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Built Environment Experts (BEEs) Design Council Cabe is England’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 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 London, supported by 400 multi-disciplinary 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 Environment Cabe Experts Team

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

Better places and spaces Diversity and Inclusion All our BEEs care passionately about design. Whether Cabe promotes diversity, equality and inclusion on an it’s the principles of place making or specialisms ongoing basis, and ensures that this approach is at the including procurement, housing, transport, public heart of our role as a champion of good design. When health, heritage and conservation or inclusion, they are appointing BEEs we aim to increase diversity and united by a desire inclusivity within our network. to make better places and spaces.

BEE diversity - Gender How BEEs work Gender breakdown: recruitment by % We believe good design is essential to the creation of successful places, and is fundamental to the planning 2011 2015 system. To support this Cabe 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; Local Authority Planning Departments; to developers and health care professionals.

BEEs play a vital role in the delivery of this work. This Male Female Male Female 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 Cabe staff to develop best practice advice, help shape our policy position, or participate as an expert in topic-specific focus groups. BEE diversity - Ethnic background BEEs provide inspiration and reflect good practice in Gender breakdown: recruitment by % giving clients the understanding and confidence to apply the principles of good design, to achieve great 2011 2015 outcomes for people and raise standards within the built environment.

White British Other White

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Black or Black British Prefer not to say A guide to our Built Environment Experts 5

How we select our BEEs During an intensive selection from a huge pool of enthusiastic individuals, we assessed applications against key competencies, including inclusive and sustainable design, advocacy and analytical skills. We also looked for a geographical spread, a balance between experience at strategic and operational levels, and of large and small scale projects. The BEEs provide independent advice to challenge, encourage and support Design Council Cabe’s clients to make the right design decisions.

Where they are from

East Midlands North West

East of England South East

International South West

London West Midlands

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Index

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

Index

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

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T W Amanda Taylor Charles Wagner 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 Sarah Weir Matthew Wells Dr. Michael Wells U Jane Wernick David Ubaka Michael Westley Peter Ullathorne Antony Whitehead Dr. Deb Upadhyaya Sarah Wigglesworth Lindsey Wilkinson Marcus Willcocks V Martin Willey Finn Williams Jo Van Heyningen Keith Williams Paula Vandergert Neil Williamson Atam Verdi Jonathan Wilson Andrew von Bradsky Geoff Wright Nigel Wright Clare Wright Tony Wyatt Louise Wyman Z Suzie Zuber 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 over 40 Australia, Canada largest UK firm years. She is Director and the United specialising in of Malcolm Baker Kingdom. For over twenty five years, traditional design. Projects include a Consulting. Lynda was founder Director Arthur was a partner in a medium sized new, mixed-use classical building in of Addison and Associates, an award architectural practice with offices in Piccadilly, London, and a new village winning consultancy. Belfast and Kendal, Cumbria. development in Norton St Phillip, Wiltshire. Previously Director of Planning and He is currently a sole practitioner with a Transport in Hounslow, she works at special interest in civic stewardship as He is a participating member of the national and local level supporting an early improver and sustainer of places Art Workers’ Guild, the Academy of improvements in planning and transport and an informer of better procurement, Urbanism, the Prince’s Foundation and services including leading on planning briefing and strategic design in the built the International Network for Traditional performance and resources, best environment. Arthur has considerable Building, Architecture & Urbanism. practice research and guidance in experience in the design and He has been a councillor of the Royal travel planning, local plan making construction of educational buildings at Institute of British Architects (RIBA), a and what makes an “ideal planning primary, secondary and tertiary levels, Member of the RIBA Planning & Urban authority”. Lynda has led on local plans including integrated schools in Northern Design Group, a Trustee of the RIBA and regeneration in several London Ireland. Arthur acquired development and Trust, and Honorary Secretary of RIBA. Boroughs. As an English Heritage urban regeneration experience with the Robert writes on theory and practice. Commissioner she chairs the London commissioning and design of riverside His books include Classical Architecture: Advisory Committee; Adviser to The and heritage housing projects and loft a complete handbook and The Campaign for Better Transport; a Visiting style apartments in former linen mills in Globalisation of Modern Architecture. Professor in Planning at the University Belfast and Carrickfergus. He lectures internationally and is visiting of Westminster; Chair of the Sustainable professor of Urban Design at the Transport Panel of Chartered Institute He chairs the Northern Ireland University of Strathclyde. of Highways and Transport; a member government’s Ministerial Advisory of the Planning Committee of London Group for Architecture and the Built Robert has initiated and published Legacy Docklands Corporation; a former Environment and its cross-sector research on: Kerb Appeal (1998); on Trustee of Living Streets and Town and Strategic Design Group. Arthur was the Privacy and Density (2003); A study of Country Planning Associatio; a Director founder chair of Belfast Civic Trust and the energy performance of two buildings of Garden City Developments and an is a director of several local community with lightweight and heavyweight Academician. interest companies. He is Northern facades (2007); Four Facades, on public Ireland regional convener for the preference in commercial and public She received her Order of the British Academy of Urbanism and a governor architecture (2009); Identifying Trends in Empire for services to planning in 2006 in a Belfast inner city primary schoo Masterplanning (2014); and social trends and was awarded the Royal Town in the 18 to 34 age cohort, Tomorrow’s Planning Iinstitute/Transport Planning Home (2014). 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 over 30 extensive experience British Architects years experience. in socio-economic Chartered Architect. She provides regeneration, He is especially 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 Project manager of numerous community sectors. He specialises in the Southwark Design Review 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 Greenwich, He has taught at architectural summer Her current roles include: Board Lewisham and Lambeth; 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 Manchester 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 Committee member of the Chartered successful partnerships; and project Secondary School in Ealing; extensive Institution of Water and Environmental management of multi-disciplinary refurbishment of a 1970s house in Management (CIWEM) North Western masterplans and regeneration studies. Hackney; a computer-numerically- and North Wales Branch. Previously As a trained and skilful facilitator, he has control fibre cement pavilion dedicated she was a GB Forestry Commissioner; a successful track record in designing to crafts people; and a number of unusual and a Non-Executive Director of the and delivering consultation exercises, installations including converting a Countryside Agency. design workshops, public participation, barbershop bus into a mobile host for and action learning for diverse craft workshops, and a collaboration audiences. with contemporary dancers to create a moving, percussive theatre set 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 designer 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’s Clerkenwell economic private sector clients the practice works in regeneration and housing, innovation, delivering high quality residential England, Europe, America, Africa and the growth and economic development in the projects, from large-scale masterplans to Middle East, engaging both public and public, private and not-for-profit sectors. individual homes. Experienced at setting private clients in the exploration of a up projects and programmes, procuring particular architecture’s potential to offer She is currently Chair of the Covent design expertise, running design delight as well as utility. Garden Market Authority, Non-Executive competitions, preparing design guidance Director of Crest Nicholson Plc, of and principles for large-scale The work of the practice has been Crossrail Ltd, and of the Future Cities masterplans and engaging communities extensively exhibited and published; and Catapult. A trustee of the Design in complex projects. individual/assembled offices, housing, Council, where she is chair of Design health, arts and educational buildings Council Cabe, and of Brighton Dome Sarah is a director of Field Work have received national/international and Festival, she is also a member of Enterprise, a Community Interest awards. Simon has advised many the London Mayor’s Design Advisory Company providing design management organisations including the Architectural Group, the London Open Workplaces and advisory support to public sector Association - he was on the Council, Group, and New London Architecture’s clients, helping them to achieve and Honorary Treasurer and Vice Sounding Board. design leadership and embed quality President; The Royal Institute of management processes in their British Architects, where he was VP for A senior civil servant in the Department organisations. Field Work helped a local Education and CABE, where he chaired of the Environment until 1995, Pam authority to run a two-stage design-led Design Review panels. For eighteen then ran the Housing Corporation’s competition that met European Union months he was the weekly columnist £2billion housing programme before procurement rules, selecting a developer in The Architects’ Journal. becoming Chief Executive of English team to build 100 homes and provide Heritage and then of the South East employment uses on a former brownfield Now, aside from pursuing the design England Development Agency, where site. We produced guidance to help and execution of architectural proposals, she led large physical redevelopment and local authorities working on building Simon focuses on short term activities economic regeneration projects across projects to consider place and design with definite timelines. He is visiting the south east, working with businesses quality alongside management of local professor at the Bartlett, University and local authorities to support government services. College London and Harvard; is a sustainable economic growth. frequent lecturer, guest critic and external Sarah also works for an independent examiner at many schools at home and Pam was previously Chair of Peabody developer, managing the design and abroad; a judge/advisor on national and and a board member of The Housing construction of residential projects on international urban and architectural Finance Corporation and was made OBE gap sites. She is a member of Hackney design competitions; and contributes in 2012 for her services to sustainable Council’s design review panel and a to debates, lectures and publications regeneration in the South East. Pam is a housing advisor for the Community Land that discuss architecture and the work Fellow of the Academy of Urbanism, the Trust Funding Committee. of his practice. Royal Geographical Society and the RSA.

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Bob Allies David Altabev Gideon Amos

Bob and Graham co David is a chartered Gideon is a chartered founded the practice engineer with the architect, planner and Allies and Morrison in Royal Academy of qualified urban 1984. Together they Engineering, and a designer who continue to retain Fellow of the Royal specialises in responsibility for its Society of Arts. sustainable design direction. development, with He works in Nesta’s Innovation Lab over 25 years’ experience. One of the 8 Bob trained at the University of leading on City Initiatives for Technology, core UK Infrastructure Planning Edinburgh and was awarded the Rome Innovation and Entrepreneurship Commissioners he helped set up and Scholarship in Architecture. He was a (CITIE), a framework to help cities operated the national infrastructure lecturer at the University of Cambridge develop policy to support innovation regime, taking a keen interest in and has held visiting professorships and entrepreneurship. Previously David Development Consent Orders (DCOs) at the University of Edinburgh, the managed Innovate UK’s £35m Future and design quality. Gideon led University of Bath and the University of Cities Demonstrator programme that examinations, reports and Maryland. Bob has been a member of the saw Glasgow, Bristol, Peterborough recommendations on the largest offshore faculty of the British School at Rome; has and London explore the challenges and wind farms in the world and the Swansea served on the Council of the Architectural opportunities around shaping the urban Tidal Lagoon. He also led on the first Association and was a member of the environment, testing new solutions for DCO to be made, as promoted by Advisory Board for the Commission for integrating city systems. Network Rail. In his time at the Planning Architecture and the Built Environment/ Inspectorate he also examined Local Department of the Environment, He was a Cognicity Challenge start-up Plans and decided on planning appeals. Transport and the Regions (CABE/DETR) mentor - a Canary Wharf Group initiative Gideon is National Planning Advisor at document ‘By Design’. to accelerate development of smart city Capita GL Hearn and works with private technologies, and led the development and public sector clients on Nationally He is a member of the Royal Institute of of design challenges for the European Significant Infrastructure Projects. He is a British Architects (RIBA) Awards Group Commission. Board member at Swan Housing. For ten and chairman of the annual Brick Awards. 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 Bob and Graham in in West Yorkshire, and communities. He has 1984, the year the until recently Senior worked in the construction industry as a practice was founded. Since then, he has Lecturer at Leeds Metropolitan consultant, lecturer and researcher for 47 led projects across all of the sectors of University. Her research and practice years, including 25 years’ consultancy the practice’s work including the public explores the creative & sustainable experience running practices specialising realm - The Mound Edinburgh 1984-7, re-use of existing buildings and Interior in building health and sustainability, Liverpool Pierhead 1995, Tate Britain Architecture. She is a strong advocate working with some of the world’s leading 2001; cultural projects -Contemporary of regional design ambition, particularly architects and developers on high profile Applied Arts 1996, The Guardian in towns and rural communities, and award winning projects, such as Newsroom 2002, Welney Wildfowl and recognising the opportunities to Battersea Power Station; Scottish Wetland Trust 2006, Royal Festival Hall respond to context, invest in our National Heritage and the Pinnacle tower. 2007, Royal Observatory Greenwich regional economies and engage 2007, Royal Albert Museum Exeter 2012, local communities. As well as writing 70 publications, The Sam Wannamaker Playhouse 2014; including key guidance published by education - Goldsmiths College 1997, Gayle has regularly co-ordinated live the Chartered Institution of Building Chelsea 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, Hereford. collaborative outcomes. Clients include University’s ‘Top 40 Sustainability Books Castleford Heritage Trust; Leeds City of 2010’. His follow up: Sustainable Paul has lectured regularly on the work Varieties; Calderdale Council; Halifax Retrofit & Facilities Management was of the practice. He has been a Cabe Piece Hall; Hepworth Gallery and Leeds published in January 2013. Paul is on Design Review panel member since 2009 City Art Gallery; IOU Theatre Ltd; Halifax the HS2 Independent Design Panel and and sits on Historic England’s London Industrial Museum and Square Chapel South East Design Panel. Advisory Committee. Centre for the Arts. Although moving her focus back to practice recently, 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 winning, explores the relationships between international architecture and interior productivity, health and wellbeing, and design practices including Eva Jiricna sustainability in the office environment. Architects and HMKM Design Consultant.

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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 over years of experience. awarded the 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; for began her career as an occupational to set up an independent consultancy for Places 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 Lancashire Maayan works at a number of scales, for Cities; chairs the Advisory Board for and South Yorkshire, 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 forty year career designer and development in planning, she has horticulturalist with professional for over worked in the public over 30 years’ 20 years. She has and private sectors, experience. He was worked with many and in academia at as project lead at the 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 over a century. a public art project as part of an award- regularly lectures across the world on winning public library and housing this subject, including in Taiwan where Phil is currently leading on all aspects of scheme in Bournemouth. she holds a professorship at the National landscape and public realm in relation Taipei University of Technology. Janet to legacy housing and development As well as new build schemes, she has advised the UK, Welsh and Dutch projects. A Landscape Institute judge,he has also been involved in regeneration governments on planning regulation regularly gives talks on the Olympic Park, projects in central London, including and implementation of projects, and has and also sits on the professional review Lansdowne Green in Stockwell and recently been appointed to become a group for Writtle Colleges landscape Chater House in Bethnal Green. She has founding member of the International architecture courses. worked at director level in a corporate Garden Cities Institute. 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 place making approach to sustainability issues in a and sustainability and believes that the housing and community setting. best way to achieve this is through multi- disciplinary working across professions. Janet is the President of the Royal Town Planning Institute for 2015, and will be immediate past president in 2016. 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. A town masterplanning, advising on transport communities. Nicola has worked with the planner and planning and development policy and directing innovative and public, private and third sectors to surveyor, with over 20 years’ experience, design-led transport approaches to explore the relationship between people working in private practice advising both development schemes. Mike graduated and places, understanding how day-to- public and private sector clients. She has in 1988, formed Savell Bird & Axon in day experience is shaped by the built worked on a wide variety of development 1994, subsequently sold it to WYG - environment. Nicola has advised projects, with proposals, taken through Global Consultancy in 2007 and formed governments and agencies in the UK all steps from inception to Vectos in 2011. Vectos is a transport and internationally on different ways that 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 Kings 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 and Keynes Business Leaders Partnership. is currently assisting DCLG with Housing He is a Director and owner of indoor rock Bill proposals (for the brownfield register climbing centres in Milton Keynes and ‘permission in principle’). Margaret is and Snowdonia. an 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 over 25 years in a experienced and Association, School variety of sectors and practical business of Architecture in projects in London. director and manager 1995. He has worked He joined the with significant in architectural Peabody Trust in expertise in practices with Piers 2014, to client a strategic master governance, procurement, benefit Gough, Terry Farrell & currently manages planning exercise for Peabody in realisation and the management of the architecture studio of Chetwoods conjunction with two local authorities: the change in a strategic commercial Architects in Leeds. Greater London Authority and Transport context. For the last 27 years he has for London. Ken is now working with the worked for international consultancies, He is involved in a number of built Interim Executive Director Thamesmead both independent players and former ‘big environment activities outside of his role at Peabody to agree a whole organisation four’ firms - with nine years at Ernst & as a director of a national practice. Chair step change in investment and service Young. Kimball has a law degree from of the Architecture Centre for the Leeds delivery across 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 a from their investment in business change treasurer of the regional Royal Institute range of regeneration projects in East and has most recently applied this on a of British Architects (RIBA) council; London. He also spent 3 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) and Design Council of all scales and in numerous sectors Cabe. Kimball has worked across a including: retail, residential, commercial, range of sectors, including healthcare, leisure and culture. central and local government, education, financial services, retail and distribution Simon is a designer and creative leader, and the voluntary sector. passionate about producing meaningful work by delivering better places to live/ work through stimulating of 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 a committed and Rob is an Ian is both a widely experienced independent chartered architect urban planning, consultant in planning and a public art 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 also has a considerable background in of just one, that likes to partner with a placemaking, development health, having been of years an Executive growing network of creative artists, management, masterplanning and at all Director of a large Health Authority for architects, landscape architects, stages of the project cycle, successfully several years; responsible at various engineers, designers and curators. delivering innovative projects and times for planning, commissioning and significant programmes. primary care. Since 2002 Rob has used He is currently a Fellow of the Royal his background in planning, urban design Society of Arts (RSA) and acts voluntarily Jon has worked for County, District and and health to work with health bodies, for the Arts on the Waterways national Unitary local authorities; Residential local authorities and developers on advisory panel of the Canal and River Development Agencies (RDAs) and ‘healthy urban planning’ and ‘healthy Trust. His commercial and domestic Uniform Rail Costing Systems; a private urban design’. architectural commissions are carried out consultancy and freelance consultant. separately and profits from this work are He has specialised in urban planning and This includes developing and reviewing reinvested to subsidise further cultural, regeneration activity, including bidding guides and policies, carrying out Health community and non-profit interests that for/delivering various national and Impact Assessment and advising on the studio is engaged in. As such, work European funding regimes. He is a former urban design. Author of: ‘Building In is split to varying degrees between four Director and trustee of Urban Vision Health – a checklist and guide’, and one main working interests of architecture North Staffordshire. Strengths include the of the authors of the Royal Town Planning (primarily housing & leisure); public ability to develop and retain a strategic Institute guide: ‘Delivering Healthy art (collaborations and consultancy); programme overview whilst successfully Communities’. He recently co-authored afilliations (associations, joint ventures ensuring detailed of individual project a second edition of an ‘Active Planning and voluntary work); and writing (articles, delivery. Adept at working with inter- Toolkit’, commended in RTPI Planning journalism and other editorial). disciplinary professional colleagues; Awards. partners; stakeholders and clients at all levels in all types of organisations, either He was personally invited to give as part of an in-house team or an external evidence to the Parliamentary Health freelance consultant. Select Committee on the role of the built environment in health inequalities, and Jon has worked extensively with elected was a member of the National Institute politicians, trusts, management boards for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) and community groups. A believer in the Programme Development Group on dynamic future of cities and the ability Spatial Planning for Health. 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 thirty five 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 Council’s project to revitalize three town approach to each individual project. His Focusing on good client and stakeholder centres which included three town centre project at Air Street is the only Building communication and liaison, helps master plans. The project involved Research Establishment Environmental Neil develop and manage effective working with a private sector Assessment Methodology (BREEAM) teams and partnerships. He has wide development partner, master planners Outstanding achieved by a listed building experience on projects from feasibility and lead architects for each town. and is in the top 1% of sustainable to completion and operation. Recent buildings in the UK. extensive work with various large care Tim was instrumental in setting up a provider clients developed 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, benefitting 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 Greenwich Peninsula, Regent requirements of care registration bodies Chairman of the Mid Sussex Safety Street, Green Park, Camden Market 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 Whilst 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 Council. He has now growing up in this dynamic architectural City, and as Director on the Boards of 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 currently supporting a Town Council in Nottingham and Bristol Universities. years as a Non-executive Director in the preparing 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

Renato formed Architect Rab Alan founded McDowell and co-founded Bennetts architectural practice Benedetti with Associates in 1987 Berman Guedes Jonathan McDowell with his partner Stretton in 1978, after in 1996. Their Denise, and provides studying at award-winning overall design Cambridge and the practice has a high direction. In common Bartlett Schools of profile reputation with unusually divest with the other Directors and Associate Architecture. A hands on designer he projects, at all scales in varied sectors Directors, he takes a personal, hands-on remains closely involved with new and including: urban design, public and approach and is keen to create a Listed Buildings, using his extensive cultural buildings, bridges, education, collaborative spirit throughout the knowledge of architectural history, healthcare, offices, housing, shops, practice’s activities. Notable projects by particularly 20th Century buildings. Alan restaurants and furniture. Born and the firm include the Royal Shakespeare now acts as consultant to Berman educated in Canada, Renato was a Theatre in Stratford Upon Avon; Guedes Stretton and does advisory work stonemason/bricklayer before studying Hampstead Theatre; major hotels in in his own right as Studio Berman. Architecture and Environmental Studies London and Amsterdam for Mint Hotels; at the University of Waterloo. He began The Informatics Faculty at Edinburgh At Pembroke College Oxford Alan his career working for practices in University; Brighton’s Jubilee Library and lead the team’s award winning design Canada and Italy, and worked for BDP the New Street Square office complex in of five buildings which created two and YRM UK Ltd in London. the City of London. new quads on a restricted historic site, providing 120 student rooms, Professional affiliations include: ARB He plays an active part in many aspects auditorium, seminar rooms, and café, - Architects Registration Board RIBA of the design and construction industry, with a bridge over-sailing the ancient - Royal Institute of British Architects including research projects, professional City and College wall. Wolfson College (RIBA) Chartered Practice Registration committees and education. Rab was is a listed 1960’s building where Alan FRSA - Fellow of the Royal Society of awarded the Order of the British Empire and the practice have designed three Arts. Professional appointments include: (OBE) for services to architecture in 2003. significant additions: two blocks of Design Council Cabe – Built Environment He is a Board member of the UK student accommodation, an auditorium Expert (BEE) 2012; ongoing Lewisham Green Building Council, Trustee of the and study centre. Both projects are Design Review Panel 2013; Wandsworth Design Council and a director of Sadlers highly valued by the colleges who Design Review Panel: founding member/ Wells Theatre. have invited Alan to retain an ongoing chair 2011; Southwark Design Review relationship. An Associate Fellow of Panel: founding member/chair 2006; Green Templeton College Oxford, he RIBA Competitions judge 2003; RIBA advises the Building Committee. Alan has Client Design Advisor (1995 – 2011). written a number of books, contributes Visiting professor at Roma Tre University, to architectural journals, and is visiting Italy 2009; London Architecture Festival: Lecturer at Liverpool University’s School founding committee member 2003 – of Architecture. 2012. Architecture Club: committee member 1997; Royal Society of Arts (RSA) Art for Architecture Award Panel (1998 - 2004). Who’s Who entry 2000. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 21

John Best Joost Beunderman Toby Blume

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

Riccardo is an David is an architect Eddie is a heritage urbanist with a with a background in specialist with multidisciplinary both local authority qualifications in town background and over and private practice. planning and urban 12 years’ of In 1994 he completed design. He worked for experience. He has a research degree local authorities in worked on (PhD) at Oxford London and West masterplanning, urban and public realm Brookes on designing for people Yorkshire before joining English Heritage design projects, with a specific focus on with disabilities. as an Historic Areas Adviser. Since the mixed urban schemes and town centre turn of the century, he has been a Director revitalisation strategies in the UK and This, as well as David’s personal of The Conservation Studio, a practice Europe. Riccardo applies a rigorously experience of disability, has made him that has provided heritage services to a contextual approach to urban design, a leading figure on the subject. David range of clients including more than a which explores the role of culture and Bonnett Architects was established in third of the local authorities in England community participation in placemaking. 1994 in response to his particular skills as and Wales. Eddie has been the Chairman both Architect and Access Consultant. and then the President of the Institute of Riccardo holds multiple academic Following expansion, the practice was Historic Building Conservation. He was a degrees from Westminster University, reformed in 2011 as David Bonnett member of the Design Review Panel for University College London’s Bartlett Associates (DBA). DBA is now one of the Gloucester Heritage Urban and Venice University and has built his the leading Access Consultancies in Regeneration Company and a trustee of professional experience in both the the UK, working on significant projects, the Woodchester Mansion Trust. public and private sector. He has worked with many of the leading architectural for small and large organizations in practices both at home and abroad. He is currently a member of the Oxford Italy, Ireland and the UK. Riccardo is a DBA application of access consultancy Design Review Panel and has a parallel Recognised Practitioner in Urban Design and inclusive design skills now extends role as Course Leader for the MSc in and a former member of the Urban to transportation and urban design, in Building Conservation at the Weald & Design Group executive committee. addition to buildings. Downland Museum in Sussex.

He has published a number of articles David is author of several publications 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 Riccardo holds a senior position at PLP chaired many national committees Architecture where he is working on and continues to give talks in the UK the development of the Old Oak Park and abroad. David is visiting Professor masterplan. The project is a complex of Architecture at Oxford Brookes brownfield regeneration scheme in West University and a member of the Quality London and is earmarked to provide Review Panel for the London Legacy thousands of much needed new homes Development Panel. and jobs for the capital. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 23

Chris Bowden Dr. Jos Boys Keith Bradley

Chris is a geographer/ Jos trained in Keith is a senior planner with over 15 architecture and has partner with Feilden years’ experience in worked as an Clegg Bradley private planning architectural Studios (FCBS), consultancy. His journalist, researcher, joining in 1987. particular specialisms educator and in include community community-based He was made a regeneration and infrastructure planning. design practice. She is particularly partner in 1995, senior partner in 1997 He set up Navigus in 2010 to help interested in how the design of buildings and established the London office communities take greater ownership of and spaces affects diverse everyday in 1998. Keith was Vice Chair of the social change through more positive lives, and in improving our built Cabe National Design Review Panel engagement with the planning system. surroundings for those with the least and Trustee of Shape East, Centre for access. Jos was a co-founder of Matrix Architecture and the Built Environment, Chris has supported numerous feminist architects practice in the 1980s, Cambridge. He has led numerous FCBS communities across the country in and has also done a considerable award winning projects including 30 preparing neighbourhood plans, number of community projects - most Royal Institute of British Architecture introducing a range of community recently bringing together disabled artists Awards; the Queens Award for engagement techniques to help people with architects and other built Sustainability and the 2008 Stirling Prize. constructively shape future change. He environment professionals to explore Ongoing work in London, Manchester, has also undertaken a significant amount ways of designing more creatively. Leeds, Bristol and Bath with award of work on infrastructure planning and winning high-density urban housing social impact assessment, including She is author of ‘Doing Disability and major urban regeneration schemes for major regeneration projects such as Differently: an alternative handbook on throughout the UK. Public buildings Vauxhall Nine Elms Battersea, Southend architecture, dis/ability and designing include London Academies and two and north-east Chelmsford. Before for everyday life’. Jos also has expertise new buildings for the Royal Air Force setting up Navigus, Chris worked for four in new learning spaces for higher and Museums. of the leading planning consultancies in adult education, having undertaken the UK. consultancies at many universities Recently completed Higher Education worldwide; and written extensively projects include the masterplan and Alongside his professional career, he is on this subject, including ‘Towards design of London’s largest student a director of a local charity which seeks Creative Learning Spaces: re-thinking campus for Queen Mary, University of to support local regeneration projects the architecture of post-compulsory London, and the London Centre for and enhances his own experience of education’. Nanotechnology for University Collage community planning through active London. The new Business School membership of a number of community and Student Hub for Manchester action groups. Chris is a member of the Metropolitan University, and their new Royal Town Planning Institute - Chartered School of Art and Design are currently Institute of Housing, Planning for nearing completion. Early design stages Housing Network and a planning panel of a new 170 million urban campus for member for Civic Voice, the charity which the University of Ulster, Belfast is a major champions the civic movement. He also work in progress. undertakes training and case studies for the Planning Advisory Service. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 24

Angela Brady Paul Bragman Darren Bray

Angela was born in Paul originally trained Darren is Technical Dublin and graduated in town planning and Director of award from the Dublin has integrated this winning New Forest Institute of into 20 years’ practice: Pad Studio. Technology in experience in Architecture. Past community and He has 20 years’ president of the Royal economic extensive experience Institute of British Architects, and Director development regeneration in the UK in private practice, coordinating a of Brady Mallalieu Architects, set up with & internationally. broad range of projects from £150K Robin Mallalieu: an award winning Royal to £3.1m, including private houses, Institute of British Architects Chartered At Genesis Housing Group he established interior projects, community projects, practice, specialising in quality a successful Community Development educational projects and listed buildings. contemporary sustainable design, based Programme, delivering 57 projects Darren was project architect on the in London. Angela has given over 50 across London, benefitting over 3000 award winning New Forest private house keynote speeches around the world, people and generating additional in 2009. A key member of the Pad Studio including in India, China, Vietnam, USA, funding of £1.25m a year. For ten years, team, who were awarded Royal Institute the EU and Middle East on sustainable Paul has been running a consultancy in of British Architects South Emerging city making and low carbon design. community and economic regeneration, practice of the year, in 2014. He has been providing community and economic a part time studio tutor at Portsmouth Angela advises on many design development services, as an effective School of Architecture since 2007, and review committees, including English way to deliver tangible change to local recently joined the Royal Institute of Heritage-Urban Panel; Royal Institute of communities. He has worked with over British Architects for change committee. British Architects, the Royal Institute of 80 housing associations, local authorities, Darren is also Non Executive Director Architects of Ireland; Design Champion community/voluntary organisations and at concrete consultancy: Grey Matter, for London Development Agency; non governmental organisations in the UK, concrete that assists architects and Chaired Royal Institute of British Asia, South America and Africa. Paul was contractors through experience and Architects Women in Architecture and is a Board member of Stonebridge Housing practical knowledge in the production of a rep of the Global Irish Business Forum. Action Trust and is currently a Trustee fair-faced bespoke concrete work. of Conflict and Change, and Action She is a professional TV broadcaster co- Village India. He was chosen as one of the Royal writing and co-presenting a new series: Institute of British Architects role models “Designing Ireland” - a review of Irish He is also an approved National Council earlier this year, and is also a visiting Architecture, Craft and Industrial Design Voluntary Organisations consultant and a critic at Brighton Interior architecture and Design Thinking. member of the International Association school, and a part 3 Examiner at both Angela has previously presented the of Community Development and the Portsmouth and London Metropolitan overseas strand of The Home Show Community Cohesion Practitioner schools of architecture. Channel 4 and designed/built the house Network. Qualifications include: Advanced on “Building the Dream” on ITV. She co- Certificate Conflict Resolution and produces/directs and makes short films Mediation - Birkbeck University (06-07); including: “Why Study Architecture? - MA Environmental Planning - Nottingham The role of the architect” and: “Designing University (91–93); BA (HONS) Social for Champions”, about the London Sciences - Middlesex University (85–89). 2012 designers. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 25

