Sumita is an award-winning international architect, activist and author, and is the director of her design practice Eco=logic. She founded Architects for Change – the equality forum at the Royal Institute of British Architects – and is past chair of Women in Architecture. She is a trustee of Architects Benevolent Society and is a member of the Board of the Commonwealth Association of Architects. Furthermore, Sumita is a non-executive director of Moorfields Eye Hospital, part of the Sustainable Development Unit at Public Health England and a fellow of Cambridge Commonwealth Trust.
Her OBE was preceded by a UIA:UNESCO International design award, Women in Business award at the House of Commons and AJ Atkins Inspire ward for architecture. Sumita set up an environmental design charity – Charushila – and was included in an exhibition about 28 women who had made a difference to the life and culture of Britain.
Her publications include: ‘Architecture for Rapid Change and Scarce Resources’ (Routledge, 2012); ‘Autotelic Architect’ (Routledge, 2016); the four volume ‘Women in Architecture’ (Routledge, 2018) and; ‘Future Healthcare Design’ (RIBA Publishing, 2020).
Relevant links:
- https://www.ecologicarchitects.com/about
- https://www.alumni.cam.ac.uk/alumni-stories/bringing-india-to-cambridge-sumita-singha
- https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/architects-named-in-queens-birthday-honours
