Victoria Thornton

Founder of Open City

Victoria Thornton is the Founding Director of Open-City. She has been involved in the field of architecture for many years, working with a wide range of stakeholders to champion the value of design in creating vibrant, liveable cities and the role everyone plays in them. As well as director and curator of many high-profile exhibitions/initiatives, Victoria established the RIBA Architecture Centre, has been a judge for the RIBA Awards, Board Member of Irish Architecture Foundation, Department of Culture Media and Sport’s Engaging Places Advisory Panel and Women in Architecture Judge; advisory board, Spacehive.