Joyce Bridges Abigaile Bromfield Andrew Brookes

Joyce is a planner Abigaile is a qualified Andrew is a qualified with wide experience town planner and Masters of Business of regeneration, mediator with a mix of Administration, planning and heritage public and private Chartered Building policy making. She is sector experience, Services Engineer a former Cabe gained over a period and Registered Low Commissioner and a of 15 years. She has Carbon Consultant. former English Heritage Commissioner. recently been on secondment to the Cabinet Office Implementation Unit for He is one of the youngest Fellows of Joyce is currently a trustee of the Royal the Prime Minister, advising on improving the Chartered Institute of Building Museums Greenwich; a member of the the implementation of housing and Services Engineers, with over 26 years’ Mayor of London’s Design Advisory development related policies. experience, starting as a trainee Engineer Group; English Heritage’s Urban Panel at the age of 16. Andrew has been a and MADE’s design advice reference Abigaile currently manages the Arup Council Member of the Building Services group. She had a long civil service career Midland Planning team. Her work Research and Information Association for working on planning, urban policy, with Arup - Engineering Consultants, the last 9 years and is a representative on regeneration and housing. Joyce held combines practical planning experience both the Chartered Institute of Building senior posts in the former Office of the with a strong track record of action Service Engineers and BSRIA Building Deputy Prime Minister and Government orientated research and evaluation, as Information Modelling task forces. Office for London, where she advised well as development management. Her successive secretaries on strategic recent experience includes managing Andrew is currently a Regional Director planning and high profile case work in masterplanning and application with United Research Services - London. She played a leading personal submission for the new town of Engineers heading up the Education and role in the transformation of Trafalgar Northstowe; national training support Blue Light sectors with responsibility for Square and Somerset House and the for the Planning Advisory Service; major multi-discplinary bid management provision of new Thames piers. providing change management advice and delivery across the UK. In this role and ongoing support for the Highways there is extensive client and multiple Since leaving the civil service she has Division at a County Council; and stakeholder engagement at a variety provided advice to the Heritage Lottery supporting the delivery of consents for of levels and Andrew is often ‘the face’ Fund and other public bodies. She was major infrastructure. of United Research Services. Projects awarded the CBE in 2001. vary in size from a £1.5m primary school extension, to a £100m Public Finance Initiative scheme for Avon and Somerset Police Authority. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 26

Alison Brooks Adam Brown Jessica Bryne-Daniel

Educated at the Adam has been in Jess has over 25 University of architectural practice years experience in Waterloo, Alison for 25 years. the field of landscape formed a partnership design. Her particular in Ron Arad He co-founded interests lie in Associates in the UK Landolt and Brown meaningful design in 1989, founding architects in 2006, and strategy Alison Brooks Architects Ltd (ABA) in following 15 years’ work with John formation that ensure the unique essence 1996 at Highgate Studios. Alison is the McAslan, and is currently engaged on of place is celebrated in a collaborative first UK architect to have won the Royal various public sector projects across response to the client’s aspirations. She Institute of British Architecture’s and the London. With specific experience in has worked with various practices three most prestigious awards for infrastructure projects and regeneration promoting a thoughtful approach to architecture: the Stirling Prize for masterplans, design briefs and area projects that challenge mediocrity in Accordia Cambridge 2008; the Manser action plans, current work includes major design and where possible encourage Medal 2007; and the Stephen Lawrence regeneration commissions in Tottenham users of the finished scheme to become Prize 2006. working for the Greater London Authority, involved in the design process. Recent Haringey and Transport for London; work has included the re-design of the ABA has developed an international including two new stations; a major setting for the Chichester Festival reputation for design excellence, public open space; public sector-led Theatre; the design and implementation ranging from urban regeneration, residential development and smaller of a productive housing estate masterplanning, public buildings for scale workspace; retail and meanwhile- landscape, including a residents’ the arts, higher education and housing; use initiatives for local creative industries/ foraging plan and the sensitive re- winning an international competition for producers. location of the Happisburgh caravan park the new Exeter College Quad at Oxford to avoid it succumbing to the ravages of University. Alison was a Cabe National Adam is also leading Landolt and the North Sea. Design Review Panel member; sits on Brown’s high profile commission for the Royal Institute of British Architects Peckham Rye’s new station square, She currently works as a consultant for Awards Group and in 2011 was a Royal which includes the formation of a Camlin Lonsdale landscape architects Institute of British Architects Stirling Prize new public open space in the heart of and teaches Landscape Design at Leeds Juror. She was a Diploma Unit Master at Peckham’s town centre with a mix of Metropolitan University. She sits on the Architectural Association 2009-2011; local retail, healthcare, co-worker and a number of Regional Design Review has served as External Examiner at the community facilities surrounding the panels including Integreat Plus, and is Universities of Bath and Lincoln, currently square; developed in close dialogue a member of the recently formed Cabe at University College of London - Bartlett. with the local community through the Oxford Design Review Panel. She has been juror for the Housing Peckham Codesign process. Adam is Design Awards and Young Architect of a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, the Year Awards. and current member of Southwark and Hackney’s Design Review Panels. He She lectures internationally on is a member of the Mayor’s Specialist architecture and urbanism. ABA’s Assistance Team and has contributed to completed buildings have twice featured the Mayor’s Cycling Advisory Group and in the Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary Roads Task Force. World Architecture. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 27

Robin Buckle Dr. Lucy Bullivant Jacqui Bunce

Robin is an urban Lucy is a curator, Jacquelie is a senior designer who has author, Editor-in-Chief manager with strong worked extensively in of Urbanista.org, her project management, the fields of planning, webzine on liveable communication, regeneration and urbanism, and an organisational and urban design for over advisor. Elected an presentation skills. 30 years’. Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects for She joined the NHS in Hertfordshire in He is currently Head of Urban Design her services to architecture in 2010. Her 2002, after a career in the commercial for Transport for London, where he has books include Masterplanning Futures, and charity sectors. Most of her NHS worked for the last 6 years on a broad on adaptive planning, which won Book of work has involved leading on strategic range of projects, from the production of the Year at the Urban Design Group planning and implementing change design guidance documents to providing Awards in 2014 (Routledge, 2012), and across the county, including a five design input into significant transport Recoded City: Co-creating urban futures, year stint as Programme Director for infrastructure. Prior to Transport for on participatory placemaking, co- transformational change across the London, he worked as principal urban authored with Thomas Ermacora Hertfordshire health economy, from 2008. designer for Design for London, part of (Routledge 2015). Jacqui led the development of the New the now defunct London Development QEII Hospital in Welwyn Garden City from Agency, and for Brent Council. Robin’s She curated Urbanistas: women inception to financial close, a project recent projects include the Emirates innovators in architecture, landscape which involved significant stakeholder Air Line (cable car), where his role was and urban design, an exhibition for engagement in a politically challenging design manager from inception to Roca London Gallery in 2015, which environment. The New QEII hospital is planning, and then as the client design has toured to the Core, Newcastle, a commissioner-led £30m community interface, for the subsequent design and Remake – We Make, an exhibition facility which delivers new models of care and build stage. with WORKSHOP architecture, for the to the local community. 2015 Bi-City of Urbanism/Architecture More recently he acted as design Shenzhen. Lucy has collaborated All of these changes have been made in manager for the design of the above-the- with Tate Modern; the Institute of the context of developing sustainable ground elements for the Northern Line Contemporary Arts; the Architectural integrated services which involve social Extension, including the expert design League and Center for Architecture care and the voluntary sector, in order witness at the public inquiry for the (American Institute of Architects New to deliver the best possible outcomes Transport and Works Act, subsequently York Chapter), curating conferences and for patients and carers. Her current role approved. Work has now started on site. events; and is a mentor (Guerrilla Tactics, is responsibile for the development, Robin attends a number of design review Royal Institute of British Architects, implementation and tracking of the panels within Transport for London November 2015). CCG’s five year strategic plan and annual and externally including Transport for operational plan, with additional specific London’s Design Governance Board She has acted as expert witness, was leadership responsibilities for joint and Design Review and the Mayors Renaissance Advocate to Yorkshire commissioning with Hertfordshire Design Advisory Group and associated Forward’s Renaissance Towns and Cities County Council including voluntary panel reviews. programme, 2007-2010, is a Member of sector partnerships. the Scientific Committee, Institut pour la Ville en Mouvement, Paris, and of the Technical Committee, FRAC architecture centre, Orléans. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 28

Catherine Burd Mark Burgess Sarah Burgess

Catherine is a Mark is an Architect, Sarah is a qualified founding director of Planner and Urban town planner with Burd Haward Designer with over 30 over 15 years’ of Architects, a small, years’ experience in experience in private award-winning public and private and public sector architectural practice sectors – currently planning, in both formed in 1998. working as Design England and Team Leader at Leeds City Council and Australia. She is currently working at the Their first built project won the Royal part-time lecturer/tutor on post graduate University of the West of England, Bristol, Institute of British Architects Manser urban design course. in the World Health Organisation Medal in 2002, and in 2005 we were Collaborating Centre for Healthy Urban selected by the Architects’ Journal, He has previous experience as a Environments. Her role as a senior as one of ‘40 under 40’ emerging project architect developing a full lecturer in health and spatial planning influential British practices. As director range of building types. Mark’s current requires her to undertake both teaching of Burd Haward Architects, Catherine work ranges from major regeneration and research projects looking at the leads design and delivery of numerous, frameworks, urban design strategies, relationship between the built carefully considered new buildings and guidance and design review in planning environment and health. spaces: from one-off houses: housing to placemaking projects for new spaces developments; schools; restaurants; arts in the city; design championing for Sarah also has extensive experience in and theatre projects. housing; schools; transport initiatives presenting and running workshops for (strategy/public realm & HS2); and other all tiers of Government and the private Currently working on a major new procurement/infrastructure projects: sector. She has also prepared spatial building project for the National Trust on engaging closely with Councillors, planning documents in her previous role an architecturally sensitive rural site, with consultants and wide range of in local authorities and private practice London Borough of Camden, designing stakeholders. He also leads the in Australia, and managed a programme housing for key urban infill sites, and ‘design challenges and solutions’/ whilst at Cabe to support local authorities with the City of London on the design placemaking module on the develop a clear vision and strategy for of new sports pavilions on Hampstead postgraduate urban design course their area that addresses local issues, Heath. Catherine is an experienced at Leeds Beckett University. needs and circumstances. Through this critic and communicator. She has taught work she has analysed over 70 core and lectured at several Schools of Mark is involved with public-private strategies across England and prepared a Architecture, and is a Royal Institute of sector inter-professional groups: guidance document: Planning for Places, British Architects competitions assessor. partnership working in Leeds (including to assist local planning authorities in ‘Quality Public Spaces’ group of Property preparing a spatial plan. She has sat on may architectural awards Forum). He is a member of the Royal panels, including Building Design Institute of British Architects, Royal Sarah has recently published an Architect of the Year, National House Town Planning Institute, Urban Design international textbook on Planning for Builders’ Council Housing, Manser Group, Institute of Historic Building Health and Well-being and a Handbook Medal, RIBA & Civic Trust Awards. Conservation, former accredited Building on Green Infrastructure. She is a member Catherine was a member of Cabe’s for Life Assessor (& Cabe Enabler), of the Academy of Urbanism. National Design Review Panel. and Academician in the Academy of Urbanism. He is also a panel member of Yorkshire and Humber Region Design Review Service. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 29

Ruth Butler Anne Byrne Andrew Cameron

Ruth is an architect Anne is an urban Andrew is an engineer and registered Royal development and with a background in Institute of British regeneration transportation, Architects Client specialist with architectural Adviser, with extensive experience. engineering and expertise in She is currently urban design. education, health and heading Hackney sports projects. She has a particular Council’s Woodberry Down Estate He has over 20 years’ experience in interest in special needs schools and the regeneration programme, one of the how we can plan for movement whilst mental health sector. largest in the country and on target to at the same time creating great streets deliver more than 5,500 new homes. and enjoyable places. He has been Ruth has a proven track record working involved in many regeneration and with local authorities, including the Royal Anne was also Head of Physical masterplanning projects for villages, Borough of Greenwich and Wandsworth Regeneration at Waltham Forest; a towns and cities in the UK and around the Council. She engages with clients to Project Director at Barnet Council where world. These include the £8B Earls Court produce a robust brief, advising on she played a pivotal role in the Brent redevelopment which will stitch new design quality, community engagement, Cross/Cricklewood regeneration; and London streets into the fractured fabric design team selection and procurement. Director of Development at Stonebridge of this part of the city; and proposals She was a key team member for the Housing Action Trust. She has delivered for Chicago Lakeside, a community of All England Lawn Tennis Club’s £130m and revised masterplans, including for 50,000 people south of the downtown, redevelopment at Wimbledon for Building Woodberry Down. While at Southwark with new city wide transit connections, Design Partnership; developing the site Council, Anne was part of the team that a human scale, slow speed, strategic masterplan and No. 1 court stadium. commissioned Peckham Library which highway through the site and two miles Ruth was a partner at David Morley won the Stirling Prize in 2000. She also of lakeshore walking and bike trails. Architects, leading their health and commissioned the Fawood Children’s education sector work and delivering Centre in Stonebridge which was Andrew has acted as an advisor to the projects including: Talacre Sports Centre shortlisted for the Stirling Prize in 2005. Government for The House of Commons (Camden); St Bernard’s Mental Health Anne was a Cabe enabler for nine years Select Committees on Housing and Hospital, Ealing (Medium Secure Units); and worked on several national projects. Sustainable Communities. He is co- The Campus in North Somerset (two author of national and local design schools, library and sports centre). Her She has excellent experience of guidance, including The Urban Design work has been widely published. working with devlopers and negotiating Compendium, Designing Streets (for the development agreements, and is strongly Scottish Government), Manual for Streets Ruth was a member of Cabe’s National committed to partnership working with 1 and 2 and The Abu Dhabi Urban Street Design Review Panel and has advised local communities. Design Manual. He is a Design Review the Department for Education on physical Panel Member for MADE, OPUN/Design education in schools, helping to write East Midlands and Places Matter. their ‘Fit for the Future’ publication. She has contributed to Sport England guidance documents and is a director of Horizon Leisure Trust. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 30

James Cameron Charles Campion Rachel Capon

James is an Charles is a JTP Rachel is a chartered international lawyer, partner in charge of meteorologist and policy adviser and co-design, consultant scientist entrepreneur, a collaborative planning with over 15 years’ barrister called in processes with experience. 1987. He has communities and appeared in leading stakeholders from all Having started her cases in environment, trade and human backgrounds and sectors. For 20 years career in the UK Met Office, she now rights including the arrest of General Charles has worked on masterplanning combines her meteorological expertise Pinochet, Hinkley Point, and the and urban design projects in the UK, with environmental and building physics Shrimp/Turtle case at the World Europe, China, Indonesia and India. to focus on climate change impacts and Trade Organisation. adaptation for the built environment He was awarded the International sector. She served on the UK Climate James has negotiated international Association of Public Participation Projections (UKCP09) User Panel and agreements such as Kyoto Protocol and Project of the Year Award, 2009, for lead-authored the Built Environment the Framework Convention on Climate Scarborough’s Renaissance. Recent Sector Report for the UK government’s Change, represented several developing projects include the award winning First Climate Change Risk Assessment, nations in dispute settlements, advised Community Planning process for the published in 2012. She has analysed the European Commssion on regulating new zero carbon neighbourhood at weather and climate related risks Greenhouse gas emissions, and was Graylingwell Park, Chichester, and for a number of projects both in the a member of the UK Prime Minister’s Community Planning Weekends for a UK, (e.g. the Three Regions Climate Business Advisory Group. high density, residential-led development Change Group project, “Your Home in a at Silvertown Way, Newham, part Changing Climate”), and worldwide, (e.g. James founded Climate Change Capital of London’s Custom House and assessment of future weather risks and a specialist investment firm in 2003, Canning Town Regeneration Area; the renewable energy resources for a new is currently Chairman of Overseas regeneration of St Clement’s Hospital sustainable city master-plan in Russia). Development Institute, a leading research including London’s first Community based think tank on development, Land Trust; a new residential-led “Urban Most recently, as a technical advisor Chairman of Agrica, a sustainable Village” in Newbury town centre; and at the Zero Carbon Hub, she led a agriculture business, a member of for proposed urban extensions to government and industry funded General Electric’s Ecomagination Board, Attleborough and Hethersett in Norfolk, evidence review on “Overheating a Trustee of the Green Building Council, Cirencester and Hereford. in Homes”, which will feed into the a Trustee of CDP an organisation which development of different policy options works with shareholders to disclose Charles has led community charrettes for reducing the risk of extreme corporate data on emissions, water use as part of the Scottish Government’s temperatures in British homes. and forest depletion, and a Sustainable Charrette Mainstreaming Programme; Development Commisioner for London. and internationally Charles has led several charrette processes in Sweden; an international multi-disciplinary 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.

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Matthew Carmona Richard Cass Ben Castell

Matthew is Professor Richard qualified Ben is a town planner of Planning and Urban initially as an architect specialising in policy Design at the Bartlett, and landscape research, urban University College architect; has over 40 regeneration, London. years’ experience in neighbourhood housing, transport, planning and He has previously leisure, education, masterplanning. lectured at the University of Nottingham industry, heritage, health and public and previously worked as a researcher space; and as a masterplanner and He is Director of Strategic Planning at Strathclyde and Reading Universities project manager on large scale and Urban Design at AECOM and had and as an architect in practice. His regeneration projects. Projects include about 18 years in practice. Author of the research has focused on the policy and the 100ha Riverside Regeneration project ‘Layout and Connectivity’ and ‘Quality development context for delivering better in Liverpool and the 1000ha Bishopton Places’ urban design chapters of the quality design in the built environment, new settlement. Government’s Manual for Streets, Ben having worked on a range of research is also principal author of a number of projects examining: design policies and At Cabe Richard served as a national (UK and elsewhere) guidance guidance; design coding; residential Commissioner, a member of the documents that explore the links design and development processes; London 2012 Olympic and Legacy between planning and design; covering delivering urban renaissance; the value Review panels, vice - chairman of the topics such as crime prevention (a of urban and architectural design; the Ecotown review panel, and on design particular specialism), workplace design working relationships between housing review panels for other large scale and community engagement. Ben has providers and planners; measuring developments. He has also served on led the production of several masterplans quality in planning; managing external advisory panels in North West England for town centres, estate regeneration public space; local environmental quality for the Liverpool Docklands and Atlantic schemes and urban extensions, and has and standards; London squares and Gateway projects. worked with numerous communities on high streets. This research has led to their neighbourhood plans. an extensive range of academic and He is a trustee of Heritage Works Building professional publications. Between Preservation Trust and Chairman of He has also produced major workplace 2003 and 2011, he served as Head of the Cass Foundation. He has wide masterplans for some of the world’s the Bartlett School of Planning and now experience of sustainable development, largest engineering companies. leads on urban design across the faculty. demonstrating how environmental, Spatial planning experience includes Matthew is European Associate Editor economic and social objectives can leading several growth studies and sub- for the ‘Journal of Urban Design’, and be delivered together, rather than in regional studies in places such as Greater was formally on the Research Reference competition. This covers technical Nottingham, Cornwall, Lincolnshire Group of Cabe. He is a regular advisor aspects such as renewable energy, and Essex. to the government and government transport and drainage, as well as wider agencies both in the UK and overseas. land use, ecological and masterplanning issues. He has a particular interest in health and the environment, and how design can contribute to improving both. His work has received many awards, and he has contributed extensively to national and international conferences. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 32

Philip Cave Lynne Ceeney Philip Chambers

Philip has headed up Lynne is Global Head Phil, a wheelchair Philip Cave of Sustainability for a user, has over 20 Associates, professional services years’ experience of Landscape Architects company, with 25 providing inclusive and Urban Designers, years’ experience of environmental for 25 years. Before sustainability in the access. that he worked for an built environment. architects practice, city and county He was co-author of British Telecom councils. She assists design teams to integrate Countryside for All Standards and sustainability into development Guidance and has contributed to a For 9 years he has been a member proposals and works with organisations range of inclusive access advisory of Design Review Panels, initially for to help them embed sustainability in their documents. He is a member of the Southwark and now for Newham, existing decision making processes. judging panel for the Canal and River Islington, South and East , and Transport Lynne is an expert in collaborative Trust Living Waterways Awards; a former for London. His main passion is in design and masterplanning, enabling Director of Berneslai Homes, and a designing inspirational public realm and stakeholders with different skills and Trustee of the Safe Anchor Trust. Phil semi private schemes for both private experience to design and deliver specialises in working with architects, developers and local authorities. Recent sustainable places. She also supports designers and conservation managers schemes include inner city mixed use organisations and project teams to provide inclusive access plans that projects with public squares, strategic on resilience. Key projects include: are clear, informative and complement master-planning; high density housing appointed to Environmental Review the work of co-professionals. Phil has with public and semi-private spaces; roof Panel assessing proposals for the 2012 managed a range of projects around gardens; green roofs and walls; waterside Olympics Athletes’ Village; manager of the UK to enable service providers to schemes; sustainable settlements, and two Scottish Sustainable Communities better engage with disabled people and gateway projects. Current projects are in Initiative programmes – visioning and their advocates, and to more effectively the UK; past schemes have been in the design charrette in Callendar, and meet their responsibilities under the United Arab Emirates, Hong Kong and stakeholder workshops for the local Equality Duty. He is presently carrying Saudi Arabia. plan Major Issues Report in sensitive out an equality impact assessment on rural locations; Technical Director for behalf of Natural Resources Wales at Philip was elected an Academician at sustainability assessments of alternative several visitor destinations across Wales, the Academy of Urbanism and was infrastructure route alignments; technical and also working with York Minster, as on the Urban Design Group Executive lead for Climate Change Adaptation part of its iconic Revealing the Minster Committee for 25 years. He has been reports for two major airports; technical conservation and learning project. a tutor and lecturer at a number of contributor to a Green Economy study universities, and has given training to for a large unitary authority in the east Phil advises about inclusive access planners at Urban Design London. Past of England. to museums and galleries, religious projects have won a number of awards buildings, and worked with architects in including from the Civic Trust, Landscape Lynne is appointed to the Institute the design of the Abbeydale Industrial Institute, British Association of of Environmental Management and Museum visitor centre and the Horniman Landscape Industries, Property Papers/ Assessment’s Strategic Advisory Museum Discovery Centre. Journals and Local Authorities. Council. She was a member of the Board of the Academy for Sustainable Communities, and the Homes & Communities Agency Skills and Knowledge Panel. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 33

Jim Chapman Richard Charge Heather Cheesbrough

Jim is a chartered Richard is an award Heather is a architect and urban winning urban landscape architect designer with over 35 designer and and town planner, years’ experience as chartered town specialising in spatial a consultant, planner with over 12 planning, urban delivering a wide years’ experience in design, public realm, range of projects in the built environment. masterplanning and many sectors. He established an regeneration. She has 20 years’ independent consultancy in 2006, His background includes public and experience of working in the public and which focuses on supporting and private sector experience, combined private sectors, consisting of three advising clients on the delivery of high with research and third sector support; London boroughs; the urban design quality projects. working on wide-ranging projects consultancies Urban Initiatives; and specialising in masterplanning and EDAW/AECOM, and her present position Jim is a Visiting Professor of design guidance. Richard is a Director as Head of Planning and Building Control Architecture for the Manchester at +Plus Urban Design, a company he at St Albans City & District Council. School of Architecture, following 9 co-founded. They have established years on the governing board, and he themselves as design advisors to a range Key projects she has managed or continues to advise the Manchester of clients in different sectors across directed are the A13 Artscape; Oxford Metropolitan University on design and the UK. Previously he led the urban Street improvements; West Yorkshire procurement matters on several strategic design service at _space Architecture Urban Renaissance; Doncaster developments, including the Business across their offices in Leeds, Newcastle masterplan and Town Team; Mid Sussex School; Art and Design Building; short and Manchester. Prior to that he was masterplans; Swindon public realm listed for the Stirling Award in 2014; a senior urban designer for the Tribal strategy and Kings Norton Housing Birley Fields, the faculty of Education and Group (formerly Llewelyn Davies Yeang). Renewal. During her time at Westminster Healthcare, and the campus master plan Richard also worked for Newcastle City City Council, she was responsible for focusing on the All Saints campus. Council as urban designer for 6 years, public art and facilitated a project with In 2014 the University was awarded where he was part of the design team, Artangel to bring the international multi Client of the Year by the Royal Institute of which won a Cabe award (2005). media artist Tony Oursler to Soho Square. British Architects. Jim acts as an adviser for the Royal Institute of British Architects This followed a position at Global Urban Since being at St Albans she has competitions team, as a client adviser Research Unit, University of Newcastle. overseen the redrafting of the core for urban design, education and Richard is a member of Northern strategy, commissioned the preparation healthcare projects. Architecture’s Expert Panel. He is also of a public realm strategy and worked an academician at the Academy of with the local community to prepare He is a member of the design review Urbanism, a member of the Historic design codes with the Princes panel for Architecture and Design Towns Forum and the Urban Design Foundation under the Department for Scotland. Jim is an accredited Design Group. Communities and Local Governement Quality Indicator facilitator in the Neighbourhood Planning initiative. healthcare sector for Construction Industry Council. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 34

Darryl Chen Dave Chetwyn Andrew Claiborne

Darryl has Dave is a chartered Andrew is a practising demonstrated town planner with 26 architect expertise through years’ experience in and principal lecturer 12 years of the private, public within the School of professional practice, and voluntary Architecture at Anglia promoting good sectors. Ruskin University. design as a practitioner and thoughtleader, within He is the author of the Locality Roadmap He has been teaching architecture and the field of urban design. Guide to Neighbourhood Planning and working within the built environment for has acted as a Neighbourhood Plan over 30 years. Andrew is a registered He is a partner at Hawkins\Brown and independent examiner. Current roles architect and corporate member of leads the urban design and research include Managing Director of Urban the Royal Institute of British Architects studio, delivering masterplans for Vision Enterprise Community Interest (RIBA), and was recently appointed an brownfield sites; campuses; science Company (CIC); Chair of the Historic examiner for the Architects Registration parks; housing estates and districts. Towns Forum; Vice Chair of the National Board (ARB), where he works with Darryl has both a client-facing role Planning Forum, and Associate of the other professionals examining UK and developing new business and a hands- Consultation Institute. Former roles International applicants. Andrew’s on design role translating complex include Head of Planning Aid England, professional interests include the briefs into practical design solutions. Chair of the Institute of Historic Building appreciation of design quality in He champions innovation within the Conservation and a team leader in local architecture; urban design, and historic practice under the auspices of the &\also Government. Dave has advised various building conservation, providing thinktank, a research vehicle that informs Government departments; stakeholder presentations to various local authorities project briefs, explores new markets groups; reviews and Parliamentary Select and interest groups and engaging with and speculates on future directions Committees on planning, regeneration, students to encourage design thinking. for architecture and urbanism. Darryl heritage, urban design, and community He is also a Fellow of the Forum for regularly writes and speaks on innovation engagement. the Built Environment (FBE) and Urban and urban design both in publication Design Group member. and at speaking engagements. Notably He has leadership and management in 2012 he was invited to exhibit at experience with various UK, national and Andrew’s consultancy work covers public the Venice Biennale, and in 2014 was local organisations and a strong track and local planning inquiries for private, invited to speak and judge at the World record in third-sector organisational corporate and local authorities, and he Architecture Forum. development. Dave is a Chartered acts as an expert witness on planning member of the Royal Town Planning matters relating to design and historic Darryl was named in Blueprint magazine Institute (RTPI), Full member of the building conservation. in “25 who will change architecture in Institute of Historic Building Conservation 2010”. For 2 years he led design studios (IHBC) and Fellow of the Institute of at the Architectural Association and Leadership and Management. Bartlett Schools of Architecture; and 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 35

Peter Clash Derek Clements-Croome Michál Cohen

Peter founded Clash Derek is a professor Michál studied Associates Architects emeritus at Reading architecture in South in London in 1994, University and Africa before moving working in urban consultant in to London to set up design and master- architectural Walters and Cohen planning, transport engineering, with 50 with Cindy Walters in and infrastructure, years’ experience, 1994. bridges, arts, education, hotels and combining work in industry and leisure - with projects completed in the academia. Currently working with She has worked on a variety of projects, UK, France, Holland, and China. Recent BuroHappold, A5 plus architects and including one-off houses, a gallery in built work includes a new building for the Building Services Research and Durban, and a wellness centre in the Imperial War Museum at the Churchill Information Association (BSRIA) on Bank of England. In 2003 she led designs War Rooms, London; new hotels at enhancing the briefing and post for an exemplar primary school that Cardiff and Newcastle railway stations; occupancy evaluation processes, with were published under the Department Tianjin Fishing Port, China; and the Level Arup and the British Council for Offices for Education’s Schools for the Future Centre, Derbyshire. The practice has won on the impact of wearable technology initiative. Michál is responsible for many awards and been published widely. on the workplace. many of Walters and Cohen’s innovative and award-winning schools based on Peter trained at the University of Bath, Derek chairs the Intelligent Buildings the principles of that design, and her and then worked with Foster Associates Group for the Chartered Institution of expertise on the subject of design in in Hong Kong, and also with Mitchell/ Building Services Engineers; sits on three learning environments is now Giurgola on the New Australian committees for the British Council for well established. Parliament Buildings in Canberra. He Offices; is editor for Intelligent Buildings was a project director with Allsop and International Journal; lectures nationally She was on CABE’s education review Lyall Architects, London from 1986, and internationally on liveable intelligent panel and enjoys her current role as realising projects such as Sheringham buildings and cities in several countries one of the Design Council Cabe’s Built Pool, Lambeth River Station and Canary including China, South Africa, Australia Environment Experts. In 2012 Cindy and Wharf lifting bridges/control building. He and New Zealand (Intelligent Buildings: Michál were awarded Architects Journal led design teams on large infrastructure Design Management and Operation, (AJ) Woman Architect of the Year. projects including Cardiff Bay Barrage, 2013). Crossrail Paddington, and Bangkok Transit System. Peter has taught at Derek works with the UK Green various schools of architecture in the UK Building Council on health and well- since 1989, and as visiting professor at being issues and was a team member TU Vienna (University of Technology). He for the World Green Building Counci is a Royal Institute of British Architects (2014 Report). Derek is a Fellow of (RIBA) Client Design Advisor and has the Building Research Establishment been a Built Environment Expert for Cabe (BRE) Academy; a Commissioner on Air since 2009. Quality for Hammersmith and Fulham 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

Garry Colligan Nicole Collomb Charlotte Colver

Garry is a consultant Nicole is a Chartered Charlotte, a in urban design and Landscape Architect Landscape Institute planning, advising and public space (LI) Chartered both public and specialist with over Landscape Architect private sector clients. 25 years’ experience since 1983 and Royal His practice, think of working in the Town Planning place, was public, private and Institute (RTPI) established in 2006, and has delivered voluntary sectors. Associate Member since 2013, was a thought-provoking pieces of work in practising landscape architect for several England, Scotland, Ireland, Poland and As former Head of Knowledge Services local authorities from 1977, and Romania - perhaps best known in this at the Landscape Institute and Head of consultant from 1988-1999 in Scotland country for its involvement in Chelsea Public Space management and skills and Northern England, with widely Barracks. at the Commission for Architecture ranging urban and rural design and the Built Environment (CABE), experience in Edinburgh, Lothian, the Recently, Garry co-founded Place Nicole is an influential advocate for high Borders, Gateshead and Research Lab, a community interest quality landscape and public realm Northumberland. company set up in partnership with with experience of delivering research, the University of East London (UEL), strategies, best practice guidance and Early archaeological involvement, in dedicated to applied research into training at a national and international London and Oxfordshire, informed important urban issues. He is an Urban level. At CABE, Nicole produced national designs that included Victorian park Design Surgeon for Urban Design good practice guidance on open space restoration Saltwell Park, Gateshead in London, a fellow of the Royal Society of strategies, community led public space 2000, with emphasis on accessibility and Arts (RSA) and formerly a member of the and a national strategy for green space multi-ethnic engagement. Subsequent East Midlands Design Review Panel. skills. She continues to advise local grounds maintenance management in authorities on strategic approaches to Northumberland informed Charlotte’s Until 2005 Garry was Urban Design green infrastructure and public space. strategic landscape-led approach Director at Terry Farrell and Partners, At the Landscape Institute Nicole led on to masterplanning and development where he helped develop one of the promoting a landscape led approach to consultations, part of her dual landscape- leading masterplanning groups in the UK. new housing, including the authoring of planning policy role in Alnwick and He began as an architect at Grimshaw ‘Profitable Places’, a publication aimed at Northumberland from 2005-15. Charlotte where he became a Project Director, housing developers. always provides a high level of landscape leading a number of complex transport advocacy, drafting Core Strategy projects. He gained international Nicole is a regular Green Flag Award and environment chapters, helping develop experience working for Skidmore Owings Landscape Institute Awards judge. She environment evidence studies for and Merrill as a student worked for has written for national and international Northumberland and inputting to regional numerous smaller practices. Overall, publications on green space planning, partnership working on Sustainable Garry has 30 years’ experience in management and design including Drainage System (SuDS) guidance architecture and urbanism and his Landscape Architecture Journal China in 2015. As RTPI(North East) branch extensive experience covers most and is a contributor to the forthcoming, committee member, 2011-13, LI(NE) sectors including transport, healthcare, ‘Handbook on Green Infrastructure: branch chair, 2013-15 and NE Design residential, commercial, mixed-use, Planning, Design and Implementation’ Review and Enabling Service Panel education and public realm. published by Edward Elgar. Member since 2014 Charlotte continued to deliver productive exchanges of ideas and debate with other professions.

