[5] 

Wɔ afe 2017 mu no, wɔde Owusu too gua sɛ obi a ɔpɛ sɛ ɔyɛ RIBA titenani, na adansifoɔ bɛboro aduɔson a wɔagye wɔn atom a Sir David Adjaye OBE, Owen Luder CBE, Deborah Saunt ne Yasmin Shariff ka ho na wɔpaw no, na Baroness Doreen Lawrence na ɔpenee so. Owusu aka nsɛm a ɛfa ahyehyɛdeɛ mu mmusua mu nyiyim ne ɔbarima ne ɔbaa mu nyiyim ho asɛm wɔ adansiɛ adwuma mu.[20][23][24] 

## Abawdobɔdze ahorow
Wɔ baa n'abaw do dɛɛ Afrika Eguadzifo Basia a ɔbɔɔ mbɔdzen paa wɔ afe 2014 mu.[25][26] 

Wɔ yɛɛ no OBE wɔ Queen ne 2003 Birthday Honors a na ɔka nkyerɛwee nhyehyɛɛ ho,[27] na okaa dɛ: "Dzaa ɔyɛ me ahohoahoa kɛse nye dɛ me nsɛm ah w'akyerɛw maa me OBE no yɛ Society of Black Architects no mu guamtranyi. Meyɛ nyia ɔrebɔ adan ho dawur. Ono nye adze a meyɛ." . Ɔka me adansi abrabɔ ho."[9] Wo yii no kaa Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts kuw no ho.[28] 

[29]Owusu nyaa enyimunyamhyɛ abasobɔdze wɔ afe 2017 Women4Africa Award no mu.[29] 

## Nhwɛdo
**• ^** *Philip, Darell J. (20 October 2019). "Elsie Owusu talks helping black architects build foundations in the industry". The Voice. Retrieved 7 July 2022.* 

• ^ Jump up to:***a*** ***b*** *Lusher, Adam (2 December 2015). "Riba run like a racist 'boy's club', says leading female architect". The Independent. Retrieved 22 January 2016.* 

• ^ Jump up to:***a*** ***b*** *"Elsie Owusu OBE". Royal Institute of British Architects. Archived from the original on 29 January 2016. Retrieved 22 January 2016.* 

**• ^** *"Elsie Owusu". Architects' Journal. 12 January 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2016.* 

• ^ Jump up to:***a*** ***b*** *Beamon, Kelly L. (3 July 2018). "Interview with RIBA President Candidate Elsie Owusu". Architectural Record.* 

• ^ Jump up to:***a*** ***b*** ***c*** ***d*** "Elsie Owusu, Vice-Chair of the Trustee Board" Archived 25 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine, The London School of Architecture. 

**• ^** *"History KS2: Elsie Owusu - Becoming an architect in Britain". BBC Teach. Retrieved 7 July2022.* 

**• ^** *"'If we build together, they will come' - A presentation by Elsie Osuwu OBE". Vimeo. Streatham & Clapham High School. Retrieved 7 July 2022.* 

• ^ Jump up to:***a*** ***b*** *Davies, Caroline (3 December 2015). "Riba investigates architect's allegations of institutional racism". The Guardian.* 

**• ^** "RIBA Role Model: Elsie Owusu", RIBA, Architecture.com, 1 June 2015. 

**• ^** *Chadha, Sahiba (13 June 2012). "Elsie Owusu collaborates with Sir Peter Blake on low energy house in Hackney". Architects Journal. Retrieved 6 December 2018.*