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Built Environment Experts (BEEs) Council is ’s National champion for design in the built environment. We are committed to demonstrating how good design improves our built environment, stimulates innovation and provides better places for people to live and work in. Our work includes advising the government and providing support to local authorities, communities and the private sector in promoting and delivering good design. Support is provided through expert advice, practical hands-on help and training. Our model of delivery focuses on having a small core team of dedicated and skilled staff based in , supported by 400 multidisciplinary Built Environment Experts (BEEs) that bring together an unprecedented breadth of expertise. National experts and specialists in public health, inclusion, SMART and culture, are joined by experts in planning, built environment and design, creating an interdisciplinary network of skills and experience. Together, we offer knowledge, insight, inspiration and best practice to clients across England. Their involvement is critical in offering independent advice on design in the built environment, ensuring that we create places and spaces that improve everyone’s quality of life. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 3

Our areas of expertise include:

Design Council

Built ABE Environment Experts Team

Community Conservation Business Central Academia Architecture Engagement and Heritage Development Government Cost Databases and Development Events Construction Economics Design Consultancy Data Analytics Planning & Training Planning Landscape Facilities Landscape Local Inclusive Design Architecture Marketing Planning Policy Management Architecture Government Planning Mediation/ Law Planning Planning Policy Public Brokering Consultation & Engagement Property Procurement Advice/ Public Health Surveying and Viability Consultancy Transport User-Centred Sustainability Urban Design Planning Design A guide to our Built Environment Experts 4

How we select our BEEs Better places and spaces During an intensive selection from a huge pool of All our Built Environment Experts (BEEs) care enthusiastic individuals, we assessed applications passionately about design. Whether it’s the principles against key competencies, including inclusive and of placemaking or specialisms including procurement, , advocacy and analytical skills. housing, transport, public health, heritage and We also looked for a geographical spread, a balance conservation or inclusion, they are united by a desire to between experience at strategic and operational make better places and spaces. levels, and of large and small-scale projects. The BEEs provide independent advice to challenge, encourage and support Cabe’s clients to make the right design decisions.

Where they are from How BEEs work We believe good design is essential to the creation of successful places, and is fundamental to the planning system. To support this, Design Council produces support at all stages of the development process, from visioning and concept development through to the occupancy, management and maintenance of buildings and spaces. We assist a range of clients from community groups and Local Authority Planning Departments, to developers and healthcare professionals.

BEEs play a vital role in the delivery of this work. This may include one-to-one working with an individual client or small group, or as part of a review panel. BEEs may also work directly with Design Council staff to develop best practice advice, help shape our policy position, or participate as an expert in topic-specific focus groups.

BEEs provide inspiration and reflect good practice in giving clients the understanding and confidence to apply the principles of good design, to achieve great outcomes for people and raise standards within the built environment.

East Midlands North-west

East of England South-east

International South-west

London

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Diversity and inclusion BEE diversity - gender Design Council promotes diversity, equality and Gender breakdown: recruitment by % inclusion on an ongoing basis, and ensures that this approach is at the heart of our role as a champion of good design. When appointing BEEs we aim to 2011 2015 increase diversity and inclusivity within our network.

Since recruiting and extending our BEE network in 2015, we have been monitoring the gender balance of the panels we set up and have been putting together panels that are in line with the gender balance in our BEE network. This mirrors the gender balance in the professional areas from which we draw our network. However in delivering advice to clients we have taken Male Female Male Female the decision to mirror the balance in society and the communities that we serve. Starting from June 2017, we are establishing panels for clients that have a 50/50 Female/Male balance and will be monitoring to ensure a balance use of BEEs for individual pieces of work delivered by those panels.

BEE diversity - ethnic background Gender breakdown: recruitment by %

2011 2015

White British Other White

Asian or Asian British Other

Black or Black British Prefer not to say A guide to our Built Environment Experts 6

Index

Joyce Bridges A Abigaile Bromfield D G Arthur Acheson Andrew Brookes Jane Dann Magda Gay Robert Adam Alison Brooks Meredith Davey Christopher Gaylord Lynda Addison Adam Brown Neil Davidson Bill Gething Dr Olutayo Adebowale Jessica Bryne-Daniel Kathryn Davies Tim Gill Sorwar Ahmed Robin Buckle Andrew Dawes Julian Gitsham Je Ahn Dr Lucy Bullivant Sophia de Sousa Stephen Gleave Pam Alexander Jacqui Bunce Ian Deans Louise Goodison Sarah Allan Catherine Burd Neil Deely Vincent Goodstadt Simon Allford Mark Burgess John Devlin Andy Graham Bob Allies Sarah Burgess Anne Diack Marcus Grant David Altabev Ruth Butler Marc Dix Susan Green Gideon Amos Anne Byrne Nick Dixon Julie Greer Paul Appleby Paul Dodd Ian Greggor Paul Appleton C Gayle Appleyard Ruth Ascroft Andrew Cameron E H Maayan Ashkenazi James Cameron Jayne Earnscliffe Andrew Haley Stephen Ashworth Charles Campion Nick Edwards Ben Hamilton-Baillie Janet Askew Rachel Capon Tony Edwards Annette Hards Dr Phil Askew Mattew Carmona Joanna Eley Liane Hartley Fiona Astin Richard Cass Alex Ely Roger Hawkins Mike Axon Ben Castell Jo Evans Mike Hayes Philip Cave Meredith Evans Colin Haylock B Lynne Ceeney Steph Everett Wayne Head Philip Chambers Jim Eyre Philip Heaton Nicola Bacon Jim Chapman Jon Herbert Margaret Baddeley Richard Charge Dan Hill Ken Baikie Heather Cheesbrough F Stephen Hill Darryl Chen Kimball Bailey Helen Farrar David Hills Dave Chetwyn Simon Baker Noel Farrer Luke Hillson Andrew Claiborne Jon Baldwin Alice Ferguson Edward Hobson Peter Clash Rob Ballantyne Paul Finch Tom Holbrook Derek Clements-Croome Ian Banks Kathryn Firth Eric Holding Michál Cohen Neil Barker Karl Fitzgerald Anthony Hollingsworth Garry Colligan Tim Barkley Julie Fleck Gillian Horn Nicole Collomb Alistair Barr Sarah Foster Glenn Howells Charlotte Colver Renato Benedetti Beatrice Fraenkel Simon Hudspith Peter Connell Rab Bennetts Daisy Froud Kay Hughes Annie Coombs Alan Berman Sandra Fryer Michael Hurlow Michael Coombs John Best Tony Fullwood Donald Hyslop Gerard Couper Joost Beunderman Julie Futcher Toby Blume Ged Couser Riccardo Bobisse Rob Cowan David Bonnett Rosemary Coyne Chris Bowden Michael Crilly Dr Jos Boys Dorian Crone Keith Bradley Richard Crutchley Angela Brady Paul Bragman Darren Bray A guide to our Built Environment Experts 7

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Ian Lomas I Roger Lomas O S Philip Insall Phil Lomax Peter Oborn Alireza Sagharchi Tim Long Stephen O’Malley Flora Samuel Tom Lonsdale David Orr Clare San Martin J Emma Luddington Valerie Owen Rachel Sandbrook John Lyall John Jenkins Peter Sandover Kelda Lyons Annalise Johns P Dr Gina Sands Lesley Johnson Christie Sarri Mark Johnson M Jason Palmer Lucy Saunders Dan Jones Dominic Papa Biljana Savic Phil Jones Paul Maccabee Andrew Parsons Alexia Sawyer Maja Jorgensen Gerard Maccreanor Dr Tim Pascoe Wade Scaramucci Euan MacDonald Pankaj Patel Martha Schwartz Kelvin MacDonald Mark Pearson Irene Seijo Kathy MacEwen Andy Pennington Yasmin Shariff K Alex MacLaren Ian Phillips Justine Sharman Roger Madelin Nick Sharman Kristian Kaminski Louisa Philpott Ali Mangera Ian Sharratt Hanif Kara Steven Pidwill Fred Manson Barry Shaw Paul Karakusevic Sylvie Pierce Edward Marchand Jon Sheaff Roland Karthaus Helen Pineo Graham Marshall Wendy Shillam Tim Kellett Karl Pitman Steve Maslin Andy Shipley Mike Kelly John Plumridge Selina Mason Ken Shuttleworth Liz Kessler Neil Porter Peter Maxwell Jane Simpson Maria Kheirkhah Richard Powell Gail Mayhew Christina Sinclair Mike Kiely Sunand Prasad Declan McCafferty Philip Singleton Doug King Dr Stephen Pretlove Jo McCafferty Dr Mark Skelly Graham King John Prevc Martin McConaghy Lindsay Smales Dieter Kleiner Darren Price Jane McElroy Rachel Smalley Jane Knight Miles Price Sue McGlynn Darryl Smith Stefan Kruczkowski Brenda Puech Nigel McGurk Dr Bridget Snaith Cora Kwiatkowski John Pugh-Smith Kieran McMahon Ros Southern Fin McNab Les Sparks L Stephen Melville R Alexandra Steed Conor Moloney Michael Stiff Matt Lally Julia Ratcliffe May Molteno Martin Stockley Paul Lavelle Richard Rees Paul Monaghan Jane Stoneham Lone Le Vay Amanda Reynolds Claire Mookerjee Richard Stones Justine Leach Geoff Rich Julie Morgan Tim Stonor Marcus Lee Kay Richardson Sue Morgan Dr David Strong Thomas Lefevre Andy Roberts Janice Morphet Mark Strong Sophie Leon David Roberts Paul Murphy Peter Studdert John Letherland Graham Roberts Simon Sturgis Caroline Lewis Anna Rose Andrew Swain-Smith Holly Lewis Jon Rowland N Paul Swann Ekaterina Lichtenstein Deborah Nagan Mark Swenarton Alex Lifschutz Peter Neal Nicky Linihan Pauline Nee Tom Lister Justin Nicholls Andrew Llowarch Robin Nicholson Matthew Lloyd Geoff Noble Jane Lock-Smith Vanessa Norwood Hana Loftus A guide to our Built Environment Experts 8

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T W Z Amanda Taylor Charles Wagner Suzie Zuber Andrew Taylor Nigel Wakefield Edward Taylor Danna Walker Nick Taylor Buck Dr Helen Walker Ludwig Tewksbury Lorna Walker Anthony Thistleton-Smith Cindy Walters James Thomas Vincent Wang Sophie Thomas Jonathan Ward Vaughan Thompson James Warne John Thorp Elanor Warwick Penelope Tollitt Paul Watson Matthew Tulley Mary Webster Glyn Tully Camila Ween Chris Twinn Matthew Wells Dr Michael Wells Jane Wernick U Michael Westley David Ubaka Antony Whitehead Peter Ullathorne Sarah Wigglesworth Dr Deb Upadhyaya Lindsey Wilkinson Marcus Willcocks Martin Willey V Finn Williams Keith Williams Jo Van Heyningen Neil Williamson Paula Vandergert Jonathan Wilson Atam Verdi Geoff Wright Andrew von Bradsky Nigel Wright Clare Wright Tony Wyatt Louise Wyman A guide to our Built Environment Experts 9

Arthur Acheson Robert Adam Lynda Addison

Arthur is an architect Robert is an architect Lynda is a planner and civic planner with with 40 years in and transport planner ten years’ teaching practice and a who has worked for/ experience in schools director of ADAM within the public of architecture in Architecture, the sector for more than Australia, Canada largest UK firm 40 years. She is and the United specialising in Director of Malcolm Kingdom. For more than twenty five traditional design. Projects include a new, Baker Consulting. Lynda was founder years, Arthur was a partner in a medium- mixed-use classical building in , Director of Addison and Associates, an sized architectural practice with offices in London, and a new village development award-winning consultancy. and Kendal, Cumbria. in Norton St Phillip, Wiltshire. Previously Director of Planning and He is currently a sole practitioner with a He is a participating member of the Transport in Hounslow, she works at special interest in civic stewardship as Art Workers’ Guild, the Academy of national and local supporting an early improver and sustainer of places Urbanism, the Prince’s Foundation and improvements in planning and transport and an informer of better procurement, the International Network for Traditional services, including leading on planning briefing and in the built Building, Architecture & Urbanism. performance and resources, best environment. Arthur has considerable He has been a councillor of the Royal practice research and guidance in experience in the design and Institute of British Architects (RIBA), a travel planning, local plan-making construction of educational buildings at Member of the RIBA Planning & Urban and what makes an ‘ideal planning primary, secondary and tertiary levels, Design Group, a Trustee of the RIBA authority’. Lynda has led on local plans including integrated schools in Northern Trust, and Honorary Secretary of RIBA. and regeneration in several London Ireland. Arthur acquired development and Robert writes on theory and practice. boroughs. As an urban regeneration experience with the His books include Classical Architecture: Commissioner, she chairs the London commissioning and design of riverside a complete handbook and The Advisory Committee; Adviser to The and heritage housing projects and loft Globalisation of Modern Architecture. Campaign for Better Transport; a Visiting style in former linen mills in He lectures internationally and is visiting Professor in Planning at the University Belfast and Carrickfergus. professor of Urban Design at the of Westminster; Chair of the Sustainable University of Strathclyde. Transport Panel of Chartered Institute He chairs the Northern Ireland of Highways and Transport; a member government’s Ministerial Advisory Robert has initiated and published of the Planning Committee of London Group for Architecture and the Built research on: Kerb Appeal (1998); on Legacy Docklands Corporation; a former Environment and its cross-sector Privacy and Density (2003); A study of Trustee of Living Streets and Town and Strategic Design Group. Arthur was the the energy performance of two buildings Country Planning Association; a Director founder chair of Belfast Civic Trust and with lightweight and heavyweight of Garden City Developments and an is a director of several local community facades (2007); Four Facades, on public Academician. interest companies. He is Northern preference in commercial and public Ireland regional convener for the architecture (2009); Identifying Trends in She received her Order of the British Academy of Urbanism and a governor Masterplanning (2014); and social trends Empire for services to planning in 2006 in a Belfast inner-city primary school. in the 18 to 34 age cohort, Tomorrow’s and was awarded the Royal Town Home (2014). Planning Institute/Transport Planning Network (RTPI/TPS) award in 2010.

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Dr Olutayo Adebowale Sorwar Ahmed Je Ahn

Olutayo, Director of Sorwar is a planning Je is co-founder of Cirkadia Olutayo is an and regeneration Studio Weave and is a Environmental professional with Royal Institute of Scientist with more extensive experience British Architects than 30 years’ in socio-economic Chartered Architect. experience. She regeneration, He is especially provides independent community planning, interested in the role environmental and sustainability advice healthy urban planning, neighbourhood of successful collaboration between to a wide range of clients. Olutayo’s management, public consultation and wider stakeholders as well as with the portfolio is extensive, including projects stakeholder engagement. He has worked design team, through understanding and such as: Chair of the Forestry across central and local government, the leading an assembly of various interests Commission’s initial Public Forest Estate private sector and the voluntary and to positive outcomes. Je is a member of Study, and of numerous community sectors. He specialises in the Southwark Panel, an Environmental Impact Assessments, engaging stakeholders and communities advisory panel reviewing development including the Kingsway Business Park in shaping policy, places and public proposals throughout the borough. Development in Rochdale. services. This includes delivering major regeneration programmes in , He has taught at architectural summer Her current roles include: Board and ; leading workshop Studio in the Woods and is a Member of Environment Agency (EA) community regeneration programmes for visiting critic at a variety of architecture North West Regional Flood and Coastal a large housing association; delivering schools including KTH Royal Institute of Committee (RFCC) as EA representative neighbourhood management for a Local Technology, Stockholm. Recent projects for Sustainability; Board Member of Strategic Partnership; advising the public Je has led on include 250+ units of social and Pennine Waterway health and local government sectors on housing development in west London; a Partnership (Canal and River Trust); and delivering healthier places; developing new school building for a Special Needs a Chartered Member of the Institution of successful partnerships; and project Secondary School in Ealing; extensive Water and Environmental Management management of multidisciplinary refurbishment of a 1970s house in (CIWEM) North Western and North Wales masterplans and regeneration studies. Hackney; a computer-numerically- Branch. Olutayo is a Chartered Water and As a trained and skilful facilitator, he has control fibre cement pavilion dedicated Environmental Manager, a Member of the a successful track record in designing to crafts people; and a number of unusual Institute of Leadership and Management, and delivering consultation exercises, installations including converting a and a Member of the International Water design workshops, public participation, barbershop bus into a mobile host for Association. Previously, she was a GB and action learning for diverse craft workshops, and a collaboration Forestry Commissioner and a Non- audiences. with contemporary dancers to create Executive Director of the Countryside a moving, percussive theatre set, Agency. A Chartered Town Planner, Sorwar was and research into new typologies Chairman of the Royal Town Planning of ‘Commons’ through co-housing Institute London Branch in 2000, and is developments. involved in voluntary planning aid and development work. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 11

Pam Alexander Sarah Allan Simon Allford

Pam is an economic Sarah is an architect, Simon co-founded geographer who has urban and Allford Hall held senior executive project manager with Monaghan Morris and non-executive nearly 20 years Architects in 1989. roles delivering experience From its base in physical and supporting public and London, the practice economic private sector clients works in England, regeneration and housing, innovation, delivering high-quality residential Europe, America, Africa and the Middle growth and economic development in the projects, from large-scale masterplans to East, engaging both public and private public, private and not-for-profit sectors. individual homes. She is experienced at clients in the exploration of a particular setting up projects and programmes, architecture’s potential to offer delight as She is Chair of the Market procuring design expertise, running well as utility. Authority, Non-Executive Director of design competitions, preparing design Plc, of Ltd, and guidance and principles for large-scale The work of the practice has been of the Future Cities Catapult. A trustee masterplans and engaging communities extensively exhibited and published; and of Design Council, where she is chair in complex projects. individual/assembled offices, housing, of Design Council Cabe, she is also a health, arts and educational buildings member of New London Architecture’s Sarah is a director of Field Work have received national/international Sounding Board. Enterprise, a Community Interest awards. Simon has advised many Company providing organisations including the Architectural A senior civil servant in the Department of and advisory support to public sector Association – he was on the Council, the Environment until 1995, Pam then ran clients, helping them to achieve and Honorary Treasurer and Vice the Housing Corporation’s £2bn housing and embed quality President; The Royal Institute of programme before becoming Chief management processes in their British Architects, where he was VP for Executive of English Heritage and then organisations. Field Work helped a local Education and CABE, where he chaired of the Development authority to run a two-stage design- Design Review panels. For 18 months he Agency, where she led large physical led competition that met European was the weekly columnist redevelopment and economic Union procurement rules, selecting a in The Architects’ Journal. regeneration projects across the south- developer team to build 100 homes and east, working with businesses and provide employment uses on a former Now, aside from pursuing the design local authorities to support sustainable brownfield site. It produced guidance to and execution of architectural proposals, economic growth. help local authorities working on building Simon focuses on short-term activities projects to consider place and design with definite timelines. He is visiting Pam was previously Chair of Peabody, a quality alongside management of local professor at the Bartlett, University board member of The Housing Finance government services. College London and Harvard; is a Corporation and was made OBE in frequent lecturer, guest critic and external 2012 for her services to sustainable Sarah also works for an independent examiner at many schools at home and regeneration in the south-east. She is developer, managing the design and abroad; a judge/advisor on national and a Chartered Geographer and a Fellow construction of residential projects on international urban and architectural of the Academy of Urbanism, the Royal gap sites. She is a member of Hackney design competitions; and contributes Geographical Society and the RSA. Council’s design review panel and a to debates, lectures and publications housing advisor for the Community Land that discuss architecture and the work Trust Funding Committee. of his practice. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 12

Bob Allies David Altabev Gideon Amos

Bob co-founded the David is a chartered Gideon is a chartered practice Allies and engineer with the architect, planner and Morrison in 1984. Royal Academy of qualified urban Engineering, and a designer who Bob trained at Fellow of the Royal specialises in the University of Society of Arts. sustainable Edinburgh and development, with was awarded the Rome Scholarship in He works in Nesta’s Innovation Lab more than 25 years’ experience. One of Architecture. He was a lecturer at the leading on City Initiatives for Technology, the 8 core UK Infrastructure Planning and has held Innovation and Entrepreneurship Commissioners, he helped set up and visiting professorships at the University (CITIE), a framework to help cities operated the national infrastructure of Edinburgh, the and develop policy to support innovation regime, taking a keen interest in the University of Maryland. Bob has been and entrepreneurship. Previously, David Development Consent Orders (DCOs) a member of the faculty of the British managed Innovate UK’s £35m Future and design quality. School at Rome; has served on the Cities Demonstrator programme that Council of the Architectural Association saw Glasgow, Bristol, Peterborough Gideon led examinations, reports and and was a member of the Advisory Board and London explore the challenges and recommendations on the largest offshore for the Commission for Architecture and opportunities around shaping the urban wind farms in the world and the Swansea the Built Environment/Department of the environment, testing new solutions for Tidal Lagoon. He also led on the first Environment, Transport and the Regions integrating city systems. DCO to be made, as promoted by (CABE/DETR) document ‘By Design’. . In his time at the Planning He was a Cognicity Challenge startup Inspectorate he also examined Local He is a member of the Royal Institute of mentor – a Group initiative Plans and decided on planning appeals. British Architects (RIBA) Awards Group to accelerate development of smart city Gideon is National Planning Advisor at and chair of the annual Brick Awards. technologies and led the development GL Hearn and works with private of design challenges for the European and public sector clients on Nationally Commission. Significant Infrastructure Projects. He is a board member at Swan Housing.

For ten years, Gideon was Chief Executive of the Town and Country Planning Association contributing to sustainable communities and national infrastructure policy. The lead author of Standards for Eco-towns (2009), he initiated research to reinvent the Garden City concept for the 21st century. He is now an Association Vice President and was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for services to sustainable development in 2009. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 13

Paul Appleby Paul Appleton Gayle Appleyard

Paul advises design Paul is a partner of Gayle is co-founding and masterplanning Allies and Morrison. director of GAGARIN teams on the Educated at Bristol Studio, a small, integrated and Edinburgh award-winning sustainable design of Universities he joined architecture practice buildings and in 1984, the year the in West , and communities. He has practice was until recently Senior worked in the construction industry as a founded. Since then, he has led projects Lecturer at Leeds Metropolitan consultant, lecturer and researcher for 47 across all of the sectors of the practice’s University. Her research and practice years, including 25 years’ consultancy work including the public realm – The explores the creative and sustainable experience running practices specialising Mound Edinburgh 1984-7, re-use of existing buildings and Interior in building health and sustainability, Pierhead 1995, 2001; cultural Architecture. She is a strong advocate working with some of the world’s leading projects -Contemporary of regional design ambition, particularly architects and developers on high-profile 1996, The Guardian Newsroom 2002, in towns and rural communities, and award-winning projects, such as Welney Wildfowl and Wetland Trust 2006, recognising the opportunities to ; Scottish 2007, Royal respond to context, invest in our National Heritage and the Pinnacle tower. Observatory Greenwich 2007, Royal regional economies and engage Albert Museum Exeter 2012, The Sam local communities. As well as writing 70 publications, Wannamaker Playhouse 2014; education including key guidance published by - Goldsmiths College 1997, Chelsea Gayle has regularly coordinated live the Chartered Institution of Building College 2005, Kings College projects within both academic and Service Engineers (CIBSE) and others, Neuroscience Institute 2015; and a series professional studio practice; engaging his book, Integrated Sustainable Design of mixed use projects in historic town students, clients and users to strengthen of Buildings, has appeared in Cambridge centres: Winchester, Salisbury and collaborative outcomes. Clients include University’s ‘Top 40 Sustainability Books Hereford. Castleford Heritage Trust; Leeds City of 2010’. His follow up Sustainable Varieties; Calderdale Council; Halifax Retrofit & Facilities Management, was Paul has lectured regularly on the work Piece Hall; Hepworth Gallery and Leeds published in January 2013. Paul is on of the practice. He has been a Design City Art Gallery; IOU Theatre Ltd; Halifax the HS2 Independent Design Panel and Council Cabe Design Review panel Industrial Museum and Square Chapel South East Design Panel. member since 2009 and sits on Historic Centre for the Arts. Although recently England’s London Advisory Committee. moving her focus back to practice, she Paul is actively involved with the UK continues her role as external examiner, Green Building Council, participating academic advisor and tutor for a number in a number of task groups including of university schools of architecture. developing retrofit incentives and, Gayle is a graduate of the Royal College with the World Green Building Council, of Art and has worked for award- explores the relationships between winning, international architecture and productivity, health and wellbeing, and practices including Eva sustainability in the office environment. Jiricna Architects and HMKM Design Consultant. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 14

Ruth Ascroft Maayan Ashkenazi Stephen Ashworth

Ruth graduated from Maayan has worked Stephen is a planning Brunel University in at the intersection of lawyer and 1995 with a BSc anthropology, development Occupational architecture and advocate with 30 Therapy and was urban design for more years’ of experience. awarded the than six years. Having He has worked on University Prize in established the role of projects for the public acknowledgement of the high standard anthropologist urban designer at one of and private sector – for the local authority of her final year research project. She the UK’s foremost studios, she went on on the Kings Cross development; Places began her career as an occupational to set up an independent consultancy for for People on their 10,000 home therapist working in a dynamic social local planning organisations and is proposals at Gilston Park Estate, and for services team in the London Borough of engaged in academic research into Grosvenor on Liverpool One. Hackney, before moving to Westminster urbanisation and health. City Council to work with people affected Stephen is a board member of the Centre by HIV. Ruth has worked in Maayan works at a number of scales, for Cities; chairs the Advisory Board for and , before recently including individual buildings, public British Business Improvement Districts moving to Suffolk. spaces and masterplans. She has been (BIDs), and has been an expert on involved with a number of high profile Department for Communities and Local Her work has been predominantly in the projects in central London, developing Government (DCLG) panels on public sector, working for local authorities interdisciplinary strategies to promote the Community Infrastructure Levy to recommend home adaptations for vibrancy, wellbeing and socio-economic and planning reform. children, adults and elders with physical sustainability, by applying spatial and disabilities and mental health problems. social analysis within the design process. A member of a UK-wide network of She is an advocate for locally led change occupational therapists with a special and has supported local planning interest in housing, she has been a organisations in their consultation, design voluntary panel member for Designability and research strategies – developing and Remap for several years. both digital and physical modes of engagement to increase outreach An advocate of cross-sector and participation. collaboration, with a particular interest in the links between health, housing and the Maayan has worked both for high- environment, Ruth’s current role focuses profile clients and, in more challenging on assessing the needs of children with environments, on self-initiated change a range of conditions from autism to rare for security and health in Nairobi’s genetic disorders, working within the slums. She trained at the University of constraints of the public purse to design Cambridge, University College London home adaptations from conception and the London School of Hygiene and to completion. Tropical Medicine. Her current research examines urban wellbeing as it relates to the integration of diverse user groups in European cities.

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Janet Askew Dr. Phil Askew Fiona Astin

Janet is a chartered Phil is a landscape Fiona has worked as town planner. During architect, urban an affordable housing her fourty-year career designer and development in planning, she has horticulturalist with professional for more worked in the public more than 30 years’ than 20 years. She and private sectors, experience. He was has worked with and in academia at as project lead at the many communities to the University of the West of England, Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) for the successfully deliver both Community Bristol, where she was the head of the London 2012 Olympic Park and then with Land Trust and co-housing projects, School of Planning and Architecture for the London Legacy Development including the Roman Barn scheme at many years. Corporation, leading the transformation Worth Matravers and The Threshold of the Games park into the Queen Centre in Gillingham. Fiona was also Her main area of research is in the Elizabeth Olympic Park – the largest new instrumental in gaining lottery funding for detailed regulation of place, and she urban park in the UK for more than a a public art project as part of an award- regularly lectures across the world on century. winning public library and housing this subject, including in Taiwan where scheme in Bournemouth. she holds a professorship at the National Phil is currently leading on all aspects of Taipei University of Technology. Janet landscape and public realm in relation As well as new build schemes, she has advised the UK, Welsh and Dutch to legacy housing and development has also been involved in regeneration governments on planning regulation projects. A Landscape Institute judge, he projects in central London, including and implementation of projects, and has regularly gives talks on the Olympic Park, Lansdowne Green in Stockwell and recently been appointed to become a and also sits on the professional review Chater House in Bethnal Green. She has founding member of the International group for Writtle Colleges landscape worked at director level in a corporate Garden Cities Institute. architecture courses. environment and played key roles in business transformation initiatives. Fiona She is a passionate enthusiast for has a keen interest in taking a holistic planning, good design, for placemaking approach to sustainability issues in a and sustainability and believes that housing and community setting. the best way to achieve this is through multidisciplinary working across professions. Janet was the President of the Royal Town Planning Institute for 2015. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 16

Mike Axon Nicola Bacon Margaret Baddeley

Mike is a founding Nicola is a Founding Margaret is a planning Director of Vectos Director of Social Life, director with with more than 25 set up in 2012 by the Nathaniel Lichfield years’ experience in Young Foundation as and Partners (NLP), a the development a centre of research planning, economics industry. His expertise and innovation about and urban design includes transport the social life of consultancy. She is a masterplanning, advising on transport communities. Nicola has worked with the town planner and planning and policy and directing innovative and public, private and third sectors to development surveyor with more than 20 design-led transport approaches to explore the relationship between people years’ experience working in private development schemes. Mike graduated and places, understanding how day-to- practice advising both public and private in 1988, formed Savell Bird & Axon in day experience is shaped by the built sector clients. She has worked on a wide 1994, subsequently sold it to WYG - environment. Nicola has advised variety of development projects, with Global Consultancy in 2007 and formed governments and agencies in the UK proposals taken through from inception Vectos in 2011. Vectos is a transport and internationally on different ways that to implementation. planning and infrastructure design people can be put at the centre of consultancy specialising in maximising placemaking. Her work ranges from big She leads a team responsible for the value of land/assets in the property data projects to qualitative research and solving complex project-related legal development industry. practical engagement and empowerment and policy problems, most recently projects. advising on King’s Cross Central and a Mike leads complex, mixed-use scheme series of residential projects nationwide. projects placing design at the heart of Nicola was the Young Foundation’s Her team reports and comments on transport solutions. His work includes Director of Local Projects from 2007 emerging planning-related legislation major strategic developments, expert to 2012, setting up major programmes and government policy for clients and witness appearances on projects across on local social innovation, wellbeing in-house, advising on implications for the UK, and Select Committee and and resilience and neighbourhoods. their interests and submitting responses Upper Tribunal appearances. His work Before joining the Young Foundation, to consultations. spans the land use spectrum, including she worked at the Home Office and was the residential, retail, commercial, Director of Safe in the City, an award- Margaret is vice-chair of the British leisure and sustainable energy sectors. winning action research programme Property Federation’s (BPF) Planning He is involved in strategic planning for set up to pilot new ways of preventing Committee and regularly participates in European research and demonstration youth homelessness, and was Director discussions regarding emerging law and transport projects. of Policy at Shelter. Nicola started her policy with Department for Communities career working in locally based, third and Local Government’s (DCLG) and Mike is a Fellow of the Chartered sector organisations in Newcastle and Business Innovation and Science Institution of Highways & Transportation. London. She is a Fellow of the Young (BIS). She independently reviewed He is a member of the British Council Foundation and a mentor for Bethnal development management sections of of Shopping Centres and the Milton Green Ventures. the draft Planning Practice Guidance Keynes Business Leaders Partnership. and assists DCLG with Housing Bill He is a director and owner of indoor rock proposals (for the brownfield register and climbing centres in ‘permission in principle’). Margaret is an and Snowdonia. architectural tour guide for Hamburg- based architects and Open-City. She regularly volunteers on built environment educational programmes. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 17

Ken Baikie Kimball Bailey Simon Baker

Ken has been utilising Kimball is a published Simon graduated his skills as a planner author, an from the Architectural for more than 25 experienced and Association, School years in a variety of practical business of Architecture in sectors and projects director and manager 1995. He has worked in London. He joined with significant in architectural the Peabody Trust in expertise in practices with Piers 2014, to client a strategic masterplanning governance, procurement, benefit Gough, Terry Farrell and currently exercise for Peabody in conjunction with realisation and the management of manages the architecture studio of two local authorities: the change in a strategic commercial Chetwoods Architects in Leeds. Authority and . Ken context. For the last 27 years he has is now working with the Interim Executive worked for international consultancies, He is involved in a number of built Director Thamesmead at Peabody to both independent players and former ‘big environment activities outside of his role agree a whole organisation step change four’ firms – with nine years at Ernst & as a director of a national practice. Chair in investment and service delivery across Young. Kimball has a law degree from of the Architecture Centre for the Leeds Thamesmead. Cambridge University. City region; a design review panellist at a local level for Barnsley and regionally Prior to Peabody, Ken worked in a variety He helps organisations to realise benefit level for Yorkshire and Humber; honorary of senior roles in local government on from their investment in business change treasurer of the regional Royal Institute a range of regeneration projects in east and has most recently applied this on a of British Architects (RIBA) council; London. He also spent three years with series of projects to procure architects, a regular contributor to the Leeds School the Homes and Communities Agency strategic design team and development of Architecture; and a Cabe enabler. London Team culminating in leading on advisers for NHS Trusts. He has worked With extensive architectural and urban housing and regeneration investment with the Royal Institute of British design experience he delivers projects across south London. Architects (RIBA). Kimball has worked of all scales and in numerous sectors, across a range of sectors, including including retail, residential, commercial, healthcare, central and local government, leisure and culture. education, financial services, retail and distribution and the voluntary sector. Simon is a designer and creative leader, passionate about producing meaningful work by delivering better places to live and work through stimulating debate and producing appropriate built forms. He believes projects should reflect their location, respond to history and originate from a narrative specific to the client, use of the building, the user and the wider community. He is willing to listen to others and promotes a culture of collaboration. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 18

Jon Baldwin Rob Ballantyne Ian Banks

Jon is a committed Rob is an Ian is both a and widely independent chartered architect experienced urban consultant in planning and a public art planning, economic and health. A full consultant. He is the development and member of the Royal director of Atoll Ltd, regeneration Town Planning his micro architecture professional. He has Institute (RTPI), he and art collaborative completed a substantial body of work in has a considerable background in health, of just one, that likes to partner with a placemaking, development having been an executive director of a growing network of creative artists, management, masterplanning and at all large Health Authority for several years; architects, landscape architects, stages of the project cycle, successfully responsible at various times for planning, engineers, and curators. delivering innovative projects and commissioning and primary care. Since significant programmes. 2002, Rob has used his background in He is currently a Fellow of the Royal planning, urban design and health to Society of Arts (RSA) and acts voluntarily Jon has worked for county, district and work with health bodies, local authorities for the Arts on the Waterways national unitary local authorities; Residential and developers on healthy urban advisory panel of the Canal and River Development Agencies (RDAs) and planning and healthy urban design. Trust. His commercial and domestic Uniform Rail Costing Systems; a private architectural commissions are carried out consultancy and freelance consultant. This includes developing and reviewing separately and profits from this work are He has specialised in urban planning and guides and policies, carrying out Health reinvested to subsidise further cultural, regeneration activity, including bidding Impact Assessment and advising on community and non-profit interests that for/delivering various national and urban design. Author of Building In the studio is engaged in. As such, work European funding regimes. He is a former Health – a checklist and guide, and one is split to varying degrees between four director and trustee of Urban Vision of the authors of the Royal Town Planning main working interests of architecture North Staffordshire. Strengths include the Institute guide Delivering Healthy (primarily housing & leisure); public ability to develop and retain a strategic Communities. He recently co-authored art (collaborations and consultancy); programme overview while successfully a second edition of an Active Planning affiliations (associations, joint ventures ensuring detail of individual project Toolkit, commended in RTPI Planning and voluntary work) and writing (articles, delivery. He is adept at working with Awards. journalism and other editorial). interdisciplinary professional colleagues, partners, stakeholders and clients at all He was personally invited to give levels in all types of organisations, either evidence to the Parliamentary Health as part of an in-house team or an external Select Committee on the role of the built freelance consultant. environment in health inequalities, and was a member of the National Institute Jon has worked extensively with elected for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) politicians, trusts, management boards Programme Development Group on and community groups. A believer in the Spatial Planning for Health. dynamic future of cities and the ability of place shapers to improve city regions through good urban design. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 19

Neil Barker Tim Barkley Alistair Barr

Architect, client Tim has been a Alistair is an architect design advisor and Chartered Town with 35 years’ associate of the Planner since 1984. experience. He Association for He spent most of his founded Barr Gazetas Project Safety, with career in in 1993 and directs 40 years’ experience, development the design strategy Neil has expertise in management rising to there. He has steered most aspects of architectural practice. manage environmental health, building a path to seek challenging projects on Now a director owner of control, land charges and development interesting sites. He believes that context emBarkArchitecture Chartered Practice. control services. Recently he led on the and place generate a unique design Mid Sussex Council’s project to revitalize approach to each individual project. His Focusing on good client and stakeholder three town centres which included three project at Air Street is the only Building communication and liaison helps Neil town centre master plans. The project Research Establishment Environmental develop and manage effective teams and involved working with a private sector Assessment Methodology (BREEAM) partnerships. He has broad experience development partner, masterplanners Outstanding achieved by a listed building on projects from feasibility to completion and lead architects for each town. and is in the top 1% of sustainable and operation. Recent extensive work buildings in the UK. with various large care provider clients Tim was instrumental in setting up a has seen Neil develop a programme local design panel with support from the The Greenwich Market scheme is of assessment, new build projects, south-east region of the Royal Institute of providing active shop fronts, residential extension and renovation of building British Architects (RIBA). Other roles have units and regenerating a well-loved stock, to provide and maintain modern, included strategic lead on emergency market with a combination of restoration attractive premises, benefiting all users planning; chairman of the Mid Sussex and modern structures. Alistair has other and occupants. Neil understands the Emergency Planning Liaison Group; projects in , Regent requirements of care registration bodies chairman of the Mid Sussex Safety Street, , and and their importance in the design Committee and lead officer for strategic Christchurch, Dorset. He has lectured process. accessibility issues across the district. widely on architecture and urban design While managing the Development at universities and conferences. He is client representative for many Control Service, he introduced charging projects. His work as an assessor for for planning advice at Mid-Sussex, area- He is a judge for the Civic Trust, Academy the Royal Institute of British Architects based planning committees and public of Urbanism and FX Design Awards. Continuing Professional Development speaking at planning committees. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Providers’ Network keeps him up to date Arts (RSA) and an Academician of the with technical, legal and design issues. Tim was a member of the council’s senior Academy of Urbanism. Alistair was born Neil represents North East Chamber of management team for eight years until and bred in Milton Keynes and credits Commerce on Newcastle Age Friendly retiring from the Mid Sussex Council. He growing up in this dynamic architectural City, and as director on the boards of has taken on the role of Chairman of the experiment as his first architectural International Newcastle and Newcastle Sussex Community Rail Partnership and education. Formal education was at Business Improvement District. Fifteen is supporting a town council in preparing Nottingham and Bristol Universities. years as a non-executive Director in the a Neighbourhood Plan. National Health Service provided insight into and understanding of complex organisations, public sector procurement and major capital projects. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 20

Renato Benedetti Rab Bennetts Alan Berman

Benedetti Architects An Architect, Rab Alan founded was formed by co-founded Bennetts architectural practice Renato Benedetti Associates in 1987 Berman Guedes after 20 years of with his partner Stretton in 1978, after award-winning Denise, and provides studying at success as overall design Cambridge and the McDowell+Benedetti direction. In common Bartlett Schools of Architects (M+B). The chartered practice with the other directors and associate Architecture. A hands-on designer he continues to further its established directors, he takes a personal, hands-on remains closely involved with new and international reputation for design approach and is keen to create a Listed Buildings, using his extensive excellence in an unusually diverse range collaborative spirit throughout the knowledge of architectural history, of projects across different types and practice’s activities. Notable projects by particularly 20th century buildings. Alan scales, including: urban design and the firm include the Royal Shakespeare now acts as consultant to Berman masterplanning, arts and cultural Theatre in Stratford Upon Avon; Guedes Stretton and does advisory work buildings, bridges, healthcare, education, Hampstead Theatre; major hotels in in his own right as Studio Berman. commercial and residential projects. Born London and Amsterdam for Mint Hotels; and educated in Canada, Renato worked The Informatics Faculty at Edinburgh At Pembroke College , Alan led as a stonemason and bricklayer before University; Brighton’s Jubilee Library and the team’s award-winning design of five studying architecture at the University of the New Street Square office complex in buildings which created two new quads Waterloo, Canada. At the start of his the . on a restricted historic site, providing career he worked for practices in Canada 120 student rooms, auditorium, seminar and Italy, as well as for BDP and YRM in He plays an active part in many aspects rooms, and café, with a bridge over- London. of the design and construction industry, sailing the ancient City and College wall. including research projects, professional Professional affiliations include committees and education. Rab was Wolfson College is a listed 1960’s ARB, RIBA and FRSA. Professional awarded the Order of the British Empire building where Alan and the practice appointments include: Design Council (OBE) for services to architecture in 2003. have designed three significant Cabe – Built Environment Expert (BEE); He is a board member of the UK additions: two blocks of student Lewisham Design Review Panel; Green Building Council, trustee of Design accommodation, an auditorium and Design Review Panel: Council and a director of Sadlers Wells study centre. Both projects are highly founding member/chair; Southwark Theatre. valued by the colleges who have invited Design Review Panel: founding member/ Alan to retain an ongoing relationship. chair; RIBA Competitions and Awards An Associate Fellow of Green Templeton judge/chair; World Architecture News College Oxford, he advises the Building Awards judge. Renato is visiting professor Committee. Alan has written a number at Roma Tre University, Rome Italy, of books, contributes to architectural Architecture Club and visiting critic at journals and is visiting Lecturer at schools of architecture in Britain, Italy and Liverpool University’s School of Canada. Who’s Who entry 2000. Architecture. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 21

John Best Joost Beunderman Toby Blume

John spent 25 years Joost is a Director of Toby is an in local government, the London-based experienced social 10 years each in the architecture, design innovator, community London Boroughs of and strategy practice participation Newham and Architecture 00, practitioner and Haringey, including 5 which he joined in strategist. He has years as Haringey`s 2008 to lead on a more than 20 years’ borough planning officer. wide range of urban design and experience of working in the not-for-profit regeneration projects, focusing on sector, particularly supporting excluded The next 12 years were spent in economic development, community communities to achieve positive social Milton Keynes initially as Director co-production and public realm . His work has included of Environment. This role included and management. influencing public policy, community planning, development, highways, waste, engagement and self-help, grant-making landscape, community safety, parishes, He has particular experience in and developing innovative ways for Direct Labour Organisation (DLO), etc. translating high-level aspirations for marginalised communities to have Later as CEO: overall health of the place, outcomes into specific design, delivery influence over decisions that affect them. its economy, community & trajectory and management strategies. Joost was He ran two national charities – 2003-2008. In 2008 John left to develop the main author of the Compendium for Groundswell UK and Urban Forum – for his current mixed-sector portfolio, both the Civic Economy, an overview of local over 15 years, before leaving to set up the paid and pro bono. This has included innovations in economic regeneration, Archer Academy, a new free school in international activity in China, United published with Nesta and Design Council north London. Arab Emirates (UAE), former Yugoslavia in 2011. He has collaborated with several and India; UK work in public and private local authorities: the Greater London He now runs Social Engine, an agency sectors, on placemaking, computer Authority, Housing Associations and helping public and not-for-profit modelling and mentoring; voluntary private developers. Joost is also Director organisations improve their impact by sector work in waterways, sports, arts, of Impact Hub Islington and Impact Hub working differently. Toby’s recent work music and film. Academician at the Brixton: two workspaces for startup has included developing a blueprint for Academy of Urbanism, and interested businesses. building community on the Olympic Park in working with Design Council Cabe. for the London Legacy Development From 2005 to 2008, Joost was a Corporation; and using behavioural researcher at the thinktank Demos. He insights and running randomised co-authored a wide range of publications controlled trials for local authorities to on urban governance and the public improve public service outcomes. Toby realm (eg on children and play in public is a trustee of the Involve Foundation and ). From 2004 to 2012 he worked the Travellers Aid Trust, Chair of Barnet on range of urban regeneration projects Giving, Chair of Finance of the Archer with the Amsterdam-based practice Academy and an Analytical Associate for Urhahn Urban Design. Joost trained the Department for Education. as a geographer and urban designer at Utrecht University, University of California, Berkeley and London School of Economics Cities Programme. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 22

Riccardo Bobisse David Bonnett Chris Bowden

Riccardo is an David is an architect Chris is a geographer/ urbanist with a with a background in planner with more multidisciplinary both local authority than 15 years’ background and over and private practice. experience in private 12 years’ of In 1994 he completed planning consultancy. experience. He has a research degree His particular worked on (PhD) at Oxford specialisms include masterplanning, urban and public realm Brookes on designing for people community regeneration and design projects, with a specific focus on with disabilities. infrastructure planning. He set up mixed urban schemes and town centre Navigus in 2010 to help communities revitalisation strategies in the UK and This, as well as David’s personal take greater ownership of social change Europe. Riccardo applies a rigorously experience of disability, has made him through more positive engagement with contextual approach to urban design, a leading figure on the subject. David the planning system. which explores the role of culture and Bonnett Architects was established in community participation in placemaking. 1994 in response to his particular skills Chris has supported numerous as both architect and access consultant. communities across the country in Riccardo holds multiple academic Following expansion, the practice was preparing neighbourhood plans, degrees, from Westminster University, reformed in 2011 as David Bonnett introducing a range of community University College London’s Bartlett Associates (DBA). DBA is now one of engagement techniques to help people and Venice University and has built his the leading Access Consultancies in constructively shape future change. He professional experience in both the the UK, working on significant projects, has also undertaken a significant amount public and private sector. He has worked with many of the leading architectural of work on infrastructure planning and for small and large organisations in practices both at home and abroad. social impact assessment, including Italy, Ireland and the UK. Riccardo is a DBA application of access consultancy for major regeneration projects such as Recognised Practitioner in Urban Design and inclusive design skills now extends Battersea, Southend and a former member of the Urban to transportation and urban design, in and north-east Chelmsford. Before Design Group executive committee. addition to buildings. setting up Navigus, Chris worked for four of the leading planning consultancies in He has published a number of articles David is author of several publications the UK. and papers as well as given several and articles on a wide range of related talks on urban regeneration. Currently, subjects. He has contributed to and Alongside his professional career, he is Riccardo holds a senior position at PLP chaired many national committees a director of a local charity which seeks Architecture where he is working on and continues to give talks in the UK to support local regeneration projects the development of the Old Oak Park and abroad. David is visiting Professor and enhances his own experience of masterplan. The project is a complex of Architecture at Oxford Brookes community planning through active brownfield regeneration scheme in west University and a member of the Quality membership of a number of community London and is earmarked to provide Review Panel for the London Legacy action groups. Chris is a member of thousands of much-needed new homes Development Panel. the Royal Town Planning Institute – and jobs in the capital. Chartered Institute of Housing, Planning for Housing Network and a planning panel member for Civic Voice, the charity which champions the civic movement. He also undertakes training and case studies for the Planning Advisory Service. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 23