Currently Charlotte’s role is to support neighbourhood planning in South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 37

Peter Connell Annie Coombs Michael Coombs

An Inclusive Design Annie is a landscape Michael graduated as Consultant of 16 architect; a fellow of a Civil Engineer from years’ experience, the Landscape Cape Town University Peter is an Institute (LI), with a and started his international expert postgraduate working life building and active policy planning qualification. roads in the Kalahari maker in the field of Desert. He then Inclusive Design. He was both founder She began her career in the public joined a team designing long span and leader of the Arup Accessible sector and has held senior management bridges on the Garden Route, before Environments team for 13 years before roles in environmental consultancy completing a postgraduate year at establishing Peter Connell Associates organisations. Annie sat on the Imperial College. (PCA). group board of a UK environmental management consultancy as managing Since 1977, at Alan Baxter and Peter has worked nationally and director for Asian businesses, holding Associates, he has worked on a wide internationally to achieve inclusive board responsibility for risk management variety of building projects and bridges. environments. He provides design and human resources. She worked in More recently, he has become interested solutions to accommodate or surpass Asia for over 15 years, with responsibility in placemaking and urbanism; in regulatory requirements, and delivers to for offices in Hong Kong, Singapore particular the role that designers of clients’ expectations or even exceeds and Kuala Lumpur. Her project work in buildings and infrastructure play in them. PCA gives practical Access Hong Kong was mainly on assessment fashioning the character of towns and advice to developers and designers and landscape planning for major cities. He has worked in several of the from concept to completion, whether for infrastructure and new towns. She is UK’s most significant historic buildings, private buildings or urban masterplanning now an independent consultant and helping to develop an approach which across all sectors. enabler, engaged in green infrastructure is evidence-based rather than rooted in and environmental regeneration. She sat theory, explaining how they work using PCA’s practical strategic/management on three design review panels, including contemporary thinking. solutions ensure businesses are CABEs national panel, is joint chair for He has also engineered several special compliant with the current Access the North West’s panel: Places Matter! A new build projects in the full range of regulations. Peter resolves conflicts Building for Life examiner, and examining structural materials. between regulations, devises strategies inspector for major infrastructure with for Inclusive access and egress, and the Planning Inspectorate (PINS), and a Michael is involved in the training of advises on practical designs, detailing of Glass-House enabler. young professionals and the overall architecture and architectural finishes. management and direction at his Wherever local Access standards do For 10 years Annie has undertaken firm. He balances this with a hands- not exist, he produces clear and concise enabling and training work, including on contribution to the firm’s projects, guidance, reflecting best practice from open space, green infrastructure and mainly at the conceptual design stage, a selection of international standards. public realm strategies, flood recovery but also in detail on selected projects. This results in compliant company plans, rural settlement options, design Michael has served on the Board of specific Standards and Guidance, which competitions and localism. She part the Association for Consultancy and can be used on all company buildings wrote the brief for the 2012 Olympic Engineering and chaired its Membership worldwide. Peter has substantial Parklands. Annie is an active volunteer Committee. experience of working with multi- community planner. disciplinary design teams. He is also well- versed in working on heritage buildings. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 38

Gerard Couper Ged Couser Rob Cowan

Gerard is a Ged is an Architect Rob,a Chartered stakeholder and Director with Building Town Planner Royal community Design Partnership Town Planning engagement (BDP), who leads the Institute (RTPI), specialist with over Architect Profession director of Urban 20 years’ experience group within their Design Skills, is one of in policy for Manchester Studio. the UK’s most sustainable development in the experienced urban design trainers and public sector. He has been fully qualified for 24 years authors of design guidance. He was joint and previously worked for Nicholas author of the government’s design He is currently working with the Exeter Grimshaw and Stephen Hodder and guidance: By Design, and author of Community Forum and the City Council Partners. Ged’s work with BDP is design guides for the Scottish to develop the Exeter Community primarily focused on Healthcare. He has Government: Designing Places, Housing Strategy, which will identify priorities, extensive knowledge and experience of Quality, and Masterplanning. programmes and an allocation process leading the design and delivery of major for distributing Community Infrastructure and complex projects, both in the UK Rob has originated three influential urban Levy (CIL) funds to city neighbourhoods. and abroad, from initial concept stage design methods: the Placecheck method Gerard is experienced at developing through to completion. Ged has also of urban design audit, the skills appraisal and managing engagement processes, led the design and delivery of a number method Capacitycheck, and the design from Neighbourhood Plan level to large projects in the Further Education Sector appraisal method Qualityreviewer. His scale engagement process with multiple including the Calman Learning Centre at skills include demystifying urban design stakeholders. He has led the engagement the University of Durham, which received and planning; writing and editing urban on a number of masterplanning a local Civic Trust Award . He was also design and planning guidance; and processes, most recently for the Project Director for the new Alder Hey training planning staff/elected members. development of the Runwell Hospital site Children’s Health Park, which has just in Essex, on behalf of the Homes and been successfully handed over and is Rob delivers the Royal Town Planning Communities Agency (HCA). also Project Director for the Clatterbridge Institute Masterclasses on Design in the Cancer Centre in Liverpool, a major new Planning System, is editor of Context, the Gerard is experienced at using innovative hospital to be constructed in the city. journal of the Institute of Historic Building and visual methods in engaging Conservation. He was a Teaching Fellow the community, for example in the He is a member of the Royal Institute of (Urban Design) at the Bartlett School, Plymbridge Cyclehub project, he led British Architects (RIBA) Places Matter! University College London (UCL), 2004-6, a consensus building process with North West Design Review Panel, and is and Senior Research Fellow, Department different interest groups, using site maps also an active member of the Council of of Architecture, De Montfort University, to clarify site-specific areas of concern Manchester Architects, for which he has 1995-2003. Prior to joining Urban Design for each interest group. He is a qualified responsibility for the Student Awards and Skills in 2007, Rob was Director of Urban and experienced facilitator and coach, the Lecture Series. Design Group, a consultant at Urban a partner with CAG Consultants, and Initiatives, Deputy Editor of the Architects’ also works independently as a life and Journal, Editor of Roof (Shelter’s housing business coach. magazine), and Editor of Town and Country Planning. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 39

Rosemary Coyne Michael Crilly Dorian Crone

Rosemary is a Michael is a town Dorian has been a Chartered Landscape planner and urban Chartered Architect Architect specialising designer with over 25 and Town Planner and in supporting the years professional a member of the development of low experience gained in Institute of Historic carbon sustainable local government, Building Conservation communities. private consultancy, (IHBC) for over 25 academia and the community sector years. He is a committee member of the She has over 20 years’ experience of throughout the UK. IHBC, the Society for the Protection of working with public, private and Non- He is currently working as a founding Ancient Buildings, the International Government Organisations (NGOs) in the partner of Studio UrbanArea LLP, a Committee on Monuments and Sites UK, with some experience of working in Newcastle based partnership which (ICOMOS), ICOMOS UK and has been Africa, India and South America. undertakes work with a sustainable, a court member with the Worshipful Key projects include the redevelopment ethical and community focus. Company of Chartered Architects, of Birmingham City Centre, as Eastside and a Trustee of The Hampstead Sustainability Advisor, and subsequently Michael has specific experience in Garden Suburb Trust. as the Built Environment Policy Manager strategic urban regeneration gained Dorian has worked for over 30 years as for the Regional Development Agency, from roles as urban design team leader Historic Buildings and Areas Inspector managing the West Midlands Sustainable with Newcastle City Council leading with English Heritage (now Historic Design and Construction development on design coding, competitions and England), responsible for providing advice standards. area masterplanning, and as the to all the London Boroughs. regional programme manager for the Currently Rosemary has several Commission for Architecture and the He has worked as a consultant and expert roles including project manager with Built Environment (CABE) in the Tees witness for over 20 years, advising a Accord Housing for their European Valley providing expertise and training varied client base on heritage and design Regional Development Funding (ERDF) for development agencies and local matters involving complex, high profile Sustainable Retrofit and Smart Grids authority officers and members. heritage and new build projects in design project; and as co-ordinator for the and heritage sensitive locations. Dorian is Sustainable Housing Action Partnership. A specialist in sustainable housing at the a panel member of the London Borough Rosemary is a West Midlands Green strategic scale, Michael was responsible of Islington Design Review Panel and Leader; Honorary Research Fellow at the for the winning masterplan for the Homes The John Betjeman Design Award. University of Birmingham and member and Communities Agency (HCA) ‘Carbon He has also been a panel member of of MADE and Urban Vision design review Challenge’ site in Peterborough, and The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition panels and a Centre of Refubishment at the individual scale, designing and Architectural Awards and The Philip Excellence (CoRE) Fellow. delivering several ‘Retrofit for the Future’ Webb Award along with a number of other domestic renovations to Passive House public sector and commercial design principles. With a PhD in Sustainable awards schemes. 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

Richard Crutchley Jane Dann Meredith Davey

Richard is a chartered Jane is an urban Meredith is a Senior town planner with a designer, architect Associate Director varied career and and chartered town and leads the UK background in planner and a Environmental charities, quangos, founding director of Design Practice local authorities and Tibbalds Planning of Atelier Ten. a regeneration and Urban Design. company spanning over twenty years. She has 30 years’ experience in practice, Alongside advanced sustainable building mainly in urban design consultancy. and Masterplan design, he delivers Most recently, Richard has been engaged bespoke services that include advanced in planning policy in Stevenage, and Her focus is on the interface between analysis of both physical response to the London Borough of Hounslow, design and planning, and securing environments and financial impacts. conducting and completing an open quality through the planning process Within this role he has developed space review in the former, and green at various scales, from strategic to numerous Research and Development belt review in the latter. He also engages detailed design. Her interests include the studies, relating to future building in neighbourhood planning projects and distinctive character of different places, technologies or the environmental impact town centre masterplanning projects. particularly historic environments. Jane’s of new or existing buildings. He has led specialist expertise includes design projects across the built environment Richard is a director of his own publishing policy; guidance and design coding, and at varying values. Project highlights company, a board member of Headway having led a research programme that include refurbishments of listed buildings North London, a head injury charity and, shaped government policy and jointly (St. Paul’s, Onslow Sq.), major city within his own community, has led on a authored ‘Preparing Design Coding - speculative office buildings (Trinity, play streets initiative. A Practice Manual’ (2006). Skilled at EC3, London), universities (University of steering complex projects with a multi- the Arts, London), residential (Chelsea headed client group, and challenging Barracks, London and the Infinity circumstances or ill-defined brief, she has Building, Budapest), and cultural acted as masterplan advisor to deliver (Gardens by the Bay, Singapore). With a a broad range of proposals. Jane’s BSc (Hons) in Physics from the University experience on design review panels of Bristol and a postgraduate from includes Cabe, Berkshire, Southwark and Concordia University, Montreal, Meredith Inspire East. regularly gives public and educational talks globally, and has contributed to A member of Historic England’s numerous publications. London Advisory Committee and the Academy of Urbanism, Jane has spoken He has been a Visiting Lecturer on the at conferences and training events and MSc in Intelligent Buildings programme is involved in education, currently for at Reading University since 2009 and Sheffield University. is a member of the Energy Institute, a Formerly a CABE Enabler and Building Chartered Engineer, and a Chartered for Life (BfL) Assessor. Environmentalist. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 41

Neil Davidson Kathryn Davies Andrew Dawes

Neil is a landscape Kathryn is a heritage Andrew has over 20 architect and partner and planning years’ experience as of J & L Gibbons. He consultant with over an architect, working joined the firm in 30 years’ experience, on projects across 1999, and trained at principally in the the Netherlands, Edinburgh College of public sector. Germany and UK. Art/Heriot-Watt. Neil maintains strong links with education. She worked first in local government, in He worked for Claus en Kaan and planning and conservation, and latterly Herman Hertzberger in the Netherlands He taught at the Architectural with English Heritage (Historic England), before establishing his practice Association and has been a guest where she worked both with historic ZODA Architects, working in both lecturer at the University of Cambridge, buildings and areas; then ran the Historic Amsterdam and London. Andrew has University of East London (UEL), and Places team in the South East. Engaging extensive architectural and urban Edinburgh College of Art. His portfolio communities in understanding the design experience delivering projects of projects ranges from sub-regional significance of the historic environment of all scales and in numerous sectors, strategic plans and urban regeneration was a major focus of this work. Currently, including housing, offices, public frameworks to public parks, higher she works as a consultant to the public buildings and bridges. He has an in- education projects. He is experienced in and private sector for planning and depth knowledge of consensus-based the assessment, design, conservation historic environment issues, including decision making (the polder model) and management of a wide range casework for Historic England; historic from his work in the Netherlands, which of historic and statutorily protected buildings advice; conservation area work, has given him a unique approach to landscapes, parks and gardens. and neighbourhood planning. collaborative design and successful stakeholder engagement. Using his Neil’s projects have been finalists in the She has held a number of positions in the experience with continental system prestigious Rosa Barba International Institute of Historic Building Conservation building, he is developing low-cost Landscape Prize 2014, and won the (IHBC) and is currently Vice-Chair. innovative and intelligent housing design, Vauxhall Missing Link international In this role she focuses on facilitating introducing the conceptual clarity and competition in 2013. They have been communities to manage their own economy of Dutch design to the UK. awarded Civic Trust and Landscape historic environment. She has a number Alongside his practice work, Andrew Institute design; masterplanning; of publications on this subject and has taught architecture at the Technical communication and strategic planning lectures on it and related topics. University in Delft and at London South awards, winning the 2008 and 2011 Bank University. Landscape Institute President’s Award for the East London Green Grid, and He has written for the Architectural Making Space in Dalston respectively. Review and Architects Journal, alongside The Angel Building was shortlisted for presenting at architectural conferences. the Stirling Prize 2011. Andrew has sat on the Lelystad Design Review Panel and been a member of the Southwark Design Review Panel since 2009, contributing to significant reviews of projects across the Borough. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 42

Sophia De Sousa Ian Deans Neil Deely

Sophia joined The Ian, BA(HonsArch); Neil is an architect Glass-House in June DipArch Royal and founding partner 2005, and is Institute of British of Metropolitan committed to the Architects (RIBA); MA Workshop LLP, a charity’s mission: to UrbDes, is an design led raise the standard of architect & urban architecture and placemaking through designer with over urbanism practice. public participation and leadership in the 25 years’ experience, over half with design of the built environment. Architecture PLB Ltd. He oversees the practice’s design work and his expertise lies in major As Chief Executive of The Glass- He has successfully delivered many residential-led mixed-use projects, and House, she ensures that community award-winning projects, principally in buildings in sensitive urban locations, participation and leadership in planned the education and housing sectors. His such as Durham, Westminster and development and regeneration is not a urban design work has engaged him in Cambridge. He has also led urban design token gesture, but a valuable means of numerous inner city mixed use schemes, commissions for Oslo, Bergen and informing good, inclusive, sustainable often in sensitive conservation areas, Dublin City Councils. Neil’s experience design, that benefits local people and involving public consultation. Ian’s covers varied building typologies, but he leads to long-term improvement of skills in urban design have particular is particularly interested in solutions to neighbourhoods. An advocate of cross relevance to residential and educational meet the current housing shortage. He sector partnerships, she believes them projects. Both require the ability to create guided the practice’s research into the essential to the success of placemaking designs that foster the development of a evolving needs of the UK’s private rented and community empowerment. She community, with a particular sensitivity sector, alongside David Prichard and worked in Italy as a teacher/trainer and for sense of place. Sir Richard MacCormac, to produce a consultant to universities, and major competition-winning entry for the Wates/ museums in Tuscany. Sophia was All his projects are united in a concern Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) co-founder and President of a small for both internal and external space, Private Rented Sector Competition. voluntary organisation in Florence that exploiting the possibilities of the spaces celebrated increasing cultural diversity. between buildings to create additional, A member of CABE’s National Design She returned to the UK in 2003. shared areas that add value and foster Review Panel since 2007, he is also community ownership. Recently he chair of London Borough of Newham’s A strong speaker, facilitator and enabler has produced papers and articles on Design Review Panel (DRP), and member of community-led, participatory, the ageing population with the Housing of the London Legacy Development collaborative, and co-design Forum and New London Architecture Corporation’s DRP. He was also London practice/research. Currently active in Magazine. He sits on several design Borough of Wandsworth’s representative interdisciplinary, collaborative research panels, including the South East Regional on the CABE DRP for the US Embassy, within Higher Education (HE), and Design Panel, and is a qualified Building Nine Elms. Since 2009 Neil has been a Visiting Fellow at the Open University. for Life (BfL) Assessor. design adviser to Urban Design London’s She is a passionate champion for playful Design Surgery Panel. environments, and creating accessible He is an accredited Building for Life resources to support engagement Assessor and regular contributor to the with design and better collaborative architectural press. processes. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 43

John Devlin Anne Diack Marc Dix

John is an architect Anne is currently Marc is director of LT and urban designer Director of Engaging Studio Landscape with over 35 years’ Places at Open City, a Architects and leads experience of national programme the team with more delivering major to promote built than 20 years’ projects and environment experience. regeneration education (ending initiatives across the UK, in both public May 2012). She was Head of Education He has worked on a wide range and private sectors. at the Commission for Architecture and of projects from public realm and the Built Environment (CABE), Director of educational facilities, to residential and He has also acted as a project Research, Media and Communications commercial schemes. After working manager and commissioning client. for the Department of Education’s in London for Townshend Landscape John is particularly identified with the Innovation Unit, Research Manager for Architects and Grant Associates in multi-award winning arts-led urban BBC Education Policy, prize-winning Bath, Marc relocated to Asia where he regeneration of Gateshead Quays. BBC Academic Executive Producer for worked for Cicada in Singapore, leading He recently formed John Devlin the Open University, Education a landscape team working on projects Consulting Limited to offer a range of Researcher; Teacher Trainer and Teacher. in China, Vietnam and Singapore. Marc services to public and private sector She holds degrees from Nottingham and is a lecturer and tutor at the University of clients, bringing a creative, fresh and London Universities. A Life Fellow of the Bath, Architecture Department and tutor lateral approach to problem solving; to Royal Society of Arts (RSA) for at the University of Gloucestershire. He achieve desired outcomes in innovative, “achievement in education and services is a member of the Bristol Urban Design robust and sustainable ways, including: to innovation”, Anne has held a public Review Panel (DRP) and the Somerset Development and Regeneration Advice; appointment on the National Education and Devon DRP. Marc is currently leading Arts-led Urban Regeneration; Research Forum, sat on many high-level the LT Studio team on a number of Major Projects and Project Management steering committees, and is a member of interesting projects. and Visioning. many professional bodies including the Royal Institute of British Architects Key projects include: Borough High He was heavily involved in delivering (RIBA). Street for Kings College London, the successful European Union (EU) Torquay Waterfront for Harbour Hotels, Interreg3b: “Waterfront Communities She has worked on national education Bristol Harbourside for Crest Nicholson Project” – a 3 year study into best projects for 20 years, covering Built Regeneration, the regeneration of practice in waterfront regeneration. Environment Education, Literacy, Maths Brighton Dome for Brighton Dome and John is Immediate Past Vice-President and Information and Communication Brighton Festivals Ltd., and Windsor (Membership) of the Royal Institute of Technology (ICT), worked at the heart of Castle for the Royal Household. British Architects (RIBA), and chaired national and local policy-making, chaired RIBA’s Nations and Regions Committee, large/small meetings, filmed people from and Client Service Panel. He is currently all sectors across the UK and globally, Chairman of the North East Design coached people on how to present Review Panel. themselves well on camera; conducted research; trained teachers; and taught children/young people. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 44

Nick Dixon Paul Dodd David Dropkin

Nick is a development Paul is an urban For more than 20 planner and urban designer and years David has designer with 20 chartered landscape delivered strategic years’ experience at architect with over 20 inclusive design the intersection of years experience consultancy to development within private practice master planning and planning, and local architectural teams. regeneration, transport and urban government. He has prepared design design. He is currently Director at driven masterplans, planning studies, As a Consultant member of the National WSP|Parsons Brinckerhoff leading a design codes and planning applications Register of Access Consultants development infrastructure initiative for development projects and is an (NRAC), he provides a range of seeking ongoing design quality accomplished public space designer, access consultancy services across improvement in strategic land preparing public realm strategies for business sectors for new and existing development and regeneration projects. several UK cities. developments, including design appraisal, technical guidance and the Nick maintains an active project portfolio, Paul is an active Design Council Cabe development of access strategy and including directing street planning and Built Environment Expert, and regular policy, with current projects including design input to award-winning strategic design review panel member for Design Battersea Power Station and Tottenham land development sites, such as Filton South East, the London Borough of Hotspur’s new stadium. He has a keen Airfield and Bristol and Bath Science Merton and Urban Design London. He interest in challenging perceptions about Park. He also regularly leads multi- has written best practice guidance and disability, and believes in delivering disciplinary teams delivering public was lead author of the ‘Slow Streets projects that embrace seamless sector area regeneration strategies. His Source Book’, published by Urban provision for disabled and non-disabled early career was as Head of Integrated Design London, where he currently leads people alike. In developing ‘Up at the O2‘ Transport at Wiltshire Council which the streetscape training programme. (a 52m high climb over the top of the O2) led to a passion for urban design Following an early career at Richards he worked closely with the design and and an ongoing belief that municipal Moorehead, Laing and Stoke-on- operations team, as well as a dedicated engineers, working in collaboration Trent City Council, specialising in land access forum to navigate duties owed with urban design professionals, hold reclamation and green infrastructure under the Equality Act, balancing the key to improving design quality in design. Paul led the urban design team them with delivering a breath-taking most urban areas. Legacy included a at Hyder Consulting in London. challenging, climbing experience. programme of city and market town public realm improvements across the Moving to Urban Initiatives in 2003 as a David is co-author of the Metric county, delivered by cross-disciplinary Senior Associate, he prepared innovative Handbook chapter on access and engineering and urban design teams. planning and urban design frameworks. inclusion and also contributed to the Paul established Outdesign in 2011, an Olympic Delivery Authority Inclusive Nick has spent the last 15 years independent design practice providing Design Standards and sat on the in consultancy, continuing to blur urban design consultancy services. working party to revise the London Plan the boundaries between technical Central to the consultancies approach is Supplementary Planning Guidance disciplines, in favour of more effective collaborative public engagement through (SPG): Accessible London. project delivery. place audits and design workshops. He supports the Civic Trust as a universal design assessor. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 45

Jayne Earnscliffe Nick Edwards Tony Edwards

As director of leading, Nick is an Tony trained and disabled-led access architectural educator practised first as an design company and change driver architect before Making Access Work, with 20 years’ qualifying as a Jayne has experience creating landscape architect, contributed to the innovative community a profession he has success of numerous, engagement and since pursued over a significant high-profile arts, heritage, participation opportunities, encouraging 30 year career. He is a director of Place public realm and housing projects over greater understanding of architecture, Design and Planning, the landscape 25 years. regeneration, planning, placemaking, architecture and urban design practice active citizenship and sustainability. he set up 10 years ago. Highlights include London Symphony Orchestra (LSO)/St Luke’s, winner He trained as an architect and has spent Tony has been closely involved in of three access awards; Civic Trust most of his career working in formal the master planning and ongoing Universal Access award-winning Queen and informal education, demystifying development of the award-winning, Elizabeth (QE2) Olympic Park Tumbling built environment processes, changing 180 acres GreenPark Reading since the Bay Playground; and Royal Institute perceptions and advocating the role 1990s, and has appeared as an expert of British Architects (RIBA) Stirling communities can play in shaping and witness at over 25 public inquiries. Prize-winning Everyman Theatre, for its caring for their neighbourhoods. His Formerly a member of CABE’s National “unparalled levels of accessibility.” Jayne achievements include: co-founding Design Review Panel, he is currently a has a unique specialism in inclusive Architecture Centre Fundamental member of the Merton Design Review exhibition design with a vast client Architectural Inclusion, which led Panel. His joint qualifications have made portfolio that includes the Victoria and the field in youth engagement in the him particularly aware of development Albert (V&A) Futureplan; Stonehenge built environment through its seminal and master planning issues and means Visitor Centre; and King Abdulaziz Centre programmes the Architecture Crew: he can offer an informed view on for World Culture, Dhahran. At Arts Britain’s first youth architecture forum, developments based on both training Council England Jayne helped embed and the Legacy Youth Panel which and experience. Landscape schemes in high standards of accessibility in lottery- facilitated young people’s response to particular need some experience of time funded capital projects as assessor/ the Legacy Master Planning Framework and management to ensure they deliver special monitor, and author of access for the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. on their initial design aspirations. guidelines/policies. As Lifetime Homes advisor, Jayne has extensive experience Nick’s recent projects include East Tony has worked on land reclamation, of masterplanning and complex planning London In Flux, regeneration awareness mineral workings, new and refurbished negotiations and is currently engaged on adult education programme, with housing projects, business parks and several major residential developments, Birkbeck, University of London and commercial developments, educational including Chelsea Barracks. Passionate ExplorE20 sustainable community buildings and public realm schemes. about inclusive design, her pragmatic, development initiatives with East Village non-prescriptive approach places people residents for Get Living London and His award winning practice at the heart of the design process. Triathlon Homes. Nick also delivers is currently engaged in a range of diverse expert tours through Starting Point development work across a number She enjoys working with architects and and Architectours Barcelona, and is of sectors. 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 46

