Vicky Richardson has been appointed head of architecture at the Royal Academy.

She replaces Kate Goodwin who quit after 17 years to pursue new opportunities including a professorship of architectural practice at the University of Sydney.

Richardson, who takes up her new post next month, is a curator, writer and educator specialising in architecture and design. Between 2010 and 2016 she was director of architecture, design and fashion at the British Council where she worked on many international touring exhibitions and was the commissioner of four editions of the British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale.

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