Dr Jos Boys Keith Bradley Angela Brady

Jos trained in Keith is a senior Angela was born in architecture and has partner with Feilden Dublin and graduated worked as an Clegg Bradley from the Dublin architectural Studios (FCBS), Institute of journalist, researcher, joining in 1987. He Technology in educator and in was made a partner in Architecture. Past community-based 1995, senior partner president of the Royal design practice. She is particularly in 1997 and established the London Institute of British Architects, and Director interested in how the design of buildings office in 1998. of Brady Mallalieu Architects, set up with and spaces affects diverse everyday Robin Mallalieu: an award-winning Royal lives, and in improving our built Keith was Vice Chair of the CABE Institute of British Architects Chartered surroundings for those with the least National Design Review Panel and practice, specialising in quality access. Jos was a co-founder of Matrix Trustee of Shape East, Centre for contemporary sustainable design, based feminist architects practice in the 1980s, Architecture and the Built Environment, in London. Angela has given more than and has also done a considerable Cambridge. He has led numerous FCBS 50 keynote speeches around the world, number of community projects – most award-winning projects including 30 including in India, China, Vietnam, USA, recently bringing together disabled artists Royal Institute of British Architecture the EU and Middle East on sustainable with architects and other built Awards; the Queens Award for city making and low carbon design. environment professionals to explore Sustainability and the 2008 . ways of designing more creatively. Ongoing work in London, Manchester, Angela advises on many design Leeds, Bristol and Bath with award review committees, including English She is author of Doing Disability winning, high-density urban housing Heritage-Urban Panel; Royal Institute of Differently: an alternative handbook on and major urban regeneration schemes British Architects, the Royal Institute of architecture, dis/ability and designing for throughout the UK. Public buildings Architects of Ireland; Design Champion everyday life. include London Academies and two for London Development Agency; new buildings for the Chaired Royal Institute of British Jos also has expertise in new learning Museums. Architects Women in Architecture and is spaces for higher and adult education, a rep of the Global Irish Business Forum. having undertaken consultancies at Keith’s completed Higher Education many universities worldwide; and written projects include the masterplan and She is a professional TV broadcaster extensively on this subject, including design of London’s largest student co-writing and co-presenting a series Towards Creative Learning Spaces: campus for Queen Mary University of Designing Ireland – a review of Irish re-thinking the architecture of post- London, and the London Centre for Architecture, Craft and compulsory education. Nanotechnology for University Collage and . Angela previously London. The new Business School presented the overseas strand of The and Student Hub for Manchester Home Show Channel 4 and designed/ Metropolitan University, and their new built the house on Building the Dream School of Art and Design are currently on ITV. She co-produces/directs and nearing completion. makes short films, including Why Study Architecture? The role of the architect and Designing for Champions, about the London Games 2012 designers. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 24

Paul Bragman Darren Bray Joyce Bridges

Paul originally trained Darren is Technical Joyce is a planner in town planning and Director of award with wide experience has integrated this winning New Forest of regeneration, into 20 years’ practice: Pad Studio. planning and heritage experience in policymaking. She is community and He has 20 years’ a former CABE economic extensive experience Commissioner and a development regeneration in the UK in private practice, coordinating a former English Heritage Commissioner. and internationally. broad range of projects from £150K to £3.1m, including private houses, Joyce is currently a trustee of the Royal At Genesis Housing Group he established interior projects, community projects, Museums Greenwich; a member of the a successful Community Development educational projects and listed buildings. Mayor of London’s Design Advisory Programme, delivering 57 projects across Darren was project architect on the Group; English Heritage’s Urban Panel London, benefiting more than 3000 award winning New Forest private house and MADE’s design advice reference people and generating additional funding in 2009. A key member of the Pad Studio group. She had a long civil service career of £1.25m a year. For ten years, Paul has team, who were awarded Royal Institute working on planning, urban policy, been running a consultancy in community of British Architects South Emerging regeneration and housing. Joyce held and economic regeneration, providing practice of the year, in 2014. He has been senior posts in the former Office of the community and economic development a part time studio tutor at Portsmouth Deputy Prime Minister and Government services, as an effective way to deliver School of Architecture since 2007, and Office for London, where she advised tangible change to local communities. recently joined the Royal Institute of successive secretaries on strategic He has worked with more than 80 British Architects for change committee. planning and high profile case work in housing associations, local authorities, Darren is also Non Executive Director London. She played a leading personal community/voluntary organisations and at consultancy: Grey Matter, role in the transformation of Trafalgar non-governmental organisations in the concrete that assists architects and Square and House and the UK, Asia, South America and Africa. Paul contractors through experience and provision of new Thames piers. was a board member of Stonebridge practical knowledge in the production of Housing Action Trust and is currently fair-faced bespoke concrete work. Since leaving the civil service she has a Trustee of Conflict and Change, and provided advice to the Heritage Lottery Action Village India. He was chosen as one of the Royal Fund and other public bodies. She was Institute of British Architects role models awarded the CBE in 2001. He is an approved National Council earlier this year, and is also a visiting Voluntary Organisations consultant and a critic at Brighton member of the International Association school, and a part 3 Examiner at both of Community Development and the Portsmouth and London Metropolitan Community Cohesion Practitioner schools of architecture. Network. Qualifications include: Advanced Certificate Conflict Resolution and Mediation - Birkbeck University (06-07); MA Environmental Planning - Nottingham University (91–93); BA (HONS) Social Sciences - Middlesex University (85–89). A guide to our Built Environment Experts 25

Abigaile Bromfield Andrew Brookes Alison Brooks

Abigaile is a qualified Andrew has a Educated at the town planner and master’s degree in University of mediator with a mix of Business Waterloo, Alison public and private Administration. He is formed a partnership sector experience, a chartered building in Ron Arad gained over a period services engineer and Associates in the UK of 15 years. She has registered low carbon in 1989, founding recently been on secondment to the consultant. Alison Brooks Architects Ltd (ABA) in Cabinet Office Implementation Unit for 1996 at Highgate Studios. Alison is the the Prime Minister, advising on improving He is one of the youngest Fellows of the first UK architect to have won the Royal the implementation of housing and Chartered Institute of Building Services Institute of British Architecture’s and the development related policies. Engineers, with more than 26 years’ three most prestigious awards for experience, starting as a trainee Engineer architecture: the Stirling Prize for Abigaile currently manages the Arup at the age of 16. Andrew has been a Accordia Cambridge 2008; the Manser Midland Planning team. Her work Council Member of the Building Services Medal 2007; and the Stephen Lawrence with Arup – Engineering Consultants, Research and Information Association for Prize 2006. combines practical planning experience the last nine years and is a representative with a strong track record of action – on both the Chartered Institute of ABA has developed an international orientated research and evaluation, as Building Service Engineers and BSRIA reputation for design excellence, well as development management. Her Building Information Modelling task ranging from urban regeneration, recent experience includes managing forces. masterplanning, public buildings for masterplanning and application the arts, higher education and housing; submission for the new town of Andrew is currently a Regional Director winning an international competition for Northstowe; national training support with United Research Services - the new Exeter College Quad at Oxford for the Planning Advisory Service; Engineers heading up the Education and University. Alison was a Cabe National providing change management advice Blue Light sectors with responsibility for Design Review Panel member; sits on and ongoing support for the Highways major multidiscplinary bid management the Royal Institute of British Architects Division at a County Council; and and delivery across the UK. In this role Awards Group and in 2011 was a Royal supporting the delivery of consents for there is extensive client and multiple Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize major infrastructure. stakeholder engagement at a variety Juror. She was a Diploma Unit Master at of levels and Andrew is often ‘the face’ the Architectural Association 2009-2011; of United Research Services. Projects has served as External Examiner at the vary in size from a £1.5m primary school Universities of Bath and Lincoln, currently extension, to a £100m Public Finance at University College of London - Bartlett. Initiative scheme for Avon and Somerset She has been juror for the Housing Police Authority. Design Awards and Young Architect of the Year Awards.

She lectures internationally on architecture and urbanism. ABA’s completed buildings have twice featured in the Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary World Architecture. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 26

Adam Brown Jessica Bryne-Daniel Robin Buckle

Adam has been in Jess has more than Robin is an urban architectural practice 25 years’ experience designer who has for 25 years. He in the field of worked extensively in co-founded Landolt . the fields of planning, and Brown architects Her particular regeneration and in 2006, following 15 interests lie in urban design for more years’ work with John meaningful design than 30 years. McAslan, and is currently engaged on and strategy formation that ensure the various public sector projects across unique essence of place is celebrated in He is currently Head of Urban Design London. With specific experience in a collaborative response to the client’s for Transport for London, where he has infrastructure projects and regeneration aspirations. She has worked with various worked for the last six years on a broad masterplans, design briefs and area practices promoting a thoughtful range of projects, from the production of action plans, current work includes major approach to projects that challenge design guidance documents to providing regeneration commissions in mediocrity in design and where possible design input into significant transport working for the Greater London Authority, encourage users of the finished scheme infrastructure. Prior to Transport for Haringey and Transport for London; to become involved in the design London, he worked as principal urban including two new stations; a major process. Recent work has included the designer for Design for London, part of public open space; public sector-led re-design of the setting for the Chichester the now defunct London Development residential development and smaller Festival Theatre and the design and Agency, and for Brent Council. Robin’s scale workspace; retail and meanwhile- implementation of a productive housing recent projects include the Emirates use initiatives for local / estate landscape, including a residents’ Air Line (cable car), where his role was producers. foraging plan and the sensitive relocation design manager from inception to of the Happisburgh caravan park to avoid planning, and then as the client design Adam is also leading Landolt and it succumbing to the ravages of the North interface, for the subsequent design Brown’s high profile commission for Sea. and build stage. Peckham Rye’s new station square, which includes the formation of a She currently works as a consultant for More recently he acted as design new public open space in the heart of Camlin Lonsdale landscape architects manager for the design of the above-the- Peckham’s town centre with a mix of and teaches Landscape Design at Leeds ground elements for the local retail, healthcare, co-worker and Metropolitan University. She sits on Extension, including the expert design community facilities surrounding the a number of Regional Design Review witness at the public inquiry for the square; developed in close dialogue panels including Integreat Plus, and is Transport and Works Act, subsequently with the local community through the a member of the Cabe Oxford Design approved. Work has now started on site. Peckham Codesign process. Adam is Review Panel. Robin attends a number of design review a fellow of the , panels within Transport for London and current member of Southwark and and externally including Transport for Hackney’s Design Review Panels. He London’s Design Governance Board is a member of the Mayor’s Specialist and Design Review and the Mayors Assistance Team and has contributed to Design Advisory Group and associated the Mayor’s Cycling Advisory Group and panel reviews. Roads Task Force. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 27

Dr. Lucy Bullivant Jacqui Bunce Catherine Burd

Lucy is a place vision Jacqui is a senior Catherine is a strategist, curator, manager with strong founding director of author, Editor-in-Chief project management, Burd Haward of Urbanista.org, her communication, Architects, a small, webzine on liveable organisational and award-winning urbanism, and an presentation skills. architectural practice adviser. She was formed in 1998. elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal She joined the NHS in in Institute of British Architects for her 2002, after a career in the commercial Their first built project won the Royal services to architecture in 2010. She is and charity sectors. Most of her NHS Institute of British Architects Manser developing a place vision strategy for the work has involved leading on strategic Medal in 2002, and in 2005 they were London Borough of Enfield, and is planning and implementing change selected by the Architects’ Journal, publications director for the Tallinn across the county, including a five- as one of ‘40 under 40’ emerging Biennale of Architecture 2017 and for year stint as Programme Director for influential British practices. As director Sustainable Urbanism: New Directions, a transformational change across the of Burd Haward Architects, Catherine series of international research Hertfordshire health economy, from 2008. leads design and delivery of numerous, workshops staged by the University of Jacqui led the development of the New carefully considered new buildings and Qatar. Her books include 4D Hyperlocal: QEII Hospital in Welwyn Garden City from spaces, from one-off houses, housing A Cultural Toolkit for the Open Source inception to financial close, a project developments; schools; restaurants; arts City (AD/Wiley, 2017), Masterplanning which involved significant stakeholder and theatre projects. Futures, on adaptive planning, which engagement in a politically challenging won Book of the Year at the Urban environment. The New QEII Hospital is Currently working on a major new Design Group Awards in 2014 a commissioner-led £30m community building project for the National Trust on (Routledge, 2012), and Recoded City: facility which delivers new models of care an architecturally sensitive rural site, with Co-creating urban futures, on to the local community. London Borough of Camden designing participatory placemaking, co-authored housing for key urban infill sites, and with Thomas Ermacora (Routledge 2015). All of these changes have been made in with the City of London on the design the context of developing sustainable of new sports pavilions on Hampstead She curated Urbanistas: women integrated services which involve social Heath. Catherine is an experienced innovators in architecture, landscape care and the voluntary sector, in order critic and communicator. She has taught and urban design, an exhibition for to deliver the best possible outcomes and lectured at several schools of Roca London Gallery in 2015, which for patients and carers. Her current role architecture, and is a Royal Institute of has toured to the Core, Newcastle, is responsibile for the development, British Architects competitions assessor. and Remake – We Make, an exhibition implementation and tracking of the with WORKSHOP architecture, for the CCG’s five-year strategic plan and annual She has sat on a architectural awards 2015 Bi-City of Urbanism/Architecture operational plan, with additional specific panels, including . leadership responsibilities for joint Architect of the Year, National House commissioning with Hertfordshire Builders’ Council Housing, Manser She has curated conferences and County Council including voluntary Medal, RIBA & Civic Trust Awards. events for the V&A; ; the sector partnerships. Catherine was a member of CABE’s Institute of Contemporary Arts; the National Design Review Panel. Architectural League, NYC, and Center for Architecture (American Institute of Architects New York Chapter). Lucy has also acted as an expert witness, mentor and was Renaissance Advocate to Yorkshire Forward’s Renaissance Towns and Cities programme, 2007-2010. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 28

Mark Burgess Sarah Burgess Ruth Butler

Mark is an architect, Sarah is a qualified Ruth is a chartered planner and urban town planner with architect and designer with more more than 15 years’ registered Royal than 30 years’ of experience in Institute of British experience in public private and public Architects Client and private sectors – sector planning, in Adviser, with currently working as both England and expertise in Design Team Leader at Leeds City Australia. She is currently working at the education, health and sports projects. Council and part-time lecturer/tutor on University of the West of England, Bristol, She has a particular interest in special post-graduate urban design course. in the World Health Organisation needs schools and the mental health Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban sector. He has previous experience as a Environments. Her role as a senior project architect developing a full lecturer in health and spatial planning Ruth has a proven track record working range of building types. Mark’s current requires her to undertake both teaching with local authorities, including the Royal work ranges from major regeneration and research projects looking at the Borough of Greenwich and Wandsworth frameworks, urban design strategies, relationship between the built Council. She engages with clients to guidance and design review in planning environment and health. produce a robust brief, advising on to placemaking projects for new spaces design quality, community engagement, in the city; design championing for Sarah also has extensive experience in design team selection and procurement. housing; schools; transport initiatives presenting and running workshops for She was a key team member for the (strategy/public realm & HS2); and other all tiers of government and the private All England Lawn Tennis Club’s £130m procurement/infrastructure projects, sector. She has also prepared spatial redevelopment at Wimbledon for Building engaging closely with councillors, planning documents in her previous role Design Partnership; developing the site consultants and wide range of in local authorities and private practice masterplan and No 1 court stadium. Ruth stakeholders. He also leads the in Australia, and managed a programme was a partner at David Morley Architects, ‘design challenges and solutions’/ while at Design Council Cabe to support leading their health and education sector placemaking module on the local authorities develop a clear vision work and delivering projects including: postgraduate urban design course and strategy for their area that addresses Talacre Sports Centre (Camden); St at Leeds Beckett University. local issues, needs and circumstances. Bernard’s Mental Health Hospital, Ealing Through this work, she has analysed (Medium Secure Units) and the Campus Mark is involved with public-private more than 70 core strategies across in North Somerset (two schools, library sector inter-professional groups, England and prepared a guidance and a sports centre). Her work has been partnership working in Leeds (including document Planning for Places, to assist widely published. ‘Quality Public Spaces’ group of Property local planning authorities in preparing a Forum). He is a member of the Royal spatial plan. Ruth was a member of CABE’s National Institute of British Architects, Royal Design Review Panel and has advised Town Planning Institute, Urban Design Sarah has published an international the Department for Education on physical Group, Institute of Historic Building textbook on Planning for Health and education in schools, helping to write Conservation, former accredited Building Well-being and a Handbook on Green their Fit for the Future publication. for Life Assessor (and CABE Enabler), Infrastructure. She is a member of the She has contributed to Sport England and Academician in the Academy of Academy of Urbanism. guidance documents and is a director of Urbanism. He is also a panel member Horizon Leisure Trust. of Yorkshire and Humber Region Design Review Service. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 29

Anne Byrne Andrew Cameron James Cameron

Anne is an urban Andrew is an engineer James is an development and with a background in international lawyer, regeneration transportation, policy adviser and specialist with architectural entrepreneur, a extensive experience. engineering and barrister called in She is currently urban design. 1987. He has heading Hackney appeared in leading Council’s Woodberry Down Estate He has more than 20 years’ experience in cases in environment, trade and human regeneration programme, one of the how we can plan for movement while at rights including the arrest of General largest in the country and on target to the same time creating great streets and Pinochet, Hinkley Point, and the deliver more than 5,500 new homes. enjoyable places. He has been involved Shrimp/Turtle case at the World in many regeneration and masterplanning Trade Organisation. Anne was also Head of Physical projects for villages, towns and cities Regeneration at Waltham Forest; a in the UK and around the world. James has negotiated international Project Director at Barnet Council where These include the £8bn Earls Court agreements such as Kyoto Protocol and she played a pivotal role in the Brent redevelopment which will stitch new the Framework Convention on Climate Cross/Cricklewood regeneration; and London streets into the fractured fabric Change, represented several developing Director of Development at Stonebridge of this part of the city; and proposals nations in dispute settlements, advised Housing Action Trust. She has delivered for Lakeside, a community of the European Commssion on regulating and revised masterplans, including for 50,000 people south of the downtown, greenhouse gas emissions, and was Woodberry Down. While at Southwark with new city wide transit connections, a member of the UK Prime Minister’s Council, Anne was part of the team that a human-scale, slow-speed, strategic Business Advisory Group. commissioned Peckham Library which highway through the site and two miles won the Stirling Prize in 2000. She also of lakeshore walking and bike trails. James founded Climate Change Capital, commissioned the Fawood Children’s a specialist investment firm in 2003; Centre in Stonebridge which was Andrew has acted as an advisor to the is currently Chairman of Overseas shortlisted for the Stirling Prize in 2005. government for the House of Commons Development Institute, a leading research Anne was a CABE enabler for nine years Select Committees on Housing and based thinktank on development; and worked on several national projects. Sustainable Communities. He is co- Chairman of Agrica, a sustainable author of national and local design agriculture business; a member of She has excellent experience of working guidance, including The Urban Design General Electric’s Ecomagination Board; with developers and negotiating Compendium, Designing Streets (for the a Trustee of the Green Building Council; development agreements, and is strongly Scottish Government), Manual for Streets a Trustee of CDP, an organisation which committed to partnership working with 1 and 2 and The Abu Dhabi Urban Street works with shareholders to disclose local communities. Design Manual. He is a Design Review corporate data on emissions, water use Panel Member for MADE, OPUN/Design and forest depletion; and a Sustainable and Places Matter. Development Commisioner for London. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 30

Charles Campion Rachel Capon Matthew Carmona

Charles is a JTP Rachel is a chartered Matthew is Professor partner in charge of meteorologist and of Planning and Urban co-design, consultant scientist Design at the Bartlett, collaborative planning with more than 15 University College processes with years’ experience. London. communities and stakeholders from all Having started her He has previously backgrounds and sectors. For 20 years career in the UK Met Office, she now lectured at the , Charles has worked on masterplanning combines her meteorological expertise worked as a researcher at Strathclyde and and urban design projects in the UK, with environmental and building physics Reading Universities and as an architect Europe, China, Indonesia and India. to focus on climate change impacts and in practice. His research has focused on adaptation for the built environment the policy and development context for He was awarded the International sector. She served on the UK Climate delivering better quality design in the built Association of Public Participation Projections (UKCP09) User Panel and environment, having worked on a range Project of the Year Award in 2009 for lead-authored the Built Environment of research projects examining: design Scarborough’s Renaissance. Recent Sector Report for the UK government’s policies and guidance; design coding; projects include the award-winning First Climate Change Risk Assessment, residential design and development Community Planning process for the published in 2012. She has analysed processes; delivering urban renaissance; new zero-carbon neighbourhood at weather and climate-related risks for the value of urban and architectural Graylingwell Park, Chichester, and a number of projects both in the UK, design; the working relationships Community Planning Weekends for a (eg the Three Regions Climate Change between housing providers and planners; high-density, residential-led development Group project, Your Home in a Changing measuring quality in planning; managing at Silvertown Way, Newham, part Climate), and worldwide (eg assessment external public space; local environmental of London’s Custom House and of future weather risks and renewable quality and standards; London squares Regeneration Area; the energy resources for a new sustainable and high streets. This research has led regeneration of St Clement’s Hospital city masterplan in Russia). to an extensive range of academic and including London’s first Community professional publications. Land Trust; a new residential-led Urban Most recently, as a technical advisor Village in Newbury town centre; and at the Zero Carbon Hub, she led a Between 2003 and 2011, he served as for proposed urban extensions to government and industry-funded Head of the Bartlett School of Planning Attleborough and Hethersett in Norfolk, evidence review on Overheating and now leads on urban design across the Cirencester and Hereford. in Homes, which will feed into the faculty. Matthew is European Associate development of different policy options Editor for the Journal of Urban Design, Charles has led community for reducing the risk of extreme and was formally on the Research as part of the Scottish government’s temperatures in British homes. Reference Group of CABE. He is a Mainstreaming Programme; regular advisor to the government and and internationally Charles has led government agencies both in the UK and several charrette processes in Sweden; overseas. an international multidisciplinary team through charrette processes to plan an eco-region in Indonesia; participated in the Liangzhu Culture Village Community Planning Weekend, China; and run several community planning events in Iceland. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 31

Richard Cass Ben Castell Philip Cave

Richard qualified Ben is a town planner Philip has headed up initially as an architect specialising in policy Philip Cave and landscape research, urban Associates, architect. He has regeneration, Landscape Architects more than 40 years’ neighbourhood and Urban Designers, experience in planning and for 25 years. Before housing, transport, masterplanning. that he worked for an leisure, education, industry, heritage, architects practice, city and county health and public space; and as a He is Director of Strategic Planning councils. masterplanner and project manager on and Urban Design at AECOM and had large-scale regeneration projects. about 18 years in practice. Author of the For nine years he has been a member Projects include the 100ha Riverside ‘Layout and Connectivity’ and ‘Quality of Design Review Panels, initially for Regeneration project in Liverpool and the Places’ urban design chapters of the Southwark and now for Newham, 1000ha Bishopton new settlement. government’s Manual for Streets, Ben Islington, south and east, and Transport is also principal author of a number of for London. His main passion is in At Design Council Cabe Richard served national (UK and elsewhere) guidance designing inspirational public realm and as a Commissioner, a member of the documents that explore the links semi-private schemes for both private London 2012 Olympic and Legacy between planning and design; covering developers and local authorities. Recent Review panels, vice-chairman of the topics such as crime prevention (a schemes include inner-city mixed-use Ecotown review panel, and on design particular specialism), workplace design projects with public squares, strategic review panels for other large-scale and community engagement. Ben has masterplanning; high-density housing developments. He has also served on led the production of several masterplans with public and semi-private spaces; roof advisory panels in north-west England for town centres, estate regeneration gardens; green roofs and walls; waterside for the Liverpool Docklands and Atlantic schemes and urban extensions, and has schemes; sustainable settlements, and Gateway projects. worked with numerous communities on gateway projects. Current projects are in their neighbourhood plans. the UK; past schemes have been in the He is a trustee of Heritage Works Building United Arab Emirates, and Preservation Trust and chairman of He has also produced major workplace Saudi Arabia. the Cass Foundation. He has wide masterplans for some of the world’s experience of sustainable development, largest engineering companies. Philip was elected an academician at demonstrating how environmental, Spatial planning experience includes the Academy of Urbanism and was economic and social objectives can leading several growth studies and sub- on the Urban Design Group Executive be delivered together, rather than in regional studies in places such as Greater Committee for 25 years. He has been competition. This covers technical Nottingham, , Lincolnshire a tutor and lecturer at a number of aspects such as renewable energy, and . universities, and has given training to transport and drainage, as well as wider planners at Urban Design London. Past land use, ecological and masterplanning projects have won a number of awards issues. He has a particular interest in including from the Civic Trust, Landscape health and the environment, and how Institute, British Association of design can contribute to improving both. Landscape Industries, Property Papers/ His work has received many awards, and Journals and Local Authorities. he has contributed extensively to national and international conferences. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 32

Lynne Ceeney Philip Chambers Jim Chapman

Lynne is Global Head Phil, a wheelchair Jim is a chartered of Sustainability for a user, has more than architect and urban professional services 20 years’ experience designer with more company, with 25 of providing inclusive than 35 years’ years’ experience of environmental experience as a sustainability in the access. consultant, delivering built environment. a wide range of He was co-author of British Telecom projects in many sectors. He established She assists design teams to integrate Countryside for All Standards and an independent consultancy in 2006, sustainability into development Guidance and has contributed to a range which focuses on supporting and proposals and works with organisations of inclusive access advisory documents. advising clients on the delivery of to help them embed sustainability in their He is a member of the judging panel high-quality projects. existing decision-making processes. for the Canal and River Trust Living Lynne is an expert in collaborative Waterways Awards; a former Director Jim is a Visiting Professor of design and masterplanning, enabling of Berneslai Homes, and a Trustee of Architecture for the Manchester stakeholders with different skills and the Safe Anchor Trust. Phil specialises School of Architecture, following nine experience to design and deliver in working with architects, designers years on the governing board, and he sustainable places. She also supports and conservation managers to provide continues to advise the Manchester organisations and project teams inclusive access plans that are clear, Metropolitan University on design and on resilience. Key projects include: informative and complement the work of procurement matters on several strategic Environmental Review Panel assessing co-professionals. developments, including the Business proposals for the 2012 Olympics School; Art and Design Building; Athletes’ Village; manager of two Scottish Phil has managed a range of projects shortlisted for the Stirling Award in 2014; Sustainable Communities Initiative around the UK to enable service Birley Fields, the faculty of Education and programmes – visioning and design providers to better engage with Healthcare, and the campus masterplan charrette in Callendar; stakeholder disabled people and their advocates, focusing on the All Saints campus. workshops for the local plan Major and to more effectively meet their In 2014, the University was awarded Issues Report in sensitive rural locations; responsibilities under the Equality Client of the Year by the Royal Institute of Technical Director for sustainability Duty. He is presently carrying out an British Architects. Jim acts as an adviser assessments of alternative infrastructure equality impact assessment on behalf for the Royal Institute of British Architects route alignments; Technical Lead for of Natural Resources Wales at several competitions team and as a client adviser Climate Change Adaptation reports for visitor destinations across Wales, and for urban design, education and two major airports; Technical Contributor also working with York Minster, as healthcare projects. to a Green Economy study part of its iconic Revealing the Minster for a large unitary authority in the east conservation and learning project. He is a member of the design review of England. panel for Architecture and Design Phil advises about inclusive access Scotland. Jim is an accredited Design Lynne is appointed to the Institute to museums and galleries, religious Quality Indicator facilitator in the of Environmental Management and buildings, and worked with architects in healthcare sector for Construction Assessment’s Strategic Advisory the design of the Abbeydale Industrial Industry Council. Council. She was a member of the Museum visitor centre and the Horniman Board of the Academy for Sustainable Museum Discovery Centre. Communities, and the Homes & Communities Agency Skills and Knowledge Panel. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 33

Richard Charge Heather Cheesbrough Darryl Chen

Richard is an award- Heather is a Darryl has winning urban landscape architect demonstrated designer and and town planner, expertise through chartered town specialising in spatial 12 years of planner with more planning, urban professional practice, than 12 years’ design, public realm, promoting good experience in the built masterplanning and design as a environment. regeneration. She has 20 years’ practitioner and thoughtleader, within experience of working in the public and the field of urban design. His background includes public and private sectors, consisting of three private sector experience, combined London boroughs; the urban design He is a partner at Hawkins\Brown and with research and third sector support; consultancies Urban Initiatives; and leads the urban design and research working on wide-ranging projects EDAW/AECOM, and her present position studio, delivering masterplans for specialising in masterplanning and as Head of Planning and Building Control brownfield sites; campuses; science design guidance. Richard is a Director at St Albans City & District Council. parks; housing estates and districts. at +Plus Urban Design, a company he Darryl has both a client-facing role co-founded. They have established Key projects she has managed or developing new business and a hands- themselves as design advisors to a range directed include: the A13 Artscape; on design role translating complex of clients in different sectors across improvements; West briefs into practical design solutions. the UK. Previously, he led the urban Yorkshire Urban Renaissance; Doncaster He champions innovation within the design service at _space Architecture masterplan and Town Team; Mid Sussex practice under the auspices of the &\also across their offices in Leeds, Newcastle masterplans; Swindon public realm thinktank, a research vehicle that informs and Manchester. Prior to that he was strategy and Kings Norton Housing project briefs, explores new markets a senior urban designer for the Tribal Renewal. During her time at Westminster and speculates on future directions Group (formerly Llewelyn Davies Yeang). City Council, she was responsible for architecture and urbanism. Darryl Richard also worked for Newcastle City for public art and facilitated a project regularly writes and speaks on innovation Council as urban designer for six years, with Artangel to bring the international and urban design both in publication where he was part of the design team, multimedia artist Tony Oursler to Soho and at speaking engagements. Notably, which won a CABE award (2005). Square. in 2012 he was invited to exhibit at the Venice Biennale, and in 2014 was This followed a position at Global Urban Since being at St Albans she has invited to speak and judge at the World Research Unit, University of Newcastle. overseen the redrafting of the core Architecture Forum. Richard is a member of Northern strategy, commissioned the preparation Architecture’s Expert Panel. He is also of a public realm strategy and worked Darryl was named in Blueprint magazine an academician at the Academy of with the local community to prepare in 25 who will change architecture in Urbanism, a member of the Historic design codes with the Princes 2010. For 2 years he led design studios Towns Forum and the Urban Design Foundation under the Department for at the Architectural Association and Group. Communities and Local Governement Bartlett Schools of Architecture; and Neighbourhood Planning initiative. has been guest critic at the Architectural Association, Cambridge, Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Syracuse and Oxford Brookes universities. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 34

Dave Chetwyn Andrew Claiborne Peter Clash

Dave is a chartered Andrew is a practising Peter founded Clash town planner with 26 architect Associates Architects years’ experience in and principal lecturer in London in 1994, the private, public within the School of working in urban and voluntary Architecture at Anglia design and sectors. Ruskin University. masterplanning, transport and He is the author of the Locality Roadmap He has been teaching architecture and infrastructure, bridges, arts, education, Guide to Neighbourhood Planning and working within the built environment hotels and leisure – with projects has acted as a Neighbourhood Plan for more than 30 years. Andrew is a completed in the UK, France, Holland independent examiner. Current roles registered architect and corporate and China. Recent built work includes a include Managing Director of Urban member of the Royal Institute of British new building for the Imperial War Vision Enterprise Community Interest Architects (RIBA), and was recently Museum at the , Company (CIC); Chair of the Historic appointed an examiner for the Architects London; new hotels at Cardiff and Towns Forum; Vice Chair of the National Registration Board (ARB), where he Newcastle railway stations; Tianjin Planning Forum, and Associate of the works with other professionals examining Fishing Port, China; and the Level Centre, Consultation Institute. Former roles UK and International applicants. Derbyshire. The practice has won many include Head of Planning Aid England, Andrew’s professional interests include awards and been published widely. Chair of the Institute of Historic Building the appreciation of design quality in Conservation and a team leader in local architecture; urban design, and historic Peter trained at the University of Bath, government. Dave has advised various building conservation, providing and then worked with Foster Associates government departments; stakeholder presentations to various local authorities in Hong Kong, and also with Mitchell/ groups; reviews and Parliamentary Select and interest groups and engaging with Giurgola on the New Australian Committees on planning, regeneration, students to encourage design thinking. Parliament Buildings in Canberra. He heritage, urban design and community He is also a Fellow of the Forum for was a project director with Allsop and engagement. the Built Environment (FBE) and Urban Lyall Architects, London from 1986, Design Group member. realising projects such as Sheringham He has leadership and management Pool, Lambeth River Station and Canary experience with various UK, national and Andrew’s consultancy work covers public Wharf lifting bridges/control building. He local organisations and a strong track and local planning inquiries for private, led design teams on large infrastructure record in third-sector organisational corporate and local authorities, and he projects including Cardiff Bay Barrage, development. Dave is a Chartered acts as an expert witness on planning Crossrail Paddington, and Bangkok member of the Royal Town Planning matters relating to design and historic Transit System. Peter has taught at Institute (RTPI), full member of the building conservation. various schools of architecture in the UK Institute of Historic Building Conservation since 1989, and as visiting professor at (IHBC) and Fellow of the Institute of TU Vienna (University of Technology). He Leadership and Management. is a Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Client Design Advisor and has been a Built Environment Expert for Design Council Cabe since 2009. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 35

Derek Clements-Croome Michál Cohen Garry Colligan

Derek is a professor Michál studied Garry is a consultant emeritus at Reading architecture in South in urban design and University and Africa before moving planning, advising consultant in to London to set up both public and architectural Walters and Cohen private sector clients. engineering, with 50 with Cindy Walters in His practice, think years’ experience, 1994. place, was combining work in industry and established in 2006, and has delivered academia. Currently working with She has worked on a variety of projects, thought-provoking pieces of work in BuroHappold, A5 plus architects and including one-off houses, a gallery in England, Scotland, Ireland, Poland and Building Services Research and Durban, and a wellness centre in the Romania – perhaps best known in the UK Information Association (BSRIA) on . In 2003 she led for its involvement in . enhancing the briefing and post for an exemplar primary school that occupancy evaluation processes, with were published under the Department Recently, Garry co-founded Place Arup and the British Council for Offices for Education’s Schools for the Future Research Lab, a community interest on the impact of wearable technology initiative. Michál is responsible for company set up in partnership with on the workplace. many of Walters and Cohen’s innovative the University of (UEL), and award-winning schools based on dedicated to applied research into Derek chairs the Intelligent Buildings the principles of that design, and her important urban issues. He is an Urban Group for the Chartered Institution of expertise on the subject of design in Design Surgeon for Urban Design Building Services Engineers; sits on three learning environments is now London, a fellow of the Royal Society of committees for the British Council for well-established. Arts (RSA) and formerly a member of the Offices; is editor for Intelligent Buildings East Midlands Design Review Panel. International Journal; lectures nationally She was on CABE’s education review and internationally on liveable intelligent panel and enjoys her current role as Until 2005, Garry was Urban Design buildings and cities in several countries one of the Design Council Cabe’s Built Director at Terry Farrell and Partners, including China, South Africa, Australia Environment Experts. In 2012, Cindy and where he helped develop one of the and New Zealand (Intelligent Buildings: Michál were awarded Architects Journal leading masterplanning groups in the UK. Design Management and Operation, (AJ) Woman Architect of the Year. He began as an architect at Grimshaw 2013). where he became a Project Director, leading a number of complex transport Derek works with the UK Green Building projects. He gained international Council on health and wellbeing experience working for Skidmore issues and was a team member for Owings and Merrill. Overall, Garry has the World Green Building Council 30 years’ experience in architecture and (2014 Report). Derek is a Fellow of urbanism and his extensive experience the Building Research Establishment covers most sectors including transport, (BRE) Academy; a Commissioner on Air healthcare, residential, commercial, Quality for Hammersmith and Fulham mixed-use, education and public realm. Borough Council, and Coordinator for the International Council for Building (CIB) Commission W098 on intelligent and responsive buildings. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 36

Nicole Collomb Charlotte Colver Peter Connell

Nicole is a Chartered Charlotte, a An Inclusive Design Landscape Architect Landscape Institute Consultant with 16 and public space (LI) Chartered years’ experience, specialist with more Landscape Architect Peter is an than 25 years’ since 1983 and Royal international expert experience of working Town Planning and active in the public, private Institute (RTPI) policymaker in the and voluntary sectors. Associate Member since 2013, was a field of inclusive design. He was both practising landscape architect for several founder and leader of the Arup As former Head of Knowledge Services local authorities from 1977, and Accessible Environments team for 13 at the Landscape Institute and Head of consultant from 1988-99 in Scotland and years before establishing Peter Connell Public Space management and skills northern England, with widely ranging Associates (PCA). at the Commission for Architecture and urban and rural design experience in the Built Environment (CABE), Nicole Edinburgh, Lothian, the Borders, Peter has worked nationally and is an influential advocate for high- Gateshead and . internationally to achieve inclusive quality landscape and public realm environments. He provides design with experience of delivering research, Early archaeological involvement in solutions to accommodate or surpass strategies, best practice guidance and London and informed regulatory requirements, and delivers to training at a national and international designs that included the Victorian clients’ expectations or even exceeds level. At CABE, Nicole produced national park 2000 restoration of Saltwell them. PCA gives practical access good practice guidance on open space Park, Gateshead, with emphasis advice to developers and designers strategies, community-led public space on accessibility and multi-ethnic from concept to completion, whether for and a national strategy for green space engagement. Subsequent grounds private buildings or urban masterplanning skills. She continues to advise local maintenance management in across all sectors. authorities on strategic approaches to Northumberland informed Charlotte’s green infrastructure and public space. strategic landscape-led approach PCA’s practical strategic/management At the Landscape Institute, Nicole led on to masterplanning and development solutions ensure businesses are promoting a landscape-led approach to consultations, part of her dual landscape- compliant with the current access new housing, including the authoring of planning policy role in Alnwick and regulations. Peter resolves conflicts Profitable Places, a publication aimed at Northumberland from 2005-15. Charlotte between regulations, devises strategies housing developers. always provides a high level of landscape for inclusive access and egress, and advocacy, drafting Core Strategy advises on practical designs, detailing of Nicole is a regular Green Flag Award and environment chapters, helping develop architecture and architectural finishes. Landscape Institute Awards judge. She environment evidence studies for Wherever local access standards do not has written for national and international Northumberland and inputting to regional exist, he produces clear and concise publications on green space planning, partnership working on Sustainable guidance, reflecting best practice from management and design including Drainage System (SuDS) guidance a selection of international standards. Journal China in 2015. As RTPI (North East) branch This results in compliant company and is a contributor to the forthcoming committee member, 2011-13, LI(NE) specific standards and guidance, Handbook on Green Infrastructure: branch chair, 2013-15 and NE Design which can be used on all company Planning, Design and Implementation Review and Enabling Service Panel buildings worldwide. Peter has published by Edward Elgar. Member since 2014, Charlotte continues substantial experience of working with to deliver productive exchanges of ideas multidisciplinary design teams. He is and debate with other professions. also well-versed in working on heritage buildings. Currently Charlotte’s role is to support neighbourhood planning in South Oxfordshire and . A guide to our Built Environment Experts 37

Annie Coombs Michael Coombs Gerard Couper

Annie is a landscape Michael graduated as Gerard is a architect; a fellow of a Civil Engineer from stakeholder and the Landscape Cape Town University community Institute (LI), with a and started his engagement postgraduate working life building specialist with more planning qualification. roads in the Kalahari than 20 years’ Desert. He then experience in policy She began her career in the public joined a team designing long-span for sustainable development in the sector and has held senior management bridges on the Garden Route, before public sector. roles in environmental consultancy completing a postgraduate year at organisations. Annie sat on the Imperial College. He is currently working with the Exeter group board of a UK environmental Community Forum and the City Council management consultancy as managing Since 1977, at Alan Baxter and to develop the Exeter Community director for Asian businesses, holding Associates, he has worked on a wide Strategy, which will identify priorities, board responsibility for risk management variety of building projects and bridges. programmes and an allocation process and human resources. She worked More recently, he has become interested for distributing Community Infrastructure in Asia for more than 15 years, with in placemaking and urbanism; in Levy (CIL) funds to city neighbourhoods. responsibility for offices in Hong Kong, particular the role that designers of Gerard is experienced at developing Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Her project buildings and infrastructure play in and managing engagement processes, work in Hong Kong was mainly on fashioning the character of towns and from Neighbourhood Plan level to large- assessment and landscape planning for cities. He has worked in several of the scale engagement process with multiple major infrastructure and new towns. She UK’s most significant historic buildings, stakeholders. He has led the engagement is now an independent consultant and helping to develop an approach which on a number of masterplanning enabler, engaged in green infrastructure is evidence-based rather than rooted in processes, most recently for the and environmental regeneration. She sat theory, explaining how they work using development of the Runwell Hospital site on three design review panels, including contemporary thinking. He has also in Essex, on behalf of the Homes and CABE’s national panel, is joint chair for engineered several special new-build Communities Agency (HCA). the North West’s panel: Places Matter! A projects in the full range of structural Building for Life examiner, and examining materials. Gerard is experienced at using innovative inspector for major infrastructure with and visual methods in engaging the (PINS), and a Michael is involved in the training of the community, for example in the Glass-House enabler. young professionals and the overall Plymbridge Cyclehub project, he led management and direction at his a consensus building process with For 10 years Annie has undertaken firm. He balances this with a hands- different interest groups, using site maps enabling and training work, including on contribution to the firm’s projects, to clarify site-specific areas of concern open space, green infrastructure and mainly at the stage, for each interest group. He is a qualified public realm strategies, flood recovery but also in detail on selected projects. and experienced facilitator and coach, plans, rural settlement options, design Michael has served on the Board of a partner with CAG Consultants, and competitions and localism. She part the Association for Consultancy and also works independently as a life and wrote the brief for the 2012 Olympic Engineering and chaired its Membership business coach. Parklands. Annie is an active volunteer Committee. community planner. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 38

Ged Couser Rob Cowan Rosemary Coyne

Ged is an Architect Rob, a chartered town Rosemary is a Director with Building planner Royal Town chartered landscape Design Partnership Planning Institute architect specialising (BDP), who leads the (RTPI), director of in supporting the Architect Profession Urban Design Skills, is development of low group within their one of the UK’s most carbon sustainable Manchester Studio. experienced urban communities. design trainers and authors of design He has been fully qualified for 24 years guidance. He was joint author of the She has more than 20 years’ experience and previously worked for Nicholas government’s design guidance By Design, of working with public, private and non- Grimshaw and and and author of design guides for the government organisations (NGOs) in the Partners. Ged’s work with BDP is Scottish Government Designing Places, UK, with some experience of working primarily focused on healthcare. He has Housing Quality, and Masterplanning. in Africa, India and South America. Key extensive knowledge and experience of projects include the redevelopment of leading the design and delivery of major Rob has originated three influential urban City Centre, as Eastside and complex projects, both in the UK : the Placecheck method Sustainability Advisor, and subsequently and abroad, from initial concept stage of urban design audit, the skills appraisal as the Built Environment Policy Manager through to completion. Ged has also method Capacitycheck, and the design for the Regional Development Agency, led the design and delivery of a number appraisal method Qualityreviewer. His managing the West Midlands Sustainable projects in the Further Education Sector skills include demystifying urban design Design and Construction development including the Calman Learning Centre at and planning; writing and editing urban standards. the University of Durham, which received design and planning guidance; and a local Civic Trust Award. training planning staff/elected members. Currently, Rosemary has several roles including project manager with He was Project Director for the new Alder Rob delivers the Royal Town Planning Accord Housing for their European Hey Children’s Health Park, which has Institute Masterclasses on Design in the Regional Development Funding (ERDF) just been successfully handed over and is Planning System and is editor of Context, Sustainable Retrofit and Smart Grids also Project Director for the Clatterbridge the journal of the Institute of Historic project; and as coordinator for the Cancer Centre in Liverpool, a major new Building Conservation. He was a Teaching Sustainable Housing Action Partnership. hospital to be constructed in the city. Fellow (Urban Design) at the Bartlett Rosemary is a West Midlands Green School, University College London Leader; Honorary Research Fellow at the He is a member of the Royal Institute of (UCL), 2004-6, and Senior Research University of Birmingham and member British Architects (RIBA) Places Matter! Fellow, Department of Architecture, De of MADE and Urban Vision design review North West Design Review Panel, and is Montfort University, 1995-2003. Prior to panels and a Centre of Refubishment also an active member of the Council of joining Urban Design Skills in 2007, Rob Excellence (CoRE) Fellow. Manchester Architects, for which he has was Director of Urban Design Group, a responsibility for the Student Awards and consultant at Urban Initiatives, Deputy the Lecture Series. Editor of the Architects’ Journal, Editor of Roof (Shelter’s housing magazine), and Editor of Town and Country Planning. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 39