Joanna Eley Alex Ely Mike Entwisle

Joanna’s prime focus Alex is a leading Mike is a building is on the user’s authority on urban environmental design experience in the built design and housing. engineer with a environment, and on background in benefits obtained Architect, planner science research. from expert advice and author of the during the earliest Mayor of London’s Passionate about stages of a project. She studied Housing Design Guide, and numerous improving and optimising building Philosophy, Politics and Economics research/best practice publications for environmental performance, he has (PPE) at Oxford, prior to training as an the Commission for Architecture and the developed exceptional skills in designing architect in the USA/London. Built Environment (CABE), he combines buildings, which both delight users, but planning and policy experience with a also deliver sustainable performance She takes a rounded view of clients’ passion for good design. Formerly Head in the real world. Mike is a Partner at needs, building users and society, of Sustainable Communities at CABE, he BuroHappold Engineering, where he concentrating on how people use continues to advise Government on built is Director for the Education Sector, buildings, and the client role in environment policy. Alex is the founder embracing projects across schools, commissioning/participating in of Mæ and has been responsible for a colleges and universities globally. This construction projects. She enables wide range of award winning schemes gives him a unique insight into global clients/users to obtain the greatest from masterplans to housing projects, trends in the sector, and how the built support/satisfaction from their health care and cultural buildings. Since environment can contribute to successful environment, and promotes effective its inception, the practice has become development and education of the next communication processes between recognised as one of the UK’s leading generations’ leaders. He is especially clients/project stakeholders, including design practices. proud of his role leading the engineering the design team. input on the Forum at the University of Alex is a member of the Greater London Exeter, and the first Building Schools for Joanna worked as a consultant with Authority’s Design Panel, the London the Future projects in Bristol. leading professionals in the construction Legacy’s Development Corporation’s process, such as DEGW, David Langdon Quality Review Panel, and the Royal A board member of the Higher Education Consultancy and William Bordass Institute of British Architects Housing Design Quality Forum and a leading Associates. A Director at Alexi Marmot Policy Group. A graduate from the Royal member of the Chartered Institute of Associates (AMA) since 1989. AMA College of Art and the Architectural Building Service Engineers (CIBSE) specialises in providing evidence needed Association, he continues to engage in Schools design group. He contributed to ensure users get better buildings. academia, lecturing internationally on to the UK Government’s Zero Carbon Working with Cabe and others, she has design and policy. Schools Task Force and drafted the reviewed the impact of many different CABE design criteria for assessment professional interventions to improve of school designs. Member of the design outcomes. Joanna’s work covers Engineering and Innovation External all stages, from pre-project though Advisory Board at the Open University, briefing, design, fit-out and use, including he helps them formulate their approach post occupancy evaluations. She is a to these important fields in fast changing Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) subject areas. Client Adviser, working to clearly define their services; and a Higher Education Design Quality Forum (HEDQF) facilitator. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 47

Jo Evans Meredith Evans Steph Everett

Jo is a planner by Meredith trained as Steph is a Chartered background with over an architect and is a Planner with over 20 years’ experience qualified Urban fifteen years’ in conservation in the Designer and Planner, experience in shaping private and public working in the field of towns and cities sector. planning and urban through spatial design for over 35 planning, design and She is an Associate Director at RPS years in a number of urban authorities. delivery advice to both the public and CgMs in the Historic Buildings team. private sectors. CgMs acts for a wide range of private and He is now a planning and urban design public sector organisations and advises consultant, and has managed related Drawing upon diverse skills in planning, on all aspects of historic environment areas of highways, property, economic transport, community engagement, planning policy and practice. Before development and regeneration. He was socio-economic regeneration and joining CgMs, Jo was a conservation Assistant Director for City Development sustainability, Steph enjoys working officer at a number of planning authorities at Leicester City Council for a number with others to tackle the range of in Surrey, Sussex and Hampshire. She of years before joining Telford and complex issues faced within the built has experience in all aspects of building Wrekin Council as Corporate Director, environment. She specialises in large and area conservation, including Environment and Regeneration. At multi-disciplinary projects and has led development appraisals; townscape Telford, Meredith leads the Council’s the preparation and delivery of a range of assessments; conservation area reviews partnership working with the Homes and spatial plans, masterplans and strategies and local lists; urban design; enforcement Communities Agency. for neighbourhoods and town centres; and listed building prosecutions, and including the South Manchester Strategic numerous public inquiries and hearings. Key strategic projects are the Telford Regeneration Framework: ‘Living City’, Jo has been a full Member of the Royal Millenium Community; Lawley and the delivery strategy for Gateshead Town Planning Institute since 1989 and Sustainable Urban Extension; Lightmoor Town Centre: ‘Fit for a City’. a full Member of the Institute of Historic Urban Village; Woodside regeneration Building Conservation (IHBC) since (former New Town estate), and the Steph has a keen interest in designing 1997, having been a former member of redevelopment of the Town Centre. for inclusivity, sustainability and healthy the Association of Conservation Officers Other roles include: member of the living; reinforcing these principles since 1989. Housing Design Awards judging panel; through her work in the design and member and former chair of the Royal function of developments, streets and Jo is the immediate past Chair of the Town Planning Institute’s Urban Design public spaces. Within her current role at Institute of Historic Building Conservation Network; and member of the MADE Trafford Housing Trust, she is tasked with (IHBC), and is currently Secretary of design panel. shaping the design and delivery of new the IHBC. Prior to this she was the homes for both affordable rent and home Membership Secretary of the IHBC and ownership, and is working with Trafford’s the Chair of the Institute’s Membership Young Advisors to design future homes and Ethics Committee. for young people. Steph has also volunteered for the ConstructionSkills initiative. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 48

Jim Eyre Helen Farrar Noel Farrer

Jim is a Partner/ Helen is an Noel is a landscape Director of established freelance architect and urban WilkinsonEyre since enabler; a landscape designer who has run 1987, responsible architect by his own award for managing the profession with 28 winning practice for practice’s years’ expertise in 19 years. transportation, renaissance, bridge and infrastructure projects, placemaking, communities and He designs for clients including and cultural projects. organisational development. Based in Great Portland Estates, Cathedral Yorkshire and Humber, Helen has worked Group, Peabody Trust, and the public His work includes (cultural): the Museum at national, regional and local levels; sector on projects ranging from of London, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, contributing at a senior level, particularly residential, education, parks and public the Cooled Conservatories at Gardens with the public and voluntary sectors. realm. President of the Landscape by the Bay, and the Weston Library in Institute, where he campaigns for Oxford; (commercial): Battersea Power She was Urban Renaissance Manager at landscape led placemaking. He sits on Station redevelopment, the Royal Yorkshire Forward (1999-2004), playing the government’s design advisory panel Institute of British Architects Lubetkin a key role in developing the region’s for housing. Noel is a regular columnist Prize winning Guangzhou International distinct Renaissance Towns and Centre and visiting lecturer on landscape Finance Center; the award winning of Excellence programmes. She is an architecture. Stratford Market Depot and Stratford expert in the establishment of design Regional Station projects. review panels, having developed and evaluated a number of local and regional With numerous competition winning panels; and a specialist in engagement, concepts in the practice’s bridge facilitation, training and enabling. portfolio, he was awarded an Order of the British Empire, 2003 for services Helen’s key positions held include CABE to architecture, and Honorary Doctor Regional Representative in Yorkshire of Laws at Liverpool University (2009). and Humber (2002-2010); CABE Space Publications include: ‘The Architecture Enabler (03-12); Transform South of Bridge Design’, and: ‘Exploring Yorkshire Enabler (2010-11); Yorkshire Boundaries’ monograph. Visiting Forward Renaissance Advisor (2010- tutor at Illinois Institute of Technology, 12). Other past roles include Chair of USA (1997-1998); Harvard University the Accreditation Review Group and Graduate School of Design (2003- tutor/reviewer for Landscape courses at 2004). International exhibits include Leeds Metropolitan University; Director the Venice Biennale (2004). President and Interim Executive Director of of the Architectural Association (2007- Architecture Centre, ‘Arc’; Development/ 2009), now Chair of their Foundation. Community Investment Manager at Appointed to the expert panel for the English Partnerships; senior manager Farrell Review, also an expert panellist on and landscape architect at Groundwork the Liveable Cities initiative. Appointed as Wakefield. Helen has been a freelance Commissioner to the Royal Commission enabler and retained associate for for the Exhibition of 1851, in 2014; numerous organisations since 2004; and awarded The Bodley Medal (2015). a director of social enterprise Baraka Foundation since 2008. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 49

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 over 25 Integrated Care a and editorial director years of experience. not-for-profit of the Architectural She is Director of organisation that Review and Development/ started life as a Architects’ Journal. Masterplanning and resident-led project, and has become the After graduating in history at Selwyn Urban Design at Publica. 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 South then deputy chair at the Commission for projects on former industrial sites in East to develop play-friendly Architecture and the Built Environment complex inner city environments, such communities. (CABE: 1999-2005), and later Chair as Le Parc des Portes de Paris. Kathryn (2009 – 2014) and also chaired the has ongoing involvement in topical Alice is currently on the project board CABE Olympic Design Review panel research including a study of the spatial for Bristol Child-Friendly City, alongside (2005-2012). and social dynamics of high streets, the Architecture Centre, Room 13 and the New London Vernacular, and urban the University of Bristol. Her particular Paul has been co-editor, Planning density and neighbourhood perception. area of interest is exploring how design in London since 1992. He became She is a member of the Mayor’s Design and social factors combine to enable Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of Advisory Group, the New London child and play-friendly public spaces, British Architects in 1994; was awarded Sounding Board, and The London residential streets and estates. an honorary doctorate by the University Society Executive Committee. Kathryn of Westminster in 2004; and an honorary holds a Masters of Architecture in fellowship by University College London Urban Design from Harvard University’s in 2006. He was granted honorary Graduate School of Design. Kathryn ran membership of the Architectural the MSc City Design and Social Science Association in 2014, and awarded an at the London School of Economic Order of the British Empire for services to Cities Programme for 6 years, and architecture in 2002. was a visiting lecturer at the Housing and Urbanism unit at the Architecture Association.

She is currently an External Examiner and supervisor at Liverpool John Moores University and Cambridge University. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 50

Karl Fitzgerald Julie Fleck Andy Foster

Karl [Master of Julie worked as a Andy trained as both Studies (MSt), local authority town architect and Batchelor of planner for 9 years structural engineer Engineering (BEng), before specialising in and was initially Chartered Engineer access for disabled involved in the design (CEng), Member of people as the of high profile, Institute of Corporation of complex buildings. Engineering (MICE)] is a Chartered Civil London’s Access Officer. Julie then He has mainly UK based project Engineer with particular focus on became Principal Access Adviser at the experience, with a five year posting to transport planning and masterplanning Greater London Authority (GLA). Hong Kong. As a Director of Ove Arup & for large scale development projects. Partners (1999), he led a 100 person Julie developed the London Plan strong building design group responsible With over 25 years’ experience in policies on inclusive design and for a diverse portfolio. consultancy and the public sector, he wrote the Supplementary Planning has been responsible for major transport Guidance ‘Accessible London’. Julie A member of the Technical Executive: planning and masterplan projects, provided technical access advice on a six person team advising the Arup and design of public transport and strategic planning applications referred Board on design and technical issues infrastructure. Karl coordinates strategic to the Mayor and contributed to the worldwide, his key contribution to the projects for the Advisory Team for Large development of the Olympic Delivery panel was in design education focused Applications and acts as an advisor to a Authority’s award winning Inclusive on ensuring design and technical range of public and private sector groups Design Strategy and Standards. excellence. Andy won the inaugural Sir engaged in the development process. In 2012 she was seconded to the GLA’s Jack Zunz scholarship (2000), with a A particular focus is the planning for London 2012 Unit as Paralympic Adviser leadership programme at the Institute large scale mixed use developments, and undertook various projects to for Management Development (IMD) and new communities. He has make London ready for the Olympic Lausanne, Switzerland. In 2004, he advised government departments on and Paralympic Games. returned to Chester and set up in practice programmes such as Public Sector Julie is currently on secondment to to experience design at a local scale. Land and Large Scale infrastructure Government leading a Paralympic Recent interests include small-scale Funding and Housing Zones. Previously Legacy project aimed at stimulating sustainable design and historic building he was responsible for technical input a systematic change in the way built conservation. to major initiatives such as the new environment professionals are taught town of Northstowe and the Hospital inclusive design – the Built Environment He sits on the advisory Board of the Sites Programme for the Homes and Professional Education Project. Built Environment Innovation Centre Communities Agency. at Imperial College, London; member Julie is a member of the British Standards of the West Midlands Design Review Karl is an enthusiastic advocate for Institution Committee B/559 (responsible Panel (MADE); and a Design Enabler for good design and for an interdisciplinary for developing standards on access for the North West Design Review:Places approach to engaging professional skills disabled people to buildings), the Royal Matter. President of the Cheshire Society and disciplines. He is also a trained Town Planning Institute and the Access of Architects, he also sits on the Royal mediator and experienced in facilitating Association and was awarded the OBE in Institute of British Architects Small stakeholder events and negotiation 2004 for services to disabled people. Practice Committee. processes. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 51

Sarah Foster Beatrice Fraenkel Susan Francis

Sarah is a chartered Beatrice is an Susan is Programme town planner with 14 industrial designer Director for Architects years’ experience in and ergonomist with for Health (AfH), a both public and over 25 years’ Royal Institute of private sectors. experience working in British Architects and across both (RIBA) Linked She has worked in private/public Society. AfH has 500 urban and rural environments, and been sectors, helping clients determine design members and delivers an impressive involved with developments on a wide briefs to deliver design quality, drive programme of events, study tours and range of scales, from small householder down costs and add land/rental value, all student awards to design professionals and agricultural developments to based on determining user needs. and clients in the healthcare sector. major regeneration schemes. Sarah is currently Projects Manager for the She is an expert in working with a range As Special Advisor for Health at development company Coverland UK of complex stakeholders, including local CABE, Susan worked closely with Ltd. Previously, Planning Manager for the communities, clients and architects, to the Department of Health on Built Peak District National Park Authority, she achieve beneficial and cost effective Environment policy development. has also worked for Turley, Manchester results for everyone. Beatrice was Responsibilities included leading/chairing City Council, and Austin-Smith:Lord Liverpool City Design Champion for the National Health Service (NHS) Architects. Sarah was the Royal Town ten years, greatly supported by the Design Review Programme; directing Planning Institute (RTPI) Young Planner Commission for Architecture and Built research and policy development on of the Year (2010), and Chair of the RTPI Environment, who gave her an award. community hospitals and sustainable North West region (2008 – 2010). She helped deliver the L1 shopping design; devising and developing the She was awarded the RTPI Planning centre; chaired the Ropewalks Future Health Initiative across CABE, Summer School’s Travel Scholarship Partnership which redeveloped the that demonstrated how design can help (2005), and travelled to New South Wales historic heart of Liverpool, using quality deliver sustainable places for health to study the Australian system of design to drive up value and attract and wellbeing. Previously, she led the of planning obligations. inward investment, and as Chair of Future Healthcare Network (FHN) at Renew North West (NW) she set up the NHS Confederation, where she Sarah has been an active volunteer for ‘Places Matter’, the Design review panel was architectural advisor in a multi- Planning Aid, specialising in community for the North West. disciplinary team. FHN facilitated a training events in Greater Manchester learning network for over 80 NHS Trusts, and Merseyside. She has acted as an She sat on the National Health Service engaged in major capital developments external examiner for the University of (NHS) Estates Board and was given an for hospital, primary care and mental Nottingham’s Department of Architecture award for her work as a NHS Design health services, part of the major and the Built Environment and, on a more Champion. Beatrice remains a NHS investment programme for the NHS. informal basis, as an external assessor Design Champion, currently chairing for the University of Manchester’s School a Design Board of NHS staff, service A qualified architect, Susan has worked of Planning & Landscape. users and managers to ensure that users in practice and academia developing of buildings and spaces are at the heart research, publications and post graduate of all design. training for over 20 years. She recently presented at International conferences in the Netherlands, Germany, Norway and India, and regularly presents in the UK. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 52

Daisy Froud Sandra Fryer Tony Fullwood

Daisy is co-founder of Sandra has more than Tony is a chartered multi-disciplinary 20 years’ planning, town planner with architecture practice regeneration and extensive local AOC (2003), where sustainable authority experience she leads the firm’s development, director in all aspects of town participation arm. level experience, planning, including With 14 years’ mainly in the public local plans, experience in stakeholder engagement sector and for 10 years running her own development control, delivering high and collaborative planning, Daisy business, providing consultancy and quality designs and public realm, most specialises in devising and implementing interim management. recently as Head of Service and tools and strategies that allow multiple Corporate Manager at Tunbridge Wells voices to meaningfully contribute to Sandra’s recent experience is as an Borough Council. design and decision-making processes. Assistant Director leading regeneration An experienced facilitator, she helps in a Waltham Forest, London. She set up His experience includes planning and diverse groups find common ground and and led negotiations on the Borough’s implementing major projects, such shared priorities in situations where Housing Zone for 2,500 new homes as significant urban extensions; town policy constraints/lack of resources, in quality, mixed use development in centres; urban regeneration; and pose challenges. A qualified translator, the Lea Valley, and including a new conserving and enhancing areas of Daisy has a First in Languages from Creative Industries Quarter. Sandra architectural and landscape heritage. Cambridge University, a Master of Arts also led the delivery of new housing With professional experience in various (MA) with Distinction in Cultural Memory, development in the Vale of White locations, ranging from cities, town and teaches on the theory and practice of Horse, Oxfordshire negotiating 4,000 centres to small neighbourhoods and urban change at The Bartlett. new homes in two developments villages, Tony has been responsible for around Wantage, including planned the preparation of a numerous local plans She has just completed a visiting infrastructure, parish and town council and supplementary planning documents. professorship at Yale, running a seminar engagement and design review. As a course on participatory architecture. trustee of the Town and Country Planning He set up Tony Fullwood Associates Daisy is an Academician of the Academy Association (TPCA), Sandra has worked (June 2006), specialising in planning of Urbanism; an accredited Building with government and policy makers to policy, high-quality urban design and For Life assessor; a member of the promote new Garden Cities and housing sustainable solutions, and is engaged in London Borough of Newham Design solutions fit for the 21st Century. various public /private sector planning Review Panel; and an enabler for both and development projects. Advisor and The Glasshouse and Design Council Sandra contributed to the TCPA’s mentor to numerous parish councils, Cabe, where she is involved with the recent urban policy report. Passionate as they develop their frontrunner ‘neighbourhood planning frontrunners’. about achieving well planned, new neighbourhood plans. Prior to founding AOC, Daisy worked development in partnership with key A qualified urban designer with a keen for regeneration bodies Central London stakeholders, she is also a trustee of the interest in achieving high quality design, Partnership and Groundwork, and for Bristol Jazz Festival, and Vice-Chair of Tony has been a CABE Space five years devised and delivered design- Governors at Cotham School, where she Enabler since 2006, facilitating local awareness training for local authority led negotiations on school development authorities, and contributing to national councillors at architecture centre and a hostile village green application. events/publications. Open House. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 53

Julie Futcher Jason Gardner Magda Gay

Julie is an architect Following over 17 Magda works as an with interests in years experience as a independent sustainable urban Mechanical Engineer, consultant on design and the role of working as part of disability, access and buildings in modifying multidisciplinary inclusion. She has a the climates of design teams on Masters Degree in neighbouring various national and Disability Studies and buildings and the outdoors. international projects, Jason now leads Social Policy. With more than thirty years’ the Environmental, Sustainability and experience in the public, commercial and She completed a Doctor of Philosophy Alternative Technologies group in the voluntary sectors working with disabled at the College of Engineering and Leeds, Dublin, Manchester and children, young people, adults and those Architecture, University College Dublin, Birmingham offices. who live or work with them, Magda has a on the contributions of buildings and unique understanding of the human of urban form to the urban climate. In this capacity he is regularly involved impact when environmental barriers to Her research is multi-disciplinary in its with projects as a sustainability access and inclusion have not been fully approach, drawing on the expertise consultant, providing guidance on considered. She worked with staff from of architects, engineers, geographers building physics, energy infrastructure The British Council, The Office of and climatologists. Julie applies her low carbon technologies, environmental International Development and External expertise to the study of the impacts of impact, and as a BREEAM Assessor. Affairs and An Najah University, in the tall buildings in cities, and has developed During his post graduate study at Palestinian Territories. Magda carried out novel approaches to link urban design the University of Cambridge Jason research and analysed the results of her with the experiences of pedestrians and carried out an in depth research project consultation to make recommendations urban dwellers. She is an independent into assessing the environmental for more inclusive practice at the consultant on applied urban climatology performance of buildings. university. Sensitively working with and co-founder of Urban Generation, an groups with diverse interests, she utilised urban design studio concerned with the accessible community and stakeholder public realm. consultation methods at High Green Development Trust, Sheffield, before Julie has actively participated with writing the report and recommendations various stakeholders on scientific teams, for the development of their multi- concerned with numerous aspects of generational play space. urban refurbishment and regeneration. These experiences, along with those Magda provides advice and writes gained as an architect have given her a interactive training materials, checklists multi-disciplinary approach essential for and e-learning to support the design and sustainable urban development. Julie development of inclusive play equipment, has a great deal of experience in the services, settings and environments, urban realm, and is currently developing publications and articles, for local a planning framework to assess ‘form’ authorities, community groups, driven micro-climate effects that will voluntary and statutory organisations guide urban development in a climate and outdoor play companies, including sensitive manner. Inclusive Play’s inclusive play area assessment tool. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 54

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 over 20 Architects of England, and years’ relevant Registration Board practicing as an 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 Whitehall 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 David Chipperfield Tim’s book, No Fear: Growing up in a Architects and I.M. Pei & Partners (New An experienced designer of higher risk-averse society was published in York), and directed leading architectural education facilities, offices and housing, 2007, and in 2006-8 he co-authored the practices in the UK. Christopher he was responsible for numerous multi- Greater London Authority’s planning has been an active enabler at the award winning projects, including the guidance on children’s play and informal Commission for Architecture and Built New Environmental Office at the Building recreation. He is co-author of Managing Environment since 2005, enabling two Research Establishment (BRE) and the Risk in Play Provision: Implementation major medical projects and conducting Icon housing development in Street, Guide, an authoritative guide to safety in Post-Occupancy Evaluations on two Somerset. Bill has particular expertise children’s play, and author of the Greater completed schools. Latterly he has in adaptation of the built environment London Authority report Sowing the served on Design Council Cabe’s Health to the changing climate, retrofitting the Seeds: Reconnecting London’s Building Steering Group and helped existing building stock and narrowing children with nature. shape its Medical Built Environment the performance gap between design Tim advised the London Legacy Programme. He studied at Harvard expectations and reality. Vice chair of BRE Development Company on the design Graduate School of Design, (Masters Global’s Governing Body and he 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 - 2009, where he contributed Argent plc, amongst other clients. the Sustainable Tall Buildings Studio at to the development of RIBA’s Climate Nottingham University; and has taught Change Guides. He has advised political parties and at Bath, the Architectural Association think-tanks across the political spectrum. and 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/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 55

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 Design education and is Architecture in 2014. excellence, with over Director of Cazenove 30 years’ professional Architects, a practice He has been practicing for over 25 experience, receiving the Royal Town focusing on public and community years and gained extensive experience Planning Institute (RTPI) North West development. in leadership positions at high profile, Regional Leadership Award (2012). design-led practices. Prior to joining She is a History graduate from York HASSELL, Julian was Managing Experienced in planning and delivering University and a Royal Institute of British Partner and Board member of Feilden health and housing projects, and all Architects (RIBA) Conservation architect, Clegg Bradley Studios. He has led aspects of masterplanning and town qualifying at the Bartlett (1990). Louise projects, including the University of centre work. During the intense period has chaired/contributed to many design Brighton Masterplan; Condé Nast of Private Finance Initiative Investment reviews in London and south east College of Fashion 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 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 Dhabi, Chairman of a successful multidisciplinary and education architecture. She led and a master plan 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 been Manchester Conservation and Design a new Programme Strategy for School developed through all stages of design in Panel; NHS Design Advisory Group Environments (2011). the delivery of award winning architecture member; HS2 Ambassador and first and masterplanning projects that strive generation CABE Enabler. He has also Louise’s projects have won and been to achieve exemplary environments, held close associations with urban design shortlisted for local/national design exceed client expectations and produce and town planning schools across the UK. awards: CivicTrust, RIBA; Local dynamic, exciting and responsive Authority; The Housing Awards; architecture. He is currently a Places Barnsley Business and Innovation Matter North West Design Review Panel Centre iCAN awards, British Council for Member and is a Fellow of the Royal School environments Awards. She has 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 56

Vincent Goodstadt Andy Graham Marcus Grant

Vincent has worked Andy is an Urban Marcus is an urban for various bodies Designer and designer and across the UK, at all Heritage professional Chartered Landscape scales within both with over 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/ 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. of design considerations into their people of all ages, abilities and cultures. planning decisions; supports the training Andy uses his professional background Working with built environment programme of Urban Design London, alongside his entrepreneurial attitude professionals in cities both in the UK and and the London based charettes of the to achieve a holistic approach to across Europe, he specialises in the role Design Penn postgraduate programme. sustainable urbanism. His experience of city-region spatial frameworks; urban He is co-author of the Royal Town in both public/private sectors enables design and neighbourhood intervention; Planning Institute’s (RTPI): ‘New Vision him to see the ‘bigger picture’ and this is and biodiversity to better support healthy for Planning’ and: ‘The Charter of reflected in his project: TheUrbanGlow, lifestyles and reduce health inequalities. European Planning,’ which provides a which has seen him spreading the He has worked extensively with Bristol basis for planning professions in the UK message of good urbanism through City Council, developing new tools to and Europe, respectively. digital media and online tutorials. He engage communities with this agenda. has assisted the National Health Service Working with Public Health England and Part of the European Environment in their liaison with Local Authorities National Institute for Health and Care Agency initiative on the quality of life in on planning healthier cities, and has Excellence, he examined urban food Europe’s towns and cities, Vincent is a facilitated and led several workshops access and growing; and evidence based past RTPI President. Other formal roles and events for all ages, with the intention policy, in relation to health. include: Honorary Professor (University of better engaging people with their of Manchester), Vice-president of the environment. In 2015 he was asked by WHO to Town and Country Planning Association; update their European Age-Friendly Executive member of the European A creative thinker who believes context City guidelines. Marcus was a founding Council of Spatial Planners; the network and robust analysis are the key to member of the Scientific Board for the of European metropolitan Regions and successful development, Andy is an Public Health Research programme. Areas and editorial board of Planning affiliate member of the Institute of This programme can evaluate the health Theory and Practice. Historic Building Conservation and a impact of built environment interventions. member of the Society of Authors and he He is an expert advisor to WHO and a continues to challenge and pursue good Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health. places for people. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 57

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 over twenty five years experience Planning Consultancy and is currently private hospital; a Directorate manager, in 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 A member of the Royal Town Planning Whilst at Southwark, Julie led the design recent years he has acted as programme Institute since 1991. She is a member of response for major redevelopments manager, project director/key adviser MADE’s Expert Panel. including the Shard; Neo Bankside; Tate on numerous Private Finance Initiatives; Modern Extension; Bankside123; and Living Lives Lifting People; Procure Currently a post-graduate student at the Elephant and Castle Masterplan, 21 and education projects; in addition the University of Birmingham studying establishing a reputation as a planner to providing consultancy advice on a Master of Arts degree in Heritage who raised the ‘design bar’. Principal business transformation; integration Management. Design Advisor for the Olympic Delivery and organisational development Authority, where she was responsible commissions. Experienced in supporting for the Evolution Phase of the Legacy the design process in acute, community, Masterplan as well as the Olympic Village mental health and primary sectors, also and provided specialist advice to the interested in the opportunities offered Planning Decisions Team. by the application of Information and Communications Technology to enhance Julie has held positions on the service quality and improve access. Commission for Sustainable London 2012, where she reviewed the Olympic Ian now works for Community Health Park Legacy Company’s Masterplan, Partnerships, part of the Department design codes and planning applications. of Health, as a Strategic Advisor to the She is a panel member for Southwark’s NHS in the East Midlands and East of and Wandworth’s Design Review England. His role includes supporting Panels and currently advises London’s commissioners and providers in Skyline Campaign. developing asset strategies and helping develop partnerships across the public sector to enable improvement in estates A guide to our Built Environment Experts 58

Sam Gullam Andrew Haley Ben Hamilton-Baillie

Sam is a product Andrew is a Ben is the founding designer whose main Chartered Landscape director of Hamilton- focus of work for the Architect, Urban Baillie Associates, a past 20 years has Designer and small consultancy in been the design of Regeneration Bristol specializing in street furniture, Consultant. street design and products and traffic in towns. wayfinding schemes for the public realm His 24 years experience has a strong and transit systems. emphasis on working collaboratively, He is the UK’s leading exponent of developing increasingly distinctive places low-speed design principles and shared Sam’s belief is that a coordinated which are environmentally, economically space, seeking ways to better integrate approach to movement and information and socially sustainable. Andrew has traffic into cities, towns and villages. Ben systems is not only an opportunity for been responsible for a wide range of trained as an architect at Cambridge, and enhancing a city’s identity and its sense award-winning projects across the UK, worked in social housing development of place, but is a fundamental aspect of Ireland and internationally, as Director and the creation of the National Cycle making our cities work. Sam is creative with The Paul Hogarth Company. The Network with Sustrans, before focusing director and founder of Lacock Gullam; Organisation for Economic Cooperation on street design. He combines urban projects include the Bristol Legible City and Development commended the design with traffic engineering and Initiative and Legible London pedestrian work for the Laganside area of Belfast’s research into driver psychology. Lead wayfinding systems. In both cases Sam Waterfront as being ‘representative designer for the regeneration of the was involved in strategic development of international best-practice’. The award-winning scheme for Poynton in and led the product design consultant Masterplan provided the vision for Cheshire, he has worked on projects team. Responsible for the conceptual continued investment, totalling over such as Exhibition Road in London, design of Transport for London’s current £1 billion. Public Realm, including and Fishergate in Preston. bus shelters, Sam’s expertise covers Custom House Square and the historic the areas of user-centred and inclusive streetscapes of Cathedral Quarter were Ben has particular expertise in reducing design, sustainability and product catalysts to wider regeneration. The Wild the impact of traffic on rural communities, development. Designing systems Atlantic Way, on Ireland’s west coast has and has prepared guidance for National and products with clients such as contributed significantly to economic Parks and highway authorities on the transport authorities, local authorities, growth in remote, rural communities and design and management of rural roads. landowners and private sector street the region as a whole. He is author of “Traffic in Villages: A furniture advertising companies, Sam toolkit for communities” and contributed advises on strategy through to scheme The longest designated driving route to the “Manual for Streets “(2). implementation. in the world, it is attracting new international/local visitors, welcoming Recently Sam has been invited to them to spectacular landscapes and conferences in Tokyo and Kazakhstan to coastal experiences. Member of the speak about his approach to designing Ministerial Advisory Group, which for cities. advises the Minister for the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure on matters relating to the Architecture and Built Environment Policy for Northern Ireland. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 59

