The Royal Institute of British Architects has today (Friday 21 July) announced that architect and past RIBA President Jack Pringle has been re-elected as Chair of the RIBA Board of Trustees.
The RIBA Board oversees the RIBA’s operations, working closely with RIBA Council - our members’ elected representative body.
RIBA Council voted to extend Jack Pringle’s first term and then to reappoint him now to the Board for a second term taking him to 31 August 2026, and the Board elected him to remain as chair, until 31 August 2026. Jack has also recently been re-elected to represent the London Region on RIBA Council for a further three-year term until 31 August 2026. Jack first took the chair of the RIBA Board in January 2021.
RIBA President Simon Allford said:
“Congratulations to Jack Pringle on his re-election. RIBA benefits immensely from Jack’s experience, knowledge and commitment, and I am delighted that this will continue for the next three years.”
Jack Pringle said:
“I am honoured by the confidence the membership, Council and the Board has shown me in these three elections.
I believe that to be properly attuned to the needs of our members and business, the Chair of RIBA’s Board of Trustees must be an architect and an elected representative on Council. I am pleased to continue for a second term, and will do my best to help RIBA to achieve its potential over the next few years. We have stabilised the business and face an exciting future as we build a professional and cultural institute in physical and virtual form, to inspire and support architecture and our global membership.”
Jack Pringle founded his first architecture practice in 1981 and has developed a significant portfolio of work with major international clients. He has been involved extensively with the RIBA for decades, primarily in the areas of education and practice. He was RIBA President from 2005-2007 and Chair of the Construction Industry Council (CIC) from 2012-2014.
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- Jack Pringle biography (source: Jack Pringle):
After working for Sir Phillip Powell at the Royal Gold Medal winning practice Powell and Moya for eight years, Jack started his practice at twenty nine years old and built it up, after Chris Brandon joined him to form Pringle Brandon. This became a national leader in its field with offices in London and Dubai. Then in 2012 he took Pringle Brandon and its associated companies including Pringle Brandon Drew into Perkins and Will, one of the world’s largest firms of architects with 2500 staff. He became its Regional Director for the EMEA with a seat on their US-based world-wide executive committee with the responsibility of overseeing offices in London, Paris, Copenhagen, Aarhus and Dubai. Jack’s clients have included Barclays Bank, Allen & Overy, Rothschild & Co, the Financial Conduct Authority, Intercontinental Hotels, many of the tech giants, and Spanish green energy and construction giant, ACCIONA.
In 2020 Jack left Perkins and Will to start Studio Pringle with his eldest two daughters who are both architects, which launched in the spring of 2021. This successful venture is now working on commercial, educational, healthcare and hospitality projects.
Jack has been active in the profession and after many years sitting on RIBA’s Council and working on their Education Committee he became president of RIBA in 2005 for a two-year term. After that, he chaired the Construction Industry Council (CIC) for two years and sat on the government’s Construction Leadership Council (CLC) advising the Secretary of State on construction industry matters.
Jack also chaired RIBA’s Journal of Architecture - a peer reviewed research journal.
He is a founder and current trustee of Architects for Aid (now Article 25) which was started in his office and is now the UK’s most successful humanitarian architectural charity having completed over 100 projects in 35 countries, mainly in the developing world.