Michael Crilly Dorian Crone Richard Crutchley

Michael is a town Dorian has been a Richard is a chartered planner and urban chartered architect town planner with a designer with more and town planner and varied career and than 25 years’ a member of the background in professional Institute of Historic charities, quangos, experience gained in Building Conservation local authorities and local government, (IHBC) for more than a regeneration private consultancy, academia and the 25 years. He is a committee member of company spanning more than twenty community sector throughout the UK. the IHBC, the Society for the Protection of years. Ancient Buildings, the International He is currently working as a founding Committee on Monuments and Sites Most recently, Richard has been engaged partner of Studio UrbanArea LLP, a (ICOMOS), ICOMOS UK and has been in planning policy in Stevenage, and Newcastle-based partnership which a court member with the Worshipful the London Borough of Hounslow, undertakes work with a sustainable, Company of Chartered Architects, conducting and completing an open ethical and community focus. and a Trustee of The Hampstead space review in the former, and green Garden Suburb Trust. Dorian has worked belt review in the latter. He also engages Michael has specific experience in for more than 30 years as Historic in neighbourhood planning projects and strategic urban regeneration gained Buildings and Areas Inspector with town centre masterplanning projects. from roles as urban design team leader English Heritage (now ), with Newcastle City Council leading responsible for providing advice to all of Richard is a director of his own publishing on design coding, competitions and the London boroughs. company, a board member of Headway area masterplanning, and as the North London, a head injury charity and, regional programme manager for the He has worked as a consultant and expert within his own community, has led on a Commission for Architecture and the witness for more than 20 years, advising a play streets initiative. Built Environment (CABE) in the Tees varied client base on heritage and design Valley providing expertise and training matters involving complex, high-profile for development agencies and local heritage and new-build projects in design authority officers and members. and heritage sensitive locations. Dorian is a panel member of the London Borough A specialist in sustainable housing at the of Islington Design Review Panel and strategic scale, Michael was responsible The John Betjeman Design Award. for the winning masterplan for the Homes He has also been a panel member of and Communities Agency (HCA) ‘Carbon The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition Challenge’ site in Peterborough, and Architectural Awards and The Philip at the individual scale, designing and Webb Award along with a number of other delivering several ‘Retrofit for the Future’ public sector and commercial design domestic renovations to Passive House awards schemes. principles. With a PhD in Sustainable Cities, he holds part-time research and teaching roles with Teesside, De Montfort and Newcastle Universities. He helped to establish a new Regional Community Land Trust for Yorkshire and the North East of England. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 40

Jane Dann Meredith Davey Neil Davidson

Jane is an urban Meredith is a Senior Neil is a landscape designer, architect Associate Director architect and partner and chartered town and leads the UK of J & L Gibbons. He planner and a Environmental joined the firm in founding director of Design Practice 1999, after training at Tibbalds Planning of Atelier Ten. Edinburgh College of and Urban Design. Art/Heriot-Watt. Neil She has 30 years’ experience in practice, Alongside advanced sustainable building maintains strong links with education. mainly in urban design consultancy. and Masterplan design, he delivers bespoke services that include advanced He taught at the Architectural Her focus is on the interface between analysis of both physical response to Association and has been a guest design and planning, and securing environments and financial impacts. lecturer at the University of Cambridge, quality through the planning process Within this role he has developed University of East London (UEL) and at various scales, from strategic to numerous Research and Development Edinburgh College of Art. His portfolio detailed design. Her interests include the studies, relating to future building of projects ranges from sub-regional distinctive character of different places, technologies or the environmental impact strategic plans and urban regeneration particularly historic environments. Jane’s of new or existing buildings. He has led frameworks to public parks, higher specialist expertise includes design projects across the built environment education projects. He is experienced in policy, guidance and design coding, and at varying values. Project highlights the assessment, design, conservation having led a research programme that include refurbishments of listed buildings and management of a wide range shaped government policy and jointly (St. Paul’s, Onslow Sq.), major city of historic and statutorily protected authored Preparing Design Coding - speculative office buildings (Trinity, landscapes, parks and gardens. A Practice Manual (2006). Skilled at EC3, London), universities (University of steering complex projects with a multi- the Arts, London), residential (Chelsea Neil’s projects have been finalists in the headed client group, and challenging Barracks, London and the Infinity prestigious Rosa Barba International circumstances or ill-defined brief, she Building, Budapest), and cultural Landscape Prize 2014, and won the has acted as masterplan advisor to (Gardens by the Bay, Singapore). With a Vauxhall Missing Link international deliver a broad range of proposals. BSc (Hons) in Physics from the University competition in 2013. They have been Jane’s experience on design review of Bristol and a postgraduate from awarded Civic Trust and Landscape panels includes Design Council Cabe, Concordia University, Montreal, Meredith Institute design; masterplanning; , Southwark and Inspire East. regularly gives public and educational communication and strategic planning talks globally, and has contributed to awards, winning the 2008 and 2011 A member of Historic England’s numerous publications. Landscape Institute President’s Award London Advisory Committee and the for the East London Green Grid, and Academy of Urbanism, Jane has spoken He has been a Visiting Lecturer on the Making Space in Dalston respectively. at conferences and training events and MSc in Intelligent Buildings programme The Angel Building was shortlisted for is involved in education, currently for at Reading University since 2009 and the Stirling Prize 2011. University. Formerly a CABE is a member of the Energy Institute, a Enabler and Building for Life (BfL) Chartered Engineer, and a Chartered Assessor. Environmentalist. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 41

Kathryn Davies Andrew Dawes Sophia de Sousa

Kathryn is a heritage Andrew has more Sophia joined The and planning than 20 years’ Glass-House in June consultant with more experience as an 2005, and is than 30 years’ architect, working on committed to the experience, projects across the charity’s mission: to principally in the Netherlands, raise the standard of public sector. Germany and UK. placemaking through public participation and leadership in the She worked first in local government, in He worked for Claus en Kaan and design of the built environment. planning and conservation, and latterly Herman Hertzberger in the Netherlands with English Heritage (Historic England), before establishing his practice As Chief Executive of The Glass- where she worked both with historic ZODA Architects, working in both House, she ensures that community buildings and areas; then ran the Historic Amsterdam and London. Andrew has participation and leadership in planned Places team in the south east. Engaging extensive architectural and urban development and regeneration is not a communities in understanding the design experience delivering projects token gesture, but a valuable means of significance of the historic environment of all scales and in numerous sectors, informing good, inclusive, sustainable was a major focus of this work. Currently, including housing, offices, public design, that benefits local people and she works as a consultant to the public buildings and bridges. He has an in- leads to long-term improvement of and private sector for planning and depth knowledge of consensus-based neighbourhoods. An advocate of cross- historic environment issues, including decision-making (the polder model) sector partnerships, she believes them casework for Historic England; historic from his work in the Netherlands, which essential to the success of placemaking buildings advice; conservation area work has given him a unique approach to and community empowerment. She and neighbourhood planning. collaborative design and successful worked in Italy as a teacher/trainer and stakeholder engagement. Using his consultant to universities, and major She has held a number of positions in the experience with continental system museums in Tuscany. Sophia was Institute of Historic Building Conservation building, he is developing low-cost co-founder and President of a small (IHBC) and is currently Vice-Chair. innovative and intelligent housing design, voluntary organisation in Florence that In this role she focuses on facilitating introducing the conceptual clarity and celebrated increasing cultural diversity. communities to manage their own economy of Dutch design to the UK. She returned to the UK in 2003. historic environment. She has a number Alongside his practice work, Andrew of publications on this subject and has taught architecture at the Technical A strong speaker, facilitator and enabler lectures on it and related topics. University in Delft and at London South of community-led, participatory, Bank University. collaborative, and co-design practice/research. Currently active in He has written for the Architectural interdisciplinary, collaborative research Review and Architects Journal, alongside within Higher Education (HE), and presenting at architectural conferences. Visiting Fellow at the Open University. Andrew has sat on the Lelystad Design She is a passionate champion for playful Review Panel and been a member of the environments and creating accessible Southwark Design Review Panel since resources to support engagement 2009, contributing to significant reviews with design and better collaborative of projects across the borough. processes. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 42

Ian Deans Neil Deely John Devlin

Ian, BA(HonsArch); Neil is an architect John is an architect DipArch Royal and founding partner and urban designer Institute of British of Metropolitan with more than 35 Architects (RIBA); MA Workshop LLP, a years’ experience of UrbDes, is an design-led delivering major architect & urban architecture and projects and designer with more urbanism practice. regeneration than 25 years’ experience, over half with initiatives across the UK, in both public Architecture PLB Ltd. He oversees the practice’s design and private sectors. work and his expertise lies in major He has successfully delivered many residential-led, mixed-use projects, and He has also acted as a project award-winning projects, principally in buildings in sensitive urban locations manager and commissioning client. the education and housing sectors. such as Durham, Westminster and John is particularly identified with the His urban design work has engaged Cambridge. He has also led urban design multi-award winning arts-led urban him in numerous inner-city mixed-use commissions for Oslo, Bergen and regeneration of Gateshead Quays. schemes, often in sensitive conservation Dublin City Councils. Neil’s experience He recently formed John Devlin areas involving public consultation. Ian’s covers varied building typologies, but he Consulting Limited to offer a range of skills in urban design have particular is particularly interested in solutions to services to public and private sector relevance to residential and educational meet the current housing shortage. He clients, bringing a creative, fresh and projects. Both require the ability to create guided the practice’s research into the lateral approach to problem solving; to designs that foster the development of a evolving needs of the UK’s private rented achieve desired outcomes in innovative, community, with a particular sensitivity sector, alongside David Prichard and robust and sustainable ways, including: for sense of place. Sir Richard MacCormac, to produce a Development and Regeneration Advice; competition-winning entry for the Wates/ Arts-led Urban Regeneration; All his projects are united in a concern Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Major Projects and Project Management for both internal and external space, Private Rented Sector Competition. and Visioning. exploiting the possibilities of the spaces between buildings to create additional, A member of CABE’s National Design He was heavily involved in delivering shared areas that add value and foster Review Panel since 2007, he is also the successful European Union (EU) community ownership. Recently he chair of ’s Interreg3b: “Waterfront Communities has produced papers and articles on Design Review Panel (DRP), and member Project” – a three-year study into best the ageing population with the Housing of the London Legacy Development practice in waterfront regeneration. Forum and New London Architecture Corporation’s DRP. He was also London John is Immediate Past Vice-President Magazine. He sits on several design Borough of Wandsworth’s representative (Membership) of the Royal Institute of panels, including the South East Regional on the CABE DRP for the US Embassy, British Architects (RIBA), and chaired Design Panel, and is a qualified Building Nine Elms. Since 2009 Neil has been RIBA’s Nations and Regions Committee, for Life (BfL) Assessor. a design adviser to Urban Design and Client Service Panel. He is currently London’s Design Surgery Panel. He is an Chairman of the North East Design accredited Building for Life Assessor and Review Panel. regular contributor to the architectural press. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 43

Anne Diack Marc Dix Nick Dixon

Anne works across Marc is director of LT Nick is a development the fields of built Studio Landscape planner and urban environment, Architects and leads designer with 20 education, media and the team with more years’ experience at policy-making as a than 20 years’ the intersection of consultant. She had experience. development been Head of planning, Education at the Commission for He has worked on a wide range regeneration, transport and urban Architecture and the Built Environment of projects from public realm and design. He is currently Director at (CABE), Director of Engaging Places (a educational facilities, to residential and WSP|Parsons Brinckerhoff leading a national programme to promote built commercial schemes. After working development infrastructure initiative environment education) at Open-City and in London for Townshend Landscape seeking ongoing design quality Director of Research, Media and Architects and Grant Associates in improvement in strategic land Communications for the Department of Bath, Marc relocated to Asia where he development and regeneration projects. Education’s Innovation Unit covering worked for Cicada in Singapore, leading pre-school to university, including the a landscape team working on projects Nick maintains an active project portfolio, Building Schools for the Future in China, Vietnam and Singapore. Marc including directing street planning programme. She has been Research is a lecturer and tutor at the University of and design input to award-winning Manager for BBC Education Policy, and Bath, Architecture Department and tutor strategic land development sites, such was a prize-winning BBC Academic at the University of Gloucestershire. He as Filton Airfield and Bristol and Bath Executive Producer for the Open is a member of the Bristol Urban Park. He also regularly leads University. Review Panel (DRP) and the Somerset multidisciplinary teams delivering public and DRP. Marc is currently leading sector area regeneration strategies. His A Life Fellow of the Royal Society of the LT Studio team on a number of early career was as Head of Integrated Arts for “achievement in education and interesting projects. Transport at Wiltshire Council which services to innovation”, Anne has sat led to a passion for urban design on the National Education Research Key projects include: Borough High and an ongoing belief that municipal Forum and many high-level steering Street for Kings College London, engineers, working in collaboration committees, and is a member of the Torquay Waterfront for Harbour Hotels, with urban design professionals, hold Royal Institute of British Architects. Bristol Harbourside for Crest Nicholson the key to improving design quality in She has led media production for Regeneration, the regeneration of most urban areas. Legacy included a national education projects across Brighton Dome for Brighton Dome and programme of city and market town the built environment, design, literacy, Brighton Festivals Ltd, and Windsor public realm improvements across the maths and technology and all levels Castle for the Royal Household. county, delivered by cross-disciplinary and worked at the heart of national and engineering and urban design teams. local policymaking. She has worked internationally in education and media, Nick has spent the last 15 years conducted research, trained teachers in consultancy, continuing to blur and acted as media mentor. She has the boundaries between technical been chair of a school governing body disciplines, in favour of more effective and is now a governor at a North London project delivery. school. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 44

Paul Dodd Jayne Earnscliffe Nick Edwards

Paul is an urban As director of leading, Nick is an designer and disabled-led access architectural educator chartered landscape design company and change driver architect with over 20 Making Access Work, with 20 years’ years experience Jayne has experience creating within private practice contributed to the innovative community and local success of numerous, engagement and government. He has prepared design significant high-profile arts, heritage, participation opportunities, encouraging driven masterplans, planning studies, public realm and housing projects over greater understanding of architecture, design codes and planning applications 25 years. regeneration, planning, placemaking, for development projects and is an active citizenship and sustainability. accomplished public space designer, Highlights include London Symphony preparing public realm strategies for Orchestra (LSO)/St Luke’s, winner He trained as an architect and has spent several UK cities. of three access awards; Civic Trust most of his career working in formal Universal Access award-winning Queen and informal education, demystifying Paul is an active Design Council Cabe Elizabeth (QE2) Olympic Park Tumbling built environment processes, changing Built Environment Expert, and regular Bay Playground; and Royal Institute perceptions and advocating the role design review panel member for Design of British Architects (RIBA) Stirling communities can play in shaping and South East, the London Borough of Prize-winning Everyman Theatre, for its caring for their neighbourhoods. His Merton and Urban Design London. He “unparalled levels of accessibility”. Jayne achievements include: co-founding has written best practice guidance and has a unique specialism in inclusive Architecture Centre Fundamental was lead author of the Slow Streets exhibition design with a vast client Architectural Inclusion, which led Source Book, published by Urban portfolio that includes the Victoria and the field in youth engagement in the Design London, where he currently leads Albert (V&A) Futureplan; Stonehenge built environment through its seminal the streetscape training programme. Visitor Centre; and King Abdulaziz Centre programmes the Architecture Crew, Following an early career at Richards for World Culture, Dhahran. At Arts Britain’s first youth architecture forum; Moorehead, Laing and Stoke-on- Council England, Jayne helped embed and the Legacy Youth Panel, which Trent City Council, specialising in land high standards of accessibility in lottery- facilitated young people’s response to reclamation and green infrastructure funded capital projects as assessor/ the Legacy Master Planning Framework design. Paul led the urban design team special monitor, and author of access for the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. at Hyder Consulting in London. guidelines/policies. As Lifetime Homes advisor, Jayne has extensive experience Nick’s recent projects include East Moving to Urban Initiatives in 2003 as a of masterplanning and complex planning London In Flux, regeneration awareness senior associate, he prepared innovative negotiations and is currently engaged on adult education programme, with planning and urban design frameworks. several major residential developments, Birkbeck, University of London and Paul established Outdesign in 2011, an including Chelsea Barracks. Passionate ExplorE20 sustainable community independent design practice providing about inclusive design, her pragmatic, development initiatives with East Village urban design consultancy services. non-prescriptive approach places people residents for Get Living London and Central to the consultancies approach is at the heart of the design process. Triathlon Homes. Nick also delivers collaborative public engagement through expert tours through Starting Point place audits and design workshops. She enjoys working with architects and and Architectours Barcelona, and is designers to achieve creative solutions a visiting lecturer. that reflect the diverse needs of an ageing population and is particularly interested in Design for Dementia. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 45

Tony Edwards Joanna Eley Alex Ely

Tony trained and Joanna’s prime focus Alex is a leading practised first as an is on the user’s authority on urban architect before experience in the built design and housing. qualifying as a environment, and on landscape architect, benefits obtained Architect, planner a profession he has from expert advice and author of the since pursued over a during the earliest Mayor of London’s 30-year career. He is a director of Place stages of a project. She studied Housing Design Guide, and numerous Design and Planning, the landscape Philosophy, Politics and Economics research/best practice publications for architecture and urban design practice (PPE) at Oxford, prior to training as an the Commission for Architecture and the he set up 10 years ago. architect in the USA and London. Built Environment (CABE), he combines planning and policy experience with Tony has been closely involved in She takes a rounded view of clients’ a passion for good design. Formerly the masterplanning and ongoing needs, building-users and society, Head of Sustainable Communities development of the award-winning, concentrating on how people use at CABE, he continues to advise the 180 acres GreenPark Reading since the buildings, and the client role in government on built environment policy. 1990s, and has appeared as an expert commissioning and participating in Alex is the founder of Mæ and has been witness at more than 25 public inquiries. construction projects. She enables responsible for a wide range of award Formerly a member of CABE’s National clients and users to obtain the greatest winning schemes from masterplans Design Review Panel, he is currently a support and satisfaction from their to housing projects, health care and member of the Merton Design Review environment, and promotes effective cultural buildings. Since its inception, the Panel. His joint qualifications have made communication processes between practice has become recognised as one him particularly aware of development clients and project stakeholders, of the UK’s leading design practices. and masterplanning issues and means including the design team. he can offer an informed view on Alex is a member of the Greater London developments based on both training Joanna worked as a consultant with Authority’s Design Panel, the London and experience. Landscape schemes in leading professionals in the construction Legacy’s Development Corporation’s particular need some experience of time process, such as DEGW, David Langdon Quality Review Panel and the Royal and management to ensure they deliver Consultancy and William Bordass Institute of British Architects Housing on their initial design aspirations. Associates. A Director at Alexi Marmot Policy Group. A graduate from the Royal Associates (AMA) since 1989. AMA College of Art and the Architectural Tony has worked on land reclamation, specialises in providing evidence needed Association, he continues to engage in mineral workings, new and refurbished to ensure users get better buildings. academia, lecturing internationally on housing projects, business parks and Working with Cabe and others, she has design and policy. commercial developments, educational reviewed the impact of many different buildings and public realm schemes. professional interventions to improve design outcomes. Joanna’s work covers His award-winning practice all stages, from pre-project though is currently engaged in a range of diverse briefing, design, fit-out and use, including development work across a number post-occupancy evaluations. She is a of sectors. Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Client Adviser, working to clearly define their services; and a Higher Education Design Quality Forum (HEDQF) facilitator. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 46

Jo Evans Meredith Evans Steph Everett

Jo is a planner by Meredith trained as Steph is a chartered background with an architect and is a planner with more more than 20 years’ qualified Urban than fifteen years’ experience in Designer and Planner, experience in shaping conservation in the working in the field of towns and cities private and public planning and urban through spatial sector. design for more than planning, design and 35 years in a number of urban authorities. delivery advice to both the public and She is an Associate Director at RPS private sectors. CgMs in the Historic Buildings team. He is now a planning and urban design CgMs acts for a wide range of private and consultant, and has managed related Drawing upon diverse skills in planning, public sector organisations and advises areas of highways, property, economic transport, community engagement, on all aspects of historic environment development and regeneration. He was socio-economic regeneration and planning policy and practice. Before Assistant Director for City Development sustainability, Steph enjoys working joining CgMs, Jo was a conservation at Leicester City Council for a number with others to tackle the range of officer at a number of planning authorities of years before joining Telford and complex issues faced within the built in Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire. She Wrekin Council as Corporate Director, environment. She specialises in large has experience in all aspects of building Environment and Regeneration. At multidisciplinary projects and has led the and area conservation, including Telford, Meredith leads the council’s preparation and delivery of a range of development appraisals; townscape partnership working with the Homes and spatial plans, masterplans and strategies assessments; conservation area reviews Communities Agency. for neighbourhoods and town centres, and local lists; urban design; enforcement including the South Manchester Strategic and listed building prosecutions, and Key strategic projects are the Telford Regeneration Framework: ‘Living City’, numerous public inquiries and hearings. Millenium Community; Lawley and the delivery strategy for Gateshead Jo has been a full member of the Royal Sustainable Urban Extension; Lightmoor Town Centre: ‘Fit for a City’. Town Planning Institute since 1989 and Urban Village; Woodside regeneration a full member of the Institute of Historic (former New Town estate), and the Steph has a keen interest in designing Building Conservation (IHBC) since redevelopment of the town centre. for inclusivity, sustainability and healthy 1997, having been a former member of Other roles include: member of the living; reinforcing these principles the Association of Conservation Officers Housing Design Awards judging panel; through her work in the design and since 1989. member and former chair of the Royal function of developments, streets and Town Planning Institute’s Urban Design public spaces. Within her current role Jo is the immediate past Chair of the Network; and member of the MADE at Trafford Housing Trust, she is tasked Institute of Historic Building Conservation design panel. with shaping the design and delivery of (IHBC), and is currently Secretary of new homes for both affordable rent and the IHBC. Prior to this she was the home ownership, and is working with Membership Secretary of the IHBC and Trafford’s Young Advisors to design future the Chair of the Institute’s Membership homes for young people. Steph has also and Ethics Committee. volunteered for the ConstructionSkills initiative. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 47

Jim Eyre Helen Farrar Noel Farrer

Jim has been a Helen is an Noel is the founding Partner/Director of established freelance Director of Farrer WilkinsonEyre since enabler; a landscape Huxley Associates, 1987, responsible for architect by set up in 1995. He is managing the profession with 28 recent past-president practice’s years’ expertise in and Fellow of the transportation, bridge renaissance, Landscape Institute and infrastructure projects, and cultural placemaking, communities and where he campaigns for landscape-led projects. organisational development. Based in placemaking. Yorkshire and Humber, Helen has worked His cultural work includes: the Museum at national, regional and local levels; As a passionate advocate for the social of London; Royal Botanic Gardens Kew; contributing at a senior level, particularly and environmental importance of the Cooled Conservatories at Gardens with the public and voluntary sectors. high-quality landscapes, he contributes by the Bay; and the Weston Library in actively to the government’s Design Oxford. His commercial work includes: She was Urban Renaissance Manager at Advisory panel for housing, Design redevelopment; Yorkshire Forward (1999-2004), playing Council Cabe’s infrastructure and design the Royal Institute of British Architects a key role in developing the region’s panels and other regional panels. Lubetkin Prize-winning Guangzhou distinct Renaissance Towns and Centre International Finance Center; the award- of Excellence programmes. She is an Noel is a regular columnist and visiting winning and expert in the establishment of design lecturer on landscape architecture. Stratford Regional Station projects. review panels, having developed and His design clients include The Royal evaluated a number of local and regional Parks, Great Portland Estates, U+I, With numerous competition-winning panels; and a specialist in engagement, Peabody Trust and many local councils, concepts in the practice’s bridge facilitation, training and enabling. delivering projects ranging from housing, portfolio, he was awarded an Order of education, parks and public realm. Noel the British Empire, 2003 for services Helen’s key positions held include CABE has boundless energy contributing in to architecture, and Honorary Doctor Regional Representative in Yorkshire the continued exploration of the right of Laws at Liverpool University (2009). and Humber (2002-2010); CABE Space solutions to deliver the perfect places for Publications include: The Architecture of Enabler (03-12); Transform South all people to enjoy living and working. Bridge Design and Exploring Boundaries Yorkshire Enabler (2010-11); Yorkshire monograph. Visiting tutor at Illinois Forward Renaissance Advisor (2010- Institute of Technology, USA (1997-1998); 12). Other past roles include Chair of Harvard University Graduate School the Accreditation Review Group and of Design (2003-2004). International tutor/reviewer for Landscape courses at exhibits include the Venice Biennale Leeds Metropolitan University; Director (2004). President of the Architectural and Interim Executive Director of Association (2007-2009), now Chair Architecture Centre, ‘Arc’; Development/ of their Foundation. Appointed to the Community Investment Manager at expert panel for the Farrell Review, also English Partnerships; Senior Manager an expert panellist on the Liveable Cities and landscape architect at Groundwork initiative. Appointed as Commissioner to Wakefield. Helen has been a freelance the Royal Commission for the Exhibition enabler and retained associate for of 1851, in 2014; awarded The Bodley numerous organisations since 2004; and Medal (2015). a director of social enterprise Baraka Foundation since 2008. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 48

Alice Ferguson Paul Finch Kathryn Firth

Alice is the Director Paul is programme Kathryn is an of Playing Out director of the World architect and urban Community Architecture Festival designer with more Integrated Care, a and Editorial Director than 25 years of not-for-profit of the Architectural experience. She is a organisation that Review and Partner at FPdesign started life as a Architects’ Journal. and specialises in resident-led project, and has become the After graduating in history at Selwyn masterplanning and urban design. main source of support and inspiration for College, Cambridge (1971), he joined a a national grassroots movement for street specialist publishing company, and was Prior to this, Kathryn was the Chief play. As well as leading the organisation subsequently Deputy Editor of Estates of Design at the London Legacy and speaking at high-profile events, Alice Times: now Property Week (1976-1983); Development Corporation. She has led has managed an action-research project Editor, Building Design (1983-94); Editor, international masterplanning and urban to enable resident-led ‘playing out’ in Architects’ Journal (1994-1999); regeneration projects that range from tower-block estates, and is currently and Editor, The Architectural Review those in sensitive heritage contexts, working closely with various housing (2005-2009). A founding commissioner, such as Covent Garden, to regeneration associations in the south-west and then deputy chair at the Commission for projects on former industrial sites south-east to develop play-friendly Architecture and the Built Environment in complex inner-city environments communities. (CABE: 1999-2005), and later Chair such as Le Parc des Portes de Paris. (2009 – 2014) and also chaired the Kathryn has ongoing involvement in Alice is currently on the project board CABE Olympic Design Review panel topical research including a study of for Bristol Child-Friendly City, alongside (2005-2012). the spatial and social dynamics of high the Architecture Centre, Room 13 and streets, the New London Vernacular, the . Her particular Paul has been co-editor, Planning and urban density and intensity and area of interest is exploring how design in London since 1992. He became neighbourhood perception. She is a and social factors combine to enable Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of member of the Board of Directors of the child and play-friendly public spaces, British Architects in 1994; was awarded Academy of Urbanism, serves on The residential streets and estates. an honorary doctorate by the University London Society Executive Committee, of Westminster in 2004; and an honorary is a member of the Sadler’s Wells fellowship by University College London Foundation and was a member of the in 2006. He was granted honorary Mayor’s Design Advisory Group. Kathryn membership of the Architectural holds a Masters of Architecture in Association in 2014, and awarded an Urban Design from Harvard University’s Order of the British Empire for services Graduate School of Design. Kathryn ran to architecture in 2002. the MSc City Design and Social Science at the London School of Economic Cities Programme for six years.

She is an external examiner and supervisor at Cambridge University, the Architectural Association and the Bartlett, UCL. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 49

Karl Fitzgerald Julie Fleck Sarah Foster

Karl [Master of Julie worked as a Sarah is a chartered Studies (MSt), local authority town town planner with 14 Batchelor of planner for nine years years’ experience in Engineering (BEng), before specialising in both public and Chartered Engineer access for disabled private sectors. (CEng), Member of people as the Institute of Corporation of She has worked in Engineering (MICE)] is a chartered civil London’s Access Officer. Julie then urban and rural environments, and been engineer with particular focus on became Principal Access Adviser at the involved with developments on a wide transport planning and masterplanning Greater London Authority (GLA). range of scales, from small householder for large-scale development projects. and agricultural developments to Julie developed the London Plan major regeneration schemes. Sarah With more than 25 years’ experience in policies on inclusive design and is currently Projects Manager for the consultancy and the public sector, he wrote the Supplementary Planning development company Coverland UK has been responsible for major transport Guidance ‘Accessible London’. Julie Ltd. Previously, Planning Manager for the planning and masterplan projects, provided technical access advice on Peak District National Park Authority, she and design of public transport and strategic planning applications referred has also worked for Turley, Manchester infrastructure. Karl coordinates strategic to the Mayor and contributed to the City Council, and Austin-Smith:Lord projects for the Advisory Team for Large development of the Olympic Delivery Architects. Sarah was the Royal Town Applications and acts as an advisor to a Authority’s award-winning Inclusive Planning Institute (RTPI) Young Planner range of public and private sector groups Design Strategy and Standards. of the Year (2010), and Chair of the RTPI engaged in the development process. In 2012 she was seconded to the GLA’s North West region (2008 – 2010). London 2012 Unit as Paralympic Adviser She was awarded the RTPI Planning A particular focus is the planning for and undertook various projects to Summer School’s Travel Scholarship large-scale mixed-use developments, make London ready for the Olympic (2005), and travelled to New South Wales and new communities. He has and Paralympic Games. to study the Australian system advised government departments on of planning obligations. programmes such as Public Sector Julie is currently on secondment to the Land and Large Scale Infrastructure government leading a Paralympic Legacy Sarah has been an active volunteer for Funding and Housing Zones. Previously project aimed at stimulating a systematic Planning Aid, specialising in community he was responsible for technical input change in the way built environment training events in to major initiatives such as the new professionals are taught inclusive design and Merseyside. She has acted as an town of Northstowe and the Hospital – the Built Environment Professional external examiner for the University of Sites Programme for the Homes and Education Project. Nottingham’s Department of Architecture Communities Agency. and the Built Environment and, on a more Julie is a member of the British Standards informal basis, as an external assessor Karl is an enthusiastic advocate for Institution Committee B/559 (responsible for the ’s School good design and for an interdisciplinary for developing standards on access for of Planning & Landscape. approach to engaging professional skills disabled people to buildings), the Royal and disciplines. He is also a trained Town Planning Institute and the Access mediator and experienced in facilitating Association and was awarded the OBE in stakeholder events and negotiation 2004 for services to disabled people. processes. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 50

Beatrice Fraenkel Daisy Froud Sandra Fryer

Beatrice is an Daisy is co-founder of Sandra has more than industrial designer multidisciplinary 20 years’ planning, and ergonomist with architecture practice regeneration and more than 25 years’ AOC (2003), where sustainable experience working in she leads the firm’s development, director and across both participation arm. level experience, private/public With 14 years’ mainly in the public sectors, helping clients determine design experience in stakeholder engagement sector and for 10 years running her own briefs to deliver design quality, drive and collaborative planning, Daisy business, providing consultancy and down costs and add land/rental value, all specialises in devising and implementing interim management. based on determining user needs. tools and strategies that allow multiple voices to meaningfully contribute to Sandra’s recent experience is as an She is an expert in working with a range design and decision-making processes. Assistant Director leading regeneration of complex stakeholders, including local An experienced facilitator, she helps in Waltham Forest, London. She set up communities, clients and architects, to diverse groups find common ground and and led negotiations on the borough’s achieve beneficial and cost-effective shared priorities in situations where Housing Zone for 2,500 new homes in results for everyone. Beatrice was policy constraints/lack of resources, quality, mixed-use development in the Liverpool City Design Champion for pose challenges. A qualified translator, Lea Valley, and including a new Creative ten years, greatly supported by the Daisy has a First in Languages from Industries Quarter. Sandra also led the Commission for Architecture and Built Cambridge University, a Master of Arts delivery of new housing development in Environment (CABE), who gave her (MA) with Distinction in Cultural Memory, the Vale of White Horse in Oxfordshire, an award. She helped deliver the L1 and teaches on the theory and practice of negotiating 4,000 new homes in two shopping centre; chaired the Ropewalks urban change at The Bartlett. developments around Wantage, Partnership which redeveloped the including planned infrastructure, parish historic heart of Liverpool, using quality She has just completed a visiting and town council engagement and of design to drive up value and attract professorship at Yale, running a seminar design review. As a trustee of the Town inward investment; and, as Chair of course on participatory architecture. and Country Planning Association Renew North West (NW), she set up Daisy is an Academician of the Academy (TPCA), Sandra has worked with the ‘Places Matter’, the Design Review Panel of Urbanism; an accredited Building government and policymakers to for the north-west. For Life assessor; a member of the promote new Garden Cities and housing London Borough of Newham Design solutions fit for the 21st Century. She sat on the National Health Service Review Panel; and an enabler for both (NHS) Estates Board and was given an The Glasshouse and Design Council Sandra contributed to the TCPA’s award for her work as a NHS Design Cabe, where she is involved with the recent urban policy report. Passionate Champion. Beatrice remains a NHS ‘neighbourhood planning frontrunners’. about achieving well-planned, new Design Champion, currently chairing Prior to founding AOC, Daisy worked development in partnership with key a Design Board of NHS staff, service for regeneration bodies Central London stakeholders, she is also a trustee of the users and managers to ensure that users Partnership and Groundwork, and for Bristol Jazz Festival, and Vice-Chair of of buildings and spaces are at the heart five years devised and delivered design- Governors at Cotham School, where she of all design. awareness training for local authority led negotiations on school development councillors at architecture centre and a hostile village green application. Open House. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 51

Tony Fullwood Julie Futcher Magda Gay

Tony is a chartered Julie is an architect Magda works as an town planner with with interests in independent extensive local sustainable urban consultant on authority experience design and the role of disability, access and in all aspects of town buildings in modifying inclusion. She has a planning, including the climates of Master’s Degree in local plans, neighbouring Disability Studies and development control, delivering high buildings and the outdoors. Social Policy. With more than thirty years’ quality designs and public realm, most experience in the public, commercial and recently as Head of Service and She completed a Doctor of Philosophy voluntary sectors working with disabled Corporate Manager at Tunbridge Wells at the College of Engineering and children, young people, adults and those Borough Council. Architecture, University College Dublin, who live or work with them, Magda has a on the contributions of buildings and unique understanding of the human His experience includes planning and of urban form to the urban climate. impact when environmental barriers to implementing major projects, such Her research is multidisciplinary in its access and inclusion have not been fully as significant urban extensions; town approach, drawing on the expertise considered. She worked with staff from centres; urban regeneration; and of architects, engineers, geographers the British Council, the Office of conserving and enhancing areas of and climatologists. Julie applies her International Development and External architectural and landscape heritage. expertise to the study of the impacts of Affairs and An Najah University, in the With professional experience in various tall buildings in cities, and has developed Palestinian Territories. Magda carried out locations, ranging from cities, town novel approaches to link urban and analysed the results of her centres to small neighbourhoods and with the experiences of pedestrians and consultation to make recommendations villages, Tony has been responsible for urban dwellers. She is an independent for more inclusive practice at the the preparation of a numerous local plans consultant on applied urban climatology university. Sensitively working with and supplementary planning documents. and co-founder of Urban Generation, an groups with diverse interests, she utilised urban design studio concerned with the accessible community and stakeholder He set up Tony Fullwood Associates public realm. consultation methods at High Green (June 2006), specialising in planning Development Trust, Sheffield, before policy, high-quality urban design and Julie has actively participated with writing the report and recommendations sustainable solutions, and is engaged in various stakeholders on scientific teams, for the development of their multi- various public /private sector planning concerned with numerous aspects of generational play space. and development projects. Advisor and urban refurbishment and regeneration. mentor to numerous parish councils, These experiences, along with those Magda provides advice and writes as they develop their frontrunner gained as an architect, have given her a interactive training materials, checklists neighbourhood plans. multidisciplinary approach essential for and e-learning to support the design and A qualified urban designer with a keen sustainable urban development. Julie development of inclusive play equipment, interest in achieving high quality design, has a great deal of experience in the services, settings and environments, Tony has been a CABE Space urban realm, and is currently developing publications and articles, for local Enabler since 2006, facilitating local a planning framework to assess ‘form’ authorities, community groups, authorities, and contributing to national driven microclimate effects that will guide voluntary and statutory organisations events/publications. urban development in a climate sensitive and outdoor play companies, including manner. Inclusive Play’s inclusive play area assessment tool. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 52

Christopher Gaylord Bill Gething Tim Gill

Christopher [Master Bill divides his time Tim is an independent of Architecture (M. between his role as researcher, Arch) - Harvard; Professor of consultant and writer Batchelor of Arts (BA) Architecture at the on children’s play and - (Princeton); University of the West free time, with more Architects of England, and than 20 years’ Registration Board practicing as an relevant experience. (ARB), Royal Institute of British architect and sustainability consultant, He was director of the Children’s Play Architects, America Institute of Architects building on his experience as a long- Council (now Play England) between (AIA) International Association] is an standing partner of the architectural and 1997 and 2004, and was seconded to experienced architect, proficient in the urban design practice of Feilden Clegg in 2002 to lead the UK design, delivery and auditing of many Bradley Studios. He also mentors the government’s first comprehensive review building types and masterplans. growing sustainability team at engineers into children’s play. Max Fordham and Partners. He has worked with Tim’s book, No Fear: Growing up in a risk- Architects and I.M. Pei & Partners (New An experienced designer of higher averse society was published in 2007. York), and directed leading architectural education facilities, offices and housing, In 2006-8, he co-authored the Greater practices in the UK. Christopher has been he was responsible for numerous multi- London Authority’s planning guidance on an active Enabler at the Commission award-winning projects, including the children’s play and informal recreation. for Architecture and Built Environment New Environmental Office at the Building He is co-author of Managing Risk in Play (CABE) from 2005 to 2011, enabling two Research Establishment (BRE) and the Provision: Implementation Guide, an major medical projects and conducting Icon housing development in Street, authoritative guide to safety in children’s post-occupancy evaluations on two Somerset. Bill has particular expertise play, and author of the Greater London completed schools. Latterly, he has in adaptation of the built environment Authority report Sowing the Seeds: served on Design Council Cabe’s Health to the changing climate, retrofitting the Reconnecting London’s Building Steering Group and helped existing building stock and narrowing children with nature. shape the Medical Built Environment the performance gap between design Tim advised the London Legacy Programme. He studied at Harvard expectations and reality. Vice chair of Development Company on the design Graduate School of Design, (Masters BRE Global’s Governing Body, Bill was of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, of Architecture, 1988) and Princeton Sustainability Advisor to the President of and has carried out consultancies for the (Bachelor of Arts in Architecture & Urban the Royal Institute of Architects (RIBA) Forestry Commission, National Trust and Design, 1981); currently co-teaches from 2002-09, where he contributed Argent plc, among other clients. the Sustainable Tall Buildings Studio at to the development of RIBA’s Climate Nottingham University; and has taught at Change Guides. He has advised political parties and Bath, the Architectural Association and thinktanks across the political spectrum. Harvard. He led the team that developed the Tim writes for the mainstream media, Green Overlay to the RIBA Plan of Work trade and academic publications, Christopher has won competitions for and subsequently contributed to appears regularly on radio and television, new masterplans and buildings, with the development of the RIBA Plan and is in global demand as a public numerous exhibitions, publications of of Work 2013. speaker and workshop facilitator. work and interviews in the design press. He chaired the Design Excellence Awards when on the board of the American Institute of Architects UK chapter. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 53

Julian Gitsham Stephen Gleave Louise Goodison

Julian is an architect Stephen is a Louise is an architect and urban designer Chartered Town specialising in who joined HASSELL Planner and heritage, urban as Principal and UK recognised advocate development and Practice Leader for for Urban and is Architecture in 2014. excellence, with over Director of Cazenove 30 years’ professional Architects, a practice He has been practicing for more experience, receiving the Royal Town focusing on public and community than 25 years and gained extensive Planning Institute (RTPI) North West development. experience in leadership positions Regional Leadership Award (2012). at high-profile, design-led practices. She is a History graduate from York Prior to joining HASSELL, Julian was Experienced in planning and delivering University and a Royal Institute of British Managing Partner and board member health and housing projects, and all Architects (RIBA) Conservation architect, of Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios. He aspects of masterplanning and town qualifying at the Bartlett (1990). Louise has led projects, including the University centre work. During the intense period has chaired and contributed to many of Brighton Masterplan; Condé Nast of Private Finance Initiative Investment design reviews in London and south east College of and Design in in the National Health Service (NHS) England. A member of the South East London; Broadcasting Place at Leeds Estate, Stephen provided masterplanning Design Panel and Chair of the Hackney Metropolitan University; masterplans advice to numerous major hospitals Design Review Panel, she has run for major UK and international cities; the as they put in place their projects stakeholder workshops in conservation National Cold War Museum; Portcullis for development. He has worked areas for the Planning inspectorate, House Parliamentary Building; and the extensively with Local Authorities and and for housing design committee visitor and interpretive centres at Jodrell Regeneration Agencies across the UK, workshops. On the Steering Committee Bank, the Centre of Astrophysics at advising on masterplanning and town for Hackney Town Centre, she founded Manchester University. centre strategies. Work with Tameside and has run the Clapton Festival since International project experience includes: Council was particularly noteworthy and 2011. Louise is a RIBA Client Design the National Library of Israel, Cultural longstanding. As Managing Director, then Advisor and is a specialist in community District Waterfront project in Abu Chairman of a successful multidisciplinary and education architecture. She led Dhabi, and a masterplan and residential design practice, Stephen has also held the Clinical Document Architecture development in Cairo. the following positions: RTPI Chair team Primary Capital programme in Urban Design Network; Deputy Chair Birmingham (2007-2010) and developed Julian’s skills and expertise have Manchester Conservation and Design a new Programme Strategy for School been developed through all stages of Panel; NHS Design Advisory Group Environments (2011). design in the delivery of award-winning member; HS2 Ambassador and first- architecture and masterplanning generation CABE Enabler. He has also Louise’s projects have won and been projects that strive to achieve held close associations with urban design shortlisted for local/national design exemplary environments, exceed client and town planning schools across the UK. awards: CivicTrust, RIBA; Local expectations and produce dynamic, Authority; The Housing Awards; exciting and responsive architecture. He Barnsley Business and Innovation is currently a Places Matter North West Centre iCAN awards, British Council for Design Review Panel Member and is a School Environments Awards. She has Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts. led successful campaigns regarding neighbourhood development in London Fields East, Clarence Mews, Salford and central Hackney. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 54

Vincent Goodstadt Andy Graham Marcus Grant

Vincent has worked Andy is an urban Marcus is an urban for various bodies designer and heritage designer and across the UK, at all professional with chartered landscape scales within both more than 14 years’ architect. Starting public and private professional practice in 1986, he sectors. He is experience within the worked in currently an built environment in consultancy on rural independent advisor, supporting the UK and abroad. His experience and urban projects for a broad range of organisations trying to raise the quality of ranges from design review and buildings clients. Marcus began specialising in life in our communities through better at risk, to expert planning witness and sustainable development and population design and more creative planning. community outreach. health by joining a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre Vincent advises various local and His passions lie in the creation of liveable, in 1996, situated in an academic faculty neighbourhood bodies on the integration sustainable and healthy places for of the built environment working with built of design considerations into their people of all ages, abilities and cultures. environment and health professionals in planning decisions; supports the training Andy uses his professional background cities both in the UK and across Europe. programme of Urban Design London, alongside his entrepreneurial attitude and the London-based charettes of the to achieve a holistic approach to In terms of healthy urban planning and Design Penn postgraduate programme. sustainable urbanism. His experience in design, he has worked from city-region He is co-author of the Royal Town both public and private sectors enables spatial frameworks to neighbourhood Planning Institute’s (RTPI): New Vision for him to see the ‘bigger picture’ and this is interventions, focusing on the spatial Planning and The Charter of European reflected in his project TheUrbanGlow, determinants of health such as Planning, which provides a basis for which has seen him spreading the biodiversity, access to food and food planning professions in the UK and message of good urbanism through growing, healthy lifestyles and reducing Europe, respectively. digital media and online tutorials. He health inequalities. In addition to the has assisted the National Health Service WHO, he has worked extensively with Part of the European Environment in their liaison with Local Authorities communities in Bristol City Council, with Agency initiative on the quality of life in on planning healthier cities, and has Public Health England and the National Europe’s towns and cities, Vincent is a facilitated and led several workshops Institute for Health and Care Excellence. past RTPI President. Other formal roles and events for all ages, with the intention Marcus was a founding member of the include: Honorary Professor (University of better engaging people with their Scientific Board for the Public Health of Manchester), vice-president of the environment. Research programme that evaluates the Town and Country Planning Association; health impact of non-NHS interventions. executive member of the European A creative thinker who believes context Council of Spatial Planners; the network and robust analysis are the key to He is an expert adviser to WHO, a Fellow of European metropolitan Regions and successful development, Andy is an of the Faculty of Public Health and editor- Areas and editorial board of Planning affiliate member of the Institute of in-chief of the Routledge journal Cities & Theory and Practice. Historic Building Conservation and a Health. member of the Society of Authors and he continues to challenge and pursue good places for people. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 55