Annette Hards Liane Hartley Roger Hawkins

Annette trained as an Liane is a planner by Roger is an Architect/Urban profession with over experienced architect Designer, and now ten years experience working on a variety uses her 30 as a strategic of widely published years’experience as a planning, community projects. practitioner to regeneration and combine writing and economic A Founding Partner research into the connections between development consultant to the public of Hawkins\Brown, he has completed places and our health and well-being, and private sectors. many award winning buildings including with facilitating community/stakeholder the new Biochemistry Building for engagement in the design process. Her work has included writing numerous Oxford University, Park Hill in Sheffield high-level policy strategies for central and the Corby Cube. Roger also led the Architect-in-Education at the Kent and regional government, and evaluation design team on the redevelopment of Architecture Centre (2000-2011), of numerous national regeneration Parliament Square in Westminster and developing and delivering a range of funding programmes, whilst working the £900 million upgrade of Tottenham innovative and successful projects, for one of the government’s flagship Court Road Underground Station. He has engaging people in ‘placemaking’, regeneration partnerships: Thames considerable design experience gained including Urban Design learning Gateway London Partnership. Author in the early stages of projects, where programmes; the Spaceshaper9-14 of the Thames Gateway Theme Guide presentation quality of ideas and clarity initiative, and the ‘Places from Spaces’ to Designing Safer Communities of vision is of paramount importance. city learning programme. Annette has (2005), which was funded by the UK Roger’s influence extends throughout been a part time lecturer on Urban Home Office and is recognised as best the whole office, and his keen eye and Design on the Town Planning Masters of practice. Liane specialises in the socio- attention to detail is apparent in all the Science (MSc) course at the University economic impacts of regeneration work of the practice. of Brighton, and ran a Continuing and development, and developing Professional Development programme new approaches to managing positive He has been an active Cabe Enabler on for Sussex Planners (2012-14). The local change. She combines extensive Arts and Education projects since the links between how we make changes to knowledge of the UK planning system outset, and Chair of the Royal Institute places and the impact on our health has and social sustainability with practical of British Architects (RIBA) Design become the focus of her work over the policy and strategy development skills. Competitions. He is a member of the last three years. She feels strongly that A strong copywriter and bid manager, RIBA Validation Board, Chair of the we should do more to make the case for she excels in thought-leadership. RIBA Insurance Agency and Trustee investing in ‘healthy infrastructure’. An of the Harlow Art Trust. He has written Associate of Rethinking Cities, her work Passionate about seeing the “community several articles published in architectural has focused on healthy placemaking. as client”; she helps blur the distinction magazines, and has been a visiting between business and society, providing critic and lecturer in a variety o schools She is currently working on an interactive Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) of architecture including Sheffield, publication, exploring the many advice; community engagement; Nottingham, the Bartlett, Harvard and connections between a place and the youth engagement, and social Yale. health and wellbeing of the people who enterprise support to facilitate positive live, work and play there. locally-led change. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 60

Mike Hayes Colin Haylock Wayne Head

Mike is a consultant Colin is an Architect- Wayne is architect urban planner and Planner with over 40 and Partner at Curl La former senior officer years’ experience Tourelle and Head in the public sector. spanning the public, architects. He has His range of skills are private and recently joined the in urban planning, educational sectors. practice and has urban design, twenty years of regeneration and development at Until 1999 he ran a large multi- professional practice experience. regional, city and neighbourhood levels. disciplinary Environmental Design and Conservation Team for Newcastle City Previously, Wayne worked as senior His particular strengths are: building Council, including initiating the Europa architect with Penoyre and Prasad vision, developing strategy, providing Nostra Award winning Grainger Town Architects, and also more recently with leadership, thinking laterally, inspiring regeneration programme. He spent 10 BDP as director. He is committed to commitment, devising delivery years as Urban Design Director for a ensuring the highest design thinking and mechanisms and communicating major architectural practice and now runs quality is delivered through the projects ideas. He was President of the Royal an independent specialist consultancy. he engages with. Equally, through his role Town Planning Institute (2004) and an Colin has been intensely involved in the as the Cabe Built Environment Expert, Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute work of the Royal Town Planning Institute and design review panel member to three of British Architects and awarded since 1990, leading the development of London boroughs, and national panel Commander of the British Empire (CBE) its Urban Design Network and was the member to the Civic Trust Awards. for services to local government and the Institute’s national president in 2012. As voluntary sector (2008). He was invited a Regional Representative and Enabler to become a member of the Academy of he has been a major contributor to the Urbanism (2011), and is an accredited work of the Cabe throughout its life. He a neighbourhood plan examiner. He is Visiting Professor at The Bartlett School director of his consultancy Michael of Planning at University College London, Hayes Consulting Ltd. and Visiting Professor of Practice in Architecture, Planning and Landscape Current appointments include: Secretary at Newcastle University. He is a member to the National Planning Forum; non- of the London Mayor’s Design Advisory salaried Examining Inspector; National Group, a member of the planning Infrastructure Directorate in the Planning committee for the Old Oak Park Royal Inspectorate; Member of design review Mayoral Development Corporation and panel for MADE and PlacesMatter!; of numerous other planning, design Member of Historic England’s Advisory review and awards assessment panels. Committee and Urban Panel. Recently he has led a major church regeneration project on a pro-bono basis, and is chair of the board of trustees of the Weir Link Children and Community Centre in Balham, south London. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 61

Philip Heaton Jon Herbert Dan Hill

A chartered Jon is a chartered Dan is Associate landscape architect town planner with 18 Director at Arup, and and town planner with years’ experience in Head of Arup Digital 25 years’ experience, urban design and Studio: a Phil joined Cabe in planning consultancy. multidisciplinary 2003, and is one of its design team that longest serving Associate Director helps clients develop enablers. He ran the niche design firm with Tibbalds, he has previously held transformative digital technology for Parklife (1995 - 2008), when it was positions with Urban Initiatives and cities, spaces, infrastructure, buildings merged with Middle Eastern landscape Llewelyn Davies. Jon has strong and organisations. firm Cracknell, including all its staff and experience in strategic, spatial, policy projects. Through Cabe, Phil’s advice to and neighbourhood planning, having led A digital designer and urbanist, Dan’s local authorities has included on the production of Area Action Plans; previous leadership positions have masterplanning; Housing Market Supplementary Planning Documents; produced innovative, influential projects Renewal; children’s play for five Olympic consultation exercises and technical and organisations, ranging across the boroughs; sport; recreation and green policy documents to support and guide built environment (Arup, Future Cities space planning. He offers a particular the evolution of the Local Plan process. Catapult); education and research expertise in community engagement and This has included the production of (Fabrica); government (SITRA); and the design of active environments that masterplans, growth and town centre media (BBC, Monocle): each one local authorities find helpful. strategies. Jon has an excellent transformed positively via digital understanding of the current policy technology and a holistic approach Phil’s work with communities was agenda. He recently led research into to design. Living and working in the featured in a Channel Four TV series: neighbourhood planning on behalf of UK, Australia, Finland and Italy, Dan “Kevin McCloud and the Big Town the Department for Environment, Food began work on the urban regeneration Plan” (2008). Phil’s work is cited as an and Rural Affairs and the Department for of Manchester, and has subsequently example of good practice in many Cabe Communities and Local Government, worked on city strategy/urban publications, such as the regeneration drawing out lessons and advice from the development projects worldwide. An of public realm and housing estates in first wave of neighbourhood plans. He adjunct professor at Royal Melbourne Islington EC1. Phil became Director of also led research into the impact of the Institute of Technology University, and Public Realm for Broadway Malyan’s 15 National Planning Policy Framework on at the University of Technology Sydney. offices worldwide (2011), continuing his housing land supply, decision-making His design work has featured in the work in the Middle East until 2013, when and plan preparation. United Arab Emirates: ‘Museum of the he left to pursue his own projects. Future’, Dubai (2014, 2015); Istanbul In addition to being a Built Environment Design Biennal (2012), ‘Habitar’ (Gijon, Recently, he has been helping to deliver Expert, Jon is also a member of the 2010); and: ‘Remodelling Architecture’ Cabe’s Active by Design programme Placemaking Leadership Council and (Sydney, 2009), and is regularly featured through a pilot project in West Howe, the London Borough of Merton Design in global media. Books include: “Dark Bournemouth. Review Panel. He brings to his work a Matter and Trojan Horses: A Strategic thorough understanding of the planning Design Vocabulary” (Strelka Press, 2012), process with sensitivity to design and numerous pieces for books, journals, masterplanning. magazines and websites.

He has produced the groundbreaking and highly influential weblog City of Sound since 2001. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 62

Stephen Hill David Hills Luke Hillson

Stephen is a Educated at Luke, a recognised chartered planning Cambridge University, practitioner in urban and development David established the design, is a senior surveyor, working as architectural practice design consultant with an independent DSDHA with Deborah a background in town public interest Saunt (2001), after planning, and practitioner. working for Panter expertise in urban Hudspith, Tim Ronalds and Erick van design and masterplanning. He has forty years’ public and private Egeraat. Receiving eleven Royal Institute sector experience of housing; planning of British Architects Awards for their With over a decade of experience, Luke and delivering mixed-use development; completed projects, DSDHA has also has a great understanding of all aspects urban extensions; new settlements; received the Building Design Architect of of urban design and masterplanning, with and community-led neighbourhood the Year and Education Architect of the particular emphasis on placemaking, regeneration. He has acted as Year Awards (2010). sustainable communities and active facilitator for a cohousing project places. He has experience of working supported by Cambridge City and Within the practice, David has led a at a variety of scales from small South Cambridgeshire Councils. He number of award winning projects, residential layouts through to large scale has been course tutor on professional including the Stirling Prize shortlisted masterplanning. Previous work has ethics, city planning for social/economic Christ’s College School. included urban extensions, eco-towns and justice and on Integrated Design of the His recent experience has focused masterplanning the London 2012 Olympic Built Environment Master’s course, on special needs education, and an shooting venue. Cambridge University. Stephen is the increasing portfolio of high density Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ mixed use developments. David has Through his contribution to design work, representative on the government’s taught architecture for over ten years Luke places emphasis on placemaking, Housing Sounding Board, the Housing at Cambridge and the Architectural through the application of best practice Design Awards judging panel and board Association, and currently teaches a in design for accessibility, safety, mixed- of the Housing Forum. He has written diploma studio at London uses, adaptability and sustainability. His extensively on the causes of failure in UK Metropolitan University. work demands inspiring environments for property markets, and their damaging people to live within, enhancing life and structural effects on society and the He has been a member of the Cabe well-being through the built environment economy, and made proposals for Design Review Panel since 2009, whilst enabling and promoting active travel. reforms of taxation, local government and contributed to significant reviews financing, infrastructure investment of projects of all natures from urban markets and the structure of the regeneration, national infrastructure and housebuilding ‘industry’. residential development of many different scales. He recently visited the USA and Canada as a Churchill Fellow, studying the relationship between the ‘state’ and citizens, through community organised housing. He advises the UK’s first urban Community Land Trust (CLT) - East London CLT - and is a board member of both the National CLT and UK Cohousing Networks. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 63

Edward Hobson Tom Holbrook Eric Holding

Edward is an urban Tom came to Eric is Director of planner and designer architecture Strategy at JTP with over 15 years’ tangentially, co- Cities, providing experience of founding 5th Studio strategic placemaking advising on national (1997), as a spatial advice on large scale and local policies, design agency, developments strategies and working across the worldwide. interventions to improve the built fields of architecture, urban design, environment through leading diverse infrastructure and landscape. He has been involved in sustainable teams of nationally respected experts. masterplanning and the design of His design research has developed mixed-use developments, and delivered Currently, as Design Lead at the an approach to strategic thinking award-winning schemes for high Knowledge Transfer Network, he that explores the dynamic between profile clients across Europe. He led an supports businesses to use design architecture and the scale of international team creating an award- in innovation across various industry infrastructure and landscape. winning sustainable urban extension to sectors. Focusing specifically on urban The relationship between research Reykjavik for 10,000 people (2004-2007). living and addressing design to bring and practice has encouraged design He has recently been involved with greater integration to city services, he innovation and a fresh attitude Battersea Power Station, conducting draws on considerable experience of towards conservation, environmental early feasibility/sensitivity testing and supporting city partnerships across sustainability and complex regeneration subsequently overseeing preparation the public and private sectors. He projects. of the Design and Access Statement established and managed Cabe’s for the proposals. Since 2010 Eric has sustainable design initiative: Sustainable Tom is Professor of Architecture at the devised/run a series of seminars leading Cities. Also an Associate at the Institute Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology to a 25 year Placemaking Strategy. for Sustainability, Edward brings University, exploring comparative He is currently working in one of ten extensive understanding of energy urbanism in Barcelona, Melbourne international teams selected to look at and resource issues, having spent two and Ho Chi Minh City. the expansion of Moscow, with Larry years as deputy director at the leading He directs the urban studies programme Beasley and Urban Design Associates, environmental think tank, Green Alliance. at the London School of Architecture. USA. Trained as an architect in the UK Previously, he led the creation and and USA, with a Masters in Theories of development of Cabe’s specialist public Representation, Eric has taught at Oxford space research unit within Cabe Space, Brookes University, and was employed for 8 years working closely with national as a Research Associate in Architectural government, professional bodies and Studies at Middlesex University. industry stakeholders to support local authorities and improve the quality of He is author of: ‘Staged Architecture’, public space across the country. Sunday Times Architecture Book of the Year, and chapters and articles Edward also has extensive research on architecture and urban theory for and knowledge management expertise, periodicals/magazines. directing Cabe’s programme of research, Qualified in Management Consulting building an unparalleled portfolio of at the Graduate School of Business in evidence demonstrating the value of high Grenoble, France, (2007), he uses these quality environments. techniques in analysis and creating development strategy.

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Anthony Hollingsworth Gillian Horn Glenn Howells

Anthony is a town Gillian joined Penoyre After studying planner with & Prasad in 1999 and architecture at experience of working became a Partner in Plymouth University, across a range of 2004. Her approach is Glenn worked for mainly London based to achieve a thorough Spence and Webster regeneration projects understanding of the Architects (1987-1990) during his 25 years in needs of clients, to London, before practice. Anthony has extensive local and create robust briefs and elegant, inspiring founding Glenn Howells Architects (GHA). strategic planning knowledge gained designs. She has led numerous ground- from his time working for the London breaking, award-winning project teams GHA has won numerous major design Borough of Newham, the Greater London with an ambitious, enthusiastic and competitions, over 70 awards and built Authority, the Olympic Delivery Authority positive approach to problem solving, a portfolio of completed projects across (ODA) and now at the London Legacy including: Moorfields International diverse building types. With an overview of all Development Corporation (LLDC), where Children’s Eye Hospital, Crawley Library aspects of the practice, he concentrates on he is Director of Planning Policy and and Merchants’ Academy. Her design, regularly reviewing all projects during Decisions. He worked for the City of Bath consultancy work includes: Client Design design development/construction stages. before joining the London Olympic Advice, Design Quality Indicator Externally, has been part of Cabe’s Design project in 2006, where he managed the facilitation, and Design Surgeon for Review Panel since 2000 and was a member ODA’s Planning Decisions Team, Urban Design London. Gillian studied at of the Olympic Design Review Panel. He was responsible for securing the necessary the University of Cambridge, graduating a member of the Royal Institute of British planning permissions. with distinction before continuing her Architects National Awards Judging Panel training at Harvard. (2003-2010); chair of Midlands Architecture and the Designed Environment since 2003; Prior to Penoyre & Prasad, she was chair of the IKON Gallery, Birmingham; and project architect on the innovative board member of the Hippodrome Theatre. Straw Bale House, Islington for Sarah He advises Birmingham City Council and Wigglesworth Architects. Gillian has sits on the Board for Birmingham Chamber taught at the Architectural Association, of Commerce. Academically, he has been University of Cambridge, Kingston an external examiner at the University of University, Greenwich University and is Nottingham and Queen’s University, Belfast. an external examiner at the University of Manchester and University of East He is currently visiting professor at London. she is a regular conference Nottingham Trent University; external speaker/contributor to Radio 4’s Learning examiner at Sheffield Hallam University Curve; Front Row; Teachers’ TV, and and lecturer at the Centre of Alternative the Royal Institute of British Architects Technology, Wales. Journal. Gillian contributed to the second He sits on the Warwick University Council edition of the acclaimed book: ‘Managing and is chair of the Building Committee. the Brief for Better Design’, and ‘Round and About Stock Orchard Street.’

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Simon Hudspith Kay Hughes Michael Hurlow

Simon studied at Kay is a chartered Michael, after Newcastle University architect with over 25 completing his and won the Royal years’ experience training as an artist, Institute of British working across a became a chartered Architects (RIBA) range of sectors, as landscape architect Bronze Medal as an client and design lead and is now also a undergraduate. to achieve the best member of the possible outcomes for complex and high Institute of Historic Building He then gained a Harkness Fellowship profile projects. Conservation, and an Academician with and continued his education at the Academy of Urbanism. the Southern California Institute of She runs Khaa, a consultancy that Architecture and the University of pioneers better design solutions He has substantial experience of local Pennsylvania, USA, where he won through stakeholder engagement, authorities, has worked with the third the Samuel Huckel Architecture Prize. design briefing, project initiation, design sector, and as a consultant. Starting a Simon gained professional experience team selection and project review. Her career in the major regeneration activity in at the Terry Farrell Partnership, Venturi significant role in leading and delivering Birmingham led to work in Exeter, helping Rauch and Scott Brown, and ORMS, award winning buildings at London shape its valley parks and forming the prior to setting up Panter Hudspith 2012, and in previous client roles at the first definition of its ‘green hills’, providing Architects (1988) where he is responsible Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and the setting for the historic city. Working for management of the design Sport England in the build up to the 2002 with the Black Country Development process, overseeing consistency and Commonwealth Games, demonstrate Corporation, Michael contributed to thoroughness from conceptual design to the range of experience she has across major landscaping and regeneration work completed buildings. He was partner in a number of sectors. One of Kay’s supporting the construction of the Black charge of the Collection, Lincoln; Christ’s achievements is her ability to bring Country Spine Road. He has worked in Lane, Cambridge; Princesshay, Exeter; together multi-disciplined stakeholders County Durham for 15 years, including and Davygate, York, which have won and understand the challenges at every acting as the Heritage and Design a combined total of nineteen awards stage of even the most complex builds, Manager for the City of Durham, and with including three RIBA, three Civic Trust, to leave a meaningful design legacy. the Groundwork Trust in east Durham. one American Institute of Architects and Kay is a member of the Association twelve construction awards. of Project Management, has been an More recently he has worked with award assessor for the Institute of Civil Durham City Vision on its major He has led project teams designing over Engineers, the Royal Institute of British initiatives, included major riverside a thousand new homes in Southwark Architects, Building Design Magazine, development. With a strong background (including two schemes for the Elephant New London Architecture and the in physical and social regeneration and Castle), a masterplan for the centre Civic Trust. Michael now specialises in heritage of Beverley, and three residential and works as a consultant and in Durham buildings within the athlete’s village She currently sits on the Greenwich supporting the World Heritage Site for the 2012 Olympics. Design Review Panel. and its Coordinating Committee Simon has been a member of Cabe’s as an adviser. Design Review panel since 2009. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 66

Donald Hyslop Philip Insall John Jenkins

Donald is an urbanist Philip was John is an architect and Head of responsible for and one of the Regeneration and creating the public founding partners of Community for Tate health programme of Haverstock, a Galleries. Sustrans, and driving London-based its implementation architectural practice. Over the last twenty over more than 20 five years his work has been at the years. He has built a strong network in Having been with the practice for forefront of exploring and thinking public health, and relating transport and 34 years, he now leads the second about the role culture, architecture and planning to physical activity generation into an exciting and museums can play in the regeneration, promotion; air quality; climate change challenging future. John is currently placemaking, economic and social and sustainability. working on a wide range of projects, development of cities and communities. including the new headquarters for At Tate, with a wide and varied portfolio, Philip has worked closely with the main the London Metropolitan Police, and he has led an ongoing urban renewal national public health bodies, such as several special needs and mainstream programme which has put Tate Modern the Association of Directors of Public schools. He chairs the Home Office at the centre of a cultural and social Health and National Institute for Health Design Review Panel; is a Home Office model of regeneration in South London, and Care Excellence. He co-led the enabler, and a Royal Institute of British built around a series of innovative formation and work programme of the All Architects Client Design Advisor. He partnerships. Donald is Chair of Trustees Party Commission on Physical Activity, was one of the chairs of Cabe’s Schools of Borough Market where he has led and has supported and advised bodies Design Panel and acted as a CABE the thousand year old charity through a such as royal medical colleges, Foresight enabler, helping local education and period of major change. and the British Medical Association, as police authorities to improve design He also chairs Better Bankside Business well as numerous other contributions to quality. John has been responsible for the Improvement District, one of the founding parliamentary committees, ministerial research and technical aspects of many British Business Improvement Districts. briefings, journals, general media publications including Building Bulletin Donald acts as an advisor on creative etc. He also initiated a European- 102: ‘Designing for Special Educational economy for the British Council and level programme, working with the Needs’, and: ‘Learning Environments for advises, lectures and teaches widely cities network Polis and World Health Pupil Referral Units’, both prepared with on cultural and business policy, urban Organisation to influence transport and the Department for Children, Schools renewal, community empowerment health policy at international level. and Families. and creative cities. 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 67

Annalise Johns Lesley Johnson Mark Johnson

Annalise has been Lesley is an Mark has been a working as an urban experienced public chartered landscape designer as the and voluntary sector architect for 15 years, strategic urban lead client for housing and and a director at in the transport mixed use UBU Design Ltd for division of development 5 years. Hammersmith and projects, particularly Fulham Council. She has designed large scale regeneration and where Prior to founding UBU Design, he several sustainable drainage proposals affect existing communities. worked in Rotterdam for West 8 on neighbourhood schemes, which aim to large scale international developments, maximise local resilience in terms of the She is working with a local authority to including Stratford City and the new health, wellbeing and long term support the set up of estate regeneration Design Museum. Prior to joining West environmental quality. Annalise and small sites programmes for new 8, Mark worked for the Community undertook a secondment in Public Health council homes, negotiating large Technical Aid Centre, a small charity in Westminster (2013-14) where she was offsite Section 106 affordable housing working with groups in deprived areas testing behaviour change in the built projects and developing borough-wide of Greater Manchester. The charity environment in areas of deprivation. regeneration principles with residents. specialized in architecture, landscape Mixed use projects include schools, and community engagement to deliver Currently, in her specialism in Health, nurseries and community buildings. aspirational projects with local groups. Wellbeing and Urban Mobility, she is Lesley was project lead for the local He has recently completed the design exploring the adaptation of system authority on the Myatts Field North and implementation of Les Beauchamp’s thinking to produce resilient cities and project in London. The project provides High School, a Secondary School communities by design. 950 new and refurbished homes as in Guernsey. This project has won well as retail and community facilities, numerous awards, including a regional and involves a significant rehousing Royal Institute of British Architects Award programme for existing residents. and a Civic Trust Award. Mark is currently working on a large retail development Lesley provided consultancy support to in Rushden, Northamptonshire. The a housing association in Kent scheme is situated on the edge of a undertaking its first estate regeneration Site of Special Scientific Interest, and projects, and has provided training and includes extensive integrated surface support to members and senior officers design with a number of key features, on a number of high profile projects. including two large water features and a Lesley is researching the impact of water play area. resident and community participation in housing regeneration and the He also sits on the Design Review Panel development of new homes to see what for Southampton City Council. we can do better. Mark has taught at both Manchester Metropolitan University and Portsmouth School of Architecture. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 68

Dan Jones Phil Jones Maja Jorgensen

Dan is an architect Phil is a chartered Maya’s experiences, and co-founder of art engineer with gained whilst and architecture extensive experience practicing as an practice Civic in the planning/ urban designer in the Architects (2005). design of highway UK and abroad, have and other strengthened her He has provided infrastructure, with desire to engage with professional design services and particular expertise in transport planning and support communities living in places, strategic enabling advice, as an architect and street design for new developments. undergoing change. working with community groups and their He specialises in achieving synergy local councils since 1998. Civic were between street/urban design, with the She is passionate about empowering awarded Building Design’s Architect aim of creating places/spaces that meet communities to achieve well-designed of the Year Award for Environmental aesthetic, social and functional aims. spaces through raising design skills and Excellence (2012), for their work on the aspirations. Maya has practical design, Gamlingay Eco Hub. The Hub offers a He is Principal of Phil Jones Associates, workshop and project management study in how to creatively bring back to a 25 strong firm which conducts experience from both private and third life an apparently redundant community transport planning, design and research sector, and builds lasting relations with centre on a budget. Now a government work. He was part of the team that communities, regeneration professionals exemplar of community action, working produced: Manual for Streets, for the and a wide range of organisations. in the spirit of the new Community Rights, Department for Transport (DfT), its Working at The Glass-House, she the Hub is the first community centre in comprehensive guide to the design of champions community engagement the country to incorporate three different urban and residential streets, and was a and good design, through independent passive technologies without fossil lead writer on: Manual for Streets 2, for advice, support and training, by fuel backup. Recent work includes the the Chartered Institution of Highways coordinating their annual series of 2-day roof-level refurbishment and extension and Transportation/DfT/Cabe. Previously design training courses; and delivering of the Royals Youth Centre in Rainham. a Cabe Space enabler, he has carried direct support to community groups and This project completes a series of small, out numerous assignments, including professionals across the UK. sensitive interventions commissioned projects in Cumbria and Greater by the Greater London Authority, Manchester. He is a member of expert She project manages individual projects, reconnecting Rainham to the river. panels for Midlands Architecture and and designs in detail the content of the Designed Environment; OPUN: hands-on workshops; seminars; study Dan has been a member of Cabe’s Design East Midlands; Design South tours and talks to give community Oxford Design Review Panel since 2012, East, and Urban Vision North Staffs. He members the skills, confidence and and has made contributions as a Built regularly undertakes training for Urban knowledge to lead their community Environment Expert on topics such Design London, including their regular project to fruition. as: community asset transfer, housing Introduction to Urban Design day, and on design quality and community rights Designing for Cycling. issues. He was Managing Director of The Glass House Community-led Design Actively involved in cycling initiatives at (2004-05). 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 69

Kristian Kaminski Hanif Kara Paul Karakusevic

Kristian is Deputy Hanif combines Paul leads a team of Team Leader of the practice with specialists working at Design and teaching, currently the forefront of Conservation Team appointed as housing architecture for the London Professor in Practice and urban Borough of Islington, of Architectural regeneration. responsible for Technology at the ensuring that Islington’s 4000 listed Graduate School of Design, Harvard. A founding partner of Karakusevic buildings and 41 conservation areas Carson Architects (KCA), he has nurtured are conserved, and that all new He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of a design and strategy led practice developments are high quality Engineering; Royal Institute of British which adopts a dynamic approach contextual design. Architects; Institution of Civil Engineers; to masterplans; urban regeneration Trained as an architectural historian, Institution of Structural Engineers; Royal programmes; mixed tenure housing; he previously worked for English Society of Arts; and on the board of and estate renewal architecture projects Heritage and the Victorian Society. trustees of the Architecture Foundation. for local authority, RSL clients and private Hanif is a former Cabe Commissioner, developers. Working innovatively Kristian is currently advising on the and served as a member of the Design with emerging funding structures and restoration of the Grade II* listed for London Advisory Group to the Mayor national design standards, Paul places former Middlesex Sessions House of London. As Design Director and co- residents at the heart of the design and the restoration, adaptation and founder of AKT II, his particular ‘design- process creating exemplary, distinctive redevelopment of the former Holborn led’ approach and interest in innovative design, delivering both commercial and Infirmary, aiming to provide in the region form, material uses and complex analysis social benefits. of 250 new homes and new public space. methods have allowed him to work on He is an experienced expert witness numerous award-winning, pioneering With a ‘hands on’ approach to the at public inquiries, including the first projects. practice, he is collaborative and significant public inquiry decision under passionate about good design, and co- the National Planning Policy Framework Hanif has widely published works founded KCA to raise housing standards. concerning heritage. including: ‘Design Engineering’, a Paul believes in design/construction retrospective of AKT’s first decade qualities, which deliver outstanding Kristian is a Fellow of the Society of (2008); and co-published with Harvard: housing/neighbourhoods regardless of Antiquaries, a full member of the Institute ‘Interdisciplinary Design: New Lessons tenure; reflecting a unique sense of place; of Historic Building Conservation and from Architecture and Engineering’ loved by residents; financially viable, and sits on the Committee of SAVE Britain’s (2012). Most recently he edited: withstanding the test of time. Appointed Heritage. As a Trustee of Pitzhanger ‘deliverance of Design - making, mending as a Greater London Authority (GLA) Manor and Gallery Trust, he advises and revitalising structures’, a look at the Urban Design Advisor, a Design Surgeon on the Heritage Lottery Fund project to works of AKT II from 1996 - 2016. for Urban Design London, and facilitated restore Sir John Soane’s Grade I listed client training sessions for the GLA. As late Georgian villa. Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) Design Champion, he conducted their technical design audit of affordable housing projects; assisted in writing the new Housing and Policy standards and contributed to the London Housing Design Guide. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 70

