The Design Council has named landscape architect Sue Morgan as its new director of architecture and built environment.

Morgan founded planning and development consultancy Around the Block in 2007, and is a former chief executive of the Wandle Valley Regional Park Trust. She has also spent 16 years working as a built-environment expert for the Design Council.

The Design Council is the government’s main adviser on architecture and design, following the demise of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment – which was folded into the council in 2011.

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