Susan Green Julie Greer Ian Greggor

Susan is Director of Julie is an urban Ian began his career Stonebridge Urban designer, planner and on the National Enterprises Limited, a heritage consultant Health Service (NHS) specialist housing, with experience General Management planning & gained in Toronto, Training Scheme, regeneration Canada and the UK. spending twelve consultancy. years in healthcare In 2006 she set up Greer Pritchard management, in roles including running a With more than 25 years’ experience in Planning Consultancy and is currently private hospital; a directorate manager, the development industry, and twelve leading on the refurbishment of a and a contracts manager during the time years in senior management, she was Grade II* listed building, and several of GP Fundholding. formerly Director of Deeley Group in major mixed use developments across the Midlands, and Regional Manager London. She has held planning positions Ian moved into the wider management of Lowry Homes in the north-west. A with Barnet, Wandsworth, the City of consultancy field in 2001, becoming graduate of the University of Manchester, Westminster and Southwark Council, involved in service reviews; business qualified with Bachelor of Arts (Honours) where she established and managed the cases; design development; change in Town & Country Planning and Bachelor Design and Conservation team, and set management; management and team of Planning degrees. up London’s first Design Review Panel. development; quality and strategy. In While at Southwark, Julie led the design recent years he has acted as programme A member of the Royal Town Planning response for major redevelopments manager, project director and key adviser Institute since 199, she is a member of including: ; Neo Bankside; Tate on numerous private finance initiatives MADE’s Expert Panel. She is a post- Modern Extension; Bankside123; and and education projects, such as Living graduate student at the University of the Masterplan, Lives Lifting People and Procure 21. Birmingham studying a Master of Arts establishing a reputation as a planner Ian also provided consultancy advice degree in Heritage Management. who ‘raised the design bar’. Principal on business transformation; integration Design Advisor for the Olympic Delivery and organisational development Authority, where she was responsible commissions. for the Evolution Phase of the Legacy Masterplan as well as the Olympic Village Experienced in supporting the design and provided specialist advice to the process in acute, community, mental Planning Decisions Team. health and primary sectors, also interested in the opportunities offered Julie has held positions on the by the application of Information and Commission for Sustainable London Communications Technology to enhance 2012, where she reviewed the Olympic service quality and improve access. Park Legacy Company’s Masterplan, design codes and planning applications. Ian now works for Community Health She is a panel member for Southwark’s Partnerships, part of the Department and Wandworth’s Design Review of Health, as a Strategic Advisor to the Panels and currently advises London’s NHS in the east Midlands and east of Skyline Campaign. England. His role includes supporting commissioners and providers in developing asset strategies and helping develop partnerships across the public sector to enable improvement in estates. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 56

Andrew Haley Ben Hamilton-Baillie Annette Hards

Andrew is a Ben is the founding Annette trained as an Chartered Landscape director of Hamilton- Architect/Urban Architect, Urban Baillie Associates, a Designer, and now Designer and small consultancy in uses her 30 years’ Regeneration Bristol specialising in experience as a Consultant. street design and practitioner to traffic in towns. combine writing and His 24 years of experience have a strong research into the connections between emphasis on working collaboratively, He is the UK’s leading exponent of places and our health and wellbeing, with developing increasingly distinctive places low-speed design principles and shared facilitating community and stakeholder which are environmentally, economically space, seeking ways to better integrate engagement in the design process. and socially sustainable. Andrew has traffic into cities, towns and villages. Ben been responsible for a wide range of trained as an architect at Cambridge, and Architect-in-Education at the award-winning projects across the UK, worked in social housing development Architecture Centre (2000-2011), Ireland and internationally, as Director and the creation of the National Cycle developing and delivering a range of with The Paul Hogarth Company. The Network with Sustrans, before focusing innovative and successful projects, Organisation for Economic Cooperation on street design. He combines urban engaging people in placemaking, and Development commended the design with traffic engineering and including Urban Design learning work for the Laganside area of Belfast’s research into driver psychology. Lead programmes; the Spaceshaper9-14 Waterfront as being ‘representative designer for the regeneration of the initiative, and the ‘Places from Spaces’ of international bestpractice’. The award-winning scheme for Poynton in city learning programme. masterplan provided the vision for , he has worked on projects continued investment, totalling such as Exhibition Road in London, Annette has been a part time lecturer over £1bn. Public Realm, including and Fishergate in Preston. on Urban Design on the Town Planning Custom House Square and the historic Masters of Science (MSc) course at streetscapes of Cathedral Quarter were Ben has particular expertise in reducing the , and ran a catalysts to wider regeneration. The Wild the impact of traffic on rural communities, Continuing Professional Development Atlantic Way, on Ireland’s west coast, has and has prepared guidance for National programme for Sussex Planners (2012- contributed significantly to economic Parks and highway authorities on the 14). The links between how we make growth in remote, rural communities and design and management of rural roads. changes to places and the impact the region as a whole. He is author of Traffic in Villages: A toolkit on our health has become the focus for communities and contributed to the of her work over the last three years. The longest designated driving route in Manual for Streets . She feels strongly that we should do the world, it is attracting new international more to make the case for investing in and local visitors, welcoming them to ‘healthy infrastructure’. An Associate of spectacular landscapes and coastal Rethinking Cities, her work has focused experiences. He is a member of the on healthy placemaking. Ministerial Advisory Group, which advises the Minister for the Department She is currently working on an interactive of Culture, Arts and Leisure on matters publication, exploring the many relating to the Architecture and Built connections between a place and the Environment Policy for Northern Ireland. health and wellbeing of the people who live, work and play there. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 57

Liane Hartley Roger Hawkins Mike Hayes

Liane is a planner by Roger is an Mike is a consultant profession with more experienced architect urban planner and than ten years’ working on a variety former senior officer experience as a of widely published in the public sector. strategic planning, projects. His range of skills are community in urban planning, regeneration and A Founding Partner urban design, economic development consultant to the of Hawkins\Brown, he has completed regeneration and development at public and private sectors. many award-winning buildings including regional, city and neighbourhood levels. the new Biochemistry Building for Her work has included writing numerous Oxford University, Park Hill in Sheffield His particular strengths include: high-level policy strategies for central and the Corby Cube. Roger also led the building vision, developing strategy, and regional government, and evaluation design team on the redevelopment of providing leadership, thinking laterally, of numerous national regeneration in Westminster and inspiring commitment, devising delivery funding programmes, while working the £900m upgrade of Tottenham Court mechanisms and communicating ideas. for one of the government’s flagship Road Underground Station. He has He was President of the Royal Town regeneration partnerships: Thames considerable design experience gained Planning Institute (2004) and an Honorary Gateway London Partnership. Author in the early stages of projects, where Fellow of the Royal Institute of British of the Thames Gateway Theme Guide presentation quality of ideas and clarity Architects and awarded Commander to Designing Safer Communities of vision is of paramount importance. of the British Empire (CBE) for services (2005), which was funded by the UK Roger’s influence extends throughout to local government and the voluntary Home Office and is recognised as the whole office, and his keen eye and sector in 2008. He was invited to best practice. Liane specialises in the attention to detail is apparent in all the become a member of the Academy of socioeconomic impacts of regeneration work of the practice. Urbanism (2011), and is an accredited and development, and developing neighbourhood plan examiner. He is new approaches to managing positive He has been an active CABE Enabler on director of his consultancy Michael local change. She combines extensive Arts and Education projects since the Hayes Consulting Ltd. knowledge of the UK planning system outset, and Chair of the Royal Institute and social sustainability with practical of British Architects (RIBA) Design Current appointments include: Secretary policy and strategy development skills. Competitions. He is a member of the to the National Planning Forum; non- RIBA Validation Board, Chair of the RIBA salaried Examining Inspector; National A strong copywriter and bid manager, Insurance Agency and Trustee of the Infrastructure Directorate in the Planning she excels in thought-leadership. Art Trust. Inspectorate; Member of design review Passionate about seeing the “community panel for MADE and PlacesMatter!; as client”; she helps blur the distinction He has written several articles published Member of Historic England’s Advisory between business and society, providing in architectural magazines, and has been Committee and Urban Panel. Recently Corporate Social Responsibility a visiting critic and lecturer in a variety he has led a major church regeneration advice; community engagement; youth of schools of architecture including project on a pro-bono basis, and is engagement, and social enterprise Sheffield, Nottingham, the Bartlett, chair of the board of trustees of the Weir support to facilitate positive locally-led Harvard and Yale. Link Children and Community Centre in change. , south London. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 58

Colin Haylock Wayne Head Philip Heaton

Colin is an architect- Wayne is architect A chartered planner with more and Partner at Curl La landscape architect than 40 years’ Tourelle and Head and town planner with experience spanning architects. He has 25 years’ experience, the public, private recently joined the Phil joined Design and educational practice and has Council Cabe in 2003 sectors. twenty years of and is one of the professional practice experience. longest-serving advisors. He ran the Until 1999 he ran a large multidisciplinary niche design firm Parklife from 1995 until and Conservation Previously, Wayne worked as senior 2008 when it was merged with Middle Team for Newcastle City Council, architect with Penoyre and Prasad Eastern landscape firm Cracknell. including initiating the Europa Nostra Architects, and also more recently with Award winning Grainger Town BDP as director. He is committed to Phil’s advice to local authorities has regeneration programme. He spent 10 ensuring the highest design thinking and included masterplanning, housing years as Urban for a quality is delivered through the projects regeneration, children’s play for five major architectural practice and now runs he engages with. Equally, through Olympic boroughs, sport, recreation and an independent specialist consultancy. his role as the Design Council Cabe landscape design. Phil offers a particular Built Environment Expert, and design expertise in community engagement and Colin has been intensely involved in the review panel member to three London the design of active, social environments work of the Royal Town Planning Institute boroughs, and national panel member to that local authorities find helpful. since 1990, leading the development of the Civic Trust Awards. its Urban Design Network and was the He helped to deliver the Design Council Institute’s national president in 2012. As a Cabe Active by Design programme. His Regional Representative and Enabler he work with communities was featured in has been a major contributor to the work 2008 in a four-part Channel 4 TV series of the Design Council Cabe throughout ‘Kevin McCloud and the Big Town Plan’. its life. He is a Visiting Professor at The Bartlett School of Planning at University Phil’s work in community placemaking is College London, and Visiting Professor cited as good practice in several Design of Practice in Architecture, Planning and Council Cabe publications, along with his Landscape at . regeneration of public realm and housing He is a member of the London Mayor’s estates in Islington, EC1. Phil was Design Advisory Group, a member of the Director of Public Realm for Broadway planning committee for the Old Oak Park Malyan with 15 offices worldwide, Royal Mayoral Development Corporation continuing his work in the Middle East and of numerous other planning, design until 2013 when he chose to pursue his review and awards assessment panels. own projects.

Recently, Phil has been helping Enfield Council with the community placemaking aspects of delivering a 10,000 home development in the Lee Valley called . Phil is working with the local community to deliver a community park as part of the first phase. Designed with local children, built with the help of young offenders and themed around health and wellbeing, the park is a seed project demonstrating how Meridian Water can add meaningful social value to a deprived urban area. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 59

Jon Herbert Dan Hill Stephen Hill

Jon is a chartered Dan is Associate Stephen is a town planner with 18 Director at Arup, and chartered planning years’ experience in Head of Arup Digital and development urban design and Studio: a surveyor, working as planning consultancy. multidisciplinary an independent design team that public interest Associate Director helps clients develop practitioner. with Tibbalds, he has previously held transformative digital technology for positions with Urban Initiatives and cities, spaces, infrastructure, buildings He has forty years’ public and private Llewelyn Davies. Jon has strong and organisations. sector experience of housing; planning experience in strategic, spatial, policy and delivering mixed-use development; and neighbourhood planning, having led A digital designer and urbanist, Dan’s urban extensions; new settlements; on the production of Area Action Plans; previous leadership positions have and community-led neighbourhood Supplementary Planning Documents; produced innovative, influential projects regeneration. He has acted as consultation exercises and technical and organisations, ranging across the facilitator for a cohousing project policy documents to support and guide built environment (Arup, Future Cities supported by Cambridge City and the evolution of the Local Plan process. Catapult); education and research South Councils. He This has included the production of (Fabrica); government (SITRA); and has been course tutor on professional masterplans, growth and town centre media (BBC, Monocle) each one ethics, city planning for social/economic strategies. transformed positively via digital justice and on of the technology and a holistic approach to Built Environment Master’s course at Jon has an excellent understanding of design. Dan has lived and worked in Cambridge University. the current policy agenda. He recently the UK, Australia, Finland and Italy, Dan led research into neighbourhood began work on the urban regeneration Stephen is the Royal Institution of planning on behalf of the Department of Manchester, and has subsequently Chartered Surveyors’ representative on for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs worked on city strategy and urban the government’s Housing Sounding and the Department for Communities development projects worldwide. Board, the Housing Design Awards and Local Government, drawing out judging panel and board of the Housing lessons and advice from the first wave An adjunct professor at Royal Forum. He has written extensively on the of neighbourhood plans. He also led Institute of Technology University and causes of failure in UK property markets, research into the impact of the National at the University of Technology Sydney. and their damaging structural effects Planning Policy Framework on housing His design work has featured in the on society and the economy, and made land supply, decision-making and plan United Arab Emirates ‘Museum of the proposals for reforms of taxation, local preparation. Future’, Dubai (2014, 2015); Istanbul government financing, infrastructure Design Biennal (2012), ‘Habitar’ (Gijon, investment markets and the structure of In addition to being a Built Environment 2010); and: ‘Remodelling Architecture’ the housebuilding ‘industry’. Expert, Jon is also a member of the (Sydney, 2009), and is regularly featured Placemaking Leadership Council and in global media. Books include: Dark He recently visited the USA and Canada the London Borough of Merton Design Matter and Trojan Horses: A Strategic as a Churchill Fellow, studying the Review Panel. He brings to his work a Design Vocabulary (Strelka Press, 2012), relationship between the ‘state’ and thorough understanding of the planning numerous pieces for books, journals, citizens, through community organised process with sensitivity to design and magazines and websites. housing. He advises the UK’s first urban masterplanning. Community Land Trust (CLT), East He has produced the groundbreaking London CLT, and is a board member of and highly influential weblog City of both the National CLT and UK Cohousing Sound since 2001. Networks. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 60

David Hills Luke Hillson Edward Hobson

Educated at Luke, a recognised Edward is an urban Cambridge University, practitioner in urban planner and designer David established the design, is a senior with more than 15 architectural practice design consultant with years’ experience of DSDHA with Deborah a background in town advising on national Saunt (2001), after planning, and and local policies, working for Panter expertise in urban strategies and Hudspith, Tim Ronalds and Erick van design and masterplanning. interventions to improve the built Egeraat. Receiving eleven Royal Institute environment through leading diverse of British Architects Awards for their With over a decade of experience, Luke teams of nationally respected experts. completed projects, DSDHA has also has a great understanding of all aspects received the Building Design Architect of of urban design and masterplanning, with Currently, as Design Lead at the the Year and Education Architect of the particular emphasis on placemaking, Knowledge Transfer Network, he Year Awards (2010). sustainable communities and active supports businesses to use design places. He has experience of working in innovation across various industry Within the practice, David has led a at a variety of scales from small sectors. Focusing specifically on urban number of award-winning projects, residential layouts through to large-scale living and addressing design to bring including the Stirling Prize shortlisted masterplanning. Previous work has greater integration to city services, he Christ’s College School. included urban extensions, eco-towns and draws on considerable experience of masterplanning the London 2012 Olympic supporting city partnerships across His recent experience has focused shooting venue. the public and private sectors. He on special needs education, and an established and managed CABE’s increasing portfolio of high density, Through his contribution to design work, sustainable design initiative: Sustainable mixed use developments. David has Luke places emphasis on placemaking, Cities. Also an Associate at the Institute taught architecture for more than ten through the application of best practice for Sustainability, Edward brings years at Cambridge and the Architectural in design for accessibility, safety, mixed- extensive understanding of energy Association, and currently teaches a uses, adaptability and sustainability. His and resource issues, having spent two diploma studio at London work demands inspiring environments for years as deputy director at the leading Metropolitan University. people to live within, enhancing life and environmental thinktank, Green Alliance. wellbeing through the built environment Previously, he led the creation and He has been a Built Environment Expert while enabling and promoting active travel. development of CABE’s specialist public since 2009, and contributed to significant space research unit within CABE Space, reviews of projects of all natures from for 8 years working closely with national urban regeneration, national infrastructure government, professional bodies and and residential development of many industry stakeholders to support local different scales. authorities and improve the quality of public space across the country.

Edward also has extensive research and knowledge management expertise, directing CABE’s programme of research, building an unparalleled portfolio of evidence demonstrating the value of high-quality environments. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 61

Tom Holbrook Eric Holding Anthony Hollingsworth

Tom came to Eric is Director of Anthony is a town architecture Strategy at JTP planner with tangentially, co- Cities, providing experience of working founding 5th Studio strategic placemaking across a range of (1997), as a spatial advice on large-scale mainly London-based design agency, developments regeneration projects working across the worldwide. during his 25 years in fields of architecture, urban design, practice. infrastructure and landscape. He has been involved in sustainable masterplanning and the design of mixed- Anthony has extensive local and strategic His design research has developed use developments, and delivered award- planning knowledge gained from his an approach to strategic thinking winning schemes for high-profile clients time working for the London Borough of that explores the dynamic between across Europe. He led an international Newham, the Greater London Authority, architecture and the scale of team creating an award-winning the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) and infrastructure and landscape. sustainable urban extension to Reykjavik now at the London Legacy Development The relationship between research for 10,000 people (2004-2007). Corporation (LLDC), where he is Director and practice has encouraged design of Planning Policy and Decisions. innovation and a fresh attitude He has recently been involved with towards conservation, environmental Battersea Power Station, conducting He worked for the City of Bath before sustainability and complex regeneration early feasibility/sensitivity testing and joining the London Olympic project in projects. subsequently overseeing preparation 2006, where he managed the ODA’s of the Design and Access Statement Planning Decisions Team, responsible Tom is Professor of Architecture at the for the proposals. Since 2010, Eric has for securing the necessary planning Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology devised/run a series of seminars leading permissions. University, exploring comparative to a 25 year Placemaking Strategy. urbanism in Barcelona, Melbourne He is currently working in one of ten and Ho Chi Minh City. He directs the international teams selected to look at urban studies programme at the London the expansion of Moscow, with Larry School of Architecture. Beasley and Urban Design Associates, USA. Trained as an architect in the UK and USA, with a Masters in Theories of Representation, Eric has taught at Oxford Brookes University, and was employed as a Research Associate in Architectural Studies at Middlesex University.

He is author of: Staged Architecture, Sunday Times Architecture Book of the Year, and chapters and articles on architecture and urban theory for periodicals/magazines.

Qualified in Management Consulting at the Graduate School of Business in Grenoble, France, (2007), he uses these techniques in analysis and creating development strategy.

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Gillian Horn Glenn Howells Simon Hudspith

Gillian joined Penoyre After studying Simon studied at & Prasad in 1999 and architecture at Newcastle University became a Partner in University, and won the Royal 2004. Her approach is Glenn worked for Institute of British to achieve a thorough Spence and Webster Architects (RIBA) understanding of the Architects (1987-1990) Bronze Medal as an needs of clients, to London, before undergraduate. create robust briefs and elegant, inspiring founding Glenn Howells Architects (GHA). designs. He then gained a Harkness Fellowship GHA has won numerous major design and continued his education at She has led numerous groundbreaking, competitions, over 70 awards and built the Southern California Institute of award-winning project teams with an a portfolio of completed projects across Architecture and the University of ambitious, enthusiastic and positive diverse building types. With an overview of all Pennsylvania, USA, where he won the approach to problem solving, including: aspects of the practice, he concentrates on Samuel Huckel Architecture Prize. Moorfields International Children’s design, regularly reviewing all projects during Eye Hospital, Crawley Library and design development/construction stages. Simon gained professional experience Merchants’ Academy. Her consultancy Externally, has been part of Cabe’s Design at the Terry Farrell Partnership, Venturi work includes: Client Design Advice, Review Panel since 2000 and was a member Rauch and Scott Brown, and ORMS, facilitation, of the Olympic Design Review Panel. He was prior to setting up Panter Hudspith and Design Surgeon for Urban Design a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (1988) where he is responsible London. Gillian studied at the University Architects National Awards Judging Panel for management of the design of Cambridge, graduating with distinction (2003-2010); chair of Midlands Architecture process, overseeing consistency and before continuing her training at Harvard. and the Designed Environment since 2003; thoroughness from conceptual design to chair of the IKON Gallery, Birmingham; and completed buildings. He was partner in Prior to Penoyre & Prasad, she was board member of the Hippodrome Theatre. charge of the Collection, Lincoln; Christ’s project architect on the innovative He advises Birmingham City Council and Lane, Cambridge; Princesshay, Exeter; Straw Bale House, Islington, for Sarah sits on the Board for Birmingham Chamber and Davygate, York, which have won Wigglesworth Architects. Gillian has of Commerce. Academically, he has been a combined total of nineteen awards taught at the Architectural Association, an external examiner at the University of including three RIBA, three Civic Trust, University of Cambridge, Kingston Nottingham and Queen’s University, Belfast. one American Institute of Architects and University, Greenwich University and is twelve construction awards. an external examiner at the University He is currently visiting professor at of Manchester and University of East Nottingham Trent University; external He has led project teams designing London. She is a regular conference examiner at Sheffield Hallam University more than a thousand new homes in speaker and contributor to Radio 4’s and lecturer at the Centre of Alternative Southwark (including two schemes for Learning Curve; Front Row; Teachers’ Technology, Wales. He sits on the Warwick the Elephant and Castle), a masterplan TV, and the Royal Institute of British University Council and is chair of the Building for the centre of Beverley, and three Architects Journal. Gillian contributed Committee. residential buildings within the athlete’s to the second edition of the acclaimed village for the 2012 Olympics. Simon has book: Managing the Brief for Better been a Built Environment Expert since Design, and Round and About Stock 2009. Orchard Street. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 63

Kay Hughes Michael Hurlow Donald Hyslop

Kay is a chartered Michael, after Donald is an urbanist architect with more completing his and Head of than 25 years’ training as an artist, Regeneration and experience working became a chartered Community for Tate across a range of landscape architect Galleries. sectors, as client and and is now also a design lead to member of the Over the last 25 achieve the best possible outcomes for Institute of Historic Building years, his work has been at the forefront complex and high-profile projects. Conservation, and an Academician with of exploring and thinking about the role the Academy of Urbanism. culture, architecture and museums can She runs Khaa, a consultancy that play in the regeneration, placemaking, pioneers better design solutions He has substantial experience of local economic and social development of through stakeholder engagement, authorities, has worked with the third cities and communities. At Tate, with design briefing, project initiation, design sector, and as a consultant. Starting a a wide and varied portfolio, he has led team selection and project review. Her career in the major regeneration activity in an ongoing urban renewal programme significant role in leading and delivering Birmingham led to work in Exeter, helping which has put Tate Modern at the award winning buildings at London shape its valley parks and forming the centre of a cultural and social model 2012, and in previous client roles at the first definition of its ‘green hills’, providing of regeneration in South London, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and the setting for the historic city. Working built around a series of innovative Sport England in the build up to the 2002 with the Black Country Development partnerships. Donald is Chair of Trustees Commonwealth Games, demonstrate Corporation, Michael contributed to of where he has led the range of experience she has across a major landscaping and regeneration work the thousand-year-old charity through a number of sectors. supporting the construction of the Black period of major change. Country Spine Road. He has worked in Kay has the ability to bring together County Durham for 15 years, including He also chairs Better Bankside Business multi-disciplined stakeholders and acting as the Heritage and Design Improvement District, one of the founding understand the challenges at every Manager for the City of Durham, and with British Business Improvement Districts. stage of even the most complex builds, the Groundwork Trust in east Durham. Donald acts as an adviser on creative to leave a meaningful design legacy. economy for the British Council and Kay is a member of the Association More recently he has worked with advises, lectures and teaches widely of Project Management, has been an Durham City Vision on its major on cultural and business policy, urban award assessor for the Institute of Civil initiatives, included major riverside renewal, community empowerment and Engineers, the Royal Institute of British development. With a strong background creative cities. Architects, Building Design Magazine, in physical and social regeneration New London Architecture and the Michael now specialises in heritage Civic Trust. and works as a consultant and in Durham supporting the World Heritage Site She currently sits on the Greenwich and its Coordinating Committee Design Review Panel. as an adviser. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 64

Philip Insall John Jenkins Annalise Johns

Philip was John is an architect Annalise has been responsible for and one of the working as an urban creating the public founding partners of designer as the health programme of Haverstock, a strategic urban lead Sustrans, and driving London-based in the transport its implementation architectural practice. division of over more than 20 Hammersmith and years. He has built a strong network in Having been with the practice for Fulham Council. She has designed public health, and relating transport and 34 years, he now leads the second several sustainable drainage planning to physical activity generation into an exciting and neighbourhood schemes, which aim to promotion; air quality; climate change challenging future. John is currently maximise local resilience in terms of the and sustainability. working on a wide range of projects, health, wellbeing and long-term including the new headquarters for the environmental quality. Annalise Philip has worked closely with the main London Metropolitan Police, and several undertook a secondment in Public Health national public health bodies, such as special needs and mainstream schools. in Westminster (2013-14) where she was the Association of Directors of Public He chairs the Home Office Design testing behaviour change in the built Health and National Institute for Health Review Panel; is a Home Office enabler, environment in areas of deprivation. and Care Excellence. He co-led the and a Royal Institute of British Architects formation and work programme of the All Client Design Advisor. He was one of the Currently, in her specialism in Health, Party Commission on Physical Activity, chairs of CABE’s Schools Design Panel Wellbeing and Urban Mobility, she is and has supported and advised bodies and acted as a CABE enabler, helping exploring the adaptation of system such as royal medical colleges, Foresight local education and police authorities thinking to produce resilient cities and and the British Medical Association, as to improve design quality. John has communities by design. well as numerous other contributions to been responsible for the research and parliamentary committees, ministerial technical aspects of many publications briefings, journals and general media. including Building Bulletin 102: Designing He also initiated a European-level for Special Educational Needs, and: programme, working with the cities Learning Environments for Pupil Referral network Polis and World Health Units, both prepared with the Department Organisation to influence transport and for Children, Schools health policy at an international level. and Families.

Philip has created trans-disciplinary He regularly presents to conferences research programmes, advises on and seminars on issues such as design individual research projects, and sits on quality, special school design and new the National Institute for Health Research learning spaces. John works with many Public Health Programme Advisory other architects in an external peer Board. He is a member of the UK Health review capacity. Forum and Honorary Member of the Faculty of Public Health. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 65

Lesley Johnson Mark Johnson Dan Jones

Lesley is an Mark has been a Dan is an architect experienced public chartered landscape and co-founder of art and voluntary sector architect for 15 years, and architecture client for housing and and a director at practice Civic mixed-use UBU Design Ltd for Architects (2005). development 5 years. projects, particularly He has provided large-scale regeneration and where Prior to founding UBU Design, he professional design services and proposals affect existing communities. worked in Rotterdam for West 8 on strategic enabling advice as an architect large-scale international developments, working with community groups and She is working with a local authority to including Stratford City and the new their local councils since 1998. Civic was support the set up of estate regeneration . Prior to joining West awarded Building Design’s Architect and small sites programmes for new 8, Mark worked for the Community of the Year Award for Environmental council homes, negotiating large Technical Aid Centre, a small charity Excellence (2012), for its work on the offsite Section 106 affordable housing working with groups in deprived areas Gamlingay Eco Hub. The Hub offers a projects and developing borough-wide of Greater Manchester. The charity study in how to creatively bring back to regeneration principles with residents. specialised in architecture, landscape life an apparently redundant community Mixed-use projects include schools, and community engagement to deliver centre on a budget. Now a government nurseries and community buildings. aspirational projects with local groups. exemplar of community action, working He has recently completed the design in the spirit of the new Community Rights, Lesley was project lead for the local and implementation of Les Beauchamp’s the Hub is the first community centre in authority on the Myatts Field North High School, a Secondary School the country to incorporate three different project in London. The project provides in Guernsey. This project has won passive technologies without fossil 950 new and refurbished homes as numerous awards, including a regional fuel backup. Recent work includes the well as retail and community facilities, Royal Institute of British Architects Award roof-level refurbishment and extension and involves a significant rehousing and a Civic Trust Award. of the Royals Youth Centre in Rainham. programme for existing residents. This project completes a series of small, Mark is currently working on a large sensitive interventions commissioned Lesley provided consultancy support to retail development in Rushden, by the Greater London Authority, a housing association in Kent Northamptonshire. The scheme is reconnecting Rainham to the river. undertaking its first estate regeneration situated on the edge of a Site of Special projects, and has provided training and Scientific Interest, and includes extensive Dan has been a member of Cabe’s support to members and senior officers integrated surface design with a number Oxford Design Review Panel since 2012, on a number of high profile projects. of key features, including two large water and has made contributions as a Built Lesley is researching the impact of features and a water play area. Environment Expert on topics such resident and community participation as: community asset transfer, housing in housing regeneration and the He also sits on the Design Review Panel design quality and community rights development of new homes to see what for Southampton City Council. issues. He was Managing Director of we can do better. Mark has taught at both Manchester The Glass House Community-led Design Metropolitan University and Portsmouth (2004-05). School of Architecture. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 66

Phil Jones Maja Jorgensen Kristian Kaminski

Phil is a chartered Maya’s experiences, Kristian is Deputy engineer with gained while Team Leader of the extensive experience practicing as an Design and in the planning and urban designer in the Conservation Team design of highway UK and abroad have for the London and other strengthened her Borough of Islington, infrastructure, with desire to engage with responsible for particular expertise in transport planning and support communities living in places ensuring that Islington’s 4000 listed and street design for new developments. undergoing change. buildings and 41 conservation areas He specialises in achieving synergy are conserved, and that all new between street/urban design, with the She is passionate about empowering developments are high quality aim of creating places/spaces that meet communities to achieve well-designed . Trained as an aesthetic, social and functional aims. spaces through raising design skills and architectural historian, he previously aspirations. Maya has practical design, worked for English Heritage and the He is Principal of Phil Jones Associates, workshop and project management Victorian Society. a 25-strong firm which conducts experience from both private and third transport planning, design and research sector, and builds lasting relations with Kristian is currently advising on the work. He was part of the team that communities, regeneration professionals restoration of the Grade II* listed produced: Manual for Streets, for the and a wide range of organisations. former Middlesex Sessions House Department for Transport (DfT), its and the restoration, adaptation and comprehensive guide to the design of Working at The Glass-House, she redevelopment of the former Holborn urban and residential streets, and was a champions community engagement Infirmary, aiming to provide in the region lead writer on: Manual for Streets 2, for and good design, through independent of 250 new homes and new public space. the Chartered Institution of Highways advice, support and training, by He is an experienced expert witness and Transportation/DfT/Cabe. Previously coordinating their annual series of at public inquiries, including the first a Cabe Space enabler, he has carried two-day design training courses and significant public inquiry decision under out numerous assignments, including delivering direct support to community the National Planning Policy Framework projects in Cumbria and Greater groups and professionals across the UK. concerning heritage. Manchester. He is a member of expert panels for Midlands Architecture and She project manages individual projects, Kristian is a Fellow of the Society of the Designed Environment; OPUN: and designs in detail the content of Antiquaries, a full member of the Institute Design East Midlands; Design South hands-on workshops; seminars; study of Historic Building Conservation and East, and Urban Vision North Staffs. He tours and talks to give community sits on the Committee of SAVE Britain’s regularly undertakes training for Urban members the skills, confidence and Heritage. As a Trustee of Pitzhanger Design London, including their regular knowledge to lead their community Manor and Gallery Trust, he advises Introduction to Urban Design day, and on project to fruition. on the Heritage Lottery Fund project to Designing for Cycling. restore Sir John Soane’s Grade I listed late Georgian villa. Actively involved in cycling initiatives at national level, Phil leads on the Welsh Government’s Active Travel Design Guidelines and is a member of DfT’s Cycle Proofing Working Group. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 67

Hanif Kara Paul Karakusevic Roland Karthaus

Hanif combines Paul leads a team of Roland is an architect, practice with specialists working at urbanist and teaching, currently the forefront of researcher with a appointed as housing architecture unique range of Professor in Practice and urban professional of Architectural regeneration. experience in the built Technology at the environment. Graduate School of Design, Harvard. A founding partner of Karakusevic Carson Architects (KCA), he has nurtured He has completed numerous He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of a design and strategy led practice architecture projects, led complex Engineering; Royal Institute of British which adopts a dynamic approach regeneration masterplans, advised on Architects; Institution of Civil Engineers; to masterplans; urban regeneration the development of new cities around Institution of Structural Engineers; Royal programmes; mixed tenure housing; the world and commissioned building Society of Arts; and on the board of and estate renewal architecture projects projects as a public sector client. In trustees of the Architecture Foundation. for local authority, RSL clients and private 2016, he co-founded Matter Architecture Hanif is a former CABE Commissioner, developers. Working innovatively with Jonathan McDowell, a practice and served as a member of the Design with emerging funding structures and committed to designing the highest for London Advisory Group to the Mayor national design standards, Paul places quality architecture, enriched by this of London. As Design Director and co- residents at the heart of the design broad range of experience and deeply founder of AKT II, his particular ‘design- process creating exemplary, distinctive founded in research. As an RIBA Client led’ approach and interest in innovative design, delivering both commercial and Adviser, Roland has supported diverse form, material uses and complex analysis social benefits. clients to define briefs for major, strategic methods have allowed him to work on projects and develop the processes numerous award-winning, pioneering With a ‘hands on’ approach to the for their delivery. He continues to teach projects. practice, he is collaborative and design at the University of East London, passionate about good design, and co- where he was a former postgraduate Hanif has widely published works founded KCA to raise housing standards. course leader, and is a named researcher including: Design Engineering, a Paul believes in design/construction in the University’s Research Excellency retrospective of AKT’s first decade qualities, which deliver outstanding Framework submission. In 2014, together (2008); and co-published with Harvard: housing/neighbourhoods regardless of with a colleague, Roland led a European Interdisciplinary Design: New Lessons tenure; reflecting a unique sense of place; Union funded professional urban design from Architecture and Engineering (2012). loved by residents; financially viable, and workshop in India on the design of a new Most recently he edited: Deliverance withstanding the test of time. Appointed state capital city, now under construction. of Design – making, mending and as a Greater London Authority (GLA) revitalising structures, a look at the works Urban Design Advisor, a Design Surgeon In 2016, Roland assisted in setting up a of AKT II from 1996 -2016. for Urban Design London, and facilitated new Design Review Panel for Camden client training sessions for the GLA. As Council and was panel manager for Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) its first year. In the same year, he was Design Champion, he conducted their awarded the RIBA Research Trust Award technical design audit of affordable to further his work on prison design for housing projects; assisted in writing rehabilitation. the new Housing and Policy standards and contributed to the London Housing Design Guide. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 68

Tim Kellett Mike Kelly Liz Kessler

Tim is a freelance Mike is a construction Liz is an urban architect and urban project and design designer who has designer who has consultant, a versatile been working for the worked for over 30 and respected last 14 years on years in the public performer with over retrofitting sector, and more 40 years’ experience disadvantaged recently with and achievements as neighbourhoods. Camborne Pool Redruth Urban designer, project director, and estate and Regeneration Company, then with project manager. For 6 years (2004-2009), Liz worked for Cornwall Development Company. EC1 New Deal for Communities (NDC), He has wide experience of working as an London. Whilst at the NDC, she was His experience includes delivering an architect and director, delivering complex responsible for preparing a public realm area based regeneration programme programmes and sensitive projects strategy to improve the streets, parks with Urban Regeneration Companies, for housing; schools; health buildings; and open spaces around blocks of working with national agencies, councils libraries; fire stations; community council housing in an integrated way. She and private sector developers. He has also buildings; commercial buildings and then co-ordinated its implementation: provided key design advice and project embassies. Experienced at giving advice initiating projects, writing briefs, selecting management support to many European for successful design and delivery, designers, working with them, local funded projects over the last few years, carrying out project reviews for design authority officers and residents and including the Redruth Brewery Quarter quality, efficiency and effectiveness, he seeing projects through to completion. and the Hall For Cornwall Theatre in Truro, is proud of completing well designed The area has been substantially both of which he is still involved in. projects within budget, and on time. He transformed, and work identified in the has board level and advisory experience strategy is still being implemented. The Tim has led major community including: Government Gateway strategy and many of the implemented engagement processes to support these reviewer; Cabe enabler; Royal Institute of projects have received awards. projects and facilitated many community British Architects Client Design Adviser; and stakeholder workshops. A keen Design Quality Indicator facilitator; and Since 2010 Liz has worked freelance, advocate of design quality, he has design reviewer for the Home Office, disseminating information about provided design guidance documents, Essex County Council and Department retrofitting deprived areas, whilst also organised design seminars and of Health. In addition, he has led teams working on the early stages of design workshops, and acted as client design and directed multi-million pound development for the Ocean area, in the champion. His role has extended to complex and prestigious projects for London Borough of Tower Hamlets. project management and commissioning numerous clients, including the Foreign She has worked on community-led and of design teams and artists. and Commonwealth Office. Neighbourhood Plans. Recently, as part of Design Council Cabe’s Active by Recently, Tim has been giving Recently, he has produced designs Design programme, she has worked in urban design support to parish and for a major school refurbishment and West Howe, Bournemouth developing town councils undertaking extension, and numerous low-energy and a Vision for Physical Regeneration of the Neighbourhood Plans. Tim is an active sustainable housing developments. area. Before completing an MA in Urban member of the Cornwall Design Review Design (2000), Liz worked in housing Panel, the Institute of Historic Buildings and the arts. Conservation, and the Urban Design Group. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 69

Maria Kheirkhah Mike Kiely Doug King

Maria is a Mike is a chartered An internationally multidisciplinary artist town planner with recognised pioneer in and academic, over 40 years’ the field of mapping systems of experience in local sustainable design, visual knowledge and government, mostly Doug is a chartered culture, particularly in London, with nearly physicist and that of the Middle 14 years at senior chartered East in relation to the UK. officer level. He is a member of the Royal environmentalist as well as chartered Town Planning Institute and former engineer, bringing a scientific approach Born and raised in the north of Iran, she president of the Planning Officers and environmental sensitivity to the first travelled to the UK in 1979. Here she Society, now chair of its Board. design of buildings. pursued her art education, specialising in sculpture and obtaining an MA at the Mike works closely with government and He was the engineer behind many University of Central England (1997). across the sector to shape planning in ground-breaking, sustainable buildings, Maria travelled back to Iran in 1988, England. During his local government including two Stirling Prize shortlisted teaching at two major universities in career he successfully delivered major schemes: Edward Cullinan’s Weald and Tehran: Alzahra University and The redevelopment and regeneration Downland Gridshell, and Chetwood Academy of Arts. Since returning to the projects, including the largest housing Associates’ Sainsbury’s supermarket UK in the early 1990s, she has completed delivery programme of any council whilst at Greenwich. For the latter, his many artistic projects with major London at Tower Hamlets, and at Croydon the inspiration for a naturally lit and ventilated art galleries and museums. largest outer London growth agenda. superstore was described by Building His work has been recognised in a series magazine as the most radical design in Maria has taught and exhibited of national awards as exemplars of best the history of retailing. Doug also worked extensively both in the UK and practice, including Croydon’s planning on Grimshaw’s Rolls Royce Factory at internationally. She is a trustee/board service being cited in the Farrell Review Goodwood; Behnisch’s Genzyme Centre member at the 198 Gallery, London, (May 2014): “as a case study for what in Cambridge, Massachusetts, until co-runs The Practice Exchange seminar can be achieved and what the conditions recently the largest Leadership in Energy series at Chelsea College of Art and are for proactive planning”. Croydon and Environmental Design Platinum Design and is a lecturer at Richmond won Planning Authority of the Year at building in the world; and the Innovate University. mipimUK and Planning Policy Team of Green Office in Leeds, the building the Year at the Planning Awards (2014). that set the benchmark for Building Among her numerous exhibitions and Research Establishment Environmental presentations are: Conversation Pieces, He set up his consultancy, Mike Kiely Assessment Methodology Outstanding 1001 questions, Tate Britain 2009; The planning + regeneration (2015), to rating. Doug is a Fellow of both the Royal Psychology of Fear, 198 Gallery 2008; specialise in assisting local authorities to Academy of Engineering and the Royal and The Anatomy Of Ignorance, Current perform better and be more effective. Institute of British Architects. thinking, Tate Modern 2007. He is an accomplished teacher and is a visiting professor at the universities of Bath and Chongqing; also a member of South West Design Review; The Edge; RIBA Sustainable Futures and an advisor to The Ove Arup Foundation. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 70

Graham King Dieter Kleiner Jane Knight

Graham has worked Dieter is a founding Jane is a chartered for three London director of RCKa landscape architect borough planning Architects, with over 30 years of services since 1973, established in 2009, professional concentrating on and received the experience, gained in historic building and Royal Institute of the UK and overseas. urban design issues; British Architect’s She has been a CABE more recently, policy and transportation (RIBA) Emerging Architect of the year Space Enabler since 2008, has sat on the issues, including public realm policies, award (2014). As Design Director, Southwest Design Review Panel since projects and funding. He has worked in Dieter has pursued the practice’s 2010, and now sits on the Cornwall these roles for the interest in socially responsive Design Review Panel. since 1984, and been Head of Strategic architecture, community-led urban Planning and Transportation since 2009. design and placemaking, and was Since 2002, Jane has worked at the Eden responsible for the recently completed Project in Cornwall, where she works on He sat on the Cabe Planning Advisory RIBA and Civic Trust award-winning the ongoing development of the Eden Committee and Local Development TNG Youth and Community Centre for site, as well as Eden’s hugely varied Framework panel; he has also served Lewisham Council. outreach and consultancy projects. on Cabe’s Design Review Panel and on Outreach projects include: a Peace Park the South East Regional Design Review He is currently leading on a £12.5m in Kosovo, Botanical Garden in Chile, Panel (2006-09). mixed-use community development mine restoration in South Africa, and for Camden Council, and working with advice on community engagement on Graham has been a member of the developer clients such as London and climate change in Australia. Locally, Royal Town Planning Institute Education Quadrant Housing and Pocket Living, projects include: ‘Growing for Life’ in Accreditation panel since 1997. which require both his exceptional design prisons, working with community groups and stakeholder management skills. to promote nature-based play. Pre-Eden, Stepping outside architectural norms, his Jane spent most of her career working work has involved project enablement; as a landscape architect overseas in the funding and strategy development for USA (6 years), Australia (6 months) and voluntary sector organisations and Hong Kong (7 years). neighbourhood groups; and providing local authority asset assessment advice. His focus is to make things happen, by, for exampl,e developing collaborations between regeneration teams and grass- roots groups; introducing potential joint venture partnerships and securing local support. He also advises on business plans, and manages complex client and stakeholder groups.