Roland Karthaus Tim Kellett Mike Kelly

Roland is an architect, Tim is a freelance Mike is a construction urbanist and architect and urban project and design researcher with a designer who has consultant, a versatile unique range of worked for over 30 and respected professional years in the public performer with over experience in the built sector, and more 40 years’ experience environment. recently with and achievements as Camborne Pool Redruth Urban designer, project director, and estate and He has completed numerous architecture Regeneration Company, then with project manager. projects, led masterplans, advised on Cornwall Development Company. the development of new cities around He has wide experience of working as an the world, and commissioned building His experience includes delivering an architect and director, delivering complex projects as a public sector client. His area based regeneration programme programmes and sensitive projects practice, Karthaus Design creates with Urban Regeneration Companies, for housing; schools; health buildings; architecture that is enriched by this working with national agencies, councils libraries; fire stations; community broad range of experience and deeply and private sector developers. He has also buildings; commercial buildings and founded in research. As a Royal Institute provided key design advice and project embassies. Experienced at giving advice of British Architects Client Adviser, Roland management support to many European for successful design and delivery, has supported diverse clients to define funded projects over the last few years, carrying out project reviews for design briefs for major, strategic projects and including the Redruth Brewery Quarter quality, efficiency and effectiveness, he develop the processes for their delivery. and the Hall For Cornwall Theatre in Truro, is proud of completing well designed He continues to teach design at the both of which he is still involved in. projects within budget, and on time. He University of East London, where he was Tim has led major community has board level and advisory experience a former postgraduate course leader, and engagement processes to support these including: Government Gateway is a named researcher in the University’s projects and facilitated many community reviewer; Cabe enabler; Royal Institute of Research Excellency Framework and stakeholder workshops. A keen British Architects Client Design Adviser; submission (2014). He was visiting advocate of design quality, he has Design Quality Indicator facilitator; and professor at the International University provided design guidance documents, design reviewer for the Home Office, of Architecture in Venice (2012). organised design seminars and Essex County Council and Department workshops, and acted as client design of Health. In addition, he has led teams Recently, together with a colleague, champion. His role has extended to and directed multi-million pound Roland led a European Union funded project management and commissioning complex and prestigious projects for professional urban design workshop in of design teams and artists. numerous clients, including the Foreign India on the design of a new state capital and Commonwealth Office. city, now under construction. He lectures Recently, Tim has been giving widely on urban design and was the urban design support to parish and Recently, he has produced designs keynote speaker at the Swedish Green town councils undertaking for a major school refurbishment and Building Council conference (2015). Neighbourhood Plans. Tim is an active extension, and numerous low-energy and member of the Cornwall Design Review sustainable housing developments. Panel, the Institute of Historic Buildings Conservation, and the Urban Design Group. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 71

Jonathan Kendall Liz Kessler Maria Kheirkhah

Jonathan is a trained Liz is an urban Maria is a multi- architect, specialising designer who has disciplinary artist and in large scale urban been working for the academic, mapping design and last 14 years on systems of visual masterplanning retrofitting knowledge and projects. Partner and disadvantaged culture, particularly Director of Urban neighbourhoods. that of the Middle Design at Fletcher Priest Architects, and East in relation to the UK. a Senior Teaching Fellow at the Bartlett For 6 years (2004-2009), Liz worked for School of Architecture, University College EC1 New Deal for Communities (NDC), Born and raised in the north of Iran, London. London. Whilst at the NDC, she was she first travelled to the UK in 1979, responsible for preparing a public realm where she pursued her art education, Jonathan has worked on a number of strategy to improve the streets, parks specialising in sculpture and obtaining an high profile, large scale urban projects and open spaces around blocks of MA at the University of Central England from initial concept through to the council housing in an integrated way. She (1997). Maria traveled back to Iran in successful achievement of planning then co-ordinated its implementation: 1988, teaching at two major universities permissions. For over a decade, he initiating projects, writing briefs, selecting in Tehran: Alzahra University and The led the design of the Stratford City designers, working with them, local Academy of Arts. Since returning to the masterplan: one of Europe’s largest authority officers and residents and UK in the early 1990s, she has completed regeneration projects, which sat at the seeing projects through to completion. many artistic projects with major London heart of the London Olympic Park, and The area has been substantially art galleries and museums. where a residential district formed from transformed, and work identified in the the 2012 Athletes Village. Having won strategy is still being implemented. The Maria has taught and exhibited the international design competition for strategy and many of the implemented extensively both in the UK and the new urban centre of Riga, Jonathan projects have received awards. internationally. She is a trustee/board established and continues to lead a member at the 198 Gallery, London, studio for the practice based in Latvia. Since 2010 Liz has worked freelance, co-runs The Practice Exchange seminar He is currently leading the design of disseminating information about series at Chelsea College of Art and a new town north of Cambridge at retrofitting deprived areas, whilst also Design and is a lecturer at Richmond Waterbeach, alongside other projects in working on the early stages of design University. Among her numerous the UK and internationally. development for the Ocean area, in the exhibitions and presentations are: London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Conversation Pieces, 1001 questions, Jonathan has taught on the Bartlett’s She has worked on community-led and Tate Britain 2009; The Psychology of postgraduate urban design programme Neighbourhood Plans. Recently, as Fear, 198 Gallery 2008; and The Anatomy since 1999, and was appointed to lead part of Design Council Cabe’s Active by Of Ignorance, Current thinking, the unique interdisciplinary Making Cities Design programme, she has worked in Tate Modern 2007. programme in 2014. He has spoken at West Howe, Bournemouth developing Maria lives and works in London. lectures and conferences, acted as a a Vision for Physical Regeneration of the competition juror and published articles area. Before completing an MA in Urban in a variety of journals. Design (2000), Liz worked in housing and the arts. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 72

Mike Kiely Doug King Graham King

Mike is a chartered An internationally Graham has worked town planner with recognised pioneer in for three London over 40 years’ the field of borough planning experience in local sustainable design, services since 1973, government, mostly Doug is a chartered concentrating on in London, with nearly physicist and historic building and 14 years at senior chartered urban design issues; officer level. He is a member of the Royal environmentalist as well as chartered more recently, policy and transportation Town Planning Institute and former engineer, bringing a scientific approach issues, including public realm policies, president of the Planning Officers and environmental sensitivity to the projects and funding. He has worked in Society, now chair of its Board. design of buildings. these roles for the City of Westminster since 1984, and been Head of Strategic Mike works closely with government and He was the engineer behind many Planning and Transportation since 2009. across the sector to shape planning in ground-breaking, sustainable buildings, He sat on the Cabe Planning Advisory England. During his local government including two Stirling Prize shortlisted Committee and Local Development career he successfully delivered major schemes: Edward Cullinan’s Weald and Framework panel; he has also served on redevelopment and regeneration Downland Gridshell, and Chetwood Cabe’s Design Review Panel and on the projects, including the largest housing Associates’ Sainsbury’s supermarket South East Regional Design Review delivery programme of any council whilst at Greenwich. For the latter, his Panel (2006-9). Graham has been a at Tower Hamlets, and at Croydon the inspiration for a naturally lit and ventilated member of the Royal Town Planning largest outer London growth agenda. superstore was described by Building Institute Education Accreditation panel His work has been recognised in a series magazine as the most radical design in since 1997. of national awards as exemplars of best the history of retailing. Doug also worked practice, including Croydon’s planning on Grimshaw’s Rolls Royce Factory at service being cited in the Farrell Review Goodwood; Behnisch’s Genzyme Centre (May 2014): “as a case study for what in Cambridge, Massachusetts, until can be achieved and what the conditions recently the largest Leadership in Energy are for proactive planning”. Croydon and Environmental Design Platinum won Planning Authority of the Year at building in the world; and the Innovate 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 Research Establishment Environmental He set up his consultancy, Mike Kiely Assessment Methodology Outstanding planning + regeneration (2015), to rating. Doug is a Fellow of both the Royal specialise in assisting local authorities to Academy of Engineering and the Royal perform better and be more effective. Institute of British Architects.

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 73

Dieter Kleiner Jane Knight Stefan Kruczkowski

Dieter is a founding Jane is a chartered Stefan is a director of RCKa landscape architect Recognised Architects, with over 30 years of Practitioner in Urban established in 2009, professional Design, specialising in and received the experience, gained in residential Royal Institute of the UK and overseas. development, with a British Architect’s She has been a CABE particular expertise in (RIBA) Emerging Architect of the year Space Enabler since 2008, has sat on the Building for Life 12, that he co-authored. award (2014). As Design Director, Southwest Design Review Panel since Dieter has pursued the practice’s 2010, and now sits on the Cornwall He also co-devised the Built for Life interest in socially responsive Design Review Panel. consumer accreditation scheme, architecture, community-led urban launched in February 2013 to raise the design and placemaking, and was Since 2002, Jane has worked at the Eden urban design expectations of home responsible for the recently completed Project in Cornwall, where she works on buyers. Stefan divides his time between RIBA and Civic Trust award-winning the ongoing development of the Eden being a lecturer and researcher in TNG Youth and Community Centre for site, as well as Eden’s hugely varied Urban Design, at Nottingham Trent Lewisham Council. outreach and consultancy projects. University’s School of Architecture and Outreach projects include: a Peace Park the Built Environment, and running his He is currently leading on a £12.5m in Kosovo, Botanical Garden in Chile, own consultancy. He acts as the Urban mixed-use community development mine restoration in South Africa, and Designer for North West Leicestershire for Camden Council, and working with advice on community engagement on District Council, as an enabler and design developer clients such as London and climate change in Australia. Locally, review panel member for OPUN, the Quadrant Housing and Pocket Living, projects include: ‘Growing for Life’ in architecture centre for the East Midlands, which require both his exceptional design prisons, working with community groups and serves on the design review panel for and stakeholder management skills. to promote nature-based play. Pre-Eden, Nottingham City Council. Stepping outside architectural norms, his Jane spent most of her career working work has involved project enablement; as a landscape architect overseas in the He has extensive experience of delivering funding and strategy development for USA (6 years), Australia (6 months) and urban design and Building for Life 12 voluntary sector organisations and Hong Kong (7 years). training for a range of public and private neighbourhood groups; and providing sector organisations. Stefan served on the local authority asset assessment advice. Executive Committee of the Urban Design His focus is to make things happen, by, Group (2013-2015). 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 74

Cora Kwiatkowski Matt Lally Paul Lavelle

As Senior Associate A highly experienced Paul is an urban architect for Stride urban designer and designer currently Treglown since 2006, town planner, Matt working in transport Cora has been has worked planning and street responsible for wide internationally on a design. ranging projects in wide-ranging portfolio the UK including: of major planning and Principal Technical offices, residential, masterplan and development projects, in both public/ Specialist for Cycling in Transport for education projects, and writing private sectors, throughout the UK, London’s (TfLs) strategy and planning design codes. Australasia, Middle East, Asia and Africa. team, dealing with design issues from cycle network planning to detailed Her previous working experience in Experience encompasses major urban design, and with the integration of active Germany, Sweden and Switzerland also regeneration; housing renewal; the travel into strategic planning; he was included urban design and transport planning and design of new settlements; responsible for a comprehensive revision projects, notably an international urban extensions; mega sport events; of the London Cycling Design Standards, competition winning masterplan for resorts; specialist business parks and (published 2014), and is involved in Siemens in Munich, and a two level, 14 associated infrastructure. Currently on training, practitioner support and design track train station in Cologne. Cora is a assignment within the Integrated Design review on street design and cycle Member of The Devon and Somerset and Planning Team of Arup’s Sydney infrastructure design via Urban Design Design Review Panel, and the Design office, prior to this (2012-2015) he was London. At the forefront of promoting the Commission for Wales’ Design Review seconded to lead the Urban Planning importance of good design, through his Panel. Leading multi-disciplinary teams Team within the Qatar Government’s work for CABE (2003-2011), this included over many years as architect and Supreme Committee for Delivery and work with local authorities on design technical advisor, working for private Legacy: the body set up to deliver venues initiatives and design-related planning and public sector clients, and being and infrastructure needed to host the policies. passionate about design and problem- 2022 FIFA World Cup. solving, has enabled her to develop high- Paul has worked directly with a number quality design principles whilst delivering The first 20 years of Matt’s career was of communities on neighbourhood economically sound solutions. mostly spent as a practioner within the planning, through the Prince’s UK, where he worked on a wide variety of Foundation for Building Community Lead architect for various workplace place-based projects, such as the award- and Urban Design London. He also co- and mixed-use schemes over recent winning regeneration Woodberry Down founded a community interest company, years; her refurbishment of Eastleigh in Hackney, and Devonport in Plymouth, Fieldwork Enterprise. House for Eastleigh Borough Council together with several UK Government Paul has been responsible for writing won a regional British Council for Offices best practice research and guidance a range of technical built environment- (BCO) and Royal Institution of Chartered publications related to urban planning related materials for publication, Surveyors (RICS) Award as well as the and design. Matt is an experienced including an online version of CABE’s Local authority building control (LABC) enabler, having provided training and Creating Successful Masterplans client Building Excellence Awards for: ‘Best project enabling on behalf of CABE; The guide, and a Client Leadership Guide Inclusive Building’. Cora regularly Prince’s Foundation; the Glass-House; for the National Improvement and contributes to industry publications Scottish Improvement Service; Transform Efficiency Partnership. including Architect’s Choice and The South Yorkshire and others. Green Register. She is bilingual German- English and fluent in French. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 75

Lone Le Vay Justine Leach Marcus Lee

Lone is a chartered Justine is an urban Marcus formed LEEP: architect and full designer and Lee Partnership in member of the landscape architect 2014. He has Institute of Historic with experience acquired a reputation Building Conservation gained working in for design excellence (IHBC), with over 20 both the UK and Asia. in the industry, and years’ experience in brings together a planning, urban design and conservation, Her professional practice spans both practice of like-minded architects. working for local government providing disciplines, and she has worked across Marcus’ broad experience includes 21 specialist design, urban design and all aspects of the built environment. years at Richard Rogers Partnership, historic environment advice. Justine provides design leadership where he worked on a range of major through roles on the Cabe and South projects including Lloyd’s, Heathrow She currently manages a Conservation West design review panels, and as Terminal 1 redevelopment and Terminal 5. and Design team at Chichester District a design champion. She has been a Architect for the Stirling Prize award Council. Passionate about improving the Design Council CABE enabler for 9 winning competition design for Madrid’s quality of design in new development, years and also a CABE Space enabler, Barajas Airport, he subsequently initiated particularly housing, and managing during which she has provided specialist the early development of the Millennium change in historic areas positively. Key advice to over ten local authorities, and Exhibition, the Dome, and the Greenwich roles include: improving the quality of co-ordinated programmes of work, such Peninsula regeneration masterplan. design within a highly valued historic as the Thames Gateway housing audit. Marcus co-founded FLACQ (2005). area; leading on the development Justine has been a Chartered Member of a Design Protocol; establishing of the Landscape institute (CMLI) for Projects included the Royal Institute of Chichester’s approach to achieving seventeen years and worked in mixed British Architects (RIBA) competition, better design, which informed the discipline consultancy; currently Director winning scheme at Morecambe Central preparation of a series of Planning of Urban Design and Landscape at Nash Promenade for Urban Splash. Later, Concept Statements for our strategic Partnership, Bath. Previously she worked Director of Glenn Howells Architects, sites. Lone advises on design and at EDAW (AECOM), rising to Associate London (3 years) and one year as historic environment policies, both at Director. A significant part of her career Principal at Arup Associates. Both a local and neighbourhood level. has been involved in regeneration and Design Council Cabe and Hackney developing strategic design guidance. Design Panel member, he was RIBA She is also responsible for Public Art and Awards chair for East Midlands (2013). has been involved in securing funding With considerable experience in A visiting tutor at numerous schools, from development, and commissioning neighbourhood/urban public space including the Mackintosh School of works in consultation with local design, including the streets and Architecture; Yale; Nottingham University, communities. Lone is also a member of public realm housing, she has worked and the University of Liverpool. the Urban Design Group, and an affiliate extensively with community groups and member of the Royal Town Planning local authority officers, delivering Institute (RTPI), and an accredited CABE training to those involved in Building for Life assessor. Housing Market Renewal and Rural Masterplanning programme. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 76

Thomas Lefevre Sophie Leon John Letherland

Thomas is a Sophie graduated John Letherland is a Sustainability from Manchester Partner at Farrells, Engineer with over 15 University / Université with particular years experience in Joseph Fourier, responsibility for environmental Grenoble in 2000 with urban design engineering, and a first class degree in projects. sustainable design Town Planning. She and construction. He has worked in the went on to study Urban Design at He studied architecture in Manchester, UK and abroad, in architectural and Westminster University while working for and joined the practice in 1980, where engineering firms. Tibbalds. She has extensive experience his education in urban design really of design review having worked as began. Focus on context and the spaces Thomas set up Etude (2012), a Design Review Advisor for the South East between buildings, rather than on sustainable engineering practice based Regional Design Panel. In 2006 she buildings as ‘objects’, has always been in London with a particular expertise moved to Bournemouth to work for the foundation stone of his work. John in very low energy buildings. His aim Terence O’Rourke where she was believes that good urban design can has always been to find the most involved in masterplanning a number of only be achieved through the creation of appropriate environmental response large urban extensions. Sophie now real places and spaces. Experience on on projects, including the Passivhaus works for Bournemouth Borough Council various master planning projects realised Parliament Hill School in Camden; the where her role includes providing design in London; Manchester; Leeds; Sheffield; refurbishment of Grade I listed Somerset advice on major schemes as well as Newcastle; Coventry; Auckland; Dublin; House East Wing; research into energy developing proposals for improvements Edinburgh and Glasgow, amongst others efficient retrofit opportunities for Tower to the public realm, walking and cycling has combined successfully in a variety Hamlets, or the exemplar East Wick and facilities. She recently prepared of high profile mixed-use, residential, Sweetwater development in the Queen Bournemouth’s Town Centre cultural and arts-related projects. Elizabeth Olympic Park. Thomas is an Development Design Guide and also set environmental sustainability advisor up Bournemouth Design Panel. Sophie John now leads Farrells Urban Design to the University of Manchester, and a aims to foster walkable and welcoming Group. Recent work includes the member of the Islington Design Panel. neighbourhoods. She believes buildings development of design frameworks for should respond sensitively to their the Thames Gateway; Old Oak Common; He believes that close collaboration context and should enrich the lives of Vauxhall Cross and the Isle of Dogs; between project team members and people who live or spend time in them, as and master plans for Croydon Alliance a holistic design process lead to well as those walking by. Whitgift; Earls Court; Nine Elms; White sustainable solutions. City; Mount Pleasant; Bishopsgate Goods Yard; the Greenwich Peninsula and Folkestone Seafront; along with new eco-based urban extensions to Bicester and Wallingford. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 77

Caroline Lewis Holly Lewis Ekaterina Lichtenstein

Caroline is an Holly is a registered Ekaterina is an urban experienced access architect who designer with over consultant, providing co-founded eight years of inclusive design architecture and international advice on legislation, urbanism practice: masterplanning standards and We Made That (2006). experience. guidance within built, pedestrian and transport environments. Shortlisted for the Architects Journal (AJ) Born in Russia, raised in Germany Emerging Woman Architect of the Year and educated in the US, she has been Having worked both in the UK and Award (2012), she has led a unique range working in London since 2008. At HOK - Australia, she is recognised for provision of public and urban projects for We Made a global design, architecture, engineering of high level consultancy and training That, from facilitated urban discussion and planning firm, she leads the design services, backed by policy and research events, through to comprehensive high of large scale city masterplans in different expertise. After qualifying with a post street regeneration in South Croydon. parts of the world, most recently Expo graduate Diploma in Town Planning, she Holly also leads the research portfolio of 2020 in Dubai, and the plan for Istanbul began work as an access consultant the practice, which has included studies New City for a population of 1.2 million and gained membership of the National of local economies and placemaking in people. Ekaterina has been exploring Register of Access Consultants (2002). the London Legacy area, and a ’citizens how Big Data and Building Information She has successfully worked with major urban advice bureau’ in Southwark. Modeling (BIM) technologies can be used customers, for example; advising on a to design the Smart City of the future. wayfinding strategy for customers with She continues to pursue her interests vision loss at Sydney Opera House; in the relationship between policy For HOK’s urban design practice, she and on accessibility requirements for an making and design, as a member of has helped develop new methodologies, ‘Assisted Self-Service Device’ through the Tower Hamlets Conservation and allowing the creation of masterplans Wincor Nixdorf for Barclays Bank. Design Advisory Panel, as well as being parametrically, making them more a visiting critic on the Greater London informative as design tools and adaptive Much of Caroline’s work is focused Authority (GLA) Mayor’s Design Advisory to change. She has been a speaker at around user involvement, engagement Group. Appointed to the GLA’s Specialist conferences such as Ovum’s Smart and training working, alongside major Assistance Team, Holly has taught to Future Cities, and National Building charities such as Royal National Institute BSc Architecture at the Bartlett School Specification (NBS) Live: Digital Thinking, for the Blind; Guide Dogs; Disability of Architecture, University College Smart Building. Wales; Macmillan, and Vision Australia, London, and The Sir John Cass Faculty as well as local access and disability of Art, Architecture & Design, London groups. Caroline is an accomplished Metropolitan University. She has lectured trainer, having undertaken courses and in the UK and abroad, including Denmark 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 78

Alex Lifschutz Nicky Linihan Tom Lister

Following a degree in Nicky is a member of Tom began his career sociology and the Royal Town as a Local Authority psychology at Bristol Planning Institute, Access Officer (1994), University and with over 30 years’ and has since worked research in cognitive experience in with the Royal psychology, Alex planning (both policy National Institute for studied at the and Development the Blind (RNIB), and Architectural Association, London. Management); transport and economic Buro Happold Engineers. With a development, predominantly in local construction background, he is He joined Foster Associates (1977) and government, including at a senior level. recognised for giving pragmatic advice to worked on the Hong Kong and Shanghai integrate the needs of disabled people Bank (1981 - 1985). He formed Lifschutz Most recently, she has been Interim into the design/management of wide Davidson Sandilands, with the late Ian Director of Planning for the newly ranging significant buildings, and Davidson (1986). Alex’s interest lies in established Ebbsfleet Development streetscapes across the UK/Ireland. the ability of design to create buildings Corporation, leading on setting up and cities that respond to change, and the planning functions. Nicky chaired Tom advised on the Masterplan that that are easily adapted by those who use the Local Housing Requirements supported the London 2012 bid, and them. He has developed construction Assessment Working Group both the Official Development Assistance and furniture systems that empower (membership comprising key national (ODA) and Legacy Development users to easily alter buildings, both in organisations, with an interest in planning Company, in the design of the Olympic the initial construction process and for housing), which developed practical Park, and venues for Games/Legacy throughout their life. support for organisations to understand uses. His project experience includes: their housing needs. The Emirates Stadium; Leicester Centre Alex is known for his 20 years of for Performing Arts; Windsor Castle, and involvement in London’s South Bank, As well as chairing the Group she co- Belfast Streetscape Redevelopment. helping to regenerate an area that was, wrote: ‘How Many Homes’ Companion Tom has project managed some of the not long ago, a twilight zone in the city. Guide. Nicky’s clients have included the largest accessibility audits in the UK, He is Past President of the Architectural Planning Inspectorate; Planning Advisory including the Highways Agency and all Association and Chair of Body and Service; the London Boroughs of Harrow, Scottish University Buildings; he has Soul, a charity devoted to children and Sutton and Richmond-Upon-Thames; proved a capable expert witness. teenagers affected by HIV. and has provided advice on Objectively Assessed Housing Needs to a range Tom is one of a few consultants, working of local authorities. She is the Planning at high level within the profession, who Officer Society’s Topic Convenor for can apply good practice in a way that Housing, has been a Planning Advisory is sensitive to the project context. He Service Spatial Planning Peer, and was brings experience gained from working a member of the South East England with disabled people and advising on a Partnership Board Housing Review diverse range of projects big and small, Group and Transport Advisory Group. from new sports stadia to historically significant palaces and landscapes. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 79

Andrew Llowarch Matthew Lloyd Jane Lock-Smith

Andrew has been Matthew established Jane established co-director of Matthew Lloyd cube_design (2002), Llowarch Llowarch Architects (MLA) in having gained over 25 Architects (LLA) Shoreditch, East years of professional since 2003. London (early 1990s), experience. having previously His skills include: worked for Skidmore, She has worked master planning and strategic, site-wide Owings & Merrill (SOM) in London on many major projects, including options appraisals, identifying where and Chicago. Silverstone for the last 15 years in best value will be achieved in meeting a the development of their whole site clients’ brief, and ‘unlocking’ the potential MLA is recognised for sensitive, masterplan; and is leading an application of a site. Andrew is an Enabler for Glass- innovative and contextual architecture. to the Heritage Lottery Fund for a new House Community Led Design, providing Current projects include: the heritage facility. Jane completed the support in raising awareness of good redevelopment of the Grade II Listed flagship Phase 1 Academic building design, and their objectives of providing Bourne Estate for London Borough of at Bath Spa University’s Newton Park communities with the tools to lead the Camden; HS2: replacement housing Campus (2014), having completed design process, and the promotion of on the Regent’s Park Estate, Camden; their overall campus masterplan and a wider understanding and practice of new residential blocks, and community achieved permission of an Outline community led design. facilities on the Frampton Park Estate, Planning Application. Both are extremely Hackney. Notable recent projects include complex in terms of planning, and He is also an accredited Royal Institute the refurbishment of the Grade I Listed involved liaison with a large number of of British Architects (RIBA) Client Royal Society of Arts: Royal Institute Statutory Consultees. Jane has been Design advisor: a role that provides of British Architects (RIBA) London part of numerous major advisory bodies, wider strategic guidance for clients, Award, RIBA English Heritage Award including the Royal Institute of Briitish and a former recipient of a RIBA Rome for Sustaining the Historic Environment; Architects (RIBA) Client Design Advisor, Scholarship in Architecture and Urbanism and a mixed-use development at St Home Office, Department for Education at the British School at Rome. Mary of Eton Hackney Wick: winner of a and Employment (DFEE) and Education RIBA National Award, a Housing Design Funding Agency (EFA). With experience Award, and New London Awards (NLA) as a RIBA Client Design Advisor, she in 2015. recently sat on Design Review Panels for various local authorities. Matthew’s expertise is centered on urban/suburban regeneration, with Jane has been involved with the a particular emphasis on housing/ design of buildings in all sectors and is community provision. With substantial passionate about delivering high-quality experience of working with multiple architecture. Her experience working for stakeholders, to achieve complex a major planning practice, has informed planning consents and delivering her architectural expertise and provides successful schemes for clients and an added level of experience. Jane is communities, he is a member of RIBA, currently assisting with Bristol and Cardiff and has served as a judge for the RIBA University courses. Awards, the Camden Design Awards, and the Hackney Design Awards. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 80

Hana Loftus Ian Lomas Roger Lomas

Hana is co-director of Born in Manchester Roger is a practicing Essex-based (1967), Ian studied Urban Designer and architecture practice: architecture at Chartered Landscape HAT Projects, which Sheffield University, Architect with some she co-founded with completing his 20 years experience Tom Grieve (2007); Diploma (1991) with in both fields. He is after previous roles at Distinction, and entrepreneurial in his General Public Agency (now Publica) and moved to Berlin. He worked in local approach to projects and thinks outside Haworth Tompkins. HAT Projects are best Manchester offices on school and the constraints of his profession. known for their cultural and public university projects and in Berlin, was buildings, including the Jerwood Gallery project architect at Bender Glas for two Roger has experience across housing, in Hastings (Royal Institute of British competition-winning schemes, before retail, employment and town centre Architects (RIBA) Award and Civic Trust working for Foster and Partners (1994- based projects and studies, and has won Award); and a specialism in creative 2000), on the Reichstag project. awards for his approach to community industries workspace, that has engagement and design. He is currently developed through High House Artists’ Ian has worked on wide ranging projects, working on the Cheshire East Residential Studios (RIBA Award), and the recently from the More London masterplan to the Design Guide for Cheshire East Council; completed Gasworks gallery and expansion of the Ashmolean Museum, a number of strategic housing led studio complex. Oxford. Senior partner at Kohn Pedersen masterplans for both House Builders/ Fox (2000 - 2005), he delivered a 500,000 Strategic Land Developers, and retail Hana is active in her local community as sqft mixed use building for Hines in schemes for Lidl’s ‘special’ projects. well as for national initiatives: Duesseldorf; and apartment building on a board member for Dance East; Roman Davies Street, Mayfair for Capital and Roger has been appointed by Barratt River Music; and the Creative Colchester City; headed the Hammerson team for Manchester to provide Building for Life Board; a panel member for Design South their City sites; and prepared the cross- 12 (BfL12) advice and assessments on East’s design review panel and a frequent body City-Fringe framework. a project by project basis, and will be contributor to journals/publications, a member of the Cheshire East Design including most recently a book on artists’ Since joining Make (2005), Ian has Review Panel when instituted. studio provision with Acme and designed and completed the London Central St Martins. and Regional Properties (L&R) 55 Baker Street project; Rodmarton Street mews housing and two large private houses; achieved permission for Hammerson’s London Wall Place; won the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) competition for the Brighton Centre; and been design architect for international teams in Sydney/Las Vegas. He has also worked intensively with Lambeth and Newham on planning briefs, masterplans and project development. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 81

