Gaétan Siew

Gaëtan Siew
Born	1954 (age 62–63) Mauritius
Nationality	Mauritian
Occupation	Architect
Awards	President of the International Union of Architects
Practice	Lampotang & Siew
Projects	Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport, Seychelles International Airport

Gaétan Siew (born 1954) is a Mauritian architect.

Siew graduated from the Unité Pédagogique d’Architecture, Marseilles, France in 1979. He has been in private practice in Port Louis, Mauritius since 1981, as a founding partner of Lampotang & Siew Architects Ltd. His work includes master plans for the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International Airport in Mauritius, the Chinese neighbourhood in Port Louis and the Seychelles International Airport. He has also worked in Congo, France, India, Ivory Coast, Madagascar, Mayotte, Seychelles, Swaziland and Tunisia on projects such as airports, hotels, commercial and leisure, urban planning and heritage projects. He is a frequent speaker at international conferences and has been a juror for various architecture awards.

He was elected President of the Association of Mauritian Architects in 1985, and has played an active part in the island’s urban development and environment and heritage protection programmes. He is a member of the Economic and Social Council of Mauritius.

From 1998 to 2005 he was Secretary General of the African Union of Architects. He was elected President of the International Union of Architects during the UIA General Assembly which took place in Istanbul, Turkey, from 8 to 10 July 2005. The Vice-President and candidate for Siew's successor as UIA President, Giancarlo Ius, died before he could be elected at the 2008 General Assembly in Torino. Siew then announced a triennial prize in Ius' name.

Since leaving the International Union of Architects, Gaétan Siew has pursued his goal for better human development and solidarity cooperation for a sustainable world through conferences around the world as CEO of the Global Creative Leadership Initiative GCLI.

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