Board of Directors
David Rudlin (Chair)
Jas Atwal
Alistair Barr
Steven Bee
Andrew Burrell
Michele Grant
Tony Reddy
Biljana Savic
Tim Stonor
Janet Sutherland
Dr. Deb Upadhyaya
Team
In-Residence
Poet-in-Residence
Ian McMillan © Des Willie
Ian is the Academy’s poet-in-residence and has produced 150 Great Place poems since 2006 – one for each of the Finalists of The Urbanism Awards. The poems feature in our Space Place Life publications, and together with sketches from our artist-in-residence, bring our Great Places to life. More information
Artist-in-Residence
David Rudlin
David took over the residency from David ‘Harry’ Harrison in 2013 and brought a new style to the Academy’s drawings. His work features in Space Place Life alongside the poems of Ian McMillan and the figureground plans produced by a number of our supporter organisations. David Rudlin is also a director of URBED
Writer-in-Residence
Frank McDonald © Matt Kavanagh
Frank was Environment Editor of the Irish Times from 2000 until 2015. He is also an author of several books including The Destruction of Dublin. A regular contributor to radio and television programmes, he won the Outstanding Work in Irish Journalism award in 1979 as well as the Lord Mayor’s Millennium Medal and two National Media Awards.
View Ian and David’s work for the Academy in Space Place Life