Mark Whitby

Mark Whitby

Mark Whitby FREng,FICE,HonFRIBA, Father George Whitby Architect, (born January 29, 1950) is a British sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City,[1] he was eliminated in the semifinals of K-2 1000 m event. Educated Ealing Grammar School for Boys 1961-1968, Kings College London 1969-1972 He was President of the Institution of Civil Engineers 2001-2002.[2]

Founded engineers Whitby and Bird in 1983, laterly whitbybird, which merged with Danish engineers Ramboll in 2007 becoming Ramboll Whitbybird and in 2009 Ramboll UK. Founder of the Engineering Club, www.engineering-timelines.com and co founder of the Edge. Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineers Notable projects the York and Lancaster Millennium bridges, British Embassies Dublin,Berlin and Sana(Yemen),offices in Finsbury Square and the City of london with Eric Parry architects and Foster and Partners. Arts projects include the Hepworth Museum in Wakefield with David Chipperfield and Sadlers Wells Theatre with RHWL.Sports projects include Chelsea Football Club's west stand and Ferrari World in Abu Dahbi. Prior to leaving Ramboll in 2009, he was the director responsible for the extension to the Tate Modern with Herzog de Meuron and the extension to the British Museum with Rogers Stirk Harbour. In 2010 established UK engineering practice Davies Maguire + Whitby and in 2011 UAE based practice Whitby and Mohajer.

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Professional and academic associations
Preceded by
Joseph Dwyer
President of the Institution of Civil Engineers
November 2001 – November 2002
Succeeded by
Adrian Long