PLACE Architecture & Built Environment Centre

PLACE was established in 2004 by the Royal Society of Ulster Architects and Belfast City Council, with support from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland under its Architecture and Built Environment Policy. From 2004 until 2011, PLACE was a part of the Royal Society of Ulster Architects.

The organisation was governed by a voluntary management board. The chairman of PLACE was Iain Davidson. PLACE had five staff members, an occasional voluntary team and a voluntary internship scheme for eight to ten interns per year (typically lasting three months each). The primary funding for PLACE came from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure, Department for Social Development, Department of the Environment and Department of Finance and Personnel. The management board of PLACE unsuccessful appealed the decision before making a case to the office of the Northern Ireland Ombudsman for review. The Arts Council of Northern Ireland made a conditional…