Selasi Setufe awarded MBE for work in diversifying architecture

31-year-old, London-based architect Selasi Setufe has been awarded a Member of the Orders of the British Empire (MBE) for her services to diversity in architecture in the Queen’s 2022 New Year’s Honors.  Setufe is currently a Senior Architect and Innovative Sites Program Manager at development and urban regeneration company Be First Regeneration Limited. In 2018, she co-founded the Black Females in Architecture (BFA) network, and is also a trustee and ex Co-Vice President for Students and Associates at the Royal Institute of British Architects. With BFA, Setufe has worked as the organization's membership manager, ensuring that its membership continues to grow and develop. Setufe received her Bachelor’s degree in architecture at the University of Portsmouth and her Master’s at the Manchester School of Architecture. According to BFA’s profile on the architect, she is “exploring socially responsive approaches to design, architecture and placemaking with particular focus on cultural and...