Dieter is also a Design South-East Review Panel member and has been a visiting critic at Sheffield, London Metropolitan and Kingston University Schools of Architecture & Urban Design. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 71

Stefan Kruczkowski Cora Kwiatkowski Matt Lally

Stefan is a Cora is a divisional A highly experienced Recognised director architect for urban designer and Practitioner in Urban Stride Treglown, chartered town Design, specialising in having joined the planner (MRTPI), Matt residential practice in 2006, and has worked development, with a is responsible for a internationally on a particular expertise in wide range of wide-ranging portfolio Building for Life 12, that he co-authored. projects, including higher education, of major planning and development student accommodation, workplace, projects, in both public/private sectors, He also co-devised the Built for Life residential and mixed-use schemes. throughout the UK, Australasia, Middle consumer accreditation scheme, East, Asia and Africa. launched in February 2013 to raise the Cora believes that true collaboration urban design expectations of home will lead to excellence in design. Experience encompasses major urban buyers. Stefan divides his time between She especially enjoys resolving regeneration; housing renewal; the being a lecturer and researcher in complex briefs using different ways planning and design of new settlements; Urban Design, at Nottingham Trent of communication including BIM urban extensions; mega sport events; University’s School of Architecture and and is always on the lookout for new resorts; specialist business parks and the Built Environment, and running his technologies. Leading multidisciplinary associated infrastructure. He is currently own consultancy. He acts as the Urban teams over 15 years as Lead Architect on assignment within the Integrated Designer for North West Leicestershire and Client Adviser, working for private Design and Planning Team of Arup’s District Council, as an enabler and design and public sector clients in the UK Sydney office. Prior to this, he was review panel member for OPUN, the and previously in Germany for JSWD seconded to lead the Urban Planning architecture centre for the East Midlands, Architekten, Sweden and Switzerland, Team within the Qatar Government’s and serves on the design review panel for has enabled her to develop high-quality Supreme Committee for Delivery and Nottingham City Council. design principles while delivering Legacy –the body set up to deliver BCO, RICS and LABC award-winning venues and infrastructure needed to host He has extensive experience of delivering but economically sound solutions. the 2022 FIFA World Cup. urban design and Building for Life 12 Her previous working experience also training for a range of public and private included urban design and transport The first 20 years of Matt’s career was sector organisations. Stefan served on the projects, notably masterplan for mostly spent as a practitioner within the Executive Committee of the Urban Design Siemens in Munich, and a two level, UK, where he worked on a wide variety of Group (2013-2015). 14 track train station in Cologne. Being place-based projects, such as the award- a Design Review Panel Member for winning regeneration Woodberry Down the Design Commission for Wales, the in Hackney, and Devonport in Plymouth, Design Review Panel and the Swindon together with several UK government Design Review Panel, Cora is especially best-practice research and guidance interested in the advantages new publications related to urban planning methods and technologies have to offer and design. with regard to improving the quality and build-ability of designs to be able to Matt is an experienced enabler, having create inspiring places for all. provided training and project enabling on behalf of CABE; The Prince’s Foundation; Cora regularly contributes to industry the Glass-House; Scottish Improvement publications including Architect’s Choice Service; Transform South Yorkshire and and The Green Register; she is bilingual others. Matt expects to be returning to German-English and fluent in French. the UK with Arup in August 2017. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 72

Paul Lavelle Lone Le Vay Justine Leach

Paul is an urban Lone is a chartered Justine is an urban designer currently architect and full designer and working in transport member of the landscape architect planning and street Institute of Historic with experience design. Building Conservation gained working in (IHBC), with over 20 both the UK and Asia. Principal Technical years’ experience in Specialist for Cycling in Transport for planning, urban design and conservation, Her professional practice spans both London’s (TfLs) strategy and planning working for local government providing disciplines, and she has worked across team, dealing with design issues from specialist design, urban design and all aspects of the built environment. cycle network planning to detailed historic environment advice. Justine provides design leadership design, and with the integration of active through roles on the Cabe and South travel into strategic planning; he was She currently manages a Conservation West design review panels, and as responsible for a comprehensive revision and Design team at Chichester District a design champion. She has been a of the London Cycling Design Standards, Council. Passionate about improving the Design Council CABE enabler for 9 (published 2014), and is involved in quality of design in new development, years and also a CABE Space enabler, training, practitioner support and design particularly housing, and managing during which she has provided specialist review on street design and cycle change in historic areas positively. Key advice to over ten local authorities, and infrastructure design via Urban Design roles include: improving the quality of co-ordinated programmes of work, such London. At the forefront of promoting the design within a highly valued historic as the Thames Gateway housing audit. importance of good design, through his area; leading on the development Justine has been a Chartered Member work for CABE (2003-2011), this included of a Design Protocol; establishing of the Landscape institute (CMLI) for work with local authorities on design Chichester’s approach to achieving seventeen years and worked in mixed initiatives and design-related planning better design, which informed the discipline consultancy; currently Director policies. preparation of a series of Planning of Urban Design and Landscape at Nash Concept Statements for our strategic Partnership, Bath. Previously she worked Paul has worked directly with a number sites. Lone advises on design and at EDAW (AECOM), rising to Associate of communities on neighbourhood historic environment policies, both at Director. A significant part of her career planning, through the Prince’s local and neighbourhood level. has been involved in regeneration and Foundation for Building Community developing strategic design guidance. and Urban Design London. He also co- She is also responsible for Public Art and founded a community interest company, has been involved in securing funding With considerable experience in Fieldwork Enterprise. from development, and commissioning neighbourhood/urban public space Paul has been responsible for writing works in consultation with local design, including the streets and a range of technical built environment- communities. Lone is also a member of public realm housing, she has worked related materials for publication, the Urban Design Group, and an affiliate extensively with community groups and including an online version of CABE’s member of the Royal Town Planning local authority officers, delivering Creating Successful Masterplans client Institute (RTPI), and an accredited CABE training to those involved in guide, and a Client Leadership Guide Building for Life assessor. Housing Market Renewal and Rural for the National Improvement and Masterplanning programme. Efficiency Partnership. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 73

Marcus Lee Thomas Lefevre Sophie Leon

Marcus formed LEEP: Thomas is a Sophie graduated Lee Partnership in Sustainability from Manchester 2014. He has Engineer with over 15 University / Université acquired a reputation years experience in Joseph Fourier, for design excellence environmental Grenoble in 2000 with in the industry, and engineering, and a first class degree in brings together a sustainable design Town Planning. practice of like-minded architects. and construction. He has worked in the UK and abroad, in architectural and She went on to study Urban Design at Marcus’ broad experience includes 21 engineering firms. Westminster University while working for years at Partnership, Tibbalds. She has extensive experience where he worked on a range of major Thomas set up Etude (2012), a of design review having worked as projects including Lloyd’s, Heathrow sustainable engineering practice based Design Review Advisor for the South Terminal 1 redevelopment and Terminal in London with a particular expertise East Regional Design Panel. In 2006 5. Architect for the Stirling Prize award- in very low energy buildings. His aim she moved to Bournemouth to work winning competition design for Madrid’s has always been to find the most for Terence O’Rourke where she was Barajas Airport, he subsequently initiated appropriate environmental response involved in masterplanning a number of the early development of the Millennium on projects, including the Passivhaus large urban extensions. Exhibition, the Dome, and the Greenwich Parliament Hill School in Camden; the Peninsula regeneration masterplan. refurbishment of Grade I listed Somerset Sophie now works for Bournemouth House East Wing; research into energy Borough Council where her role Marcus co-founded FLACQ (2005). efficient retrofit opportunities for Tower includes providing design advice on Projects included the Royal Institute of Hamlets, or the exemplar East Wick and major schemes as well as developing British Architects (RIBA) competition, Sweetwater development in the Queen proposals for improvements to the public winning scheme at Morecambe Central Elizabeth Olympic Park. Thomas is an realm, walking and cycling facilities. She Promenade for Urban Splash. Later, environmental sustainability advisor recently prepared Bournemouth’s Town Director of Glenn Howells Architects, to the University of Manchester, and a Centre Development Design Guide and London (3 years) and one year as member of the Islington Design Panel. also set up Bournemouth Design Panel. Principal at Arup Associates. He believes that close collaboration Sophie aims to foster walkable and Both a Design Council Cabe and between project team members and welcoming neighbourhoods. She Hackney Design Panel member, he was a holistic design process lead to believes buildings should respond RIBA Awards chair for East Midlands sustainable solutions. sensitively to their context and should (2013). A visiting tutor at numerous enrich the lives of people who live or schools, including the Mackintosh spend time in them, as well as those School of Architecture; Yale; Nottingham walking by. University, and the . A guide to our Built Environment Experts 74

John Letherland Caroline Lewis Holly Lewis

John Letherland is a Caroline is an Holly is a registered former Partner at experienced access architect who Farrells, with consultant, providing co-founded responsibility for inclusive design architecture and urban design advice on legislation, urbanism practice: projects. standards and We Made That (2006). guidance within built, He studied architecture in Manchester, pedestrian and transport environments. Shortlisted for the Architects Journal (AJ) and joined the practice in 1980, where Emerging Woman Architect of the Year his education in urban design really Having worked both in the UK and Award (2012), she has led a unique range began. Focus on context and the spaces Australia, she is recognised for provision of public and urban projects for We Made between buildings, rather than on of high level consultancy and training That, from facilitated urban discussion buildings as ‘objects’, has always been services, backed by policy and research events, through to comprehensive high the foundation stone of his work. expertise. After qualifying with a post street regeneration in South Croydon. graduate Diploma in Town Planning, she Holly also leads the research portfolio of John believes that good urban design began work as an access consultant the practice, which has included studies can only be achieved through the and gained membership of the National of local economies and placemaking in creation of real places and spaces. Register of Access Consultants (2002). the London Legacy area, and a ’citizens Experience on various masterplanning She has successfully worked with major urban advice bureau’ in Southwark. projects realised in London; Manchester; customers, for example; advising on a Leeds; Sheffield; Newcastle; ; wayfinding strategy for customers with She continues to pursue her interests Auckland; Dublin; Edinburgh and vision loss at Sydney Opera House; in the relationship between policy Glasgow, among others has combined and on accessibility requirements for an making and design, as a member of successfully in a variety of high-profile ‘Assisted Self-Service Device’ through the Tower Hamlets Conservation and mixed-use, residential, cultural and arts- Wincor Nixdorf for Barclays Bank. Design Advisory Panel, as well as being related projects. Recent work includes a visiting critic on the Greater London the development of design frameworks Much of Caroline’s work is focused Authority (GLA) Mayor’s Design Advisory for the Thames Gateway; Old Oak around user involvement, engagement Group. Appointed to the GLA’s Specialist Common; Vauxhall Cross and the Isle and training working, alongside major Assistance Team, Holly has taught of Dogs; and masterplans for Croydon charities such as Royal National Institute BSc Architecture at the Bartlett School Alliance Whitgift; Earls Court; Nine Elms; for the Blind; Guide Dogs; Disability of Architecture, University College White City; Mount Pleasant; Wales; Macmillan, and Vision Australia, London, and The Sir John Cass Faculty Goods Yard; the Greenwich Peninsula as well as local access and disability of Art, Architecture & Design, London and Folkestone Seafront; along with new groups. Caroline is an accomplished Metropolitan University. She has lectured eco-based urban extensions to Bicester trainer, having undertaken courses and in the UK and abroad, including Denmark and Wallingford. seminars on wide ranging access issues, and Argentina. to varied audiences including: the Royal Institute of British Architects and the Australian Institute of Architects. She currently sits on the Access Association’s National Council as journal editorial panel representative. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 75

Ekaterina Lichtenstein Alex Lifschutz Nicky Linihan

Ekaterina is an urban Following a degree in Nicky is a member of designer with more sociology and the Royal Town than eight years of psychology at Bristol Planning Institute, international University and with over 30 years’ masterplanning research in cognitive experience in experience. psychology, Alex planning (both policy studied at the and Development Born in Russia, raised in Germany Architectural Association, London. Management); transport and economic and educated in the US, she has been development, predominantly in local working in London since 2008. At HOK – He joined Foster Associates (1977) and government, including at a senior level. a global design, architecture, engineering worked on the Hong Kong and Shanghai and planning firm – she leads the design Bank (1981 - 1985). He formed Lifschutz Most recently, she has been Interim of large scale city masterplans in different Davidson Sandilands, with the late Ian Director of Planning for the newly parts of the world, most recently Expo Davidson (1986). Alex’s interest lies in established Ebbsfleet Development 2020 in Dubai, and the plan for Istanbul the ability of design to create buildings Corporation, leading on setting up New City for a population of 1.2 million and cities that respond to change, and the planning functions. Nicky chaired people. Ekaterina has been exploring that are easily adapted by those who use the Local Housing Requirements how Big Data and Building Information them. He has developed construction Assessment Working Group Modeling (BIM) technologies can be used and furniture systems that empower (membership comprising key national to design the Smart City of the future. users to easily alter buildings, both in organisations, with an interest in planning the initial construction process and for housing), which developed practical For HOK’s urban design practice, throughout their life. support for organisations to understand Ekaterina has helped develop new their housing needs. methodologies, allowing the creation Alex is known for his 20 years of of masterplans parametrically, making involvement in London’s South Bank, As well as chairing the Group she co- them more informative as design tools helping to regenerate an area that was, wrote: ‘How Many Homes’ Companion and adaptive to change. She has spoken not long ago, a twilight zone in the city. Guide. Nicky’s clients have included the at conferences such as Ovum’s Smart He is Past President of the Architectural Planning Inspectorate; Planning Advisory to Future Cities and National Building Association and Chair of Body and Service; the London Boroughs of Harrow, Specification (NBS) Live: Digital Thinking, Soul, a charity devoted to children and Sutton and Richmond-Upon-Thames; Smart Building. teenagers affected by HIV. and has provided advice on Objectively Assessed Housing Needs to a range of local authorities. She is the Planning Officer Society’s Topic Convenor for Housing, has been a Planning Advisory Service Spatial Planning Peer, and was a member of the South East England Partnership Board Housing Review Group and Transport Advisory Group. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 76

Tom Lister Andrew Llowarch Matthew Lloyd

Tom began his career Andrew has been Matthew established as a Local Authority co-director of Matthew Lloyd Access Officer (1994), Llowarch Llowarch Architects (MLA) in and has since worked Architects (LLA) Shoreditch, East with the Royal since 2003. London (early 1990s), National Institute for having previously the Blind (RNIB), and His skills include: worked for Skidmore, Engineers. With a master planning and strategic, site-wide Owings & Merrill (SOM) in London construction background, he is options appraisals, identifying where and Chicago. recognised for giving pragmatic advice to best value will be achieved in meeting a integrate the needs of disabled people clients’ brief, and ‘unlocking’ the potential MLA is recognised for sensitive, into the design/management of wide of a site. Andrew is an Enabler for Glass- innovative and contextual architecture. ranging significant buildings, and House Community Led Design, providing Current projects include: the streetscapes across the UK/Ireland. support in raising awareness of good redevelopment of the Grade II Listed design, and their objectives of providing Bourne Estate for London Borough of Tom advised on the Masterplan that communities with the tools to lead the Camden; HS2: replacement housing supported the London 2012 bid, and design process, and the promotion of on the Regent’s Park Estate, Camden; both the Official Development Assistance a wider understanding and practice of new residential blocks, and community (ODA) and Legacy Development community led design. facilities on the Frampton Park Estate, Company, in the design of the Olympic Hackney. Notable recent projects include Park, and venues for Games/Legacy He is also an accredited Royal Institute the refurbishment of the Grade I Listed uses. His project experience includes: of British Architects (RIBA) Client Royal Society of Arts: Royal Institute The ; Leicester Centre Design advisor: a role that provides of British Architects (RIBA) London for Performing Arts; Windsor Castle, and wider strategic guidance for clients, Award, RIBA English Heritage Award Belfast Streetscape Redevelopment. and a former recipient of a RIBA Rome for Sustaining the Historic Environment; Tom has project managed some of the Scholarship in Architecture and Urbanism and a mixed-use development at St largest accessibility audits in the UK, at the British School at Rome. Mary of Eton Hackney Wick: winner of a including the Highways Agency and all RIBA National Award, a Housing Design Scottish University Buildings; he has Award, and New London Awards (NLA) proved a capable expert witness. in 2015.

Tom is one of a few consultants, working Matthew’s expertise is centered on at high level within the profession, who urban/suburban regeneration, with can apply good practice in a way that a particular emphasis on housing/ is sensitive to the project context. He community provision. With substantial brings experience gained from working experience of working with multiple with disabled people and advising on a stakeholders, to achieve complex diverse range of projects big and small, planning consents and delivering from new sports stadia to historically successful schemes for clients and significant palaces and landscapes. communities, he is a member of RIBA, and has served as a judge for the RIBA Awards, the Camden Design Awards, and the Hackney Design Awards. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 77

Jane Lock-Smith Hana Loftus Ian Lomas

Jane established Hana is co-director of Born in Manchester cube_design (2002), Essex-based (1967), Ian studied having gained more architecture practice: architecture at than 25 years of HAT Projects, which Sheffield University, professional she co-founded with completing his experience. Tom Grieve (2007); Diploma (1991) with after previous roles at Distinction, and She has worked on many major projects, General Public Agency (now Publica) and moved to . He worked in local including Silverstone for the last 15 years Haworth Tompkins. HAT Projects are best Manchester offices on school and in the development of their whole site known for their cultural and public university projects and in Berlin, was masterplan; and is leading an application buildings, including the Jerwood Gallery project architect at Bender Glas for two to the Heritage Lottery Fund for a new in Hastings (Royal Institute of British competition-winning schemes, before heritage facility. Jane completed the Architects (RIBA) Award and Civic Trust working for (1994- flagship Phase 1 Academic building Award); and a specialism in creative 2000), on the Reichstag project. at Bath Spa University’s Newton Park industries workspace, that has Campus (2014), having completed developed through High House Artists’ Ian has worked on wide ranging projects, their overall campus masterplan and Studios (RIBA Award), and the recently from the More London masterplan to the achieved permission of an Outline completed Gasworks gallery and expansion of the Ashmolean Museum, Planning Application. Both are extremely studio complex. Oxford. Senior partner at Kohn Pedersen complex in terms of planning, and Fox (2000 - 2005), he delivered a 500,000 involved liaison with a large number of Hana is active in her local community as sqft mixed use building for Hines in Statutory Consultees. Jane has been well as for national initiatives: Duesseldorf; and building on part of numerous major advisory bodies, a board member for Dance East; Roman Davies Street, for Capital and including the Royal Institute of Briitish River Music; and the Creative Colchester City; headed the Hammerson team for Architects (RIBA) Client Design Advisor, Board; a panel member for Design South their City sites; and prepared the cross- Home Office, Department for Education East’s design review panel and a frequent body City-Fringe framework. and Employment (DFEE) and Education contributor to journals/publications, Funding Agency (EFA). With experience including most recently a book on artists’ Since joining Make (2005), Ian has as a RIBA Client Design Advisor, she studio provision with Acme and designed and completed the London recently sat on Design Review Panels for Central St Martins. and Regional Properties (L&R) 55 Baker various local authorities. Street project; Rodmarton Street mews housing and two large private houses; Jane has been involved with the achieved permission for Hammerson’s design of buildings in all sectors and is Place; won the Official passionate about delivering high-quality Journal of the European Union (OJEU) architecture. Her experience working for competition for the Brighton Centre; and a major planning practice, has informed been design architect for international her architectural expertise and provides teams in Sydney/Las Vegas. He has also an added level of experience. Jane is worked intensively with Lambeth and currently assisting with Bristol and Cardiff Newham on planning briefs, masterplans University courses. and project development. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 78

Roger Lomas Phil Lomax Tim Long

Roger is a practicing Phil established the Tim is a landscape urban designer and City Wildlife Project architect, urban chartered landscape before becoming the designer and town architect with more first Nature planner who has than 20 years’ Conservation Officer worked for more than experience in both at Leicester City 20 years creating best fields. He is Council (1987). He practice transport entrepreneurial in his approach to co-ordinated the production and and public realm designs in some of the projects and thinks outside the implementation of the Leicester Ecology most complex parts of central London constraints of his profession. Strategy, winning the British Council of and in rural areas. Nature Conservationists Councils for Roger has experience across housing, Wildlife Award. Member of the UK Man He designed Great Queen Street which retail, employment and town centre and Biosphere Committee’s Urban was the first scheme in the UK to remove based projects and studies, and has won Forum; founder member of the traffic signals, explain how to design awards for his approach to community Association of Local Government shared space and create an inclusive engagement and design. He is currently Ecologists; described in Natural environment, and involved designing working on the Cheshire East Residential England’s magazine Urbio (2006), innovative new street furniture that are Design Guide for Cheshire East Council; as a “mastermind...whose work...put best practice in reducing anti-social a number of strategic housing led Leicester at the forefront of urban behavior, simplifying cleaning and masterplans for both House Builders/ nature conservation”. inclusive design, and as a result this Strategic Land Developers, and retail increased land values by up to £26 million schemes for Lidl’s ‘special’ projects. At Eastleigh Borough Council he was annually. Tim also helped to masterplan Head of Countryside and Recreation the regeneration of the Somer’s Town Roger has been appointed by Barratt (2000), directing the production/ area to create new residential and school Manchester to provide Building for Life implementation of the Sport and buildings, parks and streets and he 12 (BfL12) advice and assessments on Recreation, and Parks and Green Spaces identified a more efficient layout that a project by project basis, and will be Strategies, putting Eastleigh in the top 10 released more space and created a a member of the Cheshire East Design areas in England for public satisfaction significant new development site. Review Panel when instituted. rating,s before establishing his own consultancy Green Dimensions (2008). Tim is a consultant for the City His work includes feasability research of London, a design advisor for for the Department for the Environment, Merton Borough Council, advises on Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) into planning applications, and has won incorporating biodiversity offsetting over ten awards and best practice into the English planning system. At commendations for his work and has Partnership for Urban South Hampshire written several articles about his designs he was Green Infrastructure Coordinator that led to creating a new (2010-11), producing a Green (the Smarter Streets approach). Infrastructure Implementation Plan.

Part time lecturer in Environmental Planning on the BSc Wildlife and Conservation Management course at Sparsholt College, Hampshire (2011). He joined Thomson Ecology as a Principal Ecologist (2013), managing projects including Environmental Impact Assessment and Habitats Regulations Assessment. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 79

Tom Lonsdale Emma Luddington John Lyall

Tom trained is a Emma is an John has been a chartered landscape independent inclusive leading architectural architect with more design consultant practitioner for more than 40 years’ and architect, offering than 30 years, as experience at senior advice on the design Alsop & Lyall (1979- management level, and management of 1991), as John Lyall broadening his range inclusive Architects (1991- of professional activities into urban environments. She has practiced for 15 2011) , currently as Lyall, Bills & Young. design, masterplanning and strategy years as an inclusive design consultant formulation. (formerly access consultant) and is He has received many awards from passionate about the creation of the Royal Institute of British Architects Chief Landscape Architect for buildings that are well designed, or look (RIBA), Royal Institute of Chartered Manchester City Council (1975-1989), good, perform well and, in particular, that Surveyors (RICS), Civic Trust and other prior to establishing and managing meet the needs of users, now and in the bodies, with work ranging from rail Camlin Lonsdale Landscape Architects, future. stations (North Greenwich: shortlisted for (1989-2008). His extensive work for the Stirling Prize) to urban regeneration Design Council and CABE has increased Emma works part time as a freelance schemes, such as: The Mill on Ipswich the opportunity to operate outside the inclusive design consultant and part Waterfront; numerous successful confines of his own profession, and time as Inclusive Design Officer in projects on Cardiff Bay. Historic influence design quality on a much the Planning Policy team at Islington renovations of classic buildings (the larger and more strategic scale, through Borough Council. In both capacities Corn Exchange and White Cloth Hall, design review and enabling. Success in she regularly delivers training to a wide Leeds) had a significant effect on the these areas led him into similar roles in audience, from designers to town renaissance of the city centre. the regions, serving on and especially planners, from post graduates to a focus chairing design review panels (Northwest; group of disabled residents. Interest in Recently John received great acclaim for Yorkshire; North East; Olympic Legacy; user needs and designing inclusively his four pumping stations on the London Humber; East of England; Barnsley; West began during her training as an architect Olympic site. Other successes include: Midlands, and Wakefield). Retiring from (1990’s), was complemented by 8 years’ the Jerwood DanceHouse, Ipswich and Camlin Lonsdale (2008) to concentrate practical experience of working as an the Goldsmiths Centre,Clerkenwell. on this range of activities in a more architect (designing public and private Serving on Design Review panels for flexible freelance capacity, including buildings, and open space), and 15 many years (Cardiff Bay; Southampton; design advisor roles for the public sector, years as an access and inclusive CABE; Peterborough and Kent); Client he also works collaboratively with Artists design consultant. Design Adviser (); enabler in place-specific projects. for schools/courthouses, he has written Emma’s understanding and knowledge articles/reviews for architectural journals/ Tom has maintained regular contact of inclusive design has been further books; has a published monograph with education, both by lecturing and informed by personal experience of on his work: “John Lyall. Contexts and as external examiner, has served as a physical disability. She has been able to Catalysts” (2000); teaches at the Bartlett Lottery Assessor and lectured widely use her architectural training and years of School of Architecture, and is external at conferences and seminars in UK practicing as an Architect, to inform the examiner at Greenwich University. John and overseas. profession that she now chooses. has served on the councils of RIBA and Architects Association (AA). A guide to our Built Environment Experts 80

Kelda Lyons Paul Maccabee Gerard Maccreanor

Kelda is a playwork Paul is a programme Gerard established professional. She has manager with Maccreanor been doing playwork particularly strong Lavington architects and play development experience of (1992) with Richard work for more than ten delivering education Lavington. years, and writes and public realm Maccreanor about children’s play projects, over a 25 Lavington established and playwork. Kelda has designed, built, year period. Originally trained and a new company: MLA+ with Markus modified and managed play practiced as a landscape architect in the Appenzeller (2012). environments. private and public sectors, before moving to a commissioning role in physical In addition to the existing London She has done outreach and inclusion regeneration where he developed and Rotterdam offices, a third office work for play organisations, and masterplans and delivered community in Shanghai was opened (2012), in specialises in developing and adapting facilities in Wythenshawe, response to the increasing work in play environments to make them more South Manchester. emerging international markets. Gerard interesting, inclusive and accessible. has extensive experience in residential; Kelda developed a pilot inclusion project As Building Schools for the Future hotel; retail; mixed-use projects; at Glamis Adventure Playground, Director for Manchester City Council, large-scale masterplans, and urban modifying the physical environment and he led the multi-disciplinary team that regeneration projects, in both the UK access, staff practice, and administrative secured and delivered the Wave 4 and Netherlands. systems, so that children with disabilities programme, consisting of 11 schools could attend, supported by non-intrusive (total value: £156m). Paul led on He is the Director in charge of the adult supervision. negotiations with headteachers to secure growing portfolio of urban design deliverable design solutions. His primary commissions, for which the office Kelda has recently supported Thomas interest lies in the developmental stages received the Masterplanner of the Year, Buxton Primary School, East London into of projects up to planning consent, with Architect of the Year Awards (2009). making use of their existing and newly a particularly strong focus on sensitive developed school grounds areas, for stakeholder management to secure extended play opportunities, outdoors robust design decisions. learning, and a camp-fire club. She has led workshops on play and playwork at Recently, he led on the development local/international conferences, and done and early delivery phases of a knowledge sharing, or consultancy work, £45m masterplan for Beswick, East as a Built Environment Expert, and for Play Manchester. This project involved England. Kelda has current understanding a diverse range of stakeholders, of how children move around, use, comprising a sixth form college, a leisure access, and feel about the places they centre and sports institute; all set within inhabit. This first hand knowledge, gained a high quality public realm environment from working directly with children can which included contemporary sculpture. inform built environment professionals Paul now works for the University of about what children and families need Manchester, helping to deliver their £1bn from newly designed spaces. Campus Masterplan. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 81

Euan MacDonald Kelvin MacDonald Kathy MacEwen

Euan is a partner at Kelvin is Senior Kathy is an Hawkins\Brown and Visiting Fellow at the independent leads a team of 20 Department of Land consultant planner architects and Economy, Cambridge. with more than 25 designers, working years’ experience of on a range of projects He is an examining improving design across the education, inspector dealing quality through the residential and cultural sectors. with major infrastructure projects for the planning process. She worked as a Planning Inspectorate. Kelvin has dealt planner in local government in Camden He has particular experience in managing with a power station in Lincolnshire, and and Hackney with experience of policy, complex briefs and leading design an off-shore windfarm in Morecombe development management, and design teams. Many of Euan’s projects have Bay. Member of the Board of Trustees of and conservation. involved the conversion, alteration Shelter and a member of the Committee or complete remodeling of existing of Shelter Scotland; he is also a member Kathy developed Design Awards in buildings, including listed buildings within of the Department for Communities and Camden and Hackney, and worked on conservation areas. Recent projects Local Government’s Planning Sounding embedding design quality within the include the award-winning Corby Cube Board. Kelvin has been a Specialist planning service. She joined CABE in and Town Hall; together Adviser to the House of Commons 2005, managing the Design Review with a series of projects for University Communities and Local Government programme. Her role changed as she College London, including the design of Select Committee, having worked on that developed her CABE planning work with the new home for The Bartlett School Committee’s 2011 and 2014 Inquiries into training and support packages for the of Architecture. the National Planning Policy Framework. public and private sector, that continued Previously, Chief Policy Adviser to the at the Design Council. Kathy developed Euan has taught and lectured at a Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI). and led the programme of workshops number of schools of architecture on Local Plans, and the publication of including The Bartlett; University of the He writes and talks on planning, having Planning for Places. She also led the Arts; Cardiff University and Birmingham recently delivered the keynote address at development and launch of Active by School of Architecture and Design, and the Oxford Planning Law Conference, and Design in 2014. has just joined the London Borough of edited the Interface section of the RTPI Harrow Design Review Panel. Centenary edition of Planning Theory and Since leaving the Design Council, Kathy His critical and enquiring approach Practice. A ‘Distinguished Professional’ has provided training and facilitation on means that he rarely takes things at face Member of the Chartered Institute of design and plannin; advice on design value, always striving for a better solution Housing, and a Fellow of the Royal Town policy documents, and been a judge at to every problem. Planning Institute, he is named in Planning the Landscape Institute awards. magazine’s list as one of the 100 most influential people in planning. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 82

Alex MacLaren Roger Madelin Ali Mangera

Alex is a UK chartered After 5 years working Ali studied Structural architect and fellow of for a National Building and Environmental the Royal Society of Contractor, Roger Engineering at The Arts, based in entered the University of Leeds, Edinburgh. development world before completing a (1985), by joining an Master’s degree at Her practice, ‘innovative’ developer Pennsylvania State Wyatt MacLaren LLP, is a design-led based in Basingstoke. He then joined University (1990). partnership, working generally with Argent (1987), becoming Development community/faith groups. Recent Director (1988); and for the next 9 years, He undertook sabbaticals at The completed design projects include led all of Argent’s development projects, University of Bordeaux III, France and a new £1.5m church in , in the City of London; the Thames Valley The University of Perugia, Italy studying London. The practice enjoys an ongoing and Brindleyplace, Birmingham. French, Italian and Economics. Ali then relationship, spanning several buildings studied architecture at the Architectural over 20 years, with the Bromley-by-Bow Roger became CEO (1997), and led the Association, London completing his Centre: a pioneering socially-motivated/ business into several developments in Diploma (1996). He has worked at community-led initiative in east London. the centre of Manchester, to becoming Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP the developer for 67 acres of land (SOM’s) Chicago office and at Zaha Alex splits her time between professional between and to the north of King’s Cross Hadid (1996-2001), where he managed practice at Wyatt MacLaren LLP and an and St. Pancras Stations. the early stages the National Museum of Assistant Professor role at Heriot-Watt He was joined by a long term colleague the 21ST Century Arts (MAXXI) Centre, University. Her research interests are as Joint Chief Executive (1997). Argent Rome. Ali left to undertake his in built environment cross-disciplinary restructured to become a Limited Liability own work with Ada Yvars Bravo. Ali and collaboration and training the future Partnership (LLP) in 2012, and Roger Ada formally registered Mangera Yvars industry. She co-chairs the construction stepped down from new business, to Architects [MYAA] in 2007; a Director training initiative charity ‘TEAMBUILD’, concentrate on the increasing pace of at MYAA with responsibility for project as Director of Education. In recognition delivery at King’s Cross. analysis and rethinking design. In a few of her work in cross-disciplinary short years, MYAA has won several professional education, Alex was He retired from the Argent LLP (2015,) awards including 40 under 40, and Young selected to join the national cross- and whilst retaining a consultancy role Architect of the Year Award (YAYA) runner industry Construction Industry Council, for Argent at King’s Cross, joined the up. Major projects followed including a Building Information Modelling (CIC BIM Executive Committee of British Land to University Campus, Qatar; commissions 2050) Panel, setting the industry agenda lead their 46 acre proposed development for a Community Centre in the UK, and for future practice. She is an examiner at Canada Water, SE16. Roger was residential/commercial projects in Spain/ for the Architects’ Registration Board and awarded the Commander of the British the Middle East. external examiner at the University Empire (CBE) in 2007 for Services to of Greenwich. Sustainable Development and currently Ali was appointed onto the Board of sits on the Delivery Board of Tate Modern Architecture and Design Scotland (A&DS), She was asked to join the board of the Two. 2006-2010, where he worked on the Baltic Street Adventure Playground Design Review panel, and as part of the (BSAP): a community-led community sustainability group. interest company, enabling adventure play, with children in Glasgow. She sits on the City of Edinburgh Urban Design Panel. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 83

Fred Manson Edward Marchant Graham Marshall

Trained as an Before joining Graham’s interest in architect, Fred moved Bennetts Associates placemaking began into public sector (2006) Edward had at Morecambe Bay, management where studied and worked where a juxtaposition he oversaw planning, in Belgium, the of urban cultures, property Netherlands and landscapes and management, France. transience led to regulation services and environmental studying landscape architecture and management for Southwark Council. He trained as a and urban design. architect, acquiring design skills, which He oversaw the development of Tate embrace multi-disciplinary working. Over Design Team Leader at the National Modern, the millennium bridge, and the past 9 years Edward has worked Garden Festival Wales (1991), Peckham Library (1986-2001). Currently on the winning competition entry for transforming Europe’s largest redundant Associate Director at the Heatherwick the new humanities division and library steelworks into parkland, he also studio, where he is engaged in most at the University of Oxford; the highly delivered groundbreaking public realm projects undertaken in this creative sustainable Hampshire County Council projects including the Ashford Ring Road studio. Fred has participated in planning headquarters; a residential development and (1990s); matters as a result of his work at in north London; the design of a series of contributed to key policy documents Southwark, although he has no formal surface Crossrail stations for Grip 4, By Design, and the Urban Design planning qualification. Member of the and the development of an exemplar Compendium. Founding Director of national Design Council Cabe design HQ office building in the Green Belt, Liverpool Vision Urban Regeneration review panel; co chair of school review Kings Langley. Company (1999), responsible for the panels and panel member on many Local delivery of the award winning city centre Development Framework (LDA) reviews. Currently, he is leading the transformation Strategic Regeneration Framework. In a personal capacity he has spoken at of the Grade II listed Midland Goods international events on a wide variety of Shed; East Handyside Canopy behind Establishing Maxim Urban Design subjects relating to the built environment. King’s Cross, London, and the design of (2004), he changed focus to towns and the Guardian’s new civic space inside. communities; concurrently Urban Design Fred has been a trustee of a number of Studies include: Berlage Center for Advisor to the London Development organisations ranging from Artangel to Advanced Studies in Architecture and Agency, contributing to 10: Town Foundation for Allergy Research and Urban Design, Amsterdam/Rotterdam, Centre Intensification Options for North Open City. Netherlands, (1997); University of Ghent, London: the guide to Commissioning Belgium, ‘Burgerlijk Ingenieur Architect’, Better Places and Spaces in London; BA Sc and Architecture, (1993) and Ma and developed an Urban Design Sight Sc and Architecture (Hons), (1995). Planning and Design (SPD) for the Greater London Authority (GLA). He is a member of several regional Design Review Panels.

Graham established the Prosocial Place Programme (2013) with academic colleagues in Liverpool and Middlesex Universities, to address issues of toxic environments and seeking evidence to support the development of resilient communities. He has transformed Maxim into a social enterprise, Prosocial Place, to implement this research. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 84

Steve Maslin Selina Mason Peter Maxwell

Steve provides Selina is an architect Peter is a chartered design advice around experienced in architect, town people’s needs; a commissioning and planner and urban Chartered Architect delivery of complex designer, with more since 1992 and urban masterplans, than fifteen years’ member of the having led on the senior level National Register of design and delivery of experience, he has Access Consultants since 2003. London’s post-Games Transformation led the implementation of major projects, masterplan for the Olympic Delivery programmes and best practice to a He has a diverse and varied experience, Authority (ODA). consistently high standard in the UK, having worked not only within Middle East and New Zealand. architectural practice, but also within She coordinated the detailed design Shelter, a housing association and of private sector investments on Peter has extensive client-side local authority. Steve has also worked development platforms within the park. experience which includes building with people with learning difficulties for Before joining the London Development design; masterplanning; design social services, and voluntarily within Agency (LDA) Design (2014), Selina led management; regeneration; housing; re-entry housing and youth projects. the Olympic Games Transformation public transport; healthcare; education; He has advised Bristol regarding its city masterplan: a £300m investment in arts and culture projects within the centre alterations, and a new company the park and venues, establishing the private sector, local and central called Initiative Homes. His project strategic spatial framework for the government. This has included acting as involvement however, is wide ranging future park legacy development. Since the urban design client for a $2.4bn new and includes: urban realm and transport secondment to the London Legacy rail infrastructure project which included interchanges; housing and communities; Development Corporation (LLDC), she has significant residual land development. primary, secondary, tertiary and specialist led on the adaptation of the masterplan to Currently, Head of Design for the London education; civic and ecclesiastical; integrate further post-Games investment; Legacy Development Corporation, health, day care and supported housing; including that of the retained stadium leading the architecture, masterplanning industrial and commercial; retail, leisure into the park with all consequential and public realm for the redevelopment and sport; hospitality and entertainment; issues relating to licensing and security; of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. as well as judicial/custodial. managing the design competitions and This includes ‘Olympicopolis’ – a new delivery of the new South Park landscape, cultural and university quarter for He emphasizes the importance of (2014), and the award-winning north park Stratford, and the development of new bringing systems thinking to brief pavilion. Before joining the ODA (2007), mixed-use neighbourhoods. development, design in use and Selina was Director of Design Review at social-economic and environmental CABE. Peter has acted as a design review sustainability. Steve is a Research panel member for the London Borough Fellow at the Schumacher Institute for She led on providing strategic advice to of Islington and the Department of Sustainable Systems, a member of central government on national planning Health, and provided expert advice for the Building Research Establishment policy reform to deliver high-quality design policy and research projects for Global’s Standing Panel of Experts and outcomes, particularly in house-building. both UK and New Zealand government participant in several British Standards She also led a significant internal change departments. Institute committees; advising on process to create a more open and facilities management standards and accountable methodology of design leading efforts towards the establishment review. She is co-author of CABE’s of Design for the Mind guidance within publications Creating Excellent Buildings built environments. and Creating Successful Masterplans. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 85

Gail Mayhew Declan McCafferty Jo McCafferty

Gail is a property Declan joined Jo McCafferty has consultant with wide Grimshaw (2001) as been a Director at ranging experience in Project Architect on Levitt Bernstein, placemaking, the Lloyds TSB Dalston, since 2006 strategic headquarters at 25 and has led a series development Gresham Street, City of high profile, planning and high of London. significant street regeneration, and has practiced as regeneration projects in London and a consultant for 18 years. He played a key role in many of the Cambridge. She is currently leading the practice’s commercial projects such Aberfeldy New Village masterplan in Following a legal training, she has worked as the Minerva Tower, the St Botolph’s Poplar: a phased regeneration project, in a variety of roles in property, policy Building, and the Paddington Triangle which includes the development of 1,176 development and consultancy. Over Site Development project for mixed tenure new homes; a landscaped Gail has considerable experience Crossrail. As a Partner at Grimshaw, park; community and faith centres; retail of working with land and property Declan has a developed a keen interest units and a primary care trust (PCT). interests, and local authorities to develop in urban design, leading the master plan innovative approaches to infrastructure proposals at Victoria Terminus Place, Alongside this high density urban and land release planning, to achieve Barking Station and Belfast City Quays. project, Jo has completed the design for mixed use, sustainable infill and urban He has had a central role in expanding the Clay Farm masterplan in Cambridge, extensions. She helped to develop and consolidating Grimshaw’s work as part of the Southern Fringe urban Liverpool’s ‘Creative Industries Quarter’; in the rail sector, playing a vital part in extension in the south of the City. She is a co-promoter of ‘How Should Norfolk winning and leading both the Reading has a passion for housing design and Grow?’: an initiative to consider how and Station projects. the development of innovative new growth might be delivered on a smart, Declan led the master plan for Waterloo residential typologies. sustainable basis. She is working in station, and is currently Partner in Charge a placemaking capacity on a major of the (HS2) redevelopment Her expertise in this area has led to partnership land release to create a proposals for London Euston. numerous competition winning schemes new London urban village, and was and awards, including the Islington retained to advise the Norwich Business He is a recognised industry leader in the Housing Competition for an exemplar, Improvement District (BID) on a high master planning, design and delivery of Islington specific, housing model which street regeneration project, to establish transport interchanges and associated completed on site in February 2015, a quality retail offering. development. Declan has written and has won a string of awards, Transport for London’s (TfL’s) design including Best Small Building of the Year; Gail is working with parish councils and guidance for station public realm, and Building Awards 2015, and Housing land interests to develop innovative the 2015 railway stations chapter of the Design Award 2013. Her experience in approaches to village and market town Metric Handbook. teaching and design review role, within growth proposals, that are sympathetic Levitt Bernstein also reflects her ability to context and economically driven. She to steer and refine design concepts, sits on the advisory board of University of and analyse the work of others. East Anglia’s Adapt (UEA/Adapt), part of the Centre for Built Environment.

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Martin McConaghy Jane McElroy Sue McGlynn

Martin has been Jane is a chartered Sue is an urban working in the field of architect who has designer with 30 inclusive design and spent the greater part years’ experience of access consultancy of 30 years, focusing practice, teaching almost exclusively on the design of and research in since 2001, having healthcare buildings. settlement design. trained originally as a building surveyor. A specialist, his As a Principal with global firm NBBJ, she For many years, she was a senior lecturer experience spans most sectors, brings a broad international perspective at the School of Architecture, and including financial services providers; to UK healthcare projects. These involve co-Chair of the Joint Centre for Urban museums; education; transport and a range of scales and complexity, urban, Design at Oxford Brookes University. healthcare. Martin has built a strong suburban and rural settings, and a With colleagues at the Joint Centre, Sue reputation for being objective and well variety of procurement routes. Current co-authored the seminal design text: balanced in the delivery of his advice, as projects include the Royal Liverpool Responsive Environments: A manual well as helping to initiate a deeper University Hospital redevelopment, for designers, for which she received a organisational and attitudinal change. which is both transforming healthcare Lifetime Achievement award from the and regenerating the city of Liverpool. By Urban Design Group (2012). Sue has Committed to inclusive design, he contrast, the Acute Hospital for Dumfries been an independent consultant and serves on various boards/committees, and Galloway addresses the challenges enabler since 2006, and has extensive including the National Register of of a large development in a rural setting, experience of design training; public Access Consultants (NRAC); the Access by creating contemporary vernacular speaking and presentation; community Association; Royal Institute of Chartered architecture within a richly landscaped engagement and facilitation. She Surveyors (RICS) inclusive environments campus plan. became Executive Director of TransForm working group, and British Standards Places (2008), the not-for-profit Centre committees. A consultant member of the Through these and earlier projects, Jane for Better Neighbourhoods, based in the NRAC, he holds an MSc in Accessibility has gained extensive experience of South Midlands. and Inclusive Design. initial briefing, stakeholder consultation, design review and clinical planning, Recent work has included: assessments Career wise, Martin established and the integration of these aspects of the quality of the built environment of in house access consultancy services within the broader design concept. She three London estates for Circle Housing; (2005), going from no offering to one of believes that the clarity and legibility of urban structure studies of three towns for the largest teams in the country in four healthcare buildings greatly contribute to the North Northants Joint Planning years. He founded Inclusive Design and an uplifting patient and staff environment, Unit to secure connections between Access Consultancy Services: IDACS and is a strong advocate of the power of existing towns and planned urban (UK) Ltd. (2013), to offer the high calibre design to enhance human performance, extensions; and, together with a team advice of global consultancies, with the experience and outcomes. Jane has from the Design Centre OPUN, run week- attentive and personal touch of a small been a member of the Executive long consultation events to develop practice. He is passionate about working Committee of Architects for Health since town centre regeneration strategies with with clients to help them understand the 2008 and strongly promotes design two local communities in North East benefits of inclusive design and the risks quality in healthcare environments. Derbyshire. associated with getting it wrong.

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Nigel McGurk Kieran McMahon Fin McNab

Nigel BSc (Hons) Kieran was self A qualified Urban Master of City employed and self Designer, Fin brings Planning (MCD) taught for many over 15 years of Master of Business years, having experience in the field Administration (MBA) travelled of community and member of the internationally in the engagement, street Royal Town Planning music production design and Institute established the consultancy business. He went to college (1991) to regeneration, spanning the public, private Erimax – Land, Planning and study social work and took up a job in and charity sectors. During this time, he Communities in 2011 to provide mental health. has built up a wealth of technical independent land/planning advice to knowledge and in particular, extensive clients throughout the UK. Beginning as a family worker, he practical experience of achieving eventually headed a 64 strong innovative ‘retro-fit’ street design. Head of Planning for the Blenheim department with projects all over Estate, (including Blenheim Palace World England. He became Director at Disability Fin is founding director of Streets Heritage Site), he provides advice on Stockport (2003), where design started to Reimagined Ltd., a small practice land/planning matters. He is a member become more relevant and necessary to focused on working with local people of the Wesleyan Assurance Medical his field of work. Kieran no longer carries to improve the experience of the street Sickness Society (MSS) Fund Committee out full access audits, as previously there environment. Prior to this, he held and Non-Executive Director of the Himor was a large gap in the market for this. a senior position at the sustainable Group. Nigel is one of the country’s Now, his job centres more on training, transport charity: Sustrans, where he most experienced Neighbourhood Plan awareness and consultation. developed and led a national programme Examiners and also a Planning Inspector, of work, empowering communities to having determined over 500 planning He manages a staff team of 24, and reimagine and redesign streets. appeals across England, and helped the over 50 volunteers, and is now seeking States of Jersey establish a new planning an additional challenge. Kieran has An expert in street design for appeals system. An accomplished public a passion for design in all forms and liveability, Fin has spoken at national speaker, he presents regularly on land, constantly looks for new ideas and conferences and written for the Guardian planning and development matters. technology to utilise and foster. newspaper on the subject. He is also experienced in developing regeneration Nigel is a member of the Oxford Design strategies for local shopping streets, and Review Panel, Integreat Plus Design has a track record of writing successful Review Panel and Vice Chair of Places funding applications. Drawing on this Matter!. A founding Board Member of breadth of experience, Fin is well placed the Altrincham Forward public-private to positively contribute to projects which partnership, he has chaired/been a aim to deliver people friendly street member of other partnerships/cross design proposals. sector bodies. Previously Managing Director of a major development PLC and Director of an innovative housebuilding PLC, he created a successful national strategic land business before selling his shareholding to invest in the creation of Erimax.

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Stephen Melville Conor Moloney May Molteno

Stephen is a Conor is an urban May graduated from Structural Engineer designer and planner Manchester and Director of with a background in University with a first Format. Formerly architecture; human class honours degree Design Director at geography; in economics, Ramboll he sustainability; urban specialising in established Format research and design primary research and as a studio that considers Engineering, education. He has more than 20 years’ social policy. She worked initially for geometry, digital optimisation, experience in the UK, Europe, West Manchester and Salford Universities, fabrication, research and education Africa and North America. researching innovative approaches to collectively, and as a bridge between tackling deprivation. science, art, architecture and design. He was lead urban designer for the 265 hectare Clonburris Strategic May was co-ordinator of an With 20 years of design experience, Development Zone in South Dublin, and environmental charity, Vale Royal Stephen has led projects throughout the has prepared Neighbourhood Plans for Environment Network, where she worked world across many different scales and a number of English towns and cities, to deliver sustainable community projects typologies. Whilst at Ramboll, Stephen’s including Bradford, Tottenham and (1994-1998). May set up Pathways role was lead for Design and Technical Smethwick. – a social research organisation that Excellence in the UK. He created supports the development of high quality the Ramboll Computational Design He is a past President of the green spaces (1998). At Pathways, (RCD) Team, a highly successful group Architectural Association of Ireland and May designs, manages and delivers dedicated to the research and application a licentiate member of the Royal Town consultation, evaluation and engagement of digital techniques for building and Planning Institute. projects. Recent work includes: masterplan design. He is a member of delivering the CABE Space Leaders the Bristol Urban Design Forum; the programme for five years; training Bristol Temple Quay review board; the Spaceshaper Facilitators; undertaking Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) national consultation for the Lakes to visiting validation board, and was a Dales Landscape Designation Project, on member of the 2013 RIBA awards panel. behalf of Natural England; evaluating the Lottery of the Lake District footpath repair Stephen is a guest critic and lecturer programme, Fix the Fells. at TU Delft School of Architecture, a Lecturer at Oxford Brookes School of May’s current work is focused on helping Architecture, and collaborator on the organisations create vibrant activity plans Architecture Association Active Matter for Heritage Lottery Fund Bids. May is a course. He has published several highly skilled and innovative facilitator/ papers on the subject of digital design trainer, known for her focused yet in Engineering and Architecture, as well inclusive style. Fascinated with playful as a weekly column in Building Design approaches to learning, she runs an magazine and many other press articles. outdoor primary school in a wood and is creating three natural play areas.

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Paul Monaghan Claire Mookerjee Julie Morgan

Paul is an Claire Mookerjee is Julie is an award- internationally the founder of winning professional acclaimed architect. Mookerjee Design specialising in His visions, Studio who design housing. With more channelled through and deliver than 16 years’ his studio’s creative environments in our experience as a intelligence, are interior shared urban chartered town focused on redefining the built spaces. planner, she is also a qualified urban environment in both the UK and abroad. designer, with a Masters from Oxford Prior to launching in 2016, Claire was Brookes University. Since co-founding AHMM in 1989, Head of Urban Futures leading a team Paul’s projects at all scales have been of architects, planners and service As Strategic Planning Manager at Miller recognised as exemplars of outstanding designers at Future Cities Catapult, the Homes, she manages a portfolio of design, collaborative creativity, applied UK’s urban innovation centre. Before that strategic land development projects technology, research and sustainability, she was a designer for Gehl Architects in throughout the Midlands and submits many of them winning national and Copenhagen, and a design researcher at planning applications for residential international awards and media and LSE Cities. schemes. Julie was invited to join the public acclaim. His current and recent Corporate Responsibility key projects include the redevelopment She was trained at Central St Martins and Steering Group shortly after her of Television Centre in west London; Chelsea College of Art as well as gaining appointment in 2012. New for the Metropolitan a MSc in City Design and Social Science Police; and Liverpool’s Royal Court from the London School of Economics. Previous roles have included local Theatre. Paul led AHMM’s work on the authority planning positions; capital RIBA Stirling Prize-winning Burntwood works project management; establishing School in south London, as well as the West Midlands Design Review two other Stirling-shortlisted buildings, Service; development and regeneration Westminster Academy in 2008 and consultancy; and setting up her own Kentish Town Health Centre in 2009. planning and design consultancy.

In addition to his project work, Paul is Current a member of the West Midlands an active speaker, teacher and juror. He RTPI Committee, Julie previously served is a visiting professor at the Bartlett and on the RTPI General Assembly and as Sheffield schools of architecture; he vice-chair of the RTPI Membership and has also been Vice Chair of the CABE Ethics Committee. She led a team that Schools Design Review Panel and is was awarded a Regional Commendation on the CABE National Design Review for the Most Transferrable Project by Panel; and he is a RIBA Client Design RegenWM in 2004 for a collaboration Advisor. Paul has been chair of the Young pilot between several local authorities Architect of the Year awards, chaired the and schools. In 2000 Julie was the RIBA awards panel until 2010, and was a inaugural international winner of the judge for the RIBA Stirling Prize in 2016. RTPI Young Planner of the Year award.

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Sue Morgan Janice Morphet Paul Murphy

Sue has more than 25 Janice is a Fellow of Paul is a qualified years’ experience of the Royal Town architect with more public realm Planning Institute than 25 years’ consultancy, strategic (RTPI), has been a experience in both management and planner for 45 years the public and private project delivery. and has degrees in sectors, working on a sociology, diverse range of She has worked across the public, management, literature and a PhD in projects valuing from £80k to £80m. private and voluntary sectors in London politics. Following a career in local and the south of England; she holds a government and higher education, she He founded and runs his own practice BA Hons and Diploma in Landscape was a senior adviser on local government in London, driven by his passion for Design, and a Post-Graduate Certificate modernization at the Department for design. Paul’s design experience in Education. Prior to founding her Communities and Local Government includes masterplanning, new buildings company, Around the Block, Sue held (DCLG), 2000-05, and since 2007 has and redeveloping existing buildings; senior posts at the London Borough of devised and supported infrastructure he has particular expertise in the Southwark; Better Bankside Business delivery planning as part of local plans. fields of healthcare and education. Improvement District, Groundwork Both specialisms draw on Paul’s London; Building Services Research Janice was a Department for Culture, deep understanding of the subject Information Association; Media and Sport (DCMS) appointed and his desire to engage with multiple and Southwark Urban Study Centres, member of the Olympic Delivery stakeholders who have a vested interest giving her an outstanding understanding Authority’s Planning Committee (2006- in the design and quality of the built of placemaking and stakeholder 12), and has been a trustee of the RTPI reality. Key projects include: Kingston engagement. Currently a part-time and the Town and Country Planning University; a major biomedical research consultant Chief Executive for the Association. Visiting Professor at the and manufacturing facility; over 20 Wandle Valley Regional Park Trust, Sue Bartlett School of Planning, University projects for University College London; is also a Director of the Park Alliance College London, she has held senior and the masterplanning and a range of Board and a trustee for the Bankside posts including as local authority Chief new healthcare facilities. Open Space Trust. She is a Civic Trust Executive and Head of a Planning and Buildings and Landscape Awards Landscape School. Paul has been Secretary of Architects for Assessor, and was part of the first cohort Health since 2011 and teaches at London of Cabe Space Enablers. Member of the RTPI’s English Policy South Bank University at diploma level Panel, she has chaired committees at and has been a visiting design studio Sue contributes to the Greater London the RTPI since 1974. Her recent books critic since 2011. Other extra-curricular Authority’s Green Infrastructure Task are: Modern Local Government (2008), activities include involvement in the Force and is a member of the GLA’s Effective Practice in Spatial Planning Open City Primary Schools Programme Green Grid Steering Group. (2010), How Europe Shapes British and in the replacement of Hammersmith Public Policy (2013), Applying leadership flyover with a new tunnel, which is set to and management in Planning (2015) transform that part of London. and Infrastructure delivery planning: an effective practice approach (2016).

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Deborah Nagan Peter Neal Pauline Nee

Deborah is a Peter is a qualified Pauline began her multidisciplinary landscape architect, career campaigning designer specialising environmental with residents on in landscape and planner and housing and public public realm. She is a independent realm issues in partner at consultant with more London’s King’s naganjohnson than 25 years’ Cross area. architects (founded 1999), and a director professional experience. Initially trained at (uncommon) landscape consultants. at Manchester, he holds a Master’s in This experience inspired her to study environmental planning from Harvard’s for a technical qualification. Having Her experience ranges from Graduate School of Design and a worked in Islington’s architectural masterplanning to detailed design. She Diploma in ecology from University department she moved to Southwark, has worked across the UK and abroad. College London. where she was appointed as Borough Large-scale project experience includes Architect and Building Surveyor, leading mixed-use schemes in the Middle He has worked in the public, private a multi-disciplinary unit of over 100 staff. East including Abu Dhabi Corniche and not-for-profit sectors on planning, Southwark Building Design Service and Dubai Maritime; she is currently design, training, teaching and research prided itself on being a leading proponent working on Crossrail schemes in Stepney projects. Formerly Head of Public Space of public sector design, winning the and Limmo. Deborah has designed at CABE, Peter established and led the Royal Institute of British Architects/CABE installations and small-scale works for organisation’s national public space London Local Authority of the Year Award garden festivals in Amiens, Quebec advisory programme for over seven and a number of design awards. and Westonbirt, as well as private and years. He was seconded part-time to public residential schemes. She is the Olympic Delivery Authority for three Pauline left Southwark to develop her active in the stewardship and design of years, providing design advice for the interest in conservation. While studying at projects close to her home and office at development of the Olympic Park and the Architectural Association she worked Waterloo in London, working for the local co-authoring a book on the project. Peter at the , leaving there to Business Improvement District, for whom is a recognised expert in the planning, head up John McAslan and Partners’ (uncommon) are completing a Pocket design, funding and management of Historic Buildings Unit. Whilst there Park. Deborah is a trustee of Bankside public parks and open spaces. He was Pauline contributed to the successful Open Spaces Trust, and vice-chair of commissioned by Nesta, the national implementation of a variety of projects, the South Bank & Waterloo Neighbours innovation foundation, to write the ranging from the Grade I Listed Kings Neighbourhood Plan. research report Rethinking Parks, and Cross Station to reconstruction of the authored The State of UK Public Parks Iron Market in Haiti. Deborah has given lectures on a range for the Heritage Lottery Fund. She has a particular interest in accessible of topics from sustainable drainage design and recently worked with Publica systems (SuDS) to installation design. Peter is a member of the South and East on public realm issues. Deborah has been a Design Council Design Panel, a project mentor for the Cabe BEE since 2012. As an alumna of Heritage Lottery Fund; a member of the Oxford University and former geographer, Land Trust’s Development Partner Panel, she is delighted to be a member of the and a Fellow of the Landscape Institute. Oxford Design Review Panel.

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Justin Nicholls Robin Nicholson Geoff Noble

Justin founded Robin is Senior Geoff is an Fathom Architects Practice Partner at independent heritage and leads the design Edward Cullinan and design direction of the Architects, which he consultant. A Geordie practice with a joined in 1979. He has by birth but a combination of his led wide-ranging Londoner by inquisitive nature, health and university adoption, he has creativity and proven technical skill. projects, including 20 years working at more than 30 years’ professional the University of Warwick. experience with qualifications in His architecture career spans over planning, urban design and building 20 years. During 11 years at Foster + Robin’s current positions include: conservation. Partners, Justin worked on a series of convenor of the interdisciplinary international projects including Beijing Construction Industry thinktank The After working for local authorities in Tyne International Airport, leaving in 2004 Edge; Chair of the Cambridgeshire and Wear, Staffordshire and Hampshire, to become one of the original Partners Quality Panel; board member of the Geoff joined English Heritage in 1985 of Make. Here he led a team focused National House Building Council; and as one of their first recruits. He worked on heritage, residential and higher Chairman of NHBC Services Ltd. He was for ten years in the north of England education, delivering high profile projects previously vice-president of the Royal before joining the London team, where such as Grosvenor Waterside, St James’s Institute of British Architects (1992-1994), he became Deputy Director. Geoff Market and The Big Data Institute for The Chairman of the Construction Industry was secretary to the London Advisory University of Oxford. Council (1998-2000) and founder Committee from 1995 to 2005, advising member of the Movement for Innovation on many major development schemes Justin is a Built Environment Expert Board (1998-2001). Robin helped create across the capital. for Design Council CABE, a Fellow of and develop the Design Quality Indicator, the Royal Society of Arts, a trustee of was a CABE Commissioner (2002-10) Geoff joined Urban Practitioners - now the Westminster Society, a member of and was Joint Deputy Chair of CABE Allies and Morrison Urban Practitioners Design South East and Southwark design (2008-10). He chaired the Zero Carbon - in 2005, and continues to work with review panels and a Freeman of the City Schools Task Force for the Department them as their heritage adviser. Since of London. for Children, Schools and Families (2009- 2006 Geoff has worked with Design 10). South East, where he ran the Regional A member of the RIBA Education Review Design Panel for several years, and Practice Committee, Justin is part of He trained at Cambridge and The provided training for local authorities. He a team who develop the agenda for Bartlett, was job architect for James was commissioned by Design Council changes in the structure, content and Stirling’s Olivetti Training Centre (1970- Cabe and professional institutes to write delivery of UK architecture education. 73), then worked in Chile with Cristian new national guidance on design review, He has been a tutor at UCL’s Bartlett Boza. He taught at The Bartlett (1974-76) published in 2013. School of Architecture since 2008, and PNL London (1976-79). and an examiner for the University of Geoff is a trustee of the Environment Westminster. Robin was awarded a CBE for services Trust for Richmond upon Thames, to architecture in 1999 and an Honorary a well established and active west Fellowship of the Institution of Structural London charity. Engineers in 2002.

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Vanessa Norwood Peter Oborn Stephen O’Malley

Vanessa is head of Peter is a Chartered Stephen is a civil exhibitions at the Architect and client engineer with more Architectural adviser with than 20 years’ Association, one of considerable experience in the world’s most experience of working practice. influential centres of internationally, architectural culture particularly in the He is a founding and learning. She is one of the leading Middle East where he has completed director of engineering consultancy Civic curators of architecture in the UK and has projects in Oman, Qatar and the United Engineers, a Fellow of the Institution commissioned and curated a range of Arab Emirates. of Civil Engineers and a Member of exhibitions that celebrate architecture the Chartered Institution of Highways in a wider context. He was deputy chairman of Aedas and Transport. He has been involved Architects Ltd, responsible for its London in the development of a broad range A pioneer of urban installations, Vanessa office until 2010. He was also the director of urban infrastructure projects across has overseen a series of temporary responsible for the redevelopment of the country, advising on the strategic pavilions in Bedford Square. She was School in London and regeneration framework at New Islington co-curator of the exhibition Venice the design of the Al Bahr Towers in Abu in Manchester then leading on the Takeaway for the British Pavilion at Dhabi - winner of an award from the detailed design and delivery of its canals, the 13th International Architecture Council on Tall Buildings and Urban waterpark and public realm. Biennale in 2012, for which she asked Habitat. Peter founded the Aedas 10 architectural teams to undertake Research and Development group, which Recently, Stephen led the design and study trips to find new ways to respond developed specialisms in sustainability, delivery of the innovative high street to the challenges of the relationships, advanced modelling and computational renewal project at Poynton in Cheshire, policies and structures that surround design. This award-winning group which used a combination of place-led architecture in Britain. First shown in helped to drive innovation throughout the engineering techniques to positively Venice, the exhibition then travelled to practice, enabling new ways of problem transform the environmental quality of the Royal Institute of British Architects solving and design. Peter is currently the town and rebalance its public space, in London. In 2015, Vanessa joined a client adviser to the government of Oman successfully making it much more panel of international experts advising for the development of a new city in the attractive to those not in vehicles. the Albanian Government on a series Muscat Capital Area. of cultural competitions. She has He is a panellist for the Architecture contributed to publications, magazines He is a trustee of the Royal Institute of and Design Scotland forum, is an and blogs on the subject of art and British Architects (RIBA). He was elected active contributor to Tree Design architecture, and is a guest critic at RIBA Vice President International in 2011; Action Group: a national organisation student juries. in this role Peter and his Committee are promoting the incorporation of green working to raise the profile of the Institute and blue infrastructure into our urban Vanessa is interested in the effect of and its members internationally. landscapes. Stephen is a member of the ‘cultural insertions’ in the city, examining Greater London Authority’s Specialist the role of the artist and architect in Assistance Team, advising on high street provoking dialogue through the act of regeneration projects across the city. positively interrupting everyday life.

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David Orr Valerie Owen Jason Palmer

David is a Chartered Valerie is a Jason is an energy Landscape Architect multidisciplinary and sustainability and urban designer property professional, specialist, working on with more than 30 Chartered Architect, sustainable buildings years’ experience of Town Planner, since 1998. design and advocacy Development in the fields of Surveyor and He led the team regeneration, development, conservation Environmentalist. She runs a Royal that developed DEMScot - Scotland’s and environmental improvement, in rural Institute of British Architects Chartered domestic energy model - and the and urban areas. Practice: Le Vaillant Owen Consultancy, Cambridge Housing Model, used by specialising in housing, heritage, the UK Government’s Department of He has held key roles on many complex regeneration and sustainable Energy and Climate Change for national urban design and public realm projects, development projects. energy questions. Since 2006, Jason has including the reconfiguration of Trafalgar advised the UK Government on energy Square and the delivery of 3,500 new Valerie has a portfolio of ministerial and sustainability in relation to the built homes at Coed D’Arcy in South Wales. appointments and non-executive environment, including writing the UK David sits on the Cornwall Design Review directorships in housing, health and Housing Energy Fact File. Panel. He regularly works with other the environment, which involve her in multidisciplinary teams and has extensive some of the largest and most complex Jason has carried out post-occupancy experience facilitating both community construction projects being procured in evaluation of more than 30 schools, and professional design workshops. the public sector. These include the £1.5 hospitals and offices. Before founding David Orr Consulting billion re-provision of Covent Garden in 2009, David was Technical Director at Market at Nine Elms in London and where he formed and managed the £400 million redevelopment of the the urban design team. He previously Western Docks at Dover Port. Valerie worked with Alan Baxter and Associates, has volunteered with Girlguiding UK managing a range of masterplanning, for over 30 years, providing pioneering research and urban design projects, after youth and community education services holding positions at WS Atkins and HLM amongst disadvantaged and immigrant Architects. communities. She was awarded an Order of the British Empire in 2001 for services David has led and managed the to architecture and the community in east preparation of numerous town centre London, was appointed a Cabinet Office strategies, mixed-use masterplans, Ambassador for Public Appointments in housing schemes and public space 2009 and won the Lifetime Achievement design projects across the UK and Award at the National Women in overseas, many in historic towns or Construction Awards in 2015. sensitive environments. Valerie is wholly committed to promoting equality and diversity; she is passionate about both environmental issues and health and safety in construction.

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Dominic Papa Andrew Parsons Dr. Tim Pascoe

Dominic has more Andrew is an Tim has been a than 18 years’ independent community safety experience in the consultant researcher for more design of large scale specialising in green than 25 years, urban and space issues, carrying out architectural projects. working indpendently qualitative and or in partnership with quantitative research He is co-founder of S333 Architecture others. He has a thorough understanding and evaluation, investigating crime and Urbanism, an Anglo-Dutch practice. of local authorities, having previously prevention and reduction issues, and He works freely between the disciplines worked as a Head of Parks and Green exploring community-led solutions. of architecture and urban design, and Spaces at Oxford City Council. Andrew brings to the practice skills in conceptual re-wrote the Green Flag Award scheme’s He has an international reputation in design, strategic urban thinking and guidance manual “Raising the Standard” the field of designing out and managing detailed design for major residential-led with Liz Greenhalgh in 2003, and led a out crime. Tim’s work, which has mixed use developments, schools and review of the scheme for CABE Space in been carried out with bodies including masterplans. Dominic is Professor in 2004, alongside Ken Worpole, Liz community groups of all types, police Practice in the Housing and Urbanism Greenhalgh and The Parks Agency. forces, local authorities, government Programme at the Architectural departments and businesses, has Association and has led a research team An original member of CABE Space’s resulted in a body of publications that exploring the contemporary conditions Advisory Panel, he contributed have added to national and international influencing the success or failure of significantly to the work of both CABE understanding of community safety intense forms of housing and urbanism and CABE Space, including undertaking problems and solutions. He regularly in Britain. a review of the campaign PARKFORCE chairs and presents at conferences and and monitoring the performance of the seminars worldwide. Tim is a Director Dominic is developing new initiatives in Design Champions programme and of: Catalyst in Communities; Community the Architecture of Innovation, including the Green Flag Award scheme. Andrew Coaching Academy; Griffin Research developing next generation mixed- was instrumental in the development and Consultancy; the International Crime use workspace neighbourhoods. This of SPACESHAPER: a toolkit that allows Prevention Through Environmental work is also being developed within communities to measure the quality of a Design (CPTED) Association, and the the Communities of Competence for public space before investing time and Institute of Community Safety. International Urban Development money in improving it. Association (INTA): the urban He is chairman of the UK Design Out development forum. Dominic is a design Experienced at the procurement of Crime Association; is a Fellow of the review panel member for Cabe and for grounds maintenance services, Royal Society of Arts; sits on the advisory the West Midlands, is a member of the he led the re-tendering of Hounslow’s board of the Design Against Crime RIBA Housing Group advising on policy, service in 2008. Recent work includes Centre, University of the Arts London; has judged numerous international options appraisals for the future is an advisor to the UK government’s awards and competitions, has written management of green space assets, All-Party Parliamentary Child and Youth articles for the international press and including work for Guildford, Crawley Crime Group; and serves as a trustee for has contributed to TV debates in the UK, and Swindon councils. Through Unity - a charity for homicide Netherlands and New Zealand. victims families - and for the Luton Rape Crisis Centre.

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Pankaj Patel Mark Pearson Andy Pennington

Pankaj gained a first Mark is a designer, Andy is a research class honours degree urbanist and educator fellow at the from South Bank with 23 years of Department of Public University, before practical experience Health and Policy, working with Andrew in achieving and University of Taylor at MacCormac promoting good Liverpool: a World Jamieson Prichard on design, since he Health Organisation projects including: Worcester College in qualified as an architect in 1992. Collaborating Centre for Policy Research Oxford; Paternoster Square, adjacent to on Social Determinants of Health St Paul’s Cathedral; and London’s He was the second Director of the Inequalities. He is a qualified planner with Spitalfields Development. Architecture Centre in Bristol and later more than 13 years’ experience in public Head of Design South West, working health research, consultancy and Pankaj was a consultant on various with CABE and Creating Excellence teaching - focusing on health inequalities, international masterplans before to lead a comprehensive programme community empowerment, health impact establishing Patel Taylor in 1989. of design support in the region until assessment and urban health. His interests lie in the integration of 2011. Projects included a successful architecture, landscape and urban tenant-led housing regeneration project Andy has dedicated his career to design. He oversees the inception of in Pill, North Somerset; the provision of understanding the relationships between many projects and has led the design national design training for the Planning the physical environment and health/ of a broad range of masterplanning, Inspectorate; and the Spacemakers health inequalities. He develops and architecture and landscape schemes. project, which enabled young people to applies innovative approaches to identify Pankaj is partner-in-charge of mixed- act as clients for a new park in Bristol. and synthesise evidence from a wide use and residential projects, where Mark was design advisor for a strategic variety of specialisms to inform his expertise in negotiating complex mixed-use site at Firepool, Taunton. He decision-making. planning consents has been critical. has advised and served on a number of These include the London 2012 Athletes’ local design review panels, and recently Andy has extensive experience of Village, White City and Southbank Place reformed the panel serving Cornwall. applying evidence to practice, for in London. example through health impact Mark is currently Executive Director of assessment. He has developed evidence Pankaj has been a member of CABE’s Design Action Devon and Cornwall, and and guidance that has informed debate design review panel; has advised the national chair of the Architecture and and practice within the UK Parliament Government Office for London, Greater Built Environment Centre Network. He and the European Commission. London Authority and Arts Lottery is Chair of the Cornwall Design Review Andy is committed to including Design Panel; and has been an awards Panel and Secretary to the Panel in individuals and communities in decisions assessor for the Royal Institute of British Torbay. Mark is a trustee of Cornwall about land use that may affect local lives Architects. He has been a member of Architectural Trust and occasionally for generations to come. the London 2012 design review panel teaches at the University of Bath. and the design review panel in Lewisham. Pankaj has served as senior lecturer at South Bank University, external examiner at Sheffield University, visiting professor at the Welsh School of Architecture and visiting lecturer at Edinburgh University.

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Ian Phillips Louisa Philpot Steven Pidwill

Ian is a chartered Louisa is an urban Steven is Director and landscape architect designer, Chairman of and town planner environmental Shepheard Epstein working as a self- physicist and Hunter (SEH), employed consultant, architectural designer specialising in based in Farnham. with more than 18 architecture, planning years’ practice and landscape He has more than 30 years’ experience experience in architecture and urban design. His experience includes working in the public, private and planning. preparing building proposals and voluntary sectors, and in rural and urban masterplans for universities, schools, environments, applying his planning She has delivered vision and scoping libraries, listed buildings and housing for expertise to landscape issues. His studies; masterplanning projects; both public and private sectors. interests lie in policy; design briefs commercial office and residential and guidance; green infrastructure; architecture projects. Louisa was lead Steven leads SEH’s framework teams community engagement; and training consultant for the Calne Vision and for schools, universities and Parliament. events. Ian’s past projects include: the Calne Town Centre Masterplan, and Projects include two masterplans for the Thames Basin Heaths SPA Delivery has designed headquarters for Linden University of Oxford; new housing in Hull; Framework; contributions to BS5837 on Homes in Bristol and London. Louisa urban design and building projects for Trees and Construction; the Elvetham is also a sustainability consultant who the University of Leicester over fourteen Heath Development Brief; Landscape has contributed to the Welsh Assembly years; libraries at the universities of Institute position statements; and Government’s approach to adapting Liverpool and East Anglia; 21 school presentations to local, national and to climate change, funded by the and youth projects across three London international audiences. Technology Strategy Board. A live project boroughs; a performing arts centre in Cardiff was used as the basis for and sports facilities in a World Heritage Ian is the elected Vice President of the the work, enabling a design code with Site for the Girls’ Day School Trust; Landscape Institute, which he represents adaptation design measures at urban improvements to the entrance of the on several external national and design and architectural scales to be House of Lords; and security, landscape European bodies. He is also a nationally produced. and office transformation projects for the appointed member of the South Downs Parliamentary Estate. National Park Authority, where he serves Louisa is an Academician at the on the Planning Committee. Academy of Urbanism, is part of the Steven is chair of the Part III external Town and Country Planning Association’s examining panel at Cambridge University Spacial Futures Group, and assisted and has examined at The Bartlett (UCL) Green Capital in generating a planning and at Nottingham University. He has sustainability assessment tool. She was written articles on sustainable housing; part of Design Council Cabe’s Supporting libraries; business schools; halls of Communities in Neighbourhood Planning residence; schools and listed buildings; programme and has contributed to and on play and sport for children. He is the development of design review for a qualified in application performance Nationally Significant Infrastructure management and project management, Projects. has previously been a CABE enabler and wrote the CABE publication ‘New from old: transforming secondary schools through refurbishment’.

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Sylvie Pierce Helen Pineo Karl Pitman

Sylvie created and Helen is a chartered Karl is a Chartered managed Building planner with eight Engineer with more Better Health, a years’ experience than 25 years’ successful working in the UK and experience. development internationally. Graduating from company, working in Kingston University partnership with the She is currently with a first class public sector; winning a number of the Associate Director for Cities at degree in Civil Engineering, he worked for awards, including Client of the Year; the Building Research Establishment, a number of international multi- Health Design champion; Best responsible for leading the research disciplinary practices in the UK and Community Health building (twice); and development of new products and Middle East before setting up his own short-listed for Stirling award with services for cities. Helen previously practice in 2011. Mossbourne Academy; and Civic managed the 2012 revision of the Awards. Working with the UK’s most Building Research Establishment Karl has a passion for sustainable innovative architects in some of the most Environmental Assessment Methodology engineering design and construction deprived areas, eg AHMM, Penoyre and (BREEAM) Communities, making it the that has been developed through his Prasad, and Rogers Stirk Harbour, we international standard of sustainable involvement in projects such as the tried to demonstrate the impact that masterplanning. She has authored a sustainable drainage scheme at Upton design can have on the poorest number of publications and guidance in Northampton: an early exemplar of a communities. documents on planning healthy and Sustainable Drainage System. He has sustainable communities. used this experience to develop cost- Prior to creating a development effective solutions to ‘making space company, Sylvie was Chief Executive of As an experienced facilitator, speaker for water’ for large- and small-scale the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. and trainer, Helen enjoys helping built developments across the UK. She is a regeneration adviser to the environment professionals access and City of Bath; on the board and planning share knowledge to improve project Karl is a strong advocate and committee for London Thames Gateway, outcomes. She worked as a consultant practitioner of the Civil Engineering and chair of Governors at Mossbourne for the Planning Advisory Service and Environmental Quality Assessment Academy. Director of a consultancy: Local Government Association (2008- Scheme and has played an active role Earth Regeneration, (established 2010), 2011), supporting local authority planners in its implementation in the Middle and she is working with a number of clients and politicians; her main focus was policy Far East. Using the Scheme as a design commissioning new and innovative development and leadership training in and management framework, he has services and buildings. spatial planning, climate change, energy, supported consultants and contractors health and sustainable design. to develop practices aimed at achieving sustainable design and construction. Helen is currently pursuing a doctorate Through his role as a non-executive degree at The Bartlett, University College director of a housing association with its London, researching how policy- and own development programme, Karl has decision-makers use evidence relating to first-hand knowledge of the impact of the built environment and health. She is design decisions on local communities. an Associate Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and a Member of the Construction Industry Council Diversity Panel.

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John Plumridge Neil Porter Richard Powell

John is a chartered Neil gained a first- Richard joined valuation and class degree in Grosvenor in 2014 as development architecture at the executive director surveyor and an Newcastle University; responsible for architect with more he received a diploma development than 25 years’ with honours at the activities outside experience of large Architecture Mayfair and scale development and estates Association in London in 1983 and Belgravia, with specific focus on Oxford, management. subsequently tutored there from 1984 to Cambridge, Edinburgh, Southampton 1989. and London. He was previously director For Cabe, he has provided design of planning and development at Capital quality support to clients in planning, As one of the founding partners and Counties Properties PLC. masterplanning and schools sibnce of Gustafson Porter, Neil takes an 2001 and was a regional representative active involvement in the practice’s Prior to this he worked for Lend Lease, for the East Midlands between 2005 diverse range of projects and runs the HM Treasury, KPMG and DTZ. Richard and 2008. John has been Director of London practice. His interests include is a member of the Mayor of London’s the West Midlands English Partnerships architecture, design, landscape and Design Advisory Group, sits on the New Development Team, vice chair of the urban planning. Neil has extensive London Sounding Board and chairs Leicester Regeneration Company and experience in designing and executing Cambridge Ahead’s board meetings. has overseen large scale mixed-use high-quality contemporary landscapes developments in Leicester - as Director within complex climatic and historical of Estates at De Monfort University and contexts. Neil is currently working on Director of Estates and Commercial projects with distinct demands and Facilities at the University in Lincoln. spatial contexts in the UK, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, each site requiring His private sector experience was innovative and unique solutions. Together gained in private consultancy and with Mary Bowman, Sibylla Hartel, through executive and non-executive Kathryn Gustafson and colleagues, Neil directorships for Catesby Estates, has led the practice’s defining projects, Land Securities and P&O properties. including the Diana, Princess of Wales He is a member of the Royal Institute of Memorial; Swiss Cottage Open Space; Chartered Surveyors’ panel of expert the Garden of Forgiveness and Shoreline advisors to the Planning Inspectorate. Walk in Beirut; Bay East in Singapore, and the CityLife Park in Milan. Neil’s design for the Old Market Square in Nottingham received many prestigious awards.

Neil currently contributes to design review panels for Design Council Cabe; Crossrail; and Design South- East. He regularly takes part in national and international design juries and panels. Neil publishes and lectures internationally.

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Sunand Prasad Dr. Stephen Pretlove John Prevc

Sunand is co-founder Stephen is currently Since becoming a of highly regarded the professor of registered architect in architecture practice sustainable 1986, John has Penoyre and Prasad, construction in the worked with Nicholas named by Architects School of Grimshaw, Michael Journal as Architecture and Hopkins and Will Sustainable Practice Design at the Alsop in London, and of the Year in the AJ100 Awards in 2014. University of Lincoln. He was associate with Thomas Herzog in Munich. professor in architectural science and The practice’s diverse range of work, technology in the School of Architecture He joined Foster & Partners in 1995, encompassing education, healthcare, and Landscape at Kingston University in becoming project director for: the new residential and cultural buildings and London. He was also director of their Channel Tunnel Rail Terminal at St masterplans, has won around 100 in-house sustainable and environmental Pancras Station; the redevelopment awards and been widely published. design facility: ArchiLab. of Dresden Railway Station; the Sunand is a member of the London ; and a masterplan for Mayor’s Design Advisory Group and Stephen has a background in Elephant and Castle. He has designed chairman of Article 25, the disaster building engineering, architecture numerous City Academy school projects relief and development charity. He was and environmental design, and has a and became a founding partner at President of the Royal Institute of British particular interest in the achievement of Make in 2004. He has led teams on Architects (2007-09), campaigning genuinely sustainable buildings, through numerous,significant masterplans, for action on climate change, reform the processes of design, construction including for: Edinburgh Waterfront; of architectural education and better and occupation. Key to this are the North West Lands in Wembley; and integration in design and construction. issues of building performance, post- Science Central in Newcastle. John occupancy evaluation and occupant has helped design the Cube at the He was a founding commissioner of behaviour. Stephen is currently course Mailbox in Birmingham; three buildings the Commission for Architecture and director of the MSc Sustainable Building for Nottingham University; a new office the Built Environment; a member of the Design and Performance at Kingston, for Esprit near Dusseldorf; and the government’s Green Construction Board, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher refurbishment of listed buildings in and a panel member of the Farrell Review Education Academy. Geneva for HSBC. of Architecture. Sunand has authored a number of broadcasts, articles and He is an educator, researcher and He has been designing an art installation books on architecture, the value of consultant in this field; is a UK for the Cultural Olympics. design and sustainability, the latest one Government-appointed research John is a member of the Academy of being Retrofit for Purpose. application assessor; and has extensive Urbanism and has been a visiting tutor experience of knowledge transfer and lecturer at the Birmingham, partnership projects linking the Leicester, Coventry, Bartlett and University with external built environment Ljubljana Schools of Architecture. organisations. Stephen has an extensive He has written a regular column for the history of research in this field more than Architect’s Journal and contributed to 20 years. articles in many publications. John acts as an architectural and urban design critic for Coventry City Council, and as judge for the city’s biannual Architectural Design Awards.

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Darren Price Miles Price Brenda Puech

Darren’s specific Miles is Director of Brenda is an architect areas of interest are Planning at British and highly housing and Land. He joined experienced, placemaking and the British Land in 2001 qualified access involvement of and has a BSc (Hons) consultant with communities therein. in Town Planning and wide-ranging an MSc in Transport commercial After training as an architect in Planning. Miles is responsible for experience, specialising in inclusive Manchester, he went on to complete his coordinating planning teams across a external environments and public realm. PhD entitled: ‘Community Involvement wide range of complex and high-profile in the Design of Social Housing’ at the mixed-use, residential, commercial and With more than ten years’ experience (2002). He gained retail projects throughout the UK. These in the sector, she was Director of client-side experience, working for the include the 46-acre Canada Water Consultancy for the Centre for London Borough of Tower Hamlets on Masterplan in London Borough of Accessible Environments. Brenda the innovative ‘Housing Choice’ stock- Southwark. He also has particular has comprehensive experience of transfer regeneration programme, expertise in community engagement and providing bespoke training in different co-ordinating numerous estate steering employment and training initiatives. aspects of inclusive environments. She groups, housing associations and has managed wide-ranging projects, consultants. He is responsible for transportation including carrying out an extensive matters at British Land properties consultation and audit exercise for the Darren became the Architecture and and is actively involved in a range of City of York (2013), published as the York Urban Design Advisor (2007) at Urban strategically significant infrastructure City Centre Access and Mobility Audit. Vision North Staffordshire, managing projects including: HS2, Crossrail 1 the successful Design Review panel; +2, Thames Tunnel, tram Brenda managed production of a suite reviewing over 250 schemes; providing train and bus rapid transit projects and of guidance for the Equality Commission a local enabling service; developing and East London River crossings. He has Northern Ireland, to encourage small delivering a range of training courses. extensive experience of working with businesses to make their services more He has since been working in private local authorities and transport bodies accessible to disabled customers and consultancy as Place ART, predominantly including TfL, Highways England, staff. She was UK representative for the advising volume house-builders on Network Rail and train operating European Transfer of Innovation project: aspects of placemaking and design companies. Training Tools for Accessible Towns quality, and working with communities. (2012), which developed online training Darren is a visiting lecturer at the Miles is a member of the Royal Town tools for urban design professions University of Sheffield; an Academician Planning Institute; The GLA Roads Task to create accessible streets and at the Academy of Urbanism; a Glass- Force; the Sustrans’ London Advisory townscapes; on the British Standards House Community-Led Design Enabler, Panel and was instrumental in starting Institution (BSI) working group for the and PlacEd Ambassador. He is Chair of the Highways England Developer Group. BS 559: Accessible urban external Governors at a local school, a District environments. Councillor and the Parliamentary He was Transport Planner of the Year in Candidate for Congleton in Cheshire for 2003 and has lectured on planning and Brenda is a member of the National 2015. transport courses at Sheffield Hallam and Register of Access Consultants, and on University College London. the Centre for Accessible Environments Panel of Inclusive Design Consultants.

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John Pugh-Smith Julia Ratcliffe Richard Rees

John was called to Julia is a Structural Richard is an the Bar (1977), and is Engineer and Director experienced both a practising at Expedition masterplanner and planning barrister and Engineering in architect, who has commercial mediator. London. delivered numerous, major masterplans With a particular In her 22 year career across the globe; now practice focus on medium and large she has worked on a wide variety of a freelance consultant masterplanner, scale residential development; retirement building types and scales, typified illustrator and artist with his own and care homes; and enforcement, John by architectural projects demanding company, Artyrees Ltd. brings professional experience, gained a high degree of design integration over 35 years, to his role as successful and structural expression. Outside As masterplanner urban in Hong Kong, mediator and coach, dealing with a the UK, Julia has contributed to major he designed the Wanchai and Central wide range of clients and issues for both international projects in North America, Reclamation scheme (1980s), joining public and private sectors, including Asia and Europe. Prior to joining BDP, London (1990). Masterplans have special interest groups. His specialist Expedition in 2006, she worked for included the All England Lawn Tennis mediations have included leading Buro Happold, including five years in Club, Wimbledon; Liverpool One; and examples to resolve an intractable New York. After the 2004 Indian Ocean Waterfront City, Melbourne. He worked land-use enforcement matter within an tsunami, she worked in Thailand in on the design of the Sydney Olympic An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty; support of the reconstruction and has Tennis Centre; Athens Olympic Tennis a major ‘stalled development’; a £4m served as a Trustee for Architecture for Centre, and the competition-winning environmental damage claim, and Humanity UK. Guangzhou Tennis Centre; recently on the resolution of a high profile the Rio Olympic Tennis Centre, and heritage dispute. Julia has recently seen the completion new Kuwait International Tennis Centre. of the Intesa Sanpaolo tower in Turin, An experienced facilitator, he has run John has been at the forefront of with Renzo Piano Building Workshop for consultations in Harlow, Maidenhead, initiatives to use Alternative Dispute which she led the structural engineering Brighton, Ely, Harrow and Toronto; Resolution in town and country planning, team and the new headquarters for the external examiner for the Urban Design including as a panel member of the Institution of Structural Engineers. course at the University of Westminster; Department for Communities and Local contributor to the book: Urban Design Government’s “section 106 brokers”. Futures; has lectured in France, Australia, He is also a Fellow of the Society of Canada and Morocco. Antiquaries and a consultant member of the Retirement Housing Group. He became Chairman of the Society of Architectural (2015), and edited a book of the Society’s work: Drawing on Architecture (2014). Richard is a successful artist and exhibited Pattern of Settlement, his aerial views of cities at the Abbot and Holder Gallery (2015). A guide to our Built Environment Experts 103

Amanda Reynolds Geoff Rich Kay Richardson

Amanda has over 25 Geoff is an architect Kay is a chartered years experience as and managing partner landscape architect an architect and for Feilden Clegg and qualified urban urban designer, in the Bradley Studios designer enjoying a UK, Australia and (FCBS), and has led varied career of more New Zealand, with many high profile than 20 years in the last 12 years projects focused on association with spent working on projects in the UK and new design for the historic environment. non-departmental public bodies; Ireland. She is the Director (from 2007) of local authorities; environmental design practice AR Urbanism, following 5 He was team leader for FCBS’ award- design professionals; and international years as Director of Urban Design for winning Clore Learning Centre at sustainability innovators, trainers Llewelyn Davies. , and is currently and activists. leading the FCBS team for the major Amanda’s work has a number of threads renovation of Bath Abbey. Other major Kay is always keen to explore how design including large-scale residential-led current schemes include the re-use of thinking, creativity and mindful practice mixed-use master planning projects, the oldest surviving iron-framed buildings can be harnessed to create space for urban regeneration projects and urban in the world, at Shrewsbury Flax Mill for social change where environment, design and streetscape projects. Historic England, and a new conservation community, heritage, productivity, These include design work, including workshops building at Windsor Castle. creativity and innovation lead. provision of design advice, community engagement activities, Design and After completing his architectural studies As a designer advocating distinctiveness, Access Statements, Building for Life at the University of Newcastle, Geoff craft and resilience, Kay has devised assessments and Expert Witness advice joined FCB Studios (1996) and became a and initiated an exemplar landscape at Public Inquiries. Amanda is a past Partner (2000). He has taken the leading character assessment strategy, now Chair of the Urban Design Group and role in the practice’s creative re-use and rolled out across Surrey; and founded part time lecturer/tutor for Master’s regeneration work, and maintains a very The Pugmill Bakehouse, a wood fired degree courses at the Universities of keen interest in design, conservation community kitchen. A social enterprise Westminster and Southbank. and sustainability. that celebrates the crafts and traditions of utilitarian pottery and communal food She regularly chairs and speaks at He is an accredited conservation production, the project has contributed conferences on master planning and architect with the Architects Accredited an innovative restoration of a Victorian urban design issues, and is a member in Building Conservation and the Royal ‘country’ Pottery for local community of the London Boroughs of Lewisham, Institute of British Architects schemes; and business use. Southwark and Hackney’s Design and a Lethaby Scholar of the Society for Review Panels, as well as Transport for the Protection of Ancient Buildings. Geoff A Heritage At Risk Adviser for Historic London’s (TfL’s) Major Projects Review is a long-standing member of the South England, Kay identifies heritage Panel. Amanda is a member of the Royal West Design Review Panel, and a regular assets most at risk of being lost due to Institute of British Architects (RIBA), visiting lecturer at several universities. neglect, inappropriate management or and a registered architect in the UK and development, and works to find viable New Zealand. uses consistent with their conservation.

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Andy Roberts David Roberts Graham Roberts

Andy is an urban David, Deputy Chief Graham is a designer and member Executive, igloo prominent public art of the Royal Town Regeneration, lives in consultants, with Planning Institute Manchester, and has more than 30 years’ with more than 14 more than 25 years’ experience. years’ experience of experience in the professional practice development, He has within the public and private sector; and construction and facilities management commissioned leading sculptors, artists a particular expertise in the production of industry. For 10 years he has specialised and makers to collaborate with architects large scale residential and mixed use in sustainable urban regeneration, as a and engineers, to sprinkle their magic masterplans, and design guidance for Director of igloo Regeneration. David has over many large capital developments some of the largest development been an assessor for the Royal Institute and to work within small-scale schemes across the country. of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) community facing schemes. Among Assessment of Professional his many projects are the Wakefield Project examples include: Liverpool Competence; external examiner for the Cathedral Precinct re-design by Tess Waters - the production of the Building University of Central Lancashire; and a Jaray (with Tom Lomax and Martin Characterisation Study for the judge for the RICS Property Management Creed); and a programme of artists’ regeneration of 60 hectares of historic Corporate Social Responsibility Awards. interventions for the UK’s largest ‘shared dockland, falling within the Mersey space’ scheme: the Ashford Ring Road Waterfront World Heritage Site; and In addition to his igloo directorships project, with Nayan Kulkarni, Michael Discovery Park – the production of a David has been a Commissioner on Pinsky and many international artists. He comprehensive mixed use masterplan the RICS Presidential Commission on has served on arts panels, design teams for the regeneration of 72,5 hectare site, Sustainability, and National Sustainability and design review bodies. following the relocation of Phizer, Panel Member of the Government’s as part of a ‘Total Place Approach’ Sustainable Development Commission. Graham is a principal of the RKL to re-development. Consultancy; a Fellow of the Royal He has been a Design Review Panel Society of Arts, and non-executive Andy has played a pivotal role in growing Member at MADE, the Architecture director of Concourse: the architecture the urban design services of Planit-ie, Centre for the West Midlands, and is centre for the Leeds City region. He has with responsibility for managing and currently a Member of Design Review given many talks and lectures on public leading a team of urban designers to Panel at Places Matter in the North West art and the commissioning process in the deliver a high quality urban design of England. Last year David was invited UK and abroad. Currently he is engaged and masterplanning service. He has to be a Commissioner on the RICS Land in commissioning new public artworks led community engagement, design and Society Commission, and has been for Teesside University, and for three new workshops and inquiry by design an Associate Director of the Sustainable build health care schemes in Hull. exercises, typically involving a large Development Foundation since 2008. number of stakeholders, such as: elected council members, English Heritage, Design Council, and the Homes and Communities Agency.

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Anna Rose Jon Rowland Alireza Sagharchi

Anna is an architect Jon, director of Jon Alireza was born in and urban planner Rowland Urban 1959 and graduated with more than 13 Design Ltd., is a from the University of years’ expertise in consultant registered Westminster in 1986. advising on mixed- architect and urban use urban designer. He is Principal of masterplans and Stanhope Gate public realm projects. Areas of expertise include urban design Architecture + Urban Design based in and masterplanning; regeneration and London. He is a leading practitioner and She has extensive experience of working urban renewal; development strategies; an exponent of classical architecture and with private and public sector clients on design advice, guidance and training traditional urban design. complex masterplanning projects, with a both in the UK and overseas. Projects particular focus on the design of effective include the award winning Telford During his professional career, he has human behaviour patterns. Her expertise Millennium Community; and short-listed been responsible for major master targets optimising spatial connections Cottam Hall, Stranraer Waterfront and planning and building projects in the UK, for the benefit of pedestrians, cyclists Temple Quay. Other masterplans, spatial Europe, and the Middle East which have (walkability, safety and conviviality) and and urban design strategies include: been widely published and exhibited. local businesses (proximity to footfall, completion of Frederick Gibberd’s He is the co-author, with Lucien Steil, of interchange and density of amenity). 1970 plan for Harlow; Culham Science the book ‘New Palladians’ which charts Anna recently led Space Syntax’s spatial Centre for UK Atomic Energy Authority; the recent progress and theoretical planning studies for the Bristol Temple a coastal infrastructure masterplan for underpinning of modern Classical and Quarter Enterprise Zone masterplan for Rhosneigr; Urban Design Framework Traditional Architecture. He has taught the Homes and Communities Agency, for Colindale, north London, for the at the Prince of Wales’ Institute of and advised Transport for London, the Greater London Authority; spatial plans Architecture and has been a visiting critic Greater London Authority (GLA), and for Central Oxfordshire and Partnership at a number of schools of architecture. the London Borough of Camden on the for Urban South Hampshire. These are likely public realm impacts of HS2 in the complex projects and Jon works with He is a Fellow of The Royal Society of Euston Area. Currently, she is advising interdisciplinary teams to provide an Arts, the Chairman of the Traditional the London Legacy Development integrated approach. Architecture Group at the RIBA, a Corporation on the urban integration trustee of the International Network for of the ‘Olympicopolis’ sites: University He has lectured extensively; is past Chair Traditional Building Architecture and College London, East and Stratford of the Urban Design Group; has written Urbanism (INTBAU), a member of the Waterfront. many articles and was co-editor of Urban Prince Foundation, sits on the Casework Design Futures (published, 2006). He Panel of the Georgian Group and is In addition to her work in the UK, Anna is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts member of the Institute of Classical leads Space Syntax’s design and and part of Urbanism Environment and Architecture and Classical America. consulting activities in the USA and Design’s (Urbed) team, which won the continental Europe. She speaks regularly Wolfson Economic Prize on Garden at industry and academic events Cities. worldwide, and is an Honorary Research Associate at UCL. Anna is a member of the UK Academy of Urbanism.

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Flora Samuel Clare San Martin Rachel Sandbrook

Flora is Professor of Clare is an architect, Rachel is a Structural Architecture in the masterplanner, Engineer with thirteen Built Environment at community planner years’ experience; the new University of and partner at Associate Director at Reading School of placemaking Engenuiti, an Architecture, and practice, JTP. innovative and former Head of the dynamic engineering University of Sheffield School of A passionate exponent of community practice, and 2015’s Structural Timber Architecture. involvement in design, she has led Awards ‘Engineer of the Year’. processes in the UK, She has received over £500K of research Ireland and Sweden. Clare has worked She has designed buildings with funding to study the ways in which on many regeneration initiatives, ranging acclaimed architects across wide- architects evidence and communicate from inner city estates and town centres ranging sectors, with particular emphasis the value of what they do. Flora is to whole town action plans for former on sport, cultural and educational currently raising the profile of research at mining communities. Her international facilities; recently working with architects the Royal Institute of British Architects, work includes: leading the consultant Reich and Hall to deliver Oriam, where she is an elected national team for the Liberties Local Area Plan, Scotland’s Sports Performance Centre. councillor and Chair of the Research and on behalf of Dublin City Council; a Experienced in the refurbishment of Innovation Group. Trained as an architect regeneration masterplan for 136 hectares existing structures, including historic at Cambridge University and Princeton, of Dublin’s south inner city, including and listed buildings, she developed she was in housing practice for five years extensive public realm improvements proposals for the renovation of the in London before going into teaching. Her based around sustainable transport. stunning Listed Long Shop railway aim is to make architectural education building in Swindon, enabling it to be more professional, more useful and more Clare was also responsible for running incorporated into an expanded Swindon inclusive. Flora wrote several acclaimed Sweden’s first Community Planning Designer Outlet. Rachel is chartered with books on unrepresented aspects of process in Stockholm, on behalf of the both the Institution of Civil Engineers and the modernist architect, City Council. Her architectural projects Institution of Structural Engineers. before turning her attention to the public include the award-winning Nordica perception of design. Apartments in Tower Hamlets; new Her previous positions at engineers council housing; an Independent Living Buro Happold and Fluid Structures have She believes that architects need to be scheme for older people in Lenton, enabled her to accrue considerable and able to demonstrate their value to the Nottingham, and a sheltered housing diverse experience of multidisciplinary public and policy makers with clear, complex at Makins Court, Hampshire. working. Previously, Technical Studies convincing evidence, and that this can Clare led the masterplanning team Coordinator for Central Saint Martin’s only be done by bringing architectural for Chilmington Green, a 5,750 home degree course: BA Architecture: Spaces academia and practice closer together. Garden Suburb for Ashford, Kent, and Objects, she enjoys an ongoing and is currently working on a Design responsibility for managing, resourcing Code for the housebuilder consortium and mentoring Engenuiti’s engineering promoting the project. team.

She is a member of the Academy of Urbanism and a Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Methodology Communities assessor.

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Peter Sandover Dr. Gina Sands Christie Sarri

Peter is an architect Gina is an ergonomist Christie makes things with more than 30 and researcher in the happen by years’ experience in field of ageing and implementing her sustainable health, currently expertise in civil architecture, working as a engineering and masterplanning and Research Fellow at strategic regeneration. the University of management. His recent work has focused on Nottingham. She has a BSc in community masterplans, neighbourhood Ergonomics/Human Factors, and a PhD She practices the value exchange plans and engagement strategies. Key in Healthcare Ergonomics and Patient system: an innovative analysis tool, co- projects include: neighbourhood Safety, focusing on falls in hospitalised created within Meggitt Bird. The tool is planning support to Barne Barton, older people. adopted by a vast number of Small and Plymouth; South Marston Swindon, Medium-sized Enterprises throughout and he acts as consultant design Gina has a specific interest in inclusive Europe and the Middle East, with manager to the Eden Project on design and creating built environments outstanding results. An interesting study recent capital projects. suitable for later life. She has worked on case is also presented in her MBA thesis: He is a member of the Royal Institute various projects and research relating to Warwick University. Formerly, Christie of British Architects, the Hong Kong successful ageing and also contributed gained extensive engineering experience Institute of Architects, and the Academy to the World Health Organisation’s Age working in and Arup of Urbanism. Friendly City initiative, whilst working (London). In 2013 she became partner at Coventry University. Gina is aiming in AGAS Group: engineering design and As well as running his own practice to develop a new project focusing build consultancy, with a rich portfolio Sandover Associates, he is an on aspirational housing for later life, of large public projects and high-quality associate of CAG Consultants on of specifically targeting people around the design of specialist structures. AGAS the UK’s leading sustainability, climate time of retirement. Group is now also offering outsourcing change and community engagement design services in UK and Russia. consultancies. Peter was responsible for Her experience also includes engaging Christie is a chartered member of the regeneration proposals at Devonport, with older people and members of the Institution of Civil Engineers in the UK, Plymouth; Bristol, Bath; Camborne; Pool; public in projects, and writing for a variety Italy and Greece. Redruth; St Austell; Liskeard, and the of different audiences including lay Isles of Scilly. He led rural masterplans in people and academic journals. Additionally, she is leading a supportive Chudleigh, Devon and Winchester,and network for career women who wish continues to provide advice on to transform their business into a good community engagement best practice. business. Informal networking will be In Kingsbridge he led a regeneration made possible for young professionals strategy, and now sits in a voluntary in 2016. capacity on the local area partnership, a Local Action Group and Coastal Communities Fund. He also runs a network promoting the use of renewable energy throughout South Devon.

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Lucy Saunders Biljana Savic Alexia Sawyer

Lucy is a public health Biljana is an urban Alexia is an IMPACT specialist with ten planner and architect PhD candidate, years’ experience. with extensive funded by University She leads the experience, gained at College London integration of senior positions in the (UCL) and Glasgow transport and public public and third Centre for Population health in London, sector advisory Health. She holds an working jointly for the Greater London bodies, architectural, urban planning and MA Hons in Psychology from the Authority and Transport for London. construction management consultancies. , and an MSc in Health Psychology from UCL. In 2014, TfL became the first transport She currently holds the position of authority in the world to publish a Health Programme Director at The Prince’s Alexia was research assistant on Action Plan, which Lucy wrote and now Regeneration Trust, in charge of a Active Buildings: a National Institute leads on its implementation. Previously, major UK wide training and mentoring for Health Research, School for Public she worked across a wide range of programme, for community organisations Health Research (NIHR SPHR) funded organisations from local to international with heritage regeneration projects. collaborative study, into the relationship level, including: the National Health In her previous role, Biljana managed between the workplace environment Service; Department of Health; World a government funded programme of and office-workers’ physical activity, Health Organisation; London School of support to over 50 communities, piloting and sedentary behaviour. After 1.5 Hygiene and Tropical Medicine; private neighbourhood planning for The Prince’s years in this post, she completed a UCL and voluntary sector organisations. She Foundation for Building Community. Public Policy secondment to the What is a Fellow of the UK Faculty of Public She was also a Senior Advisor at The Works team in the Implementation Unit, Health, and Transport Planner of the Year Commission for Architecture and the Cabinet Office; and worked on a report (2015). Built Environment, and Director of spatial detailing the role of behaviour change masterplanning consultancy Space theory in increasing the generation, Syntax Limited. communication and adoption of evidence in public policy making and Biljana is a non-executive Director of evaluation. the Academy of Urbanism; a chartered member of the Royal Town Planning She is currently studying for a PhD Institute and the Royal Institute of British investigating the interactive influence Architects. She is a member of The of the built environment and social Glass-House Community Led Design’s capital on physical activity at the Health enabling panel and a Winston Churchill Behaviour Research Centre, Department Fellow. Her areas of expertise include of Epidemiology and Public Health, community/stakeholder engagement; UCL. This involves quantitative analysis neighbourhood planning; community-led of primary and secondary data and regeneration and development; mixed collection of qualitative data, using a use/housing-led masterplanning; large PhotoVoice methodology to explore the scale spatial strategies; space use and physical/social determinants of active design impact analysis; design and living in neighbourhoods in Glasgow. development procurement. She was awarded the Chadwick Trust Travelling Fellowship for her qualitative research.

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Wade Scaramucci Martha Schwartz Irene Seijo

Wade, Associate Martha is a landscape Irene is an Director, Allford Hall architect and artist experienced project Monaghan Morris, with major interests in manager and gained experience in cities and the urban landscape consultant practices in Los landscape. with more than 25 Angeles, New York, years’ of experience Dubai and London Her work spans in regeneration, before joining the practice (2005) as from site-specific art installations to public realm, planning and development. Project Architect. working with cities at strategic planning levels. An advocate for how cities can She is very experienced in public space He has worked on a broad variety of help to reduce climate change and planning, design and management; projects including: Horseferry House, the support a more sustainable approach to including the strategic planning of green global headquarters for Burberry, and the diminishing resources, she believes that infrastructure and the delivery of multi- Angel Building, Islington. Recent projects design creates identity, sense of place disciplinary projects. As Operations include: Hampstead Road; a mixed used and helps to differentiate us in an ever- Director for Groundwork, London, she office and residential scheme in Camden; growing uniformity of place, as a result gained a comprehensive understanding and numerous projects in the US. of globalization. of community engagement, that Promoted to Associate Director (2008), encourages environmental, social and he assists with the coordination of design As principal of Martha Schwartz Partners, economic regeneration. Following and management issues. she has more than 30 years’ experience Groundwork, she became Green as a landscape architect and artist Infrastructure Manager for Ashford’s Completed key projects and awards on a world wide variety of projects. Future, implementing projects that include: (2010) Angel Building, London Recipient of numerous awards and prizes exploited the potential of the network of 3R Awards: Office Category 2011. including: the Women in Design Award rivers and landscapes: through planning British Construction Industry Award: for Excellence from the Boston Society policy, evidence through Geographic Judges Special Award 2011. British of Architect, and the Council of Fellows Information System data, and resolution Council of Offices Award: Refurbished Award by the American Society of complex land ownership issues. and Recycled Workspace 2011. Civic of Landscape Architects. Martha is a Irene is passionate about creative Trust Awards: Commendation 2011. tenured Professor at Harvard University. placemaking, and has worked with the Concrete Society Award: Rejuvenation She has lectured internationally about Crafts Council and Arts Council on arts Award and Certificate of Excellence sustainable cities and the urban and urban design projects, that aimed 2011. New London Award for Working landscape. Her work has been featured to encourage distinctive placemaking in 2011. Regeneration and Renewal Award: widely in publications as well as areas of proposed regeneration. Design Excellence 2011. Royal Institute gallery exhibitions. of British Architects (RIBA) Award for Now running her own consultancy, Architecture 2011. RIBA Stirling Prize: Irene facilitates workshops with Shortlist 2011. Distinctions include: professionals and community groups US Registered Architect (since 2001) to achieve consensus around complex American Institute of Architects (Part place making issues. She is particularly III equivalent); UK Registered Architect interested in the role of accessible (since 2002), Royal Institute of British green infrastructure in tackling health Architects. issues and socio-economic factors, by encouraging interventions to improve the use of existing greenspace.

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Yasmin Shariff Justine Sharman Nick Sharman

Yasmin is an architect Justine qualified as Nick is a local in practice since an Occupational government 1986. She has held Therapist (1992), and consultant and his senior posts in public, worked for ten years work has included private and academic before becoming an assignments for the sectors. Access Consultant. Local Government Association, the A director of Dennis Sharp Architects; She studied for an MSc Inclusive Cabinet Office’s Commissioning was a Senior Lecturer at the University Environments at The University of Academy, and Design Council. of Westminster; and Head of Design of Reading, before becoming a member a multi-academy sponsor, responsible on the National Register of Access Until recently he was Director of for managing fourteen major school Consultants (2003). Justine worked as an Local Government at A4e, leading projects over a period of three years. independent Access Consultant, before the development of regeneration She was elected Honorary Secretary of joining Middlesbrough Council (2008) as programmes linking physical and the Royal Institute of British Architects an Access Officer. She has conducted social aspects of regeneration. and the Architectural Association and many access audits and appraisals of Previously he was Managing Director, appointed non-executive director of the various buildings and environments, Local Government at Amey plc, where East of England Regional Development including large sites such as, a college he managed a £400m portfolio of Agency. Yasmin has hands on experience campus to small churches; and involved partnership based service, and Private of delivering complex projects, including in many design projects, including Finance Initiative delivery contracts the transformation of Listed Buildings building refurbishments and new build with Councils across the UK, at Ascot Racecourse, and proposals for projects such as, Building Schools for the employing over 4,000 staff. renewing Robert Adam’s first London Future. house: Chandos House. She has worked He has had a variety of Board level for several publicly funded organisations, Justine enjoys the creative challenge positions in both private and public including Transform South Yorkshire. of working with historic environments, sector regeneration, including Director and is currently part of a design team at Gardiner and Theobald, and deputy Yasmin is a director of the International involved in an exciting Heritage Lottery chief executive at the London Borough Committee of Architectural Critics and Fund project. She has delivered many of Islington, where he led the Council’s Secretary of the Franco Britannic Union training sessions on accessibility and regeneration team, and had direct of Architects. She was appointed as disability awareness, and contributed responsibility for the £400m Emirates an evaluator for the European Union; a to some publications on disability and Stadium. At the London Development judge for the World Architecture Festival; access. Justine has been the lead officer Agency he was director of operations, and an assessor for the Civic Trust; the for the Changing Places toilets campaign covering London’s £300m Single Technology Strategy Board, and Innovate in Middlesbrough, where 10 facilities Regeneration and Skills Budgets, UK. She currently chairs the AA XX 100 are now operational; is a member of the including a year’s secondment to the steering group, working to celebrate a Access Association, and an Inclusive Department of Trade and Industry as centenary of women at the Architectural Environment Assessor with The Civic a Director of Regions. He has advised Association in 2017. Trust Awards. Government on service procurement issues and has written widely on strategic and regeneration issues. He has an MPhil in town planning and an MBA.

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Ian Sharratt Barry Shaw Jon Sheaff

Ian studied at Barry is an Jon has been a Manchester College independent adviser Chartered Landscape of Art and Design, on town planning and Architect for 15 years, before gaining a urban design. and has more than 20 Master’s degree in Qualified as an years’ experience Environmental Design architect and town of developing/ at The Royal College planner, he has more delivering complex of Art (1976). He joined Michael Hopkins than 35 years’ of experience working designed public realm solutions for the Architects (1976), becoming a partner across the public, private and voluntary public realm. (1981-1996) when, with John Pringle and sectors, in the UK and Europe. Penny Richards he founded Pringle In Wales, he joined the Cardiff Bay Richards Sharratt Architects. He was An adviser to English Heritage, Design Development Corporation, to deliver a awarded an honorary doctorate by Council Cabe, and Essex County public art strategy, commissioning many Sheffield Hallam University (2003). The Council, he also serves on the Board of principal public art works that distinguish project provides the Kent Architecture Centre. Barry has this regeneration area. In London, he an example of what he regards as a particular experience in regeneration delivered a significant park regeneration positive piece of architecture, that and the planning/delivery of new project in Enfield, and joined Southwark delivered uplifting spaces and helped development, as well as managing Council (2001). As Head of Open Spaces reverse the spiral of decline of Sheffield change in historic areas. He specialises for Southwark, he delivered a £25 million city centre. Another area of interest is in in developing projects from the earliest programme of park and open space the texture of buildings, necessary to stages to create sustainable and renewal, including the restoration of cater for the workplace environments practical places. Strongly committed Dulwich; Peckham Rye and Southwark required by clients, keen to keep pace to partnership working with local Parks; the creation of new spaces at with the technology that enables more communities, he is a skilled facilitator. Bermondsey Spa, and Potter’s Fields. stimulating ways of working. Formerly, Director of the Essex Design Joe raised £6m for works to create Initiative, where he led a multi-disciplinary usable public space at , and Ian was Hon Treasurer of the Royal team supporting wide ranging local set up London’s first Trust-administered Institute of British Architects Building authorities in eastern England. He had public space at Potter’s Fields. Industry Trust, and has been an Open previously set up the Kent Architecture He left Southwark Council to join Farrer University validator at the Architectural Centre, supporting planning and design Huxley as Director, running the Public Association. Former Governor at King decision making, across the south east; Realm and Housing division; delivering Alfred’s School, Golders Green, he has including advising Ministers on the projects for, amongst others: Peabody, taught and lectured widely. Ian was a original establishment of CABE, and was Places for People, Newham and member of the CABE Design Review visiting professor at the Harvard Unit for Southwark Councils. Panels for Crossrail and The Thames Housing & Urbanisation. Tunnel project, and joined the London He became an independent consultant Design Review Panel of Design Council Currently a Design Council Cabe (2011), designing and advising on public Cabe in 2012. Built Environment Expert, he sits on realm and housing projects; and joined numerous committees, including the the London Committee of the Heritage English Heritage Advisory Committee, Lottery Fund in 2011. and Sustainability Committee at Swan Housing. Awarded the MBE for services to architecture.

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Wendy Shillam Andy Shipley Ken Shuttleworth

Wendy is an architect Andy is a National Ken founded Make and town planner. Lifetime Homes (2004). The practice Originally she worked Coordinator with has won a remarkable on housing and habinteg Housing; range of projects university projects, providing a service to since its inception, graduating to urban the house building with its first building: design and industry, supporting the award-winning masterplanning (mid 1990’s). public and commercial developers to Dartford Dojo (completed 2006). design and construct homes and As a founding partner of Shillam + Smith neighbourhoods, that will be accessible Make’s completed buildings include: the Architecture and Urbanism, she led and adaptable to respond to the needs of City of London Information Centre; the many successful projects for impressive our diverse society. 55 office development; the clients including IBM, the national Rodmarton Street, Grosvenor Waterside Museums and Oxbridge Universities. He is an Access Consultant registered and Weymouth Street residential Winning design competitions, won with the Royal Institute of Chartered developments; the Copper Box for the her many commissions. Wendy has Surveyors, and was appointed as London 2012 Olympics and The Cube worked on many large scale projects, Commissioner on the Commission for in Birmingham. Previously, Ken was a and has a reputation for her approach a Sustainable London (2012). Andy Partner at Foster and Partners, where to meaningful community consultation. was on the disability rights commission he worked on some of the world’s most Her current specialism is mixed use leading work on Inclusive Design and iconic and ground-breaking buildings. and sustainability. She worked on the access to the built environment, including He joined the practice (1977), moving Eco-towns programme and initiated The publishing guidance (2000-07); and with to Hong Kong shortly afterwards to Cities Project, where she visited twenty the Communities and Local Department oversee all aspects of the Hong Kong one cities across Europe and America, leading work on Lifetime Homes, Lifetime and Shanghai Bank’s design and that were putting sustainability at the Neighbourhoods, including advising construction. He has written a column heart of their growth agenda. She has ministers and officials on Inclusive for New Builder magazine, served on experience working for and mediating Design issues (2007-09). He led work on the editorial board of Building magazine between Government, Local Authorities, sustainable communities for the Equality and judged the British Council of Offices Communities and Developers. and Human rights Commission (2009)and awards scheme. He has received achieved amendments to the Planning Honorary Doctorates from De Montfort Now working as an independent and Compulsory Purchase Act (2004) University; the University of Westminster consultant, she is also chair of her local and the Housing Act. Chair of Fieldcare and the University of Nottingham, and Neighbourhood Forum. Trust; chair of the Buildings Regulations an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Advisory Committee review of standards Incorporation of Architects in Scotland. for accessible housing (2008), and Chair of Institute for Inclusive Ken was a CABE Commissioner (2002- Design (2003-05). 11). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and a member of the Government Member of the Design Council Cabe Advisory Group on Professional and Inclusion by Design advisory group, Business Services. and the government’s Local Standards Framework round table.

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Jane Simpson Christina Sinclair Philip Singleton

Jane is a chartered After studying Philip is a chartered Architect and architecture at architect who has registered access Edinburgh University, been involved in consultant on the Christina went on to design (since 1989). National Register of specialise in Access Consultants, conservation and He has won awards and director of her town planning (MSc for his design work own company. She has more than 20 with distinction, European Urban and has overseen design competitions years’ experience in inclusion providing Conservation), undertaking additional for major new public space and buildings. advice on a broad range of issues, often courses on western architecture from Philip has a rich mix of private, public clarifying complex aspects of equality institutions, such as the University of and third sector management. He has legislation. Oxford. Having influenced the built been actively responsible for the initiation environment through architectural and feasibility of projects which involve Jane is recognised as an expert in practice, the Twentieth Century Society, politics, finance, planning and business inclusive education buildings, working context and cases, often before an architect or design on over 200 projects during her career. Historic England, she has a broad range team has been appointed. As Chief Recent work with York St. John of experience relating to good design. Executive, he has directly commissioned University shows the breadth of her design projects focusing on existing knowledge, involving the development With experience approaching projects buildings and new developments. He of an estate wide Access Standard from various professional perspectives, has reported into a property board and alongside current projects including, Christina brings valuable expertise in charity board, and sits on an Academy refurbishment, listed buildings and new engaging with all those who shape and Board as well as the British Architectural build projects. She has contributed to experience the built environment. She Trust: part of the Royal Institute of British the development of Inclusive Design brings her architectural skill, knowledge Architects, which delivers and promotes Practices and standards, nationally and of urban design and conservation awards, exhibitions and engagement. internationally. Jane is a management expertise to every project she works board member of the National Register on, focused on facilitating positive Philip was the founding director of of Access Consultants, a member of development of our environment. MADE, the built environment advocacy the Selwyn Goldsmith Awards Judging and project centre for the west Midlands, Panel, and contributes to the Royal Christina also has notable expertise in where he led on working with new and Institute of British Architects including, sustainability and how this interacts with inexperienced clients, to help guide them as a regional Council Member; Specialist the historic environment, and received a to achieve the best design solutions for Practice Advisor on Access, representing distinction for her Masters dissertation on their projects. them on the Inclusion Hub project, British the subject. Currently working in Historic Standard Institute, BS8300 and External England’s Development Management Environment Group, the International team, Christina has particular expertise Union of Architects Region 1 Architecture on positively managing change within for All Work Group; and is a member the historic environment – ranging from of the Regulations and Standards and large scale urban to rural landscape Continual Professional Development development – and received an internal Group. staff award for her work in the field.

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Dr. Mark Skelly Lindsay Smales Rachel Smalley

Mark is a Lindsay is an urban Rachel has worked in multidisciplinary designer and the field of inclusive Building Environment community planner design and access for and Service Engineer working at Leeds disabled people for with more than 20 Beckett’s School of 12 years. years’ experience and the Built Environment knowledge of a broad and Engineering. For She has undertaken range of engineering and design twenty years he was the main contact consultancy work and worked in disciplines. between the University and Leeds City public sector roles including Principal Council’s (LCC) Senior Planning Advisor-Access for the Greater London Past projects include: the new Managers and Council Leaders. Authority (GLA). Rachel co-authored: quarantine house at ; ‘Inclusive London: achieving and the redevelopment of the Grade II Lindsay has organised/chaired Urban inclusive environment’ Supplementary listed Farmiloe Building; a low carbon Design Workshops on key issues facing Planning Guidance (2014) at the GLA’s workplace in Wimbledon; Alfriston the city, including Design of Millennium London Plan team, and worked on the School pool; the Ortus Building at South Square, Residential Development, 2015 Minor Alterations to the London London and Maudsley Hospital, and City Living and Best Practice in the Plan Housing Standards, following new art design and theatre spaces for Design of Tall Buildings. He is one of the the Housing Standards Review. She Lady Eleanor Holles School. Mark set main provider’s of training in Planning has significant experience of working up Skelly and Couch (2007), which and ‘Place Making’ for the Regional on design reviews, and assessing has since grown to a 33 person strong Development Agency, Yorkshire Forward. planning proposals at application practice, with wide ranging high profile and pre-application stage, against a award winning projects. As well as hands Lindsay specialises in enabling Leeds variety of planning policies and design on design, he has acted as a technical Beckett students to work with/for local standards (including ‘referable’ planning advisor to numerous clients, sits on authorities, community groups and applications at the GLA). the Centre for Window and Cladding other agencies on ‘real-world’ projects; Technology technical committee, and including Undergraduate and Master’s Rachel is President of the Access the Building Services Research and students being involved in research Association; sits on the Building Information Association Softlandings and place-based appraisal work, for Regulations Advisory Committee User Group. the award-winning LCC Urban Design (BRAC); sat on the ‘accessibility’ task Strategy; The Headingley Renaissance group for the Housing Standards Review Mark currently teaches at the joint Plan; The Community Vision for the (Department for Communities and Local architecture and engineering department Regeneration of Gipton; and Town Plans Government), and has sat on various at the University of Bath, as Royal for Hebden Bridge and Todmorden. British Standards committees for 10 Academy of Engineering Visiting Currently Placemaking and Research years, covering access for disabled Teaching Fellow in Engineering Design. Lead for the innovative Incredible Edible people, inclusive design and accessible He was awarded the Institution of Todmorden Project, Lindsay was a housing, including the drafting panel Mechanical Engineers Construction United Nations (UN) Expert Delegate which wrote BS8300:2009. Rachel is and Building Services Division Prize in Sustainable Urban Design at the a consultant member of the National (2015), for contribution in the execution, Greening of Cities Conference in Tehran Register of Access Consultants. promotion, and advancement of the art (2003), and delegate to the UN Habitat of engineering and science of building World Urban and Hong Kong: Make a services and construction. Difference Forum.

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Darryl Smith Dr. Bridget Snaith Ros Southern

Darryl is president of Bridget is a chartered Ros is a chartered The Access landscape architect, landscape architect Association, which urban regeneration and member of the champions an consultant and social Landscape Institute. inclusive and scientist. She has Ros was a founding accessible been designing director of Southern environments. He is a landscapes, Green Landscape keen advocate of partnership working developing and delivering regeneration Architects in , where and was particularly pleased to have programmes with communities in areas she has been based since her graduation co-delivered a national programme of of high deprivation; researching and from Newcastle University in 1990. “Planning for Inclusion” seminars. As a teaching across disciplines member of Inclusion by Design Group, for more than 20 years. Ros specialises in urban regeneration formerly the Built Environment Group for design projects, particularly in sensitive Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Bridget is a partner in Landscape landscape and heritage locations. Her Committee, he contributed to a number Architecture and Regeneration practice portfolio includes Student Forum: an of national and regional projects/ Shape, and Senior Lecturer in Landscape award winning public square at the publications, various Government Architecture at the University of East historic heart of Newcastle University; Equality Schemes, and developed a London. Her PhD, investigating the ‘Tweed and Silk’: a public realm strategy number of initiatives that contribute to role of design in ethnic minority under- for Berwick upon Tweed (published in placemaking and cohesion. representation in UK parks, was awarded hardback); and Stephenson Quarter in Sociology by City University, London Newcastle, leading the landscape Darryl has sat on a number of (2015). With expertise in inclusion along masterplanning and design for this roundtables, seminars and working cultural lines, Bridget has also researched major mixed use development. She groups, which have driven forward spatial design factors influencing fear of has particular experience in landscape the inclusive design agenda. crime and limiting use of public space. and visual assessment and is an expert He is a Cohesion and Inclusion Lead in Outside academia, she led development witness with public inquiry experience. Local Government, and has held various of one of the UK’s first Business Ros is a Professional Practice Examiner posts promoting Access in the public Improvement Districts (2001- 2005). and Pathway to Chartership mentor for sector (since 1993). Following an earlier the Landscape Institute, and has lectured career as a Town Planner, he is a strong She was a CABE Space enabler (2009 to student landscape architects and advocate of working in partnership -2011), using skills in consultation architects as a visiting tutor at with groups whose voices struggle and play design, and contributed Newcastle University. to be heard. to the All London Green Grid (2011) which led to the Framework for Brent Ros is passionate about landscape led Darryl grew up as a carer, which helped Valley and Barnet Plateau. Since masterplanning, and the integration give him a pragmatic approach to design early 2015 she has been working with of green infrastructure and enhanced issues that need to be people focused Peabody as a framework Landscape biodiversity into development. She and flexible. He is keen to see inclusive Architect, developing a play strategy also has a particular interest in working outcomes, which are informed and for Thamesmead, and leading collaboratively with artists to seek supported by effective user involvement. their Neighbourhood Improvement creative and integrated design solutions. environmental regeneration programme.

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Les Sparks Alexandra Steed Michael Stiff

Les Sparks (OBE) is Alexandra is a Michael qualified as an architect/planner landscape architect an architect in 1980, with more than 45 and masterplanner having studied at the years’ professional with 15 years of Polytechnic of Central experience in experience, with a London (PCL). After planning, urban major interest in art working for Rock design and and sustainability. Townsend and conservation. This includes the Chapman Taylor, he formed Stiff and management of conservation projects in She has worked internationally and at Trevillion, with Andy Trevillion (1981), the Ironbridge Gorge and public realm all project scales. Whilst Design Studio setting up an office in Berlin (1990s), projects in Birmingham city centre. Lead at Aecom London, Alexandra which he ran. directed the Qatar Public Realm Strategy He became one of the founding and Guidelines project for the State of He participated in the International Commissioners of the Commission for Qatar. As Director of Martha Schwartz Building Exhition (IBA) projects and Architecture and the Built Environment Partners London office, she worked on a the first new building in East Berlin: a (CABE), leading its early work in the number of projects including the mixed- 25000sqm urban factory and office regions, before chairing the national use Wellington Place scheme in Leeds. complex for Siemens. His work ranges Design Review Panel (from 2004), and Alexandra now runs her own studio, from complex urban new builds for The the CABE Crossrail and Thames Tideway Alexandra Steed URBAN, and is currently Cadogan Estate, Derwent London and Tunnel Design Review Panels. He working on London projects, including Hammerson, to private residences, now chairs the West Midlands (MADE) an alternative scheme for the Royal Mail restaurants and exhibition design. Design Review Panel, and previously Site with the Mount Pleasant Association, Notable projects include: Portobello chaired the Nottingham and Plymouth under the Greater London Authority’s Dock; 10-4 Pentonville Road, both City Panels. Les chaired the Urban Community Right to Build programme. for Derwent London; Liscarton House Regeneration Panel (2004-14), advising She is developing a new campus for The Cadogan Estate. the local authority on strategic policies landscape for SKY TV Headquarters, They have also been responsible for and significant projects in the Bath World London. Alexandra is a chartered some of the iconic restaurant Heritage Site. member of the Landscape Institute. of the last 20 years: Wagamama and Jamie’s Italian. He has taught at Currently Chairman of the Ironbridge Westminster, Brighton and Sheffield Gorge World Heritage Site Steering Universities; and continues to exhibit Committee and the West Midlands drawings and paintings. Committee of the Heritage Lottery Fund. He was appointed as a Commissioner A member of the Royal Borough of of English Heritage (EH, 2001); was a Kensington and Chelsea Architecture founding member of the EH and CABE Appraisal Panel since its inception, Urban Panel, and its Chairman from 2003 he also sits on the Earls Court Review to 2010. He was Director of Planning and panel. Michael is an External Examiner Architecture at Birmingham City Council for Liverpool John Moores University, (1991-99) and a planning inspector. Les and makes regular contributions to was awarded the Order of the British magazines and building reviews. Empire (OBE) in 1997.

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Martin Stockley Jane Stoneham Richard Stones

Martin has worked as Jane is Director of the Richard is the first a civil, structural, Sensory Trust, an serving police officer transport and organisation to be awarded infrastructure advancing the chartered security engineer since 1971 development of professional status. in public and private inclusive outdoor He holds an MSc in sectors on projects environments in the security and risk ranging from master plans to detailed UK. With an MPhil in Landscape Design management, is a fellow of the Security community work; his building structures and Management, her work focuses on Institute, and an advisory council work includes award winning designs on building richer connections between member of City Security and Resilience new-build and historic buildings. people and place, and ensuring access Networtks (CSARN). for everyone, regardless of age, disability He led the engineering team on the and background. “We help people see Richard is a technical advisor to the design for Manchester City Centre their environment in new ways - to take a Designing Safer urban spaces project following the bomb damage of 1996 and fresh view of somewhere familiar, use all (DeSURBs), a technical advisor to the his practice, Stockley (founded in 1997), their senses, create memories. We focus United Nations Criminal Research was lead consultant for New Islington on sensory experience as well as Institute (UNICRI) on the protection of Millennium Village; he also engineered a physical access because understanding crowded places, and a member of an number of Manchester’s iconic buildings what makes a place resonate to different American led NATO group on Public including, No1 Deansgate, Urbis (now the people, reveals the recipes we need for Private Partnership Intelligence and National Football Museum) and Chips. building more inclusive, engaging and Information Sharing. He is Head of the In the early 1990’s Martin developed an meaningful experiences for everyone”. Pre Crime Unit for Nottinghamshire approach to engineering streets and Police, where he manages a team of staff public spaces which improved safety, Consultancy work includes integrating who provide crime reduction advice to a environment and function and much inclusive design within sustainable broad range of communities. of this work is embedded in Manual for design, placemaking and community Streets guidance document. Notable engagement. Clients include: the As a qualified architectural liaison officer public realm projects include Ancoats Eden Project; local authorities; and Prince 2 project manager, Richard and New Islington in Manchester, design practices; healthcare and care has participated/managed several crime Poynton town centre, Stockport and providers; development companies and reduction focused projects. He has New Road, Brighton. Martin has served environmental bodies. She has built a undertaken reviews of business crime on design review panels for the North close partnership between Sensory Trust reduction on behalf of the Police forces West (chair), Midlands, Yorkshire, Oxford, and the Eden Project, and collaborations in East Midlands. He is a Director of the London Legacy, Bath, English Heritage around the world, particularly in the UK National Business Crime Reduction and CABE (chair); his infrastructure USA, Japan, mainland Europe and Forum; a Vice Chair of Governors at the design review experience includes Bath Australia. Publications include: Making third largest school in the country, and a and North East Somerset Transport Connections: a guide to accessible Private Pilot with an interest in the threat Commission, Crossrail, Thames Tideway greenspace design; Grounds for Sharing’ posed by light aviation. Tunnel and HS2. His time is currently (for Learning through Landscapes’); divided between Moscow and the UK. Easy Access to Historic Landscapes (for English Heritage), and By All Reasonable Means (for Natural England).

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Tim Stonor Dr. David Strong Mark Strong

Tim is an architect David is an Mark has more than and town planner with internationally 30 years’ professional more than 25 years’ recognised expert in experience of working experience in sustainable building on sustainable masterplanning, design and transport and cycling. human behaviour refurbishment. Key design and smart roles have included: He has worked as a cities. Managing Director of BRE Environment consultant for Transport Initiatives (since (with responsibility for 300 staff in five 2005), following 3 years as a regional He has been involved in many nationally major centres of expertise) and Chief coordinator for the UK National Cycling and internationally significant projects, Executive of Inbuilt Consulting Ltd. Strategy Board. He worked for Sustrans including the redesign of Trafalgar (1991-2002), developing the National Square; Tate Modern; the British Museum David is currently a director of David Cycle Network in South East England. and the UK government Office for Strong Consulting Ltd. and a visiting Mark has worked extensively on cycling Science’s project on the Future of Cities. professor, University of Nottingham, projects in London and the UK. He School of the Built Environment. In Sept. carried out a large project for Southwark Tim has served on CABE’s National 2013 he was also appointed a Visiting Council’s Cycling Strategy (2015), Design Review Panel, and Crossrail Professor at the Oxford Institute for analysing the existing and proposed Design Panel, and joined Design Sustainable Development. cycle network, using tools in Transport Council’s Sounding Board (2014). He for London’s (TfL’s) new “London Cycling is a director of Morrison Brink Stonor A Bath University graduate with a First Design Standards”: the first widespread architects, director of The Academy of Class degree in Building Engineering, use of this system. Mark was part of the Urbanism, and Visiting Professor at the David was awarded a Doctorate by team which carried out the International Bartlett, UCL. Oxford University in 1980. He currently Cycling Best Practice Study for TfL, chairs REAL Assurance (providing leading the site visits to look at cycling Tim won a prestigious Loeb Fellow at administration of the Renewable Energy in New York City and Washington DC Harvard University (2010). He became a Consumer Code and renewable energy (2013/14). trustee of Design Council (2015) and sits Certification Schemes). David previously on the Cabe Committee. chaired the Energy Efficiency Partnership He is a member of the Chartered for Buildings and a Ministerial Advisory Institution of Highways and Forum on the government’s Green Deal. Transportation’s (CIHT’s) Sustainable Transport panel, and is its representative He was a member of the 2012 Olympic on the board examining the National Village and Stratford City Environment Cycling & Walking Investment Plan for the Review Panel. David was presented Department for Transport. In a voluntary with the 2007 Building Sustainability capacity, he is an elected community Leadership award for establishing the UK representative on Brighton & Hove City Green Building Council, with the judges Council’s Transport Partnership, and sits describing him as “one of the most on the council’s LSTF Steering Board. influential figures in the drive to make the industry sustainable”.

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Peter Studdert Simon Sturgis Andrew Swain-Smith

Peter is an Simon is an architect An environmental independent adviser and carbon engineer by training, on planning and consultant. He Andrew joined BDP, design based in formed Sturgis Europe’s largest Cambridge. Associates multidiscipline (Architects), 1991; architecture and Qualified as an and Sturgis Carbon engineering architect and town planner, he was Profiling (SCP), 2009. consultancy (1994), was appointed previously Director of Planning at Engineering Director (1999) and Board Cambridge City Council, where he played SCP provides holistic, economically Director (2010). a leading role in developing the current driven consultancy services for growth strategy for the Cambridge Sub- delivering a sustainable, low-carbon built With more than 15 years of designing region. He was responsible for initiating environment and does research for the education buildings, he leads the and shaping a number of award-winning Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, Education Group within BDP’s housing projects in Cambridge including the British Council for Offices (BCO) on Environmental Design Studio: the Accordia, which won the Stirling Prize Climate Change, Whole Life Carbon umbrella for our building services in 2008, and the Abode development and Renewables. SCP has advised on engineers; lighting designers; at Great Kneighton. He now advises low-carbon policy to: the Department acousticians; sustainability consultants, a number of towns and cities on their for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS), and building physicists. He was a strategies for growth and regeneration. Department for Communities and Local member of the Cabe Enabler panel. He Chair of Quality Review Panels for Government’s (DCLG), National Audit has led teams across the broad spectrum the London Legacy Development Office (NAO), Westminster City Council of education buildings, including the Corporation and the London Borough of (WCC), and Historic England. On low- highly acclaimed Hampden Gurney Haringey, he is a co-chair of the Design carbon construction and the lifecycle Church of England Primary School; South East Design Review Panel. of buildings to: Google, World Wildlife the award winning Marlowe and Leigh Fund, Land Securities, Grosvenor Estate, Academies; the Nano-Science Centre Peter also serves on the Oxford Design The Portman Estate, Argent, SEGRO, at the University of Cambridge; the Review Panel and Historic England’s Tishman Speyer and Gatwick Airport. Business School at Napier University, Urban Panel; is a past Chairman of the SCP does regular Carbon Economics and the refurbishment of the Grade 1 Historic Towns Forum; an Associate articles for Building Magazine; carbon- listed Senate House for the University at Cambridge Architectural Research, related articles for Architects Journal (AJ) of London. Andrew has designed over and member of the Highbury Group for and Royal Institute of British Architects 30 Building Schools for the Future research into planning and housing at the Journal (RIBA). (BSF) Schools and City Academies, University of Westminster. leading teams in Islington, Southwark, Simon is a RIBA Sustainable Futures Greenwich, Teddington and Wandsworth. Group member, BCO Environment Group member, Urban Land Institute He is passionate about promoting a (ULI) Sustainability Council member, collaborative, interdisciplinary approach adviser to UK Green Building Council to design, and about the positive (GBC), has spoken widely on Low- impact that well designed, comfortable, Carbon Construction in the UK and sustainable environments have on those internationally, is an AJ Retrofit Awards who live, work and learn in buildings. judge and currently leads an InnovateUK funded team to define carbon reporting for the UK property industry.

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Paul Swann Mark Swenarton Amanda Taylor

Paul is a Landscape Mark is an Amanda is a qualified Architect and architectural architect who has founding Director of historian, critic and worked for the last 20 Breeze Landscape educator. He started years in the housing, Architects Limited, his career teaching regeneration and and has practiced as history at the Bartlett urban design fields. a Chartered Member School of of the Landscape Institute for more than Architecture, University College London, She studied in Paris and began her 18 years. (1977), before moving into publishing. career in a London practice. Amanda won national and regional awards from He has extensive experience working In 1989 he co-founded Architecture the Royal Town Planning Institute for with public sector clients, community Today magazine, followed in 2000 by the radical transformation of St Paul’s groups and regeneration agencies. Ecotech, and remained co-editor of both in Cheltenham (2014). Research on This includes working over the past ten titles until 2005. Mark was head of the how the design process at St Paul’s years with Islington Council and their architecture school at Oxford Brookes contributed to the regeneration of the regeneration partners to successfully University (2005-2010) and the inaugural place was published in the Journal of deliver seven urban park regeneration James Stirling professor of architecture Urban Regeneration and Renewal. Her projects across the Borough. Other areas at Liverpool Universityfrom (2011-15). current masterplan for the former Ministry of expertise include education landscape As an architectural historian, Mark has of Defence site in Lansdown, Bath, is design across a broad range of projects written extensively about twentieth- designed to create a new sustainable including Children’s Centres and primary, century housing. His publications include neighbourhood on the outskirts of the secondary and special needs, including Homes fit for Heroes (1981) and Building city. It includes housing, open space, schools delivered through the Building the New Jerusalem (2008); most recently elderly accommodation and a school Schools for the Future and Academies Architecture and the Welfare State in a highly sensitive visual and historic programmes. (2015). location.

Paul has experience as a former member He is currently researching the low-rise Amanda has lectured on placemaking of the CABE Enabling Panel, and has high-density housing built by Camden and on the role of community acted as client design advisor on a range in the 1960s and 1970s. Mark was a collaboration to enrich the design of large-scale mixed use regeneration director of the Timber Research and process. She has produced strategic projects across north London. In Development Association (2006-09), and masterplans across the country and academia, Paul completed a practical at CABE/Design Council Cabe has been abroad. Her work is strongly influenced based, research project at Kingston a vice-chair of design review since 2008. by context, including landscape University, exploring ways to improve He is currently emeritus professor of character, social context and built form. built environment students transition architecture at Liverpool University. Her architectural background means that from university to professional practice. her masterplans have a strong delivery During this time he gained experience of focus. Amanda is currently the Urban studio teaching at Kingston University, Design Director at Nash Partnership as well as at Kew Gardens and The in Bath. Architecture Association.

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Andrew Taylor Edward Taylor Nick Taylor Buck

Andrew established Edward is a town Nick was recruited by Patel Taylor with planner, urban the University of Pankaj Patel (1989), designer and member Sheffield (2013) to quickly gaining of the Royal Town develop the attention with Planning Institute with intellectual competition wins for more than 20 years’ underpinnings of an a masterplan for the experience in the interdisciplinary Antwerp Docks and the French city of public, private and voluntary sectors in Sustainable Cities Institute within the Chateauroux, with a Royal Institute of the North-West, London, South-East, University, working across Social Science British Architects (RIBA) award for the and Midlands. and Engineering. Launched in 2014, the conversion of a stone barn in North new institute is an inter-disciplinary Wales into an arts centre and gallery He has worked for Chesterton research/innovation centre, concerned (1992). He was partner-in-charge for International Consultants; Knowsley, with developing/testing future cities competition winning Ayr Citadel Trafford and Sefton Councils; and more strategies via co-production involving masterplan (1994), which took the recently privately for clients including academia, public sector and industry. practice into a new league, securing private developers, Locality, the Planning Nick has established a network of private funding after a twenty five Inspectorate (as a freelance Planning industrial partnerships, and runs a year hiatus. Inspector), parishes and producing module for property-related students Neighbourhood Development Plans. entitled ‘Sustainable Development in Current projects include: Springfield He also lectures and provides evidence Practice’. Previously, Nick delivered Hospital in South London which converts for parliament. Example projects Deloitte’s Building Carbon Management a listed NHS hospital into 850 homes; include: the successful Heritage Lottery Services (BCMS) offer, and led Drivers Eastside City Park, Birmingham; and Fund bid for improvements to Marine Jonas Deloitte’s sustainable design the library and students centre for the Gardens, Southport, for which he advice work. University of Essex. Andrew is overseeing provided urban design advice (especially the conversion of the listed Stanley Mills relating to access); and a mixed use He performed lifecycle carbon impact complex, Gloucestershire into residential development on brownfield land at assessments, and helped to optimise accomodation; Thames View, East Town Lane, Southport of 669 houses the wider sustainability performance of London and the award-winning Lowther and apartments, an extra care scheme strategic, masterplanning and building Children’s Centre in Richmond. His ability with 126 homes and 44 bed respite, level projects, focusing on passive has been recognised by prestigious retail and a business park, providing design; energy conservation; renewable academic and public appointments pre-application planning and urban energy; specification; transport; waste; including a visiting professorship at the design input on behalf of Sefton Council, water; community, and biodiversity. Welsh School of Architecture; he has working closely with developers and their Accredited Professional for the Building lectured in Japan, Spain, France, Holland architects on the urban design strategy. Research Establishment Environmental and Ireland. Former member of CABE’s Assessment Methodology (BREEAM), National Design Review Panel, the Since 2011, Edward has been managing and Leadership in Energy and Newham Design Review Panel, his own consultancy: Edward Taylor Environmental Design (LEED) - Building and an assessor for the RIBA and Civic Planning and Design which operates Design and Construction, he assesses Trust awards. primarily in North-West England various building types/masterplans and London. through the BREEAM Communities scheme; provides sustainable design advice as a member of BRE’s Standing Panel of Experts, Yorkshire and Humber’s Regional Design Review Panel, and Planning and Climate Change Review Panel. He has a PhD in climate change ecology for the United Nations Environment Programme.

