Biba Dow Explained

Biba Dow (born 9 July 1969 in London) is a British architect and architectural assessor. She co-founded Dow Jones Architects in 2000 with Alun Jones and is a director and partner at the firm. Dow Jones Architects has produced a wide-ranging body of work, much of which has been published in international architectural publications, mainstream publications and has been featured in several exhibitions.

She is a member of the Cathedral Fabric Committee at Coventry Cathedral, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Design Review Panel and the Old Oak and Park Royal Design Review Panel.

Education and career

Biba Dow studied architecture at the University of Cambridge where she received her Bachelor's degree in architecture (1988 - 1991) and MA Dip.Arch (Cantab) (1992 - 1994).[1] After graduating in 1994, Dow worked for the architectural practice Powell and Moya. In 2000, she co-founded Dow Jones Architecture with her husband Alun Jones where she continues to practice.[2]

Work

Architectural and urban practice

Dow Jones Architects' work ranges from strategic planning projects to museum and gallery projects and private residences. Having worked with clients from the private, public, and commercial sectors including the GLA, Design for London, and Tate Britain,[3] they have won numerous awards including the RIBA National Award in 2009 and 2021.

Dow has led many projects including Grand Junction at St Mary Magdalene, Paddington, which involved an extension to a listed church and the introduction of more open access, a café, and performance space,[4] the redevelopment of Bevis Marks Synagogue, and restoration and redevelopment of the crypt at Christ Church, Spitalfields.[5] She has also led a number of public regeneration and research projects for the GLA including Rubbish In, Resources Out, an award-winning strategic design report investigating urban waste treatment facilities in London.[6]

Today, Dow and Jones remain actively engaged as design and project leaders, but lead projects individually. Dow has cited architect couples like Charles and Ray Eams, the Smithsons, and Lucienne and Robin Day as her inspiration for founding a practice with her partner and as models for combining creative practice with living and working together.[7]

Other involvements

Dow lectures and writes on the work of her practice and on wider cultural ideas, and has been involved with teaching and examining throughout her career. She has written about architecture and culture in publications including Drawing Matter,[8] the Architecture Foundation[9] and Architects' Journal.[10]

A theme in much of her written work and lectures is the reconsideration of resources use in construction and the ethical professional responsibilities of architects in the face of climate change. Through her involvement in initiatives such as the GLA's Rubbish In, Resources Out, and events such as Building on the Built, which focuses on architectural work connected with existing structures,[11] and Architect@Work[12] (London 2020), which centred around the intersection of design and architecture with nature, Dow has emerged as a leading architectural figure in the new movement in urban environmental policy and circular economies.[13]

Dow has also taught at various UK universities, is an external examiner and teaches a diploma unit at the Cass, and has been a visiting critic at Cambridge University, the Kingston School of Art, and other schools. She is also a governor of a primary school in Brixton.

She is a member of the Cathedral Fabric Committee at Coventry Cathedral, the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Design Review Panel and the Old Oak and Park Royal Design Review Panel.[14]

Notable projects

Lectures and seminars

Publications

Awards and honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biba Dow . 2023-07-20 . www.gsa.ac.uk.
  2. Web site: 2019-02-20 . Biba Dow - Archipreneur . 2023-07-20 . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2014-04-28 . Dow Jones Architects Ltd . 2023-07-20 . Architizer . en-us.
  4. Web site: Merrick . Jay . 2019-10-24 . A broad church: Dow Jones's restoration of St Mary Magdalene . 2023-07-20 . The Architects’ Journal . en.
  5. Web site: Dow Jones Architects, David Grandorge · Crypt redevelopment at Christ Church Spitalfields . 2023-07-20 . Divisare . en.
  6. Web site: Kicking up a stink: debating London's problem with rubbish . 2023-07-21 . Open City . en-US.
  7. Web site: 2019-02-08 . Design for Life: How to Balance Your Creative Practice - Archipreneur . 2023-07-20 . en-US.
  8. https://drawingmatter.org/writer/dow-biba/ Writer: Biba Dow
  9. https://architecturefoundation.org.uk/supporters-column-biba-dow Supporters column: Biba Dow
  10. Web site: Dow . Biba . 2020-01-20 . Biba Dow: 'Profession's failure to embrace retrofits is a macho hangover of Modernism' . 2023-07-20 . The Architects’ Journal . en.
  11. Web site: About . 2023-07-21 . Building On The Built . en-GB.
  12. https://www.architect-at-work.co.uk/ Architect@Work
  13. Foster . Gillian . Saleh . Ruba . January 2021 . The Adaptive Reuse of Cultural Heritage in European Circular City Plans: A Systematic Review . Sustainability . en . 13 . 5 . 2889 . 10.3390/su13052889 . 2071-1050 . free .
  14. Web site: About us . 2023-07-20 . www.dowjonesarchitects.com.
  15. Web site: 2009-01-19 . Garden Museum / Dow Jones Architects . 2023-07-21 . ArchDaily . en-US.
  16. Web site: updated . Nicola Fox Hill last . 2015-11-19 . Tales from the crypt: Dow Jones Architects refurbishes a Hawksmoor icon . 2023-07-21 . wallpaper.com . en.
  17. Web site: Grand Junction at St Mary Magdalene's, Paddington . 2023-07-21 . www.dowjonesarchitects.com.
  18. Web site: 2019-05-12 . Ridged roofline at Maggie's Cardiff recalls outline of Welsh mountains . 2023-07-21 . Dezeen . en.
  19. Web site: Bevis Marks Synagogue . 2023-07-21 . www.dowjonesarchitects.com.
  20. Web site: Producing Waste/Producing Space . 2023-07-20 . Princeton Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism & the Humanities . en.
  21. Web site: Six Architects on their Dream Desks . 2023-07-20 . drawingmatter.org . en-GB.
  22. Web site: Biba Dow on Giorgio Morandi: Group and Threshold . 2023-07-20 . drawingmatter.org . en-GB.
  23. Book: Turner . Olivia Horsfall . An Alphabet of Architectural Models, edited by Olivia Horsfall Turner, Simona Valeriani, Matthew Wells and Teresa Fankhänel, London and New York: Merell, 2021 . Valeriani . Simona . 2021-01-01.
  24. Web site: Survey: Piazza Grande, Gubbio, Perugia . 2023-07-20 . drawingmatter.org . en-GB.
  25. Web site: Dalibor Vesely: Shared Horizons . 2023-07-20 . drawingmatter.org . en-GB.
  26. Web site: Maggie's Cardiff . July 20, 2023 . architecture.com.
  27. Web site: Hopkirk2019-08-03T06:00:00+01:00 . Elizabeth . Featherstone Young scoops Welsh Gold Medal . 2023-07-20 . Building Design . en.
  28. Web site: Waite . Richard . 2018-09-11 . AJ Retrofit Awards 2018 winners revealed . 2023-07-20 . The Architects’ Journal . en.
  29. Web site: 2018-01-26 . Shortlist announced for Woman Architect of the Year 2018 award . 2023-07-20 . Dezeen . en.
  30. Web site: RooffLimitedClaire . 2018-03-12 . Garden Museum Wins Civic Trust Award . 2023-07-20 . Rooff . en-GB.
  31. Web site: Mark . Laura . 2016-09-15 . Revealed: 2016 AJ Retrofit Award winners in full . 2023-07-20 . The Architects’ Journal . en.
  32. Web site: Mark . Laura . 2013-06-12 . RIBA Regional Awards winners 2013 . 2023-07-20 . The Architects’ Journal . en.

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