Ministerial Advisory Group

The Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure Minister Edwin Poots MLA, announced the appointment, in August 2007 of Mr Barrie Todd MBE, as the Chair of the Architecture and the Built Environment Ministerial Advisory Group for Northern Ireland.

The following were also appointed through open competition as Members of the Advisory Group:

Arthur Acheson

Andrew Gault

Emily Hadden

Gerard Lynch

Ian McKnight

Marcus Patton OBE

Professor Tom Woolley

Alan Strong

The Ministerial Advisory Group (MAG) will champion design quality in all sectors of the built environment in Northern Ireland and advise the Minister, as Design Champion, on the implementation of the Architecture and the Built Environment Policy which was published in June 2006. The appointments were effective from 1 September 2007, and will be for a 3 year term.

Minister Poots congratulated Mr Todd on his appointment and said  "Mr Todd is a well known and respected architect whose appointment will be welcomed by the profession".

"Attractive, safe, healthy and well-designed buildings can greatly improve our quality of life and impact upon the social, economic and environmental landscape of Northern Ireland. With Barrie as Chair I am confident that the new Group will quickly win respect as a champion for good design in the built environment".