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Ludwig Tewksbury Anthony Thistleton-Smith James Thomas

Lud is a chartered Anthony co-founded James is an landscape architect Waugh Thistleton experienced architect and urban designer Architects (1997) specialising in the with more than 13 having studied design of large years’ post masters architecture at complex projects. experience, delivering Cambridge University innovative projects and worked under He is currently senior across the private and public sectors, Harry Seidler and John Pawson. architect at Allford Hall Monaghan Morris including a Royal Landscape Institute Architects. James worked as project Award winning transport and public realm He has honed his skills in building architect at Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) vision for Clerkenwell, Islington (2008). design, practice management and for the Rabat Grand theatre, a new 1,800 community engagement through hands seat opera and concert house under Most recently he has developed unique on experience. His Shoreditch-based construction in Morocco. Prior to joining public realm proposals for The Crown practice now numbers 30 people and the studio, James worked at Heatherwick Estate in partnership with the City of has an international reputation for high Studio having responsibilities at a senior Westminster. This has built upon a proven quality design and innovative sustainable level on the Shanghai 2010 World Expo track record of award winning Central architecture, through it’s pioneering work British Pavilion; the award-winning London public realm projects, including with cross laminated timber, about which Littlehampton café; and £120m Pacific the improvements at Whitehall and the Anthony has lectured internationally. Place retail mall, Hong Kong. James was Oxford Circus diagonal crossing. In As well as completing award winning a founding partner in Make architects 2013 Lud led multi-disciplinary teams residential schemes, Anthony has (2004), where he was responsible on the landscape design for the Zayed led the practice in community based for the award-winning brass-clad National Musem on Saadiyat Island, developments such as the Finchley Weymouth Street development, and Abu Dhabi. His experience in delivering Reform Synagogue, Bushey Cemetery, the 1,000,000m2 Khabary future city luxury landscape expanded in the 1990s and the Newstead Country Park and development in Kuwait. He also worked in Australia through his business, which Visitors Centre, where he moved into the at Foster and Partners on the Beijing focused on private luxury development. area for a year. He now leads seminars International Airport; the World Trade on engaging stakeholders. His expertise Centre competition; and the 10 Gresham Lud has also delivered high profile in Information Technology (IT) and virtual Street office development in London. landscape masterplans for several major environment design, ensure that the international projects including: New team’s aspirations to provide ecologically Before joining ZHA, James was a Caspian City, in Dagestan Russia; the responsible and sustainable architecture Director at YRM Architects, responsible Asian Beach Games 2010 venue and are realised in physical form. for Sizewell C Station. legacy development in Oman, and the A Chartered Architect since 1996, with White City new town in Azerbaijan. He is currently focused on how Building membership of both the Royal Institute He also provides specialist design review Information Modelling (BIM) will radically of British Architects (RIBA) and the advice on behalf of Cabe, the London change building procurement and the Architects Registration Board (ARB), he Borough of Islington and the Royal architectural profession, and how the has an advanced knowledge of French, Borough of Greenwich. role of architects and good design are and qualified as a ‘Leadership in Energy enhanced through this transformational and Environmental Design’ (LEED) Green technology. Anthony chairs the associate in 2011. Shoreditch Conservation Area Advisory Committee and is a member of the New Garden Cities Alliance.

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Sophie Thomas Vaughan Thompson John Thorp

Sophie has been Vaughan is a John is an architect, working in the fields chartered planner and trained at the of sustainable design, qualified urban Liverpool School of behaviour change designer with more Architecture in the and material process than 25 years’ 1960s. The Civic through her design experience across the Design ethos there agency, Thomas public and private led to a career at Matthews Ltd., for more than 17 years, sectors in Bath, Bristol, London and the Leeds City Council spanning 45 years: and as Director of Design for Useful South West. In 2010, he formed Place the past five in a part-time Advisory Role Simple Projects. She has extensive Studio, Royal Town Planning Institute in Civic Architecture and Design. practical experience in delivering ‘Small Practice of the Year’ (2015). innovative and highly sustainable design. Millennium Square in Leeds, inaugurated Vaughan mostly works behind the by Nelson Mandela in 2001, was a pivotal Sophie works with complex and scenes, stitching together collaborative project for the co-operative integration multi-layered clients, from the public placemaking processes with sound of architecture, urban/landscape consultation programme for the Olympic planning and design advice to help design and for creative public/private Park Legacy Masterplan, to wayfinding communities and professional teams sector development partnerships. The signage and identity for the award work together positively to design, Leeds Arena Project embedded a large, winning Gardens by the Bay, Singapore. deliver and share the benefits of covered events space and adjacent A long-term interest in materials successful places. In Somerset and open space into the fabric of the City led Sophie to share her experience Gloucestershire, collaboratively designed Centre. John has been a member of of closed-loop thinking with other parish site assessment toolkits helped several design review panels since 2000: designers. In 2012, she founded The communities make robust and positive the CABE National Panels, the 2012 Great Recovery: a programme to build contributions to identifying local plan Olympic Games Panels and as a Built capacity and understanding of circular allocations, achieving remarkable levels Environment Expert (BEE). He co-steered design in the materials supply chain, now of community engagement. the Yorkshire Forward Urban Design running through the Royal Society of Initiatives and was Civic Architect for Arts (RSA). She has been a trustee of the Vaughan is currently appointed Leeds from 1996. Design Council and is currently Director consultant urban design advisor for of Circular Economy at the RSA. Bath World Heritage Site, and its John continues to lead developer/ surrounding villages and market towns. designer workshops. He was awarded a Sophie has assisted global businesses Through pre-application engagement Member of the Most Excellent Order of and UK government organisations processes, he works with applicants and the British Empire (MBE) in 2005; holds a to define the role of designers within council officers to achieve high quality B.Arch (Hons) Degree; is a member of the discussions around communication, and responsive consents. Engaging Royal Institute of British Architects; an waste streams, resource efficiency and with communities, elected members Honorary Doctor of Arts, and is a Fellow circular economies. She has worked and interdisciplinary teams, Vaughan of the Royal Society of Arts. with major organisations including combines engagement techniques, and P7G, Howies and Samsung on new significant technical knowledge with his models for circular business, internal personal experience of impaired vision, to communication of sustainable systems, shape inclusive and beautiful streets and and external sustainability campaigns. spaces. He has delivered fundamental public realm changes in Bristol city centre and most recently the conservation of Bath’s Georgian Queen Square.

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Penelope Tollitt Matthew Tulley Glyn Tully

Penelope has worked Matthew has a Glyn has more than for Wycombe District finance back ground 20 years’ of Council, first as and has been working experience working Spatial Planning on major projects for with both private and Manager, now as more than 15 years. public sector clients Head of Planning and His experience is in the delivery of Sustainability, since mostly in the health urban design and 2003. Between these two roles she spent sector, currently as Development Director landscape schemes in the UK and six years as Head of Policy, Design and at Great Ormond Street Hospital. abroad. During this time he has gained a Neighbourhoods for the Royal Borough detailed understanding of the of Kensington and Chelsea. In the early Prior to this Matthew led the capital complexities of the development process years of her career Penelope worked for team at Barts Health, delivering the from inception to completion. He has 10 years as an urban designer for Bath £1.2bn new hospital scheme at Barts worked widely on landscape-led City, and a conservation officer at North and The Royal London. He also worked residential schemes, created Wiltshire. with Partnerships UK and HM Treasury development frameworks, and developing major infrastructure projects. implemented a number of award-winning She also briefly ran her own consultancy projects. specialising in community facilitation and Matthew is an expert in project delivery, sustainable transport, whilst lecturing at managing multi-disciplinary professional Specialising in the creation of active and the University of the West of England. At teams to design and deliver new lively townscapes, he has developed an Kensington and Chelsea, Penelope led infrastructure development. Working in interest in pedestrian/vehicle interface the production of framework masterplans the health sector, Matthew has a specific issues, along with how the sustainability and site briefs, such as for Earl’s Court, interest in the impact of good design on agenda can be seamlessly integrated Notting Hill Gate, and Kensal Canalside. patient experience, health and wellbeing into a development project. Head of the At Wycombe, she is implementing the as well as improving the environment Landscape and Urban Design Group at masterplan that she had previously for staff and the public, and enabling the Leviit Bernstein, he is working on a wide initiated, as well as grappling with how implementation of new models of care. range of urban renewal projects. to get an adopted local plan that delivers high quality place shaping, through the duty to co-operate without a 5 year land supply.

Penelope has been involved with Design Council Cabe since 2008, is occasional chair of the Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckingham and Milton Keynes (BOBMK) Design Panel, and has recently been invited to join the Board of the Planning Officers Society (POS) Enterprises.

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Chris Twinn David Ubaka Peter Ullathorne

Chris is an David is a Director of Peter is a chartered independent D.U.P. Limited – a architect and client consultant focusing design and advisor accredited by on where implementation the Royal Institute of sustainability goes consultancy for British Architects next. With more than clients in the public (RIBA). 35 years’ experience, and private sector. his background is in building design, He trained at the Architectural planning and built environment His expertise spans architecture, public Association School, in London, has implementation, and includes 28 years realm, urban design and regeneration. been in practice for nearly 40 years and with Arup as a director and Arup Fellow. worked with numerous world-class firms David prepares viability appraisals and at Partner level, including Gensler and His projects span the UK and worldwide development requirements for housing, HOK. He now runs his own firm. Peter’s with many design firsts, among them zero retail and commercial developments projects include Project Principal for carbon buildings and extra-low resource over,or near to, transport infrastructure. the design of the GCHQ Headquarters, use prototypes; as well as three years Cheltenham. Following a detailed working on Eco-city masterplanning analysis of working requirements and and zero carbon projects in China. Chris the creation of an effective brief, historic was a lead designer on Portcullis House, working practices/cultures were replaced Westminster; the BedZED project; by a single, coherent, dynamic setting Kings Cross Central; Stratford City and that supported the work/well-being of the the Kingspan Lighthouse. The premise staff. The circular floor plan promoted a behind much of his current work is that single-culture organisation (“one team, using less natural resources should offer one mission”) and provided an efficient lower than business-as-usual costs, for method of enclosing space securely. As delivering the amenities needed for a Client Advisor he worked closely with the prosperous future. Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, East Manchester, to help them deliver their Chris is a chartered engineer; honorary pathfinder group of new schools, as part fellow of the Royal Institute of British of the Building Schools for the Future Architects; fellow of the Chartered (BSF) Programme. Institute of Building Services Engineers; Energy Institute corporate member; Peter is a member of the RIBA fellow of the Centre of Refurbishment Professional Conduct Panel and an Excellence; UK Green Building Council Examiner in Professional Practice at the Ambassador; EDGE Architecture Architectural Association. He provides committee member; Historic England expert testimony for dispute resolution. Urban panellist, and a Cabe Design He is editor of the book Being an Effective Review panellist since 2003. Construction Client by RIBA Publications 2015, and a Magistrate. He is founder and Principal of the consultant practice of Twinn Sustainability Innovation.

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Dr. Deb Upadhyaya Jo Van Heyningen Paula Vandergert

Deb is a Jo founded her Paula has more than professionally trained practice in 1977 and 25 years’ experience architect, urban formed van as a sustainability designer and planner, Heyningen and professional. She is a leading delivery of Haward Architects research fellow at the exemplar housing, with Birkin Haward in University of East regeneration and 1982; she has now London Sustainability sustainable masterplanning and urban retired from the practice. Jo has been Research Institute, and a director of design initiatives, both in public and involved on van Heyningen and Haward’s not-for-profit enterprise, Resilient private sector (UK and India) for more award-winning buildings including Lerner Communities. than 15 years. Court, Clare College, Cambridge; Corfield Court, St. John’s College, She has a PhD from the London School He advocates an integrated Cambridge; Michael Croft Theatre at of Economics and Political Science multidisciplinary approach, enabling Alleyn’s School, Dulwich; Latymer Upper and a postgraduate certificate in urban delivery of ‘shared’ vision through School Performing Arts Centre; Centre design skills from the University of continual alignment and management of for Classical and Byzantine Studies, Westminster. Paula is currently part of key governance, investment and funding Oxford University; Sutton Hoo Visitor the research team for the EU-funded issues. Deb works as Spatial Planning Centre (National Trust); Royal Society for “Transitioning Towards Urban Resilience Manager with a national remit (specialist the Protection of Birds (RSPB) and Sustainability (TURAS)” initiative, in urban design - holistic placemaking) Environment and Education Centre; West which brings urban communities and at the Homes and Communities Ham Station, Jubillee Line Extension and businesses together with local authorities Agency’s (HCA) Advisory Team for Large Newnham College Library Rare Books and researchers, to collaborate on Applications (ATLAS). He also serves as Room. developing practical new solutions for an independent design panel member more sustainable and resilient European for Sheffield Sustainable Development Jo has always sought to contribute to the cities. As part of this project, she and Design Panel, a former Essex Design wider built environment by giving her time works closely with local authorities and Initiative. Passionate about value creation to, amongst others, the Royal Institute of businesses in East London, Brussels through delivery of sustainable high British Architects in several capacities; and Rome on major urban sustainability quality built environments, urbanism, principally as an Award assessor and initiatives in each of these cities. Prior evolution of cities and their centres, judge of the Stirling Prize. She is also a to this role, Paula was the project he pursues independent practice-led Trustee of the Building Centre Trust; an manager for CABE’s Sustainable Cities research, and proactively engages with external examiner at several schools programme, which was developed with fellow professionals/bodies. of architecture, and a Design Review the eight English Core Cities. panellist at Designm Council Cabe over Deb has delivered lectures at national many years. She currently co-chairs the and international symposiums and Oxford Design Review Panel. conferences; gained his Doctorate in Philosophy and Executive Masters in Business Administration from University of Sheffield; holds chartered membership at the Royal Town Planning Institute and Chartered Management Institute, and is an Academician at the Academy of Urbanism. Deb is also a registered architect at the Council of Architecture, India.

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Atam Verdi Andrew von Bradsky Charles Wagner

Atam is a chartered Andy is an architect Charles was Head of surveyor and Royal with more than 30 Planning and Urban Institution of years’ experience in Advice at English Chartered Surveyors the design and Heritage (EH), until (RICS) registered delivery of residential April 2015. valuer, with more than development for all 23 years’ sectors. A chartered town development consultancy experience. planner and member of the Institute He is a consultant to businesses, housing of Historic Buildings Conservation, he He has been involved in assisting clients delivery agencies and the public sector, studied Civil Engineering, then Building with preparation of planning policy, providing advice on housing related Conservation with the Society for the development briefs, masterplanning, issues, drawing from his experience as Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) heritage, regeneration, economic viability former Chairman of PRP Architects LLP. and Architectural History. With a varied and feasibility studies. He founded He leads research projects that advance career at EH: carrying out the listed AspinallVerdi – Property Regeneration industry knowledge for policy makers, building resurvey; doing listed building Consultants in 2009 and works with both clients, end users and communities. casework in London, and historic areas public and private sector clients across Recent project successes include: casework in the Midlands and East England. Examples of work include: a the award winning Portobello Square Anglia. Charles developed public realm Growth Strategy for Newhaven, East regeneration project for a housing policy and practice in London (1999) Sussex, undertaking viability work for association; and the Lewisham Gateway and produced Streets for All streetscape Sandwell and Harborough Borough town centre regeneration project for a manuals. He worked on the English Councils, and advising Heritage Lottery commercial developer, for which he was Heritage (EH) and CABE guidance on with respect to the Heritage Enterprise the Partner responsible. He has played tall buildings Heritage Works guidance fund. Atam has assisted Design Council a leading role in other regeneration, new for developers, on dealing with heritage Cabe with their Active by Design project settlement and commercial projects on their sites and Enabling Development at West Howe in Bournemouth. throughout England. Guidance (2005).

He regularly speaks at conferences, is a Chair of the Royal Institute of British Charles worked on the Thames Member of the Planning Policy Panel at Architects (RIBA) Housing Advisory Gateway, seconded to the Homes and the RICS, and a Director of Headingley Group; member of a committee that Communities Agency (2009) as Strategic Enterprise and Arts Centre – a social reviews finance and development Historic Environment Adviser. Charles enterprise providing community space, proposals for a large housing association; assisted with EH’s input into the National as well as a café and co-working space. and sits on an advisory panel of the Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and research body, National House-Building its guidance (2011); developed EH’s Council (NHBC) Foundation. He is a guidance on Neighbourhood Planning Board member of the Housing Forum, a and Localism; its farm building’s membership organisation that represents assessment tool and micro-generation the supply chain in housing, and was a advice. member of the government appointed Challenge Panel that advised the Charles now runs his own consultancy; Housing Standards Review from a cross is an SPAB Guardian, President of industry perspective. the Association for Studies in the Conservation of Historic Buildings; sits on the Haringey Quality Review Panel; West London Amenity, and Neighbourhood Planning Groups.

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Nigel Wakefield Danna Walker Dr Helen Walker

Nigel is the founder of Danna is a built Helen is an urban Node Urban Design, environment planner and built with more than 20 professional at the environment strategic years’ experience in Construction Industry policy analyst, the public and private Council. Her career focusing on the sectors; previously spans over 20 years practical delivery of Director of Urban in the construction sustainable Design at Turley Associates, and and built environment sector, and has communities and places, and Associate Director at Atkins. encompassed a variety of roles from development of the skills required to shop floor electrician, to architect (DIP achieve these. Shepreviously worked for In addition to urban design and Arch), to strategic projects manager in the Department of Communities and masterplanning experience, he is a support of industry. Local Government and held senior posts planner and landscape architect and at the Environment Agency. As senior has worked on highly varied projects A passionate advocate for the industry, adviser for the government’s for broad ranging public/private sector the common thread throughout her Neighbourhood Renewal Unit, she was clients. Nigel has experience of large career has been a desire to improve responsible for professional support for scale urban design and masterplanning the built environment directly as a neighbourhood regeneration, Housing in the UK, Europe, Middle East and practitioner, and the industry by making Market Renewal Areas and local China. Previous experience includes: the a tangible difference through a range authorities. design of new settlements; city centre of projects, developed to address regeneration; major urban extensions, the challenges of accessibility, skills Helen developed new protocols for through to smaller scale responses and development and improved diversity. community engagement and design to site specific issues. Experienced in the quality in sustainable communities and preparation of public realm strategies, As an architect, Danna specialised created learning support for design- design codes, area action plans, urban in regeneration, educational projects based economic objectives, as national design guidance and public consultation and community engagement. She is a advisor at the Local Government exercises. mentoring champion and founded the Association. National commissions have innovative Fluid Diversity Mentoring included specialist advisor to two House With experience of design review and Programme, designed to provide of Commons Select Committees and enabling, he is currently an enabler for support for practitioners seeking career production of the National Competency both MADE in the West Midlands and progression. Framework for local authority planners OPUN in the East Midlands. Nigel has for the Department of Communities and provided expert advice to URBACT’s Danna serves as Chair of the Royal Local Government. Helen is a former European ‘support for cities’ program in Institute of British Architect’s, equality, local authority team leader working Hungary, Romania and Poland looking diversity and inclusion advisory group in planning, community engagement, at public/ private partnerships and Architect’s for Change (AfC) which economic regeneration, sustainable regeneration of brownfield sites. He launched the Role Models Project (2015). development and conservation. spoke at an international urban design She is honoured to have been named a conference on green infrastructure and finalist in the Precious Awards 2015 and Previously chair of urban development water sensitive urban design in large- to be a Trustee for the Stephen Lawrence and regeneration at the University scale urban extensions. Charitable Trust. of Westminster, she now teaches on the MSc Town Planning course at the University of Brighton. Civic Trust Awards national panel judge; a former CABE enabler (2008 –2011), Helen sits on Brighton and Hove City Council’s City Sustainability Partnership.

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Lorna Walker Cindy Walters Vincent Wang

Lorna is a Cindy was born in Vincent is a sustainability Australia and studied development consultant with more architecture in South manager and than 40 years’ of Africa. She moved to non-executive experience in the built London to work for director who has environment sector. Foster and Partners been independent (1990) and set up since 1994. She has her own practice and is an Walters and Cohen, with Michál Cohen Examining Inspector with the Planning (1994). Cindy has worked on a diverse With more than 30 years’ experience in Inspectorate. A former Director of range of education, leisure, cultural and development, Vincent has successfully Arup – where she was leader of the commercial projects, including award- led various projects and organisations global environmental business – and winning work for Bedales School in through complex and challenging former CABE commissioner having Hampshire; Ryde School on the Isle of circumstances in the commercial, had responsibility for sustainability and Wight, and the Shirley Sherwood Gallery arts and healthcare sectors, achieving health and wellbeing. Recent projects of Botanical Art at Kew Gardens. outstanding results. He was a founder at the Planning Inspectorate, examining member and senior director of Stanhope nationally significant infrastructure Outside the practice, Cindy regularly (London’s premier commercial developer) projects, include a nuclear power station, contributes to universities as an external from the company’s inception until it an offshore wind farm and a strategic examiner. Since 2007, she has been was sold to British Land. As Stanhope’s rail freight interchange. She has a BSc involved with the Royal Institute of British development director, Vincent led the in Chemistry and Mathematics and MSc Architects Awards Group, including roles team that established new benchmarks in Civil Engineering, concentrating on on the Lubetkin Prize and Stirling Prize of quality and implementation for public health; and honorary doctorate jury; and as a judge for the President’s property development in the UK. Since of engineering from the University of Research Awards. Cindy is currently then he has worked independently as an Sheffield. undertaking a PhD at the Bartlett School entrepreneur and consultant. In the City, of Architecture, University College he established Corpnex, an innovating Lorna is a recognised authority in the London. In 2012 Cindy and Michál were high quality serviced-office start-up, and fields of sustainable development, awarded the inaugural Architects Journal was senior development consultant on climate change, urban regeneration, Woman Architect of the Year Award. The Pinnacle tower for Union Investment water quality and waste treatment. Real Estate. Member of numerous policy making panels, she is often consulted in the He is currently chairman of the Capital preparation of proofs of evidence, Committee of the board of Mountview planning enquires and litigation cases, Theatre Academy, devoted to building and as an independent technical reviewer a new drama school in Peckham Rye, of her peer’s work. She has travelled and was previously chairman of extensively in her work, and is a Visiting Hampstead Theatre, successfully Professor at the University of Sheffield. developing the first new theatre in London for twenty-five years, with an award-winning design by Rab Bennetts. He currently manages complex development projects and trouble-shoots difficult property-related situations.

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Jonathan Ward James Warne Elanor Warwick

Jonathan is a building After 25 years within Elanor’s expertise is engineer in the the construction in studying and London Arup industry, mainly as a understanding the Buildings team, Consultant Engineer, built environment, specialising in the the last 15 years have and applying this development of been spent focusing learning and research sustainable design on environmental in practice. strategies and the translation of these engineering and sustainability. into low impact building projects. Following a decade in architecture and James is recognised within the industry urban design practice, she became a Recent projects include: the Athletes for his work as an Environmental research fellow at University College Village, The Leadenhall Building, and Engineer, sharing knowledge through London, then Research Manager at the the award winning Siemens Crystal. He lecturing and through his role as Chair Peabody Trust, followed by eight years has more than 25 years’ experience as of Sustainability, at the UK’s largest as Head of Research at CABE. Here project manager, lead architectural practice (BDP). she managed a diverse and extensive and project director for a broad range research programme, covering all sectors of projects, many with internationally He has extensive experience across a of the built environment and the design recognised architects, coordinating range of sectors, from large mixed-use process, providing evidence to shape the work of the building services and masterplans down to small-scale detail national policy, and embedding good structural disciplines, plus input from the designs. design practices within the industry. wide range of Arup specialist teams. His With interests spanning well-designed environmental assessment experience buildings to sustainable cities, many includes the use of Arup Sustainable research projects focus on the interaction Project Appraisal Routine (SPeAR), of housing and places: Lifetime Building Research Establishment Neighbourhoods for the Greater London Environmental Assessment Methodology Authority, CABE’s Housing Audits, and (BREEAM), Leadership in Energy and particularly housing density and space Environmental Design (LEED) and the standards. Her doctorate explored the Code for Sustainable Homes. role of defensible space in remaking failing post-war housing estates. Jonathan is experienced in the preparation of planning application Elanor is currently Head of Strategic documentation, and coordinating Policy and Research for Clarion Housing input from all members of the design Group, exploring the design of social team. He plays an active role in London housing, estate regeneration, affordability planning matters, providing policy input, and development viability. She is a commenting on emerging policy and postgraduate supervisor at Cambridge actively participating in local planning and the Bartlett, University College consultations. Jonathan is inspired to London, where she teaches a module on integrate the work of multi-disciplinary housing design for planners. design teams to develop practical projects that reduce their environmental Elanor is a charted architect (ARB/ RIBA), impact and explore the challenge of a chartered member of the Chartered sustainable design for the future. Institute of Housing, a member of the Edge, the Academy of Urbanism and is an Urbanista.

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Paul Watson Mary Webster Camilla Ween

Paul is an Mary is an Camilla is an architect independent planning educationalist, and urbanist, working and urban design passionate about on issues associated consultant, who enabling children to with sustainable cities advises major players fulfil their potential and the integration of in the development through good urban transportation. industry, as well as education, and in turn supporting the Planning Officers Society good school design. For 18 years she She works to ensure projects go beyond as a Past President, and advising the taught in five secondary schools and was technical solutions and, as far as Department for Communities and Local Deputy Head in two . Mary led one of her possible, include social, environmental Government. He is a member of MADE schools through a new build project, then and health benefits, through inclusion of Board and Design Review Panel; managed the consultancy Key high-quality urban realm, most recently an External Examiner at the Centre Educational Associates, providing in Kano, Nigeria and Mexico City. She for Urban and Regional Studies at education and design support for is a Harvard Loeb Fellow and a Built the University of Birmingham; and projects across the UK. Environment Expert with Design Council an occasional guest lecturer and Cabe. Camilla worked for Transport public speaker. She works as an education design for London for 11 years advising the consultant and is studying a MSc in Mayor of London on the impact of Paul was Strategic Director for Psychology to further her knowledge development and land use policy. She is Regeneration and Development with of how we learn. Mary understands a published author and writes extensively Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council how schools work in terms of planning, on urbanism and sustainable transport. (until February 2013), where his operations and learning environments. Her book, Future Cities, highlights portfolio included: strategic and local She uses her child-centred approach issues facing megacities and proposes planning; urban design; development and school management skills to support sustainable solutions for the future. management; economic development; schools, architects, Information and landscape; housing and transport for Communications Technology providers, She is currently co-authoring a an area covering Birmingham Airport; and construction professionals. Mary book, Real Estate Investment and National Exhibition Centre; the proposed often acted as an interface between Development in South America, to HS2 line and station; Jaguar Land Rover; clients and the design team to facilitate be published in 2017. She is a regular North Solihull (a regionally significant good working relationships. She has lecturer at international universities and multi-sector regeneration project); worked on numerous projects, two key conferences. She was part of a team that mature suburbs; growing town centres; projects: Essex Building Schools for the drafted the Johannesburg Declaration on countryside and rural villages. Future, as education consultant; and Ecomobility for Sustainable Cities that Barnhill Community High (client). was presented to the COP21 Summit Paul practiced in local government for in Paris in 2015. Recently, she was an over thirty five years and demonstrated a Mary worked with the Commission for expert participant in the CoRe Urban commitment to and delivery of proactive Architecture and Built Environment CABE Forum in Mexico City. and positive planning and urban design, (2003-10); contributed to publications; at all spatial levels and across a wide enabled projects; provided training to spectrum of contexts. In private practice, CABE Enablers, and was a member of he maintains his commitment to finding the Design Review Panel. She was a creative, attractive and pragmatic Governor at three secondary, and one solutions to planning and urban design primary school. challenges and opportunities. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 132

Matthew Wells Dr. Michael Wells Jane Wernick

Matthew has more Mike is a professional Jane is a structural than 30 years’ ecologist and engineer. She experience in the eco-urbanist, with 25 founded Jane design of building years of consultancy Wernick Associates in structures and experience and 35 1998, has won many bridges. His particular years in ecological awards and continues area of interest is in science. to work with many developing the interface between leading architects. Projects include: the structural design and architecture. As He led the for the Theatre, the Kew treetop creative director, Matthew maintains an Athletes’ Village in Stratford for the walkway, and the Living Architecture overview of the conceptual content of all 2012 Olympiad, and the regeneration Houses. She worked for Arup (1976- the projects in the company. He has of the Greenwich Peninsula. Mike is 1998) and set up and ran Arup’s Los delivered a wide range of new-build and an Academician of the Academy of Angeles office (1986-88). refurbishment structures including arts Urbanism, a Board Member of the centres, housing, schools and offices, as Operational Board of the Sustainable Jane was seconded to Birdair Structures, well as a number of public realm and Environment Foundation, a Board Buffalo, New York (1980-81). Her most infrastructure projects. He has served on Member of the Bristol Urban Design notable Arup project was the Millennium the Architectural Association Council and Forum and a Committee Member of the Wheel. Jane was a CABE National Cabe Olympic review panel. All Party Parliamentary Committee on Design Review Panel member; a member Biodiversity. He has trained regional staff of the multidisciplinary built environment He is visiting professor of architectural within English Partnerships (now Homes think tank, The Edge; member of the engineering at the University of Leeds. and Communities Agency) around the steering panel of RIBA’s thinktank, Selected projects include: New Wear UK on designing for biodiversity. Mike Building Futures, edited: Building Crossing; Staircase; has lectured on the Cities Programme Happiness – Architecture to Make You Almere Windhinder; St Charles Way of the London School of Economics. He Smile. Jane was elected a Fellow of the Catholic Sixth Form College; Chichester assisted in providing evidence for the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE), Museum; Stadthaus; the Bluecoat; Farrell review of architecture in the UK, an Honorary Fellow of RIBA and was Royal Victoria Dock Footbridge and the has chaired the main lecture forum of a member of the Equal Opportunities Orangery, Prague Castle. Ecobuild, and adjudicated in national Task Force of the Construction Industry design competitions. Council between 1998 and 2013 (as chair in 2010). He is currently serving on Building Research Establishment Environmental She has taught at numerous schools of Assessment Method’s Strategic architecture and engineering including Ecological Framework Strategic Policy Harvard’s Graduate School of Design Working Group. In 2006 he co-founded (1989 and 1995), a Diploma Unit at the Biodiversity by Design Ltd through which Architectural Association (1998-2003), he pursues opportunities for innovative The John Portman Visiting Critic at design of green and blue infrastructure, Tech, and RAE Visiting working in the creative gaps between Professor of Design at Southampton ecology and other disciplines including University. Jane is currently serving architecture, landscape architecture, civil her third term on the Council of the and structural engineering and art. Architectural Association.

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Michael Westley Antony Whitehead Sarah Wigglesworth

Michael is a chartered Antony is an architect Sarah heads up her landscape architect with more than 35 own architectural and university lecturer years’ post practice based in in architecture with qualification London which she more than 25 years’ experience, who has founded in 1993. practice experience in been influential in the UK, Europe, private sector, Local She is also Professor Australia and USA. Government, Development Corporation, of Architecture at the University of and Central Government (Ministry of Sheffield. Her interests lie in raising the His practice and academic research Defence (MoD) and Home Office). quality of everyday environments; she focus is in wellbeing from green applies intellectual clarity and rigorous infrastructure, through inclusive design. Antony is the founder of TWA Architects. research methods to explore new Michael’s practice and research He championed Better Defence Buildings spatial and technical solutions to the work can be sampled in the following and Better Police Buildings, and has design of sustainable environments. She recent publication: Design for Healing enabled numerous projects in these has championed the use of recycled Spaces- Therapeutic Gardens by Daniel sectors. He also developed and is and ecological materials, passive Winterbottom and Amy Wagenfield utilising the Department of Energy and design and simple controls that users (Timber Press 2015); and at North York Environmental Protection (DEEP) design understand. The practice’s work in Moors National Park Visitors Centre; evaluation tool. In government, cost education, housing, cultural buildings Sutton Bank, where Westley Design and value are twin issues that are never and masterplanning has been recognised Ltd. has recently completed an exciting far away, so it has been necessary for by numerous awards. She currently new play learning and interpretation Antony to be pragmatic and resourceful. leads the Designing for Wellbeing in landscape. Environments for Later Life (DWELL) Antony is a Home Office Design Review research project at the University of As well as Director of the Landscape panellist and enabler; member of the Sheffield. This is an interdisciplinary Architecture Consultancy, Westley Place Alliance Core Supporters Group; design research project that is using Design Ltd., Michael is currently also member of the Royal Institute of British participatory and co-design strategies, lecturer in Architecture at Plymouth Architects (RIBA), and the Institute to develop innovations in housing and University; panel member for the South for Historic Buildings Conservation neighbourhoods suited to older people. West, Somerset County, Devon County (IHBC). He is currently focused on the and Cornwall County Design Review coordinated delivery of infrastructure led Simultaneously the practice is designing Panels, and board member of Cornwall regeneration, where key challenges for specialist housing for this age group. Development Company Health and example, in the provision of housing, will Sarah has been an advocate for the Wellbeing Innovation Centre. require an emphasis on partnership and greater participation of women in delivery. architecture across all roles, and a Michael’s previous appointments have recognition of women’s knowledge in included Founding Practice Principal at changing architecture’s values. She is Groundwork Plymouth Area; Programme member of the Parliamentary Design Manager, Sensory Trust (Eden Project) Commission and was awarded the title and Department of Health NHS Design of Royal Designer for Industry in 2012 by Review Panel member. He has been a the Royal Society of Arts. guest lecturer at Rhode Island School of Design, University College Cornwall, and Cambridge University School of Architecture, and Scottish Agricultural College (University of Glasgow).

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Lindsey Wilkinson Marcus Willcocks Martin Willey

Lindsey is a qualified Marcus specialises in Martin is a chartered Chartered Landscape spatial, social and town planner and Architect, with more co-design practices, secretary, and than 18 years’ across shared and honorary member of experience working built environments. the Chartered with a variety of His experience spans Institute of Housing public sector and more than fifteen with more than 48 private clients. She has previously years as creative consultant, and years in practice in the public, private and worked at design practices Gillespies separately, Research Fellow and voluntary sectors. and LDA Design; global Designer with the Design Against Crime multidisciplinaries Atkins and RHDHV, and Socially Responsive Design centres Schemes of note are the Bridgewater and historic landscape specialists TLA. at Central Saint Martins, University of the Hall scheme in Manchester; and Cedars Arts London. He holds a Master’s degree Hall in Wells: a contemporary design of Lindsey now operates as a freelance in Design and Public Space (Barcelona), an international teaching and learning practitioner, specialising as a landscape a BA(Hons) in (London), facility in the grounds of a grade 2 listed architect and green infrastructure plus a Diploma in Crime Prevention, property and garden, part of Wells consultant, with historic landscape and through Urban Design and Planning Cathedral School campus, a specialist greenspace expertise. Over her career, (Copenhagen). Music School. Major roles include: Past she has developed a specialism in green President of the Royal Town Planning space, parks and public realm projects. Marcus has delivered and co-delivered Institute, Judge of Royal Institute of Lindsey is used to combining sensitive best practice, award-winning and British Architects Awards, and creator restoration of historic landscapes with published projects through people- of council design awards in Test Valley, the needs of contemporary users, to give centred design, and action-led research. Harrogate and Aylesbury Vale. realistic solutions to modern issues. He particularly works to promote Sociable Safe Places; Social Wellbeing Martin has worked with a wide range Recently awarded Fellowship of the and Urban Play; Community-Led Design of architects throughout the country Landscape Institute (LI), she has a long and Spatial Engagement; and Cycling, promoting good design, in particular standing involvement with the Landscape Walking and Sharing Spaces. Recent contemporary design in a heritage Institute’s professional chartership projects include: Confident Vibrant Oslo environment. They include the late Sir scheme, the P2C, as an Examiner and street furniture design and evalution with Colin Stansfield Smith and his team, Nick Supervisor. Lindsey currently sits on the Institute of Transport Economics, Centre Thompson of RHWL and most recently Landscape Institute’s Education and for Transport Research; Graffolution, Eric Parry RA. Martin’s work across the Membership Committee, and acted as European FP7 practice-led research sectors means he is well placed to help Judge for the LI Awards this year. Panel project and Rantzausgade, Copenhagen secure design solutions that address a Member for Design: South East’s Design street experience designs, with COST wide range of agendas - commercial, Review, she also sits on the Architectural TU1203 and Nørrebro Renewal. community and regulatory. Panel for the National Trust, reviewing property proposals and strategy from a Marcus has developed and advised on landscape design perspective. practice, strategy and policy. His work is incorporated within Government South Australia Atlas of Urban Excellence, and as Design Council’s Designing Out Crime Guide. Two of his designs are located in the permanent collection at MoMA, New York. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 135

Finn Williams Keith Williams Neil Williamson

Finn is an architect- Keith is a chartered Neil is an independent planner and advocate architect and founder consultant with more for design within the and design director of than 30 years’ urban public sector. He Keith Williams and rural experience worked for the Office Architects, a leading as a landscape for Metropolitan architectural and architect, most Architecture, General urban masterplanning notably in Public Agency, and Croydon Council’s firm. Keith has served on the CABE implementation and project Placemaking team before joining the National Design Review Panel since management, community liaison, Greater London Authority, where he is 2008, is co-chair of Design South-East, landscape planning, development Regeneration Area Manager for North and chair of Lewisham Design Review control, major infrastructure, public West London. Panel. He has participated in and chaired inquiries and planning policy. over 150 Design Reviews in London and Finn is the founder of public sector the UK regions. He has been involved over many years planning thinktank NOVUS and in the development of design policy independent research practice He works internationally across many at local and national level, including Common Office. He currently teaches building sectors and has received nearly Design Review – Principles and architecture at the 40 major awards for buildings that he has Practice jointly issued (2009) by CABE and urban design at the Bartlett School of designed. Projects include: the Marlowe and the design professional bodies, Architecture, University College London, Theatre, Canterbury; the Novium and at local community level with the and is a co-curator of the British Pavilion Museum, Chichester; the Unicorn production of guidance promoting: at the Venice Architecture Biennale Theatre, London; the Long House, Local Distinctiveness. He has worked (2016). London, and in Ireland: Athlone Civic extensively on Crime Prevention Through Centre; the Luan Art Gallery, Athlone; and Environmental Design (CPTED). He is a Finn is a director and trustee of the the National Opera House, Wexford. He Past President of the Landscape Institute Planning Officers Society, trustee of the is currently working on projects in Ireland (2008 –10) and current member of the Friends of Arnold Circus, vice chair of and Canada in addition to the UK. Islington Design Review Panel. In 2005 the Tower Hamlets Design Review Panel, he helped launch a new regional design board member of Urban Design London, He has lectured widely on his work and centre (Solent Centre for Architecture and a Champion for the Farrell Review. in 2010 was made Honorary Visiting and Design), and remained on its board Professor of Architecture at Zhengzhou of directors until 2013. Following a BA University, China. Keith is a Member of in Psychology and Physiology at the the Royal Institute of British Architects, University of Oxford, Neil subsequently the Royal Institute of the Architects gained his MA in landscape design at the of Ireland, and a Fellow of the Royal University of Sheffield. Society of Arts. He has judged numerous architectural competitions and awards He is a member of the Chartered schemes and his work has been Management Institute, with extensive published worldwide. management experience including partnership development, cross- disciplinary working, community planning, strategic business planning and risk management. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 136

Jonathan Wilson Clare Wright Geoff Wright

Jonathan, Principal Clare studied at the Geoff is a town and UK Healthcare Glasgow School of planner and urbanist Sector Lead, Stantec, Art. After working at with more than 37 leads the healthcare Rock Townsend she years’ experience in sector for Stantec in joined Howell Killick both public and the UK, developing Partridge and Amis, a private sectors. and directing both firm with a keen local and international projects. interest in architectural preoccupations His consultancy GW Planning is involved similar to her own, such as the legibility of in several UK cities. As Birmingham’s He believes passionately in the power buildings; coherent use of heavyweight Head of City Centre Planning (1990s), of thoughtful creative design to empower materials, and construction that stands he led award winning plans/projects, and enrich human experience and the test of time. working closely with Council Leaders and efficacy, in complex socially purposed Chief Executives. He was responsible buildings. Jonathan has led a wide In 1994 Clare established Wright for city centre ‘quarter plans’; oversaw range of projects during more than three & Wright with husband Sandy and the remodelling of streets, squares decades of architectural practice: clinics, has worked on projects such as the and canalsides; commissioned the community centres, mental health units, Architectural Association Masterplan, Birmingham Urban Design Strategy; general and specialist tertiary hospitals. a library for Magdalen College, Oxford and negotiated major schemes including: His experience includes both public and the Women’s Library. Clare has sat Brindleyplace and the Bullring. Geoff and private sector clients, strategic on the Building Regulations Advisory wrote Manchester’s Inner Area Strategy masterplanning, new-build Committee at the DETR (now CLG), (1980s); co-authored its City Centre and remodelling. working particularly on provisions for Plan and Metrolink bid, and implemented the disabled and the elderly as well as pedestrianisation and environmental He has also led academic research sustainability. She was instrumental works. and residential projects. Jonathan has in developing Lifetime Homes for the worked in advisory roles on major public Joseph Rowntree Foundation. She He has secured consents for university, sector developments and served on has been a design assessor for the Arts commercial, retail, office, housing and advisory bodies such as the NHS Estates Council of England, the RIBA and the mixed use schemes, and for a Private Design Review Panel. He is a regular Civic Trust and was Vice-President of the Finance Initiative (PFI) hospital. speaker at healthcare events RIBA 2005-07. and conferences. He authored Protecting Design Quality Clare currently sits on the Oxford Design in Planning for CABE (2003); provides Review Panel, and the Historic England expert support to neighbourhood Urban Panel. Clare continues to lead on planning for Cabe and Locality. Geoff projects and is working on a new Library is a board member and design review and Archive at and The panel member of MADE, and has chaired Geffrye Museum. She was awarded an Urban Vision North Staffordshire’s Design MBE for services to architecture in 2005. Review Panel.

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Nigel Wright Tony Wyatt Louise Wyman

Nigel is an architect, Tony has worked as a Louise is an area client adviser, specialist urban manager in the facilitator, and project design, architectural Homes and manager with more and historic Communities than 30 years’ environment advisor/ Agency’s (HCA) construction sector practitioner for more Midlands Team, experience. than 36 years in the based in Birmingham. urban design, masterplanning, planning, He provides strategic design and project conservation and regeneration sectors. She provides strategic direction direction for clients, across a wide on sustainable development, variety of new and existing projects He previously won a CABE Public Sector masterplanning and urban design across and programmes. Prior to founding Design Champion Award (2005), when the Midlands region; responsible for Client Advisor Business-Wright CLASS he was Urban Design and Conservation delivering HCA’s planning, investment Solutions Ltd, Nigel worked as Senior Group Manager at Newcastle City and development priorities in the South Education Architect and Technical Council, where he worked for 20 years. Midlands. Louise is a Chartered Surveyor Advisor to the Department for Education; He co-founded +Plus Urban Design and Landscape Architect. She worked as seconded within the School Capital Ltd with Richard Charge, another Built a development consultant with Cushman Design Team, on the Academies Environment Expert (2011), where he is and Wakefield in the UK/Eastern Europe and Building Schools for the Future responsible for developing their urban (early 1990’s) after which she gained Programmes. He worked for a leading design, placemaking and masterplanning a Masters in Landscape Architecture international multi-disciplinary design service for a range of public/private from Harvard University, and was a and consultancy business for seventeen sector clients, as well as local community Masterplanner with Hart Howerton in San years, with ten years as team leader of a groups. Tony was previously Urban Francisco. successful education studio; responsible Design Director at _space group, and for primary, secondary, and special needs also at Ryder Architecture. Louise joined English Partnerships new build and refurbishment projects. (2001) as Urban Design Manager, He is Vice Chair of the national Historic and led a series of initiatives aimed at He is a volunteer planning assessor Towns and Villages Forum; Vice Chair of improving the design quality of English to Vale of White Horse and South both the Integreat Plus Yorkshire Design Partnerships, and later the HCA’s built Oxfordshire District Council; National Service, and also the Design North East projects. She leads the HCA’s Delivering Building Specification Panel Member; Review Panel, together with being a Quality Places training programme and and Association for Project Management panellist/enabler with Places Matter! the Midlands Design Team. Louise is a Special Interest Group Panel Member for North West. He is an Academician at member of Harvard’s Alumni Council and stakeholder engagement. Nigel is also a the Academy of Urbanism, and founder serves on the Ambassador Committee Construction Industry Council registered panellist on their Place Partnering Panel. supporting the exchange of ideas and Design Quality Facilitator. Tony has been on the CABE design innovative practice between the US/ review panel since 2006 and was a Home Europe. Louise was a Cabe Enabler and Office design panellist. is currently a member of OPUN’s connect group.

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Suzie Zuber

Suzie practised as an architect for 11 years with Terry Farrell, 3D Reid and ECD Architects, working on a variety of projects with a focus on energy conservation and neighbourhood regeneration, before joining Open-City (2008) to focus on community engagement and design support. Since joining Open-City, Suzie has overseen the development and expansion of programmes for young people and communities, empowering young people and community groups to influence the creation of their future environment. She works closely with design professionals, London councils, young people and residents, demystifying the design process to ensure smooth engagement in the regeneration process. Working with the residents of the Andover Estate in North London, Suzie guided the Neighbourhood Forum through the development of a masterplan, providing them with design awareness training, and facilitating design workshops to agree the content of their vision for a future estate.

Through the Open-City education and My City Too! programmes, Suzie has a wealth of experience engaging young people in the design of their built environment both as site specific research projects and as curriculum related workshops.