Phil Lomax Tim Long Tom Lonsdale

Phil established the Tim is a Landscape Tom trained is a City Wildlife Project Architect, Urban Chartered Landscape before becoming the Designer and Town Architect with over 40 first Nature Planner who has years’ experience at Conservation Officer worked for over 20 senior management at Leicester City years creating best level, broadening his Council (1987). He practice transport range of professional co-ordinated the production/ and public realm designs in some of the activities into urban design, implementation of the Leicester Ecology most complex parts of central London masterplanning and strategy formulation. Strategy, winning the British Council of and in rural areas. Nature Conservationists Councils for Chief Landscape Architect for Wildlife Award. Member of the UK Man He designed Great Queen Street which Manchester City Council (1975-1989), and Biosphere Committee’s Urban was the first scheme in the UK to remove prior to establishing and managing Forum; founder member of the traffic signals, explain how to design Camlin Lonsdale Landscape Architects, Association of Local Government shared space and create an inclusive (1989-2008). His extensive work for Ecologists; described in Natural environment, and involved designing Design Council and CABE has increased England’s magazine Urbio (2006), innovative new street furniture that are the opportunity to operate outside the as a “mastermind...whose work...put best practice in reducing anti-social confines of his own profession, and Leicester at the forefront of urban behavior, simplifying cleaning and influence design quality on a much nature conservation”. inclusive design, and as a result this larger and more strategic scale, through increased land values by up to £26 million design review and enabling. Success in At Eastleigh Borough Council he was annually. Tim also helped to masterplan these areas led him into similar roles in Head of Countryside and Recreation the regeneration of the Somer’s Town the regions, serving on and especially (2000), directing the production/ area to create new residential and school chairing design review panels (Northwest; implementation of the Sport and buildings, parks and streets and he Yorkshire; North East; Olympic Legacy; Recreation, and Parks and Green Spaces identified a more efficient layout that Humber; East of England; Barnsley; West Strategies, putting Eastleigh in the top 10 released more space and created a Midlands, and Wakefield). Retiring from areas in England for public satisfaction significant new development site. Camlin Lonsdale (2008) to concentrate rating,s before establishing his own on this range of activities in a more consultancy Green Dimensions (2008). Tim is a consultant for the City flexible freelance capacity, including His work includes feasability research of London, a design advisor for design advisor roles for the public sector, for the Department for the Environment, Merton Borough Council, advises on he also works collaboratively with Artists Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) into planning applications, and has won in place-specific projects. incorporating biodiversity offsetting over ten awards and best practice into the English planning system. At commendations for his work and has Tom has maintained regular contact Partnership for Urban South Hampshire written several articles about his designs with education, both by lecturing and he was Green Infrastructure Coordinator that led to creating a new design theory as external examiner, has served as a (2010-11), producing a Green (the Smarter Streets approach). Lottery Assessor and lectured widely Infrastructure Implementation Plan. at conferences and seminars in UK and overseas. 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 82

Emma Luddington John Lyall Kelda Lyons

Emma is an John has been a Kelda is a playwork independent Inclusive leading architectural professional. She has Design Consultant practitioner for more been doing playwork and Architect, offering than 30 years, as and play development advice on the design/ Alsop & Lyall (1979- work for over ten management of 1991), as John Lyall years, and writes inclusive Architects (1991- about children’s play environments. She has practiced for 15 2011) , currently as Lyall, Bills & Young. and playwork. Kelda has designed, built, years as an Inclusive Design Consultant modified and managed play (formerly Access Consultant) and is He has received many awards from environments. passionate about the creation of the Royal Institute of British Architects buildings that are well designed, or look (RIBA), Royal Institute of Chartered She has done outreach and inclusion good, perform well and, in particular, that Surveyors (RICS), Civic Trust and other work for play organisations, and meet the needs of users, now and in the bodies, with work ranging from rail specialises in developing and adapting future. Emma works part time as a stations (North Greenwich: shortlisted for play environments to make them more freelance Inclusive Design Consultant the Stirling Prize) to urban regeneration interesting, inclusive and accessible. and part time as Inclusive Design Officer schemes, such as: The Mill on Ipswich Kelda developed a pilot inclusion project in the Planning Policy team at Islington Waterfront; numerous successful at Glamis Adventure Playground, Borough Council. In both capacities she projects on Cardiff Bay. Historic modifying the physical environment and regularly delivers training to a wide renovations of classic buildings (the access, staff practice, and administrative audience, from designers to Town Corn Exchange and White Cloth Hall, systems, so that children with disabilities Planners, from post graduates to a focus Leeds) had a significant effect on the could attend, supported by non-intrusive group of disabled residents. Interest in renaissance of the city centre. adult supervision. user needs and designing inclusively began during her training as an Architect Recently John received great acclaim for Kelda has recently supported Thomas (1990’s), was complemented by 8 years’ his four pumping stations on the London Buxton Primary School, East London into practical experience of working as an Olympic site. Other successes include: making use of their existing and newly Architect (designing public/private the Jerwood DanceHouse, Ipswich and developed school grounds areas, for buildings, and open space), and 15 the Goldsmiths Centre,Clerkenwell. extended play opportunities, outdoors years as an Access/Inclusive Serving on Design Review panels for learning, and a camp-fire club. She has Design Consultant. many years (Cardiff Bay; Southampton; led workshops on play and playwork at CABE; Peterborough and Kent); Client local/international conferences, and done Emma’s understanding/knowledge Design Adviser (British Library); enabler knowledge sharing, or consultancy work, of inclusive design has been further for schools/courthouses, he has written as a Built Environment Expert, and for Play informed by personal experience of articles/reviews for architectural journals/ England. Kelda has current understanding physical disability. She has been able to books; has a published monograph of how children move around, use, use her architectural training and years of on his work: “John Lyall. Contexts and access, and feel about the places they practicing as an Architect, to inform the Catalysts” (2000); teaches at the Bartlett inhabit. This first hand knowledge, gained profession that she now chooses. School of Architecture, and is external from working directly with children can examiner at Greenwich University. John inform built environment professionals has served on the councils of RIBA and about what children and families need Architects Association (AA). from newly designed spaces. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 83

Paul Maccabee Gerard MacCreanor Euan MacDonald

Paul is a programme Gerard established Euan is a partner at manager with Maccreanor Hawkins\Brown and particularly strong Lavington architects leads a team of 20 experience of (1992) with Richard architects and delivering education Lavington. designers, working and public realm Maccreanor on a range of projects projects, over a 25 Lavington established across the education, year period. Originally trained and a new company: MLA+ with Markus residential and cultural sectors. practiced as a landscape architect in the Appenzeller (2012). private and public sectors, before moving He has particular experience in managing to a commissioning role in physical In addition to the existing London complex briefs and leading design regeneration where he developed and Rotterdam offices, a third office teams. Many of Euan’s projects have masterplans and delivered community in Shanghai was opened (2012), in involved the conversion, alteration facilities in Wythenshawe, response to the increasing work in or complete remodeling of existing South Manchester. emerging international markets. Gerard buildings, including listed buildings within has extensive experience in residential; conservation areas. Recent projects As Building Schools for the Future hotel; retail; mixed-use projects; include the award-winning Corby Cube Director for Manchester City Council, large-scale masterplans, and urban and Stoke Newington Town Hall; together he led the multi-disciplinary team that regeneration projects, in both the UK with a series of projects for University secured and delivered the Wave 4 and Netherlands. College London, including the design of programme, consisting of 11 schools the new home for The Bartlett School (total value: £156m). Paul led on He is the Director in charge of the of Architecture. negotiations with headteachers to secure growing portfolio of urban design deliverable design solutions. His primary commissions, for which the office Euan has taught and lectured at a interest lies in the developmental stages received the Masterplanner of the Year, number of schools of architecture of projects up to planning consent, with Architect of the Year Awards (2009). including The Bartlett; University of the a particularly strong focus on sensitive Arts; Cardiff University and Birmingham stakeholder management to secure School of Architecture and Design, and robust design decisions. has just joined the London Borough of Harrow Design Review Panel. Recently, he led on the development His critical and enquiring approach and early delivery phases of a means that he rarely takes things at face £45m masterplan for Beswick, East value, always striving for a better solution Manchester. This project involved to every problem. a diverse range of stakeholders, comprising a sixth form college, a leisure centre and sports institute; all set within a high quality public realm environment which included contemporary sculpture. Paul now works for the University of Manchester, helping to deliver their £1bn Campus Masterplan. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 84

Kelvin MacDonald Kathy MacEwen Alex MacLaren

Kelvin is Senior Kathy is an Alex is a UK Visiting Fellow at the independent Chartered Architect Department of Land consultant planner and fellow of the Economy, Cambridge. with 25 years’ Royal Society of Arts, experience of based in Edinburgh. He is an examining improving design inspector dealing quality through the Her practice, with major infrastructure projects for the planning process. She worked as a Wyatt MacLaren LLP, is a design-led Planning Inspectorate. Kelvin has dealt planner in local government in Camden partnership, working generally with with a power station in Lincolnshire, and and Hackney with experience of policy, community/faith groups. Recent an off-shore windfarm in Morecombe development management, and design completed design projects include: Bay. Member of the Board of Trustees of and conservation. a new £1.5m church in Camberwell, Shelter and a member of the Committee London. The practice enjoys an ongoing of Shelter Scotland; he is also a member Kathy developed Design Awards in relationship, spanning several buildings of the Department for Communities and Camden and Hackney, and worked on over 20 years, with the Bromley-by-Bow Local Government’s Planning Sounding embedding design quality within the Centre: a pioneering socially-motivated/ Board. Kelvin has been a Specialist planning service. She joined CABE in community-led initiative in East London. Adviser to the House of Commons 2005, managing the Design Review Alex splits her time between professional Communities and Local Government programme. Her role changed as she practice at Wyatt MacLaren LLP and an Select Committee, having worked on that developed her CABE planning work with Assistant Professor role at Heriot-Watt Committee’s 2011 and 2014 Inquiries into training and support packages for the University. Her research interests are the National Planning Policy Framework. public and private sector, that continued in built-environment cross-disciplinary Previously, Chief Policy Adviser to the at the Design Council. Kathy developed collaboration, and training the future Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI). and led the programme of workshops industry. She co-chairs the construction on Local Plans, and the publication of training initiative charity: ‘TEAMBUILD’, He writes and talks on planning, having Planning for Places. She also led the now as Director of Education. In recently delivered the keynote address at development and launch of Active by recognition of her work in cross- the Oxford Planning Law Conference, and Design in 2014. disciplinary professional education, Alex edited the Interface section of the RTPI was selected to join the national cross- Centenary edition of Planning Theory and Since leaving the Design Council, Kathy industry Construction Industry Council, Practice. A ‘Distinguished Professional’ has provided training and facilitation on Building Information Modelling (CIC BIM Member of the Chartered Institute of design and plannin; advice on design 2050) Panel, setting the industry agenda Housing, and a Fellow of the Royal Town policy documents, and been a judge at for future practice. She is an examiner Planning Institute, he is named in Planning the Landscape Institute awards. for the Architects’ Registration Board and magazine’s list as one of the 100 most external examiner at the University influential people in planning. of Greenwich.

Recently asked to join the board of the Baltic Street Adventure Playground (BSAP): a community-led community 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 85

Roger Madelin Ali Mangera Fred Manson

After 5 years working Ali studied Structural Trained as an for a National Building and Environmental architect, Fred moved Contractor, Roger Engineering at The into public sector entered the University of Leeds, management where development world before completing a he oversaw planning, (1985), by joining an Master’s degree at property ‘innovative’ developer Pennsylvania State management, based in Basingstoke. He then joined University (1990). regulation services and environmental Argent (1987), becoming Development management for Southwark Council. Director (1988); and for the next 9 years, He undertook sabbaticals at The led all of Argent’s development projects, University of Bordeaux III, France and He oversaw the development of Tate in the City of London; the Thames Valley The University of Perugia, Italy studying Modern, the millennium bridge, and and Brindleyplace, Birmingham. French, Italian and Economics. Ali then Peckham Library (1986-2001). Currently studied architecture at the Architectural Associate Director at the Heatherwick Roger became CEO (1997), and led the Association, London completing his studio, where he is engaged in most business into several developments in Diploma (1996). He has worked at projects undertaken in this creative the centre of Manchester, to becoming Skidmore, Owings and Merrill LLP studio. Fred has participated in planning the developer for 67 acres of land (SOM’s) Chicago office and at Zaha matters as a result of his work at between and to the north of King’s Cross Hadid (1996-2001), where he managed Southwark, although he has no formal and St. Pancras Stations. the early stages the National Museum of planning qualification. Member of the He was joined by a long term colleague the 21ST Century Arts (MAXXI) Centre, national CABE design review panel; co as Joint Chief Executive (1997). Argent Rome. Ali left Zaha Hadid to undertake his chair of school review panels and panel restructured to become a Limited Liability own work with Ada Yvars Bravo. Ali and member on many Local Development Partnership (LLP) in 2012, and Roger Ada formally registered Mangera Yvars Framework (LDA) reviews. In a personal stepped down from new business, to Architects [MYAA] in 2007; a Director capacity he has spoken at international concentrate on the increasing pace of at MYAA with responsibility for project events on a wide variety of subjects delivery at King’s Cross. analysis and rethinking design. In a few relating to the built environment. short years, MYAA has won several He retired from the Argent LLP (2015,) awards including 40 under 40, and Young Fred has been a trustee of a number of and whilst retaining a consultancy role Architect of the Year Award (YAYA) runner organisations ranging from Artangel to for Argent at King’s Cross, joined the up. Major projects followed including a Foundation for Allergy Research and Executive Committee of British Land to University Campus, Qatar; commissions Open City. lead their 46 acre proposed development for a Community Centre in the UK, and at Canada Water, SE16. Roger was residential/commercial projects in Spain/ awarded the Commander of the British the Middle East. Empire (CBE) in 2007 for Services to 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), Two. 2006-2010, where he worked on the Design Review panel, and as part of the sustainability group. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 86

Edward Marchant Graham Marshall Steve Maslin

Before joining Graham’s interest in Steve provides Bennetts Associates placemaking began design advice around (2006) Edward had at Morecambe Bay, people’s needs; a studied and worked where a juxtaposition Chartered Architect in Belgium, the of urban cultures, since 1992 and Netherlands and landscapes and member of the France. transience led to National Register of studying landscape architecture and Access Consultants since 2003. He trained as a structural engineer and urban design. Design Team Leader at the architect, acquiring design skills, which National Garden Festival Wales (1991), He has a diverse and varied experience, embrace multi-disciplinary working. Over transforming Europe’s largest redundant having worked not only within the past 9 years Edward has worked steelworks into parkland, he also architectural practice, but also within on the winning competition entry for delivered groundbreaking public realm Shelter, a housing association and the new humanities division and library projects including the Ashford Ring Road local authority. Steve has also worked at the University of Oxford; the highly and Kensington High Street (1990s); with people with learning difficulties for sustainable Hampshire County Council contributed to key policy documents By social services, and voluntarily within headquarters; a residential development Design, and the Urban Design re-entry housing and youth projects. in north London; the design of a series of Compendium. Founding Director of He has advised Bristol regarding its city surface Crossrail stations for Grip 4, Liverpool Vision Urban Regeneration centre alterations, and a new company and the development of an exemplar Company (1999), responsible for the called Initiative Homes. His project HQ office building in the Green Belt, delivery of the award winning city centre involvement however, is wide ranging Kings Langley. Strategic Regeneration Framework. and includes: urban realm and transport Establishing Maxim Urban Design (2004), interchanges; housing and communities; Currently, he is leading the transformation he changed focus to towns/communities; primary, secondary, tertiary and specialist of the Grade II listed Midland Goods concurrently Urban Design Advisor to the education; civic and ecclesiastical; Shed; East Handyside Canopy behind London Development Agency, health, day care and supported housing; King’s Cross, London, and the design of contributing to 10: Town Centre industrial and commercial; retail, leisure the Guardian’s new civic space inside. Intensification Options for North London: and sport; hospitality and entertainment; Studies include: Berlage Center for the guide to Commissioning Better as well as judicial/custodial. Advanced Studies in Architecture and Places and Spaces in London; and Urban Design, Amsterdam/Rotterdam, developed an Urban Design Sight He emphasizes the importance of Netherlands, (1997); University of Ghent, Planning and Design (SPD) for the bringing systems thinking to brief Belgium, ‘Burgerlijk Ingenieur Architect’, Greater London Authority (GLA). He is a development, design in use and BA Sc and Architecture, (1993) and Ma member of several regional Design social-economic and environmental Sc and Architecture (Hons), (1995). Review Panels. sustainability. Steve is a Research Fellow at the Schumacher Institute for Graham established the Prosocial Sustainable Systems, a member of Place Programme (2013) with academic the Building Research Establishment colleagues in Liverpool and Middlesex Global’s Standing Panel of Experts and Universities, to address issues of toxic participant in several British Standards environments and seeking evidence to Institute committees; advising on support the development of resilient facilities management standards and communities. He has transformed Maxim leading efforts towards the establishment into a social enterprise, Prosocial Place, of Design for the Mind guidance within to implement this research. built environments. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 87

Selina Mason Peter Maxwell Gail Mayhew

Selina is a master/ Peter is a chartered Gail is a property architect experienced architect, town consultant with wide in commissioning/ planner and urban ranging experience in delivery of complex designer, with fifteen placemaking, urban masterplans, years senior level strategic having led on the experience, he has development design/delivery of led the planning and high London’s post Games Transformation implementation of major projects, street regeneration, and has practiced as masterplan for the Olympic Delivery programmes and best practice to a a consultant for 18 years. Authority (ODA). consistently high standard in the UK, Middle East and New Zealand. Following a legal training, she has worked She coordinated the detailed design in a variety of roles in property, policy of private sector investments on Peter has extensive client side development and consultancy. development platforms within the park. experience which includes building Gail has considerable experience Before joining the London Development design; masterplanning; design of working with land and property Agency (LDA) Design (2014), Selina led management; regeneration; housing; interests, and local authorities to develop the Olympic Games Transformation public transport; healthcare; education; innovative approaches to infrastructure masterplan: a £300 million investment in arts and culture projects within private and land release planning, to achieve the park/venues, establishing the strategic sector, local and central government. mixed use, sustainable infill and urban spatial framework for the future park This has included acting as the urban extensions. She helped to develop legacy development. Since secondment design client for a $2.4bn new rail Liverpool’s ‘Creative Industries Quarter’; to the London Legacy Development infrastructure project which included is a co-promoter of ‘How Should Norfolk Corporation (LLDC), she has led on the significant residual land development. Grow?’: an initiative to consider how adaptation of the masterplan to integrate Currently, Head of Design for the London growth might be delivered on a smart, further post-Games investment; including Legacy Development Corporation, sustainable basis. She is working in that of the retained stadium into the park leading the architecture, masterplanning a placemaking capacity on a major with all consequential issues relating to and public realm for the redevelopment partnership land release to create a licensing/security; managing the design of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. new London urban village, and was competitions/delivery of the new South This includes ‘Olympicopolis’: a new retained to advise the Norwich Business Park landscape, (2014), and the award cultural and university quarter for Improvement District (BID) on a high winning north park pavilion. Before joining Stratford, and the development of new street regeneration project, to establish the ODA (2007), Selina was Director of mixed-use neighbourhoods. a quality retail offering. Design Review at CABE. She led on providing strategic advice to Central Peter has acted as a design review Gail is working with parish councils and Government on national planning policy panel member for the London Borough land interests to develop innovative reform to deliver high quality outcomes, of Islington and the Department of approaches to village and market town particularly in house-building. Health, and provided expert advice for growth proposals, that are sympathetic design policy and research projects for to context and economically driven. She She also led a significant internal change both UK and New Zealand government sits on the advisory board of University of process to create a more open and departments. East Anglia’s Adapt (UEA/Adapt), part of accountable methodology of design the Centre for Built Environment. review. Co-author of CABE’s publications: Creating Excellent Buildings and Creating Successful Masterplans. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 88

Declan McCafferty Jo McCafferty Martin McConaghy

Declan joined Jo McCafferty has Martin has been Grimshaw (2001) as been a Director at working in the field of Project Architect on Levitt Bernstein, inclusive design and the Lloyds TSB Dalston, since 2006 access consultancy headquarters at 25 and has led a series almost exclusively Gresham Street, City of high profile, since 2001, having of London. significant trained originally as a regeneration projects in London and Building Surveyor. A specialist, his He played a key role in many of the Cambridge. She is currently leading the experience spans most sectors, practice’s commercial projects such Aberfeldy New Village masterplan in including financial services providers; as the Minerva Tower, the St Botolph’s Poplar: a phased regeneration project, museums; education; transport and Building, and the Paddington Triangle which includes the development of 1,176 healthcare. Martin has built a strong Over Site Development project for mixed tenure new homes; a landscaped reputation for being objective and well Crossrail. As a Partner at Grimshaw, park; community and faith centres; retail balanced in the delivery of his advice, as Declan has a developed a keen interest units and a primary care trust (PCT). well as helping to initiate a deeper in urban design, leading the master plan organisational and attitudinal change. proposals at Victoria Terminus Place, Alongside this high density urban Barking Station and Belfast City Quays. project, Jo has completed the design for Committed to inclusive design, he He has had a central role in expanding the Clay Farm masterplan in Cambridge, serves on various boards/committees, and consolidating Grimshaw’s work as part of the Southern Fringe urban including the National Register of in the rail sector, playing a vital part in extension in the south of the City. She Access Consultants (NRAC); the Access winning and leading both the Reading has a passion for housing design and Association; Royal Institute of Chartered and London Bridge Station projects. the development of innovative new Surveyors (RICS) inclusive environments Declan led the master plan for Waterloo residential typologies. working group, and British Standards station, and is currently Partner in Charge committees. A consultant member of the of the High Speed 2 (HS2) redevelopment Her expertise in this area has led to NRAC, he holds an MSc in Accessibility proposals for London Euston. numerous competition winning schemes and Inclusive Design. and awards, including the Islington He is a recognised industry leader in the Housing Competition for an exemplar, Career wise, Martin established Atkins master planning, design and delivery of Islington specific, housing model which in house access consultancy services transport interchanges and associated completed on site in February 2015, (2005), going from no offering to one of development. Declan has written and has won a string of awards, the largest teams in the country in four Transport for London’s (TfL’s) design including Best Small Building of the Year; years. He founded Inclusive Design and guidance for station public realm, and Building Awards 2015, and Housing Access Consultancy Services: IDACS the 2015 railway stations chapter of the Design Award 2013. Her experience in (UK) Ltd. (2013), to offer the high calibre Metric Handbook. teaching and design review role, within advice of global consultancies, with the Levitt Bernstein also reflects her ability attentive and personal touch of a small to steer and refine design concepts, practice. He is passionate about working and analyse the work of others. with clients to help them understand the benefits of inclusive design and the risks associated with getting it wrong.

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Jane McElroy Sue McGlynn Nigel McGurk

Jane is a chartered Sue is an urban Nigel BSc (Hons) architect who has designer with 30 Master of City spent the greater part years’ experience of Planning (MCD) of 30 years, focusing practice, teaching Master of Business on the design of and research in Administration (MBA) healthcare buildings. settlement design. and Member of the Royal Town Planning As a Principal with global firm NBBJ, she For many years, she was a senior Institute established the consultancy brings a broad international perspective lecturer at the School of Architecture, and Erimax – Land, Planning and to UK healthcare projects. These involve co-Chair of the Joint Centre for Urban Communities in 2011 to provide a range of scales and complexity, urban, Design at Oxford Brookes University. independent land/planning advice to suburban and rural settings, and a With colleagues at the Joint Centre, Sue clients throughout the UK. variety of procurement routes. Current co-authored the seminal design text: projects include the Royal Liverpool Responsive Environments: A manual Head of Planning for the Blenheim University Hospital redevelopment, for designers, for which she received a Estate, (including Blenheim Palace World which is both transforming healthcare Lifetime Achievement award from the Heritage Site), he provides advice on and regenerating the city of Liverpool. By Urban Design Group (2012). Sue has land/planning matters. he is a member contrast, the Acute Hospital for Dumfries been an independent consultant and of the Wesleyan Assurance Medical and Galloway addresses the challenges enabler since 2006, and has extensive Sickness Society (MSS) Fund Committee of a large development in a rural setting, experience of design training; public and Non-Executive Director of the Himor by creating contemporary vernacular speaking and presentation; community Group. Nigel is one of the country’s architecture within a richly landscaped engagement and facilitation. She most experienced Neighbourhood Plan campus plan. became Executive Director of TransForm Examiners and also a Planning Inspector, Places (2008), the not-for-profit Centre having determined over 500 planning Through these and earlier projects, Jane for Better Neighbourhoods, based in the appeals across England, and helped the has gained extensive experience of South Midlands. States of Jersey establish a new planning initial briefing, stakeholder consultation, appeals system. An accomplished public design review and clinical planning, Recent work has included: assessments speaker, he presents regularly on land, and the integration of these aspects of the quality of the built environment of planning and development matters. within the broader design concept. She three London estates for Circle Housing; believes that the clarity and legibility of urban structure studies of three towns for Nigel is a member of the Oxford Design healthcare buildings greatly contribute to the North Northants Joint Planning Review Panel, Integreat Plus Design an uplifting patient and staff environment, Unit to secure connections between Review Panel and Vice Chair of Places and is a strong advocate of the power of existing towns and planned urban Matter!. A founding Board Member of design to enhance human performance, extensions; and, together with a team the Altrincham Forward public-private experience and outcomes. Jane has from the Design Centre OPUN, run week- partnership, he has chaired/been a been a member of the Executive long consultation events to develop town member of other partnerships/cross Committee of Architects for Health since centre regeneration strategies with two sector bodies. Previously Managing 2008 and strongly promotes design local communities in North Director of a major development PLC quality in healthcare environments. East Derbyshire. 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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Kieran McMahon Fin McNab Stephen Melville

Kieran was self A qualified Urban Stephen is a employed and self Designer, Fin brings Structural Engineer taught for many over 15 years of and Director of years, having experience in the field Format. Formerly travelled of community Design Director at internationally in the engagement, street Ramboll he music production design and established Format business. He went to college (1991) to regeneration, spanning the public, private as a studio that considers Engineering, study social work and took up a job in and charity sectors. During this time, he geometry, digital optimisation, mental health. has built up a wealth of technical fabrication, research and education knowledge and in particular, extensive collectively, and as a bridge between Beginning as a family worker, he practical experience of achieving science, art, architecture and design. eventually headed a 64 strong innovative ‘retro-fit’ street design. department with projects all over With 20 years of design experience, England. He became Director at Disability Fin is founding director of Streets Stephen has led projects throughout the Stockport (2003), where design started to Reimagined Ltd., a small practice world across many different scales and become more relevant and necessary to focused on working with local people typologies. Whilst at Ramboll, Stephen’s his field of work. Kieran no longer carries to improve the experience of the street role was lead for Design and Technical out full access audits, as previously there environment. Prior to this, he held Excellence in the UK. He created was a large gap in the market for this. a senior position at the sustainable the Ramboll Computational Design Now, his job centres more on training, transport charity: Sustrans, where he (RCD) Team, a highly successful group awareness and consultation. developed and led a national programme dedicated to the research and application of work, empowering communities to of digital techniques for building and He manages a staff team of 24, and reimagine and redesign streets. masterplan design. He is a member of over 50 volunteers, and is now seeking the Bristol Urban Design Forum; the an additional challenge. Kieran has An expert in street design for Bristol Temple Quay review board; the a passion for design in all forms and liveability, Fin has spoken at national Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) constantly looks for new ideas and conferences and written for the Guardian visiting validation board, and was a technology to utilise and foster. newspaper on the subject. He is also member of the 2013 RIBA awards panel. experienced in developing regeneration strategies for local shopping streets, and Stephen is a guest critic and lecturer has a track record of writing successful at TU Delft School of Architecture, a funding applications. Drawing on this Lecturer at Oxford Brookes School of breadth of experience, Fin is well placed Architecture, and collaborator on the to positively contribute to projects which Architecture Association Active Matter aim to deliver people friendly street course. He has published several design proposals. papers on the subject of digital design in Engineering and Architecture, as well as a weekly column in Building Design magazine and many other press articles.

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Conor Moloney May Molteno Paul Monaghan

Conor is an urban May graduated from A Director of Allford designer and planner Manchester Hall Monaghan with a background in University with a first Morris (AHMM), Paul architecture; human class honours degree is an internationally geography; in economics, acclaimed architect. sustainability; urban specialising in His work, developed research and design primary research and through his studio’s education. He has over 20 years’ social policy. She worked initially for creative intelligence, is focused on experience in the UK, Europe, West Manchester and Salford Universities, redefining the built environment in both Africa and North America. He was lead researching innovative approaches to the UK and abroad. urban designer for the 265 hectare tackling deprivation. Clonburris Strategic Development Zone Paul’s projects in the workplace, in South Dublin, and has prepared May was co-ordinator of an arts, education, residential and Neighbourhood Plans for a number of environmental charity, Vale Royal masterplanning sectors have all been English towns and cities, including Environment Network, where she worked recognised by numerous national Bradford, Tottenham and Smethwick. to deliver sustainable community projects and international awards. Since co- He is a past President of the (1994-1998). May set up Pathways founding AHMM in 1989, Paul’s projects Architectural Association of Ireland and – a social research organisation that at all scales have been recognised a licentiate member of the Royal Town supports the development of high quality as demonstrations of outstanding Planning Institute. green spaces (1998). At Pathways, design, collaborative creativity, applied May designs, manages and delivers technology, research and sustainability. consultation, evaluation and engagement His current key projects include the projects. Recent work includes: Television Centre Masterplan; the new delivering the CABE Space Leaders Scotland Yard headquarters for the programme for five years; training Metropolitan Police; Blossom Street in Spaceshaper Facilitators; undertaking east London; residential development national consultation for the Lakes to at the Elephant and Castle; and Ruskin Dales Landscape Designation Project, on Square in Croydon. Paul is currently behalf of Natural England; evaluating the a visiting professor at two schools of Lottery of the Lake District footpath repair architecture: The Bartlett (University programme, Fix the Fells. College London) and Sheffield University.

May’s current work is focused on helping organisations create vibrant activity plans for Heritage Lottery Fund Bids. May is a highly skilled and innovative facilitator/ trainer, known for her focused yet inclusive style. Fascinated with playful approaches to learning, she runs an outdoor primary school in a wood and is creating three natural play areas.

