Paul Finch
Paul Finch is deputy chairman of the UK Design Council and chairman of Design Council CABE (Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment).
He is Director of the World Architecture Festival and the Inside World Festival of Interiors, and Editorial Director of the Architectural Review and Architects’ Journal.
Born London, 1949.
History Degree, Selwyn College, Cambridge.
Deputy Editor, Estates Times, 1976-1983.
Editor, Building Design, 1983-94.
Editor, Architects’ Journal, 1994-1999.
Editor, The Architectural Review 2005-2009.
A commissioner at CABE, and Deputy Chair, 1999-2007. Chair, 2009 – 2011.
Olympic Design Review Chair 2006-2010.
Joint Editor, Planning in London since 1994.
Honorary FRIBA 1994;
Honorary Doctorate, University of Westminster, 2004;
Honorary Fellowship, University College London, 2006;
Honorary Member, British Council for Offices, 2006;
OBE for services to architecture 2002.
