Jude Barber is an architect and director at Collective Architecture with studios in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The 100% employee-owned and controlled studio is founded on principles of creative freedom, equity and sustainability. Together, the team has delivered several key residential, civic and cultural projects around the UK including Barmulloch Residents’ Centre (AJ Public Building of the Year 2018), Glasgow Women’s Library, Anderson Regeneration, Paisley Secret Collection and the City Observatory on Calton Hill, Edinburgh (RIBA Award 2019). The practice was named Architect of the Year at the UK-wide 2018 AJ Awards.
Jude also has specific expertise in strategic planning and engagement having developed proposals for Water Row in Govan, Glasgow and Granton Waterfront in Edinburgh. She was recently appointed to Glasgow’s Place Commission.
In parallel with her studio practice, Jude has undertaken several close collaborations including the award-winning Empire Café with writer Louise Welsh during the 2014 Commonwealth Games. With Suzanne Ewing and Nicola McLachlan, Jude co-leads Voices of Experience borne from the 2016 Architecture Fringe. This collaborative project is an investigation into the undiscovered, legendary women who have made important contributions to architecture and the built environment.
In 2017, Jude with others, formed A New Chapter that spearheaded much needed reform within the RIAS. She is a Board member of the Glasgow Women’s Library, an external examiner at the University of Sheffield (2017-2020), a member of RIAS Council (GIA Rep) and sits on the RIBA Working Group ‘Architects for Change’. In 2018, Jude was named ‘Creative Industry Leader of the Year’ at the Scottish Women’s Awards.
This site seeks to document the breadth of Jude’s interests and initiatives - within and outwith her studio practice at Collective Architecture.
For more info about the work of Collective Architecture specifically, please go to www.collectivearchitecture.com.