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Claire Mookerjee Julie Morgan Sue Morgan

Claire is a designer Julie is an award- Sue has over 25 and urbanist, and winning professional years’ experience of currently Head of specialising in public realm Urban Futures for housing. With over 16 consultancy, strategic Future Cities years’ experience as management and Catapult, London. a chartered town project delivery. planner, she is also a She has been dealing with issues of qualified urban designer, with a Masters She has worked across the public, design quality in cities for nearly a from Oxford Brookes University. private and voluntary sectors in London decade; she previously worked on and the south of England; she holds a mobility and public life projects globally, As Strategic Planning Manager at Miller BA Hons and Diploma in Landscape for Gehl Architects in Copenhagen, as Homes, she manages a portfolio of Design, and a Post-Graduate Certificate a consultant at Beyond Green and as strategic land development projects in Education. Prior to founding her a researcher at LSE Cities, part of the throughout the Midlands and submits company, Around the Block, Sue held London School of Economics. Claire planning applications for residential senior posts with London Borough of has also acted as a design consultant schemes. Julie was invited to join the Southwark; Better Bankside Business on a number of the UK’s largest urban Miller Homes Corporate Responsibility Improvement District, Groundwork developments. She has an MSc in City Steering Group shortly after her London; Building Services Research Design and Sociology from LSE. appointment in 2012. Information Association; Notting Hill and Southwark Urban Study Centres, Previous roles have included local giving her an outstanding understanding authority planning positions; capital of place-making and stakeholder works project management; establishing engagement. Currently a part time the West Midlands Design Review consultant Chief Executive for the Service; development and regeneration Wandle Valley Regional Park Trust, Sue consultancy; and setting up her own is also a Director of the Park Alliance planning and design consultancy. Board and a Trustee for the Bankside Open Space Trust. She is a Civic Trust Current a member of the West Midlands Buildings and Landscape Awards RTPI Committee, Julie previously served Assessor, and was part of the first cohort on the RTPI General Assembly and as of Cabe Space Enablers. vice-chair of the RTPI Membership and Sue contributes to the Greater London Ethics Committee. She led a team that Authority’s Green Infrastructure Task was awarded a Regional Commendation Force and is a member of the GLA’s for the Most Transferrable Project by Green Grid Steering Group. RegenWM in 2004 for a collaboration pilot between several local authorities and schools. In 2000 Julie was the inaugural international winner of the RTPI Young Planner of the Year award.

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Janice Morphet Paul Murphy Deborah Nagan

Janice is a Fellow of Paul is a qualified Deborah is a multi- the Royal Town architect with over 25 disciplinary designer Planning Institute years’ experience in specialising in (RTPI), has been a both the public and landscape and public planner for 45 years private sectors, realm. She is a and has degrees in working on a diverse partner at sociology, range of projects naganjohnson management, literature and a PhD in valuing from £80k to £80m. architects (founded 1999), and a director politics. Following a career in local at (uncommon) landscape consultants. government and higher education, she He founded and runs his own practice was a senior adviser on local government in London, driven by his passion for Her experience ranges from modernization at the Department for design. Paul’s design experience masterplanning to detailed design; she Communities and Local Government includes masterplanning, new buildings has worked across the UK and abroad. (DCLG), 2000-2005, and since 2007 has and redeveloping existing buildings; Large scale project experience includes devised and supported infrastructure he has particular expertise in the mixed use schemes in the Middle East delivery planning as part of local plans. fields of healthcare and education. including Abu Dhabi Corniche and Both specialisms draw on Paul’s Dubai Maritime; she is currently working Janice was a Department for Culture, deep understanding of the subject on Crossrail schemes in Stepney Media and Sport (DCMS) appointed and his desire to engage with multiple and Limmo. Deborah has designed member of the Olympic Delivery stakeholders who have a vested interest installations and small scale works for Authority’s Planning Committee (2006- in the design and quality of the built garden festivals in Amiens, Quebec 2012), and has been a trustee of the reality. Key projects include: Kingston and Westonbirt, as well as private and RTPI and the Town and Country Planning University; a major biomedical research public residential schemes. She is Association. Visiting Professor at the and manufacturing facility; over 20 active in the stewardship and design of Bartlett School of Planning, University projects for University College London; projects close to her home and office at College London, she has held senior and the masterplanning and a range of Waterloo in London, working for the local posts including as local authority Chief new healthcare facilities. Business Improvement District, for whom Executive and Head of a Planning and (uncommon) are completing a Pocket Landscape School. Paul has been Secretary of Architects for Park. Deborah is a trustee of Bankside Health since 2011 and teaches at London Open Spaces Trust, and vice-chair of Member of the RTPI’s English Policy South Bank University at diploma level the South Bank & Waterloo Neighbours Panel, she has chaired committees at and has been a visiting design studio (SoWN) Neighbourhood Plan. the RTPI since 1974. Her recent books critic since 2011. Other extra-curricular are: Modern Local Government (2008), activities include involvement in the Deborah has given lectures on a range Effective Practice in Spatial Planning Open City Primary Schools Programme of topics from sustainable drainage (2010), and How Europe Shapes British and in the replacement of Hammersmith systems (SuDS) to installation design. Public Policy (2013), Applying leadership flyover with a new tunnel, which is set to Deborah has been a Cabe BEE since and management in Planning (published transform that part of London. 2012. As an alumna of Oxford University 2015). Infrastructure delivery planning: and former geographer, she is delighted an effective practice approach will be to be a member of the Oxford Design published in 2016. Review Panel.

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Peter Neal Pauline Nee Justin Nicholls

Peter is a qualified Pauline began her Justin has over 20 landscape architect, career campaigning years’ experience environmental with residents on shaping the built planner and housing and public environment, is a independent realm issues in founding member of consultant with 25 London’s King’s Make, and worked at years’ professional Cross area. Foster and Partners experience. Initially trained at for 11 years. His work focuses on Manchester, he holds a Master’s in This experience inspired her to study designing complex buildings, often in environmental planning from Harvard’s for a technical qualification. Having sensitive contexts, facilitated by his Graduate School of Design and a worked in Islington’s architectural analytical and disciplined approach. Diploma in ecology from University department she moved to Southwark, College London. where she was appointed as Borough Justin has led projects across multiple Architect and Building Surveyor, leading sectors including: the redevelopment He has worked in the public, private a multi-disciplinary unit of over 100 staff. of St James’s Market in Westminster for and not-for-profit sectors on planning, Southwark Building Design Service The Crown Estate; Pure Hammersmith design, training, teaching and research prided itself on being a leading proponent student accommodation; the projects. Formerly Head of Public Space of public sector design, winning the redevelopment of the former Bath Press; at CABE, Peter established and led the Royal Institute of British Architects/CABE housing at Grosvenor Waterside, and organisation’s national public space London Local Authority of the Year Award a ‘Paragraph 55’ house in Oxfordshire. advisory programme for over seven and a number of design awards. Justin has delivered numerous research years. He was seconded part-time to facilities for the University of Oxford over the Olympic Delivery Authority for three Pauline left Southwark to develop her 18 years. At Foster and Partners his work years, providing design advice for the interest in conservation. While studying at included the Albion Riverside residential development of the Olympic Park and the Architectural Association she worked development and Beijing Airport. He is co-authoring a book on the project. Peter at the Tower of London, leaving there to a practice design tutor at The Bartlett is a recognised expert in the planning, head up John McAslan and Partners’ School of Architecture at UCL, a Royal design, funding and management of Historic Buildings Unit. Whilst there Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Part public parks and open spaces. He was Pauline contributed to the successful 3 professional Examiner and a member commissioned by Nesta, the national implementation of a variety of projects, of the Design South East and Southwark innovation foundation, to write the ranging from the Grade I Listed Kings design review panels. research report Rethinking Parks, and Cross Station to reconstruction of the authored The State of UK Public Parks Iron Market in Haiti. Justin has judged RIBA, New London for the Heritage Lottery Fund. She has a particular interest in accessible Architecture and Civic Trust awards, design and recently worked with Publica and has contributed to research for the Peter is a member of the South and East on public realm issues. Construction Industry Research and Design Panel, a project mentor for the Information Association and the British Heritage Lottery Fund; a member of the Standards Institution. He is a trustee of Land Trust’s Development Partner Panel, the Westminster Society, has an Oxford and a Fellow of the Landscape Institute. Preservation Trust award and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.

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Robin Nicholson Geoff Noble Vanessa Norwood

Robin is senior Geoff is an Vanessa is head of practice partner at independent heritage exhibitions at the Edward Cullinan and design Architectural Architects, which he consultant. A Geordie Association, one of joined in 1979. by birth but a the world’s most Londoner by influential centres of He has led adoption, he has architectural culture wide ranging health and university more than thirty years’ professional and learning. She is one of the leading projects, including 20 years working experience with qualifications in curators of architecture in the UK and has at the University of Warwick. Robin’s planning, urban design and building commissioned and curated a range of current positions include: convenor conservation. exhibitions that celebrate architecture of the inter-disciplinary Construction in a wider context. Industry think tank The Edge; chair After working for local authorities in Tyne of the Cambridgeshire Quality Panel; and Wear, Staffordshire and Hampshire, A pioneer of urban installations, Vanessa board member of the National House Geoff joined English Heritage in 1985 has overseen a series of temporary Building Council; and chairman of as one of their first recruits. He worked pavilions in Bedford Square. She was NHBC Services Ltd. He was previously for ten years in the north of England co-curator of the exhibition Venice vice president of the Royal Institute of before joining the London team, where Takeaway for the British Pavilion at British Architects (1992-1994), chairman he became Deputy Director. Geoff the 13th International Architecture of the Construction Industry Council was secretary to the London Advisory Biennale in 2012, for which she asked (1998-2000) and founder member of the Committee from 1995 to 2005, advising 10 architectural teams to undertake Movement for Innovation Board (1998- on many major development schemes study trips to find new ways to respond 2001). Robin helped create and develop across the capital. to the challenges of the relationships, the Design Quality Indicator, was a CABE policies and structures that surround Commissioner (2002-10) and was Joint Geoff joined Urban Practitioners - now architecture in Britain. First shown in Deputy Chair of CABE (2008-10). He Allies and Morrison Urban Practitioners Venice, the exhibition then travelled to chaired the Zero Carbon Schools Task - in 2005, and continues to work with the Royal Institute of British Architects Force for the Department for Children, them as their heritage adviser. Since in London. In 2015 Vanessa joined a Schools and Families (2009-10). He 2006 Geoff has worked with Design panel of international experts advising trained at Cambridge and The Bartlett, South East, where he ran the Regional the Albanian Government on a series was job architect for James Stirling’s Design Panel for several years, and of cultural competitions. She has Olivetti Training Centre (1970-73), then provided training for local authorities. He contributed to publications, magazines worked in Chile with Cristian Boza. was commissioned by Design Council and blogs on the subject of art and He taught at The Bartlett (1974-76) Cabe and professional institutes to write architecture, and is a guest critic at and PNL London (1976-9). new national guidance on design review, student juries. Robin was awarded a CBE for services published in 2013. to architecture in 1999 and an Honorary Vanessa is interested in the effect of Fellowship of the Institution of Structural Geoff is a trustee of the Environment ‘cultural insertions’ in the city, examining Engineers in 2002. Trust for Richmond upon Thames, the role of the artist and architect in a well established and active west provoking dialogue through the act of London charity. positively interrupting everyday life.

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Peter Oborn Stephen O’Malley David Orr

Peter is a Chartered Stephen is a civil David is a Chartered Architect and client engineer with 20 Landscape Architect adviser with years’ experience in and urban designer considerable practice. He is a with 30 years’ experience of working founding director of experience of design internationally, engineering and advocacy in the particularly in the consultancy Civic fields of regeneration, Middle East where he has completed Engineers, a Fellow of the Institution of development, conservation and projects in Oman, Qatar and the United Civil Engineers and a Member of the environmental improvement, in rural Arab Emirates. Chartered Institution of Highways and and urban areas. Transport. He has been involved in the He was deputy chairman of Aedas development of a broad range of urban He has held key roles on many complex Architects Ltd, responsible for its London infrastructure projects across the country, urban design and public realm projects, office until 2010. He was also the director advising on the strategic regeneration including the reconfiguration of Trafalgar responsible for the redevelopment of framework at New Islington in Square and the delivery of 3,500 new Holland Park School in London and Manchester then leading on the detailed homes at Coed D’Arcy in South Wales. the design of the Al Bahr Towers in Abu design and delivery of its canals, David sits on the Cornwall Design Review Dhabi - winner of an award from the waterpark and public realm. Recently, Panel. He regularly works with other Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Stephen led the design and delivery of multidisciplinary teams and has extensive Habitat. Peter founded the Aedas the innovative high street renewal project experience facilitating both community Research and Development group, which at Poynton in Cheshire, which used a and professional design workshops. developed specialisms in sustainability, combination of place-led engineering Before founding David Orr Consulting advanced modelling and computational techniques to positively transform the in 2009, David was Technical Director at design. This award-winning group environmental quality of the town and Mouchel where he formed and managed helped to drive innovation throughout the rebalance its public space, successfully the urban design team. He previously practice, enabling new ways of problem making it much more attractive to those worked with Alan Baxter and Associates, solving and design. Peter is currently not in vehicles. managing a range of masterplanning, client adviser to the government of Oman research and urban design projects, after for the development of a new city in the He is a panellist for the Architecture holding positions at WS Atkins and HLM Muscat Capital Area. and Design Scotland forum, is an Architects. active contributor to Tree Design He is a trustee of the Royal Institute of Action Group: a national organisation David has led and managed the British Architects (RIBA). He was elected promoting the incorporation of green preparation of numerous town centre RIBA Vice President International in 2011; and blue infrastructure into our urban strategies, mixed-use masterplans, in this role Peter and his Committee are landscapes. Stephen is a member of the housing schemes and public space working to raise the profile of the Institute Greater London Authority’s Specialist design projects across the UK and and its members internationally. Assistance Team, advising on high street overseas, many in historic towns or regeneration projects across the city. sensitive environments.

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Valerie Owen Jason Palmer Dominic Papa

Valerie is a multi- Jason is an energy Dominic has over 18 disciplinary property and sustainability years’ experience in professional, specialist, working on the design of large Chartered Architect, sustainable buildings scale urban and Town Planner, since 1998. architectural projects. Development Surveyor and He led the team He is co-founder Environmentalist. She runs a Royal that developed DEMScot - Scotland’s of S333 Architecture and Urbanism, an Institute of British Architects Chartered domestic energy model - and the Anglo-Dutch practice. He works freely Practice: Le Vaillant Owen Consultancy, Cambridge Housing Model, used by between the disciplines of architecture specialising in housing, heritage, the UK Government’s Department of and urban design, and brings to the regeneration and sustainable Energy and Climate Change for national practice skills in conceptual design, development projects. energy questions. Since 2006, Jason has strategic urban thinking and detailed advised the UK Government on energy design for major residential-led mixed Valerie has a portfolio of ministerial and sustainability in relation to the built use developments, schools and appointments and non-executive environment, including writing the UK masterplans. Dominic is Professor in directorships in housing, health and Housing Energy Fact File. Practice in the Housing and Urbanism the environment, which involve her in Jason has carried out post-occupancy Programme at the Architectural some of the largest and most complex evaluation of more than 30 schools, Association and has led a research team construction projects being procured hospitals and offices. exploring the contemporary conditions in the public sector. These include influencing the success or failure of the £1.5 billion re-provision of Covent intense forms of housing and urbanism Garden Market at Nine Elms in London in Britain. and the £400 million redevelopment of the Western Docks at Dover Port. Valerie Dominic is developing new initiatives in has volunteered with Girlguiding UK the Architecture of Innovation, including for over 30 years, providing pioneering developing next generation mixed- youth and community education services use workspace neighbourhoods. This amongst disadvantaged and immigrant work is also being developed within communities. She was awarded an Order the Communities of Competence for of the British Empire in 2001 for services International Urban Development to architecture and the community in east Association (INTA): the urban London, was appointed a Cabinet Office development forum. Dominic is a design Ambassador for Public Appointments in review panel member for Cabe and for 2009 and won the Lifetime Achievement the West Midlands, is a member of the Award at the National Women in RIBA Housing Group advising on policy, Construction Awards in 2015. has judged numerous international awards and competitions, has written Valerie is wholly committed to promoting articles for the international press and equality and diversity; she is passionate has contributed to TV debates in the UK, about both environmental issues and Netherlands and New Zealand. health and safety in construction.

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Andrew Parsons Dr. Tim Pascoe Pankaj Patel

Andrew is an Tim has been a Pankaj gained a first independent community safety class honours degree consultant researcher for over 25 from South Bank specialising in green years, carrying out University, before space issues, qualitative and working with Andrew working indpendently quantitative research Taylor at MacCormac or in partnership with and evaluation, Jamieson Prichard on others. He has a thorough understanding investigating crime prevention and projects including: Worcester College in of local authorities, having previously reduction issues, and exploring Oxford; Paternoster Square, adjacent to worked as a Head of Parks and Green community-led solutions. St Paul’s Cathedral; and London’s Spaces at Oxford City Council. Andrew Spitalfields Development. re-wrote the Green Flag Award scheme’s He has an international reputation in guidance manual “Raising the Standard” the field of designing out and managing Pankaj was a consultant on various with Liz Greenhalgh in 2003, and led a out crime. Tim’s work, which has international masterplans before review of the scheme for CABE Space in been carried out with bodies including establishing Patel Taylor in 1989. 2004, alongside Ken Worpole, Liz community groups of all types, police His interests lie in the integration of Greenhalgh and The Parks Agency. forces, local authorities, government architecture, landscape and urban departments and businesses, has design. He oversees the inception of An original member of CABE Space’s resulted in a body of publications that many projects and has led the design Advisory Panel, he contributed have added to national and international of a broad range of masterplanning, significantly to the work of both CABE understanding of community safety architecture and landscape schemes. and CABE Space, including undertaking problems and solutions. He regularly Pankaj is partner-in-charge of mixed- a review of the campaign PARKFORCE chairs and presents at conferences and use and residential projects, where and monitoring the performance of the seminars worldwide. Tim is a Director his expertise in negotiating complex Design Champions programme and of: Catalyst in Communities; Community planning consents has been critical. the Green Flag Award scheme. Andrew Coaching Academy; Griffin Research These include the London 2012 Athletes’ was instrumental in the development and Consultancy; the International Crime Village, White City and Southbank Place of SPACESHAPER: a toolkit that allows Prevention Through Environmental in London. communities to measure the quality of a Design (CPTED) Association, and the public space before investing time and Institute of Community Safety. Pankaj has been a member of CABE’s money in improving it. design review panel; has advised the He is chairman of the UK Design Out Government Office for London, Greater Experienced at the procurement of Crime Association; is a Fellow of the London Authority and Arts Lottery grounds maintenance services, Royal Society of Arts; sits on the advisory Design Panel; and has been an awards he led the re-tendering of Hounslow’s board of the Design Against Crime assessor for the Royal Institute of British service in 2008. Recent work includes Centre, University of the Arts London; Architects. He has been a member of options appraisals for the future is an advisor to the UK government’s the London 2012 design review panel management of green space assets, All-Party Parliamentary Child and Youth and the Convoys Wharf design review including work for Guildford, Crawley Crime Group; and serves as a trustee for panel in Lewisham. Pankaj has served as and Swindon councils. Through Unity - a charity for homicide senior lecturer at South Bank University, victims families - and for the Luton Rape external examiner at Sheffield University, Crisis Centre. visiting professor at the Welsh School of Architecture and visiting lecturer at Edinburgh University.

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Mark Pearson Andy Pennington Ian Phillips

Mark is a designer, Andy is a research Ian is a chartered urbanist and educator fellow at the landscape architect with 23 years of Department of Public and town planner practical experience Health and Policy, working as a self- in achieving and University of employed consultant, promoting good Liverpool: a World based in Farnham. design, since he Health Organisation qualified as an architect in 1992. Collaborating Centre for Policy Research He has over thirty years’ experience on Social Determinants of Health working in the public, private and He was the second Director of the Inequalities. He is a qualified planner with voluntary sectors, and in rural and urban Architecture Centre in Bristol and later 13 years’ experience in public health environments, applying his planning Head of Design South West, working research, consultancy and teaching - expertise to landscape issues. His with CABE and Creating Excellence focusing on health inequalities, interests lie in policy; design briefs to lead a comprehensive programme community empowerment, health impact and guidance; green infrastructure; of design support in the region until assessment and urban health. community engagement; and training 2011. Projects included a successful events. Ian’s past projects include: the tenant-led housing regeneration project Andy has dedicated his career to Thames Basin Heaths SPA Delivery in Pill, North Somerset; the provision of understanding the relationships between Framework; contributions to BS5837 on national design training for the Planning the physical environment and health/ Trees and Construction; the Elvetham Inspectorate; and the Spacemakers health inequalities. He develops and Heath Development Brief; Landscape project, which enabled young people to applies innovative approaches to identify Institute position statements; and act as clients for a new park in Bristol. and synthesise evidence from a wide presentations to local, national and Mark was design advisor for a strategic variety of specialisms to inform international audiences. mixed-use site at Firepool, Taunton. He decision-making. has advised and served on a number of Ian is the elected Vice President of the local design review panels, and recently Andy has extensive experience of Landscape Institute, which he represents reformed the panel serving Cornwall. applying evidence to practice, for on several external national and example through health impact European bodies. He is also a nationally Mark is currently Executive Director of assessment. He has developed evidence appointed member of the South Downs Design Action Devon and Cornwall, and and guidance that has informed debate National Park Authority, where he serves national chair of the Architecture and and practice within the UK Parliament on the Planning Committee. Built Environment Centre Network. He and the European Commission. is Chair of the Cornwall Design Review Andy is committed to including Panel and Secretary to the Panel in individuals and communities in decisions Torbay. Mark is a trustee of Cornwall about land use that may affect local lives Architectural Trust and occasionally for generations to come. teaches at the University of Bath.

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Louisa Philpot Steven Pidwill Sylvie Pierce

Louisa is an urban Steven is Director and Sylvie created and designer, Chairman of managed Building environmental Shepheard Epstein Better Health, a physicist and Hunter (SEH), successful architectural designer specialising in development with 18 years’ architecture, planning company, working in practice experience in and landscape partnership with the architecture and urban planning. design. His experience includes public sector; winning a number of preparing building proposals and awards, including Client of the Year; She has delivered vision and scoping masterplans for universities, schools, Health Design champion; Best studies; masterplanning projects; libraries, listed buildings and housing for Community Health building (twice); commercial office and residential both public and private sectors. short-listed for Stirling award with architecture projects. Louisa was lead Mossbourne Academy; and Civic consultant for the Calne Vision and Steven leads SEH’s framework teams Awards. Working with the UK’s most Calne Town Centre Masterplan, and for schools, universities and Parliament. innovative architects in some of the most has designed headquarters for Linden Projects include two masterplans for the deprived areas, eg AHMM, Penoyre and Homes in Bristol and London. Louisa University of Oxford; new housing in Hull; Prasad, and Rogers Stirk Harbour, we is also a sustainability consultant who urban design and building projects for tried to demonstrate the impact that has contributed to the Welsh Assembly the University of Leicester over fourteen design can have on the poorest Government’s approach to adapting years; libraries at the universities of communities. to climate change, funded by the Liverpool and East Anglia; 21 school Technology Strategy Board. A live project and youth projects across three London Prior to creating a development in Cardiff was used as the basis for boroughs; a performing arts centre company, Sylvie was Chief Executive of the work, enabling a design code with and sports facilities in a World Heritage the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. adaptation design measures at urban Site for the Girls’ Day School Trust; She is a regeneration adviser to the design and architectural scales to be improvements to the entrance of the City of Bath; on the board and planning produced. House of Lords; and security, landscape committee for London Thames Gateway, and office transformation projects for the and chair of Governors at Mossbourne Louisa is an Academician at the Parliamentary Estate. Academy. Director of a consultancy: Academy of Urbanism, is part of the Earth Regeneration, (established 2010), Town and Country Planning Association’s Steven is chair of the Part III external she is working with a number of clients Spacial Futures Group, and assisted examining panel at Cambridge University commissioning new and innovative Green Capital in generating a planning and has examined at The Bartlett (UCL) services and buildings. sustainability assessment tool. She was and at Nottingham University. He has part of Design Council Cabe’s Supporting written articles on sustainable housing; Communities in Neighbourhood Planning libraries; business schools; halls of programme and has contributed to residence; schools and listed buildings; the development of design review for and on play and sport for children. He is Nationally Significant Infrastructure a qualified in application performance Projects. management and project management, has previously been a CABE enabler and wrote the CABE publication ‘New from old: transforming secondary schools through refurbishment’.

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Helen Pineo Karl Pitman John Plumridge

Helen is an urban Karl is a Chartered John is a chartered planner with eight Engineer with 25 valuation and years’ experience years’ experience. development working in the UK and Graduating from surveyor and an internationally. Kingston University architect with 25 with a first class years’ experience of She is currently degree in Civil large scale the Associate Director for Cities at Engineering, he worked for a number of development and estates management. the Building Research Establishment, international multi-disciplinary practices responsible for leading the research in the UK and Middle East before setting For Cabe, he has provided design and development of new products and up his own practice in 2011. quality support to clients in planning, services for cities. Helen previously masterplanning and schools sibnce managed the 2012 revision of the Karl has a passion for sustainable 2001 and was a regional representative Building Research Establishment engineering design and construction for the East Midlands between 2005 Environmental Assessment Methodology that has been developed through his and 2008. John has been Director of (BREEAM) Communities, making it the involvement in projects such as the the West Midlands English Partnerships international standard of sustainable sustainable drainage scheme at Upton Development Team, vice chair of the masterplanning. She has authored a in Northampton: an early exemplar of a Leicester Regeneration Company and number of publications and guidance Sustainable Drainage System. He has has overseen large scale mixed-use documents on planning healthy and used this experience to develop cost- developments in Leicester - as Director sustainable communities. As an effective solutions to ‘making space of Estates at De Monfort University and experienced facilitator, speaker and for water’ for large- and small-scale Director of Estates and Commercial trainer, Helen enjoys helping built developments across the UK. Facilities at the University in Lincoln. environment professionals access and share knowledge to improve project Karl is a strong advocate and His private sector experience was outcomes. She worked as a consultant practitioner of the Civil Engineering gained in private consultancy and for the Planning Advisory Service and Environmental Quality Assessment through executive and non-executive Local Government Association (2008- Scheme and has played an active role directorships for Catesby Estates, 2011), supporting local authority planners in its implementation in the Middle and Land Securities and P&O properties. and politicians; her main focus was policy Far East. Using the Scheme as a design He is a member of the Royal Institute of development and leadership training in and management framework, he has Chartered Surveyors’ panel of expert spatial planning, climate change, energy, supported consultants and contractors advisors to the Planning Inspectorate. 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. design decisions on local communities. She is an Associate Member of the Royal Town Planning Institute and a Member of the Construction Industry Council Diversity Panel.

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Neil Porter Richard Powell Sunand Prasad

Neil gained a first Richard joined Sunand is co-founder class degree in Grosvenor in 2014 as of highly regarded architecture at the executive director architecture practice Newcastle University; responsible for Penoyre and Prasad, he received a diploma development named by Architects with honours at the activities outside Journal as Architecture Mayfair and Sustainable Practice Association in London in 1983 and Belgravia, with specific focus on Oxford, of the Year in the AJ100 Awards in 2014. subsequently tutored there from 1984 Cambridge, Edinburgh, Southampton to 1989. and London. He was previously director The practice’s diverse range of work, of planning and development at Capital encompassing education, healthcare, As one of the founding partners and Counties Properties PLC. Prior to residential and cultural buildings and of Gustafson Porter, Neil takes an this he worked for Lend Lease, HM masterplans, has won around 100 active involvement in the practice’s Treasury, KPMG and DTZ. Richard is a awards and been widely published. diverse range of projects and runs the member of the Mayor of London’s Design Sunand is a member of the London London practice. His interests include Advisory Group, sits on the New London Mayor’s Design Advisory Group and architecture, design, landscape and Sounding Board and chairs Cambridge chairman of Article 25: the disaster urban planning. Neil has extensive Ahead’s board meetings. relief and development charity. He was experience in designing and executing President of the Royal Institute of British high quality contemporary landscapes Architects (2007-09), campaigning within complex climatic and historical for action on climate change, reform contexts. Neil is currently working on of architectural education and better projects with distinct demands and integration in design and construction. spatial contexts in the UK, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, each site requiring He was a founding commissioner of innovative and unique solutions. Together the Commission for Architecture and with Mary Bowman, Sibylla Hartel, the Built Environment; a member of Kathryn Gustafson and colleagues, Neil the Government’s Green Construction has led the practice’s defining projects, Board, and a panel member of the including the Diana, Princess of Wales Farrell Review of Architecture. Sunand Memorial; Swiss Cottage Open Space; has authored a number of broadcasts, the Garden of Forgiveness and Shoreline articles and books on architecture, the Walk in Beirut; Bay East in Singapore, value of design and sustainability, the and the CityLife Park in Milan. latest one being “Retrofit for Purpose”. 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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Dr. Stephen Pretlove John Prevc Darren Price

Stephen is associate Since becoming a Darren’s specific professor in registered architect in areas of interest are architectural science 1986, John has housing and and technology in the worked with Nicholas placemaking and the School of Grimshaw, Michael involvement of Architecture and Hopkins and Will communities therein. Landscape at Alsop in London, and Kingston University in London. He is with Thomas Herzog in Munich. After training as an architect in director of their in-house sustainable and Manchester, he went on to complete his environmental design facility: ArchiLab. He joined Foster & Partners in 1995, PhD entitled: ‘Community Involvement becoming project director for: the new in the Design of Social Housing’ at the Stephen has a background in Channel Tunnel Rail Terminal at St University of Sheffield (2002). He gained building engineering, architecture Pancras Station; the redevelopment client-side experience, working for the and environmental design, and has a of Dresden Railway Station; the London Borough of Tower Hamlets on particular interest in the achievement of British Museum; and a masterplan for the innovative ‘Housing Choice’ stock- genuinely sustainable buildings, through Elephant and Castle. He has designed transfer regeneration programme, the processes of design, construction numerous City Academy school projects co-ordinating numerous estate steering and occupation. Key to this are the and became a founding partner at groups, housing associations and issues of building performance, post- Make in 2004. He has led teams on consultants. occupancy evaluation and occupant numerous,significant masterplans, behaviour. Stephen is currently course including for: Edinburgh Waterfront; Darren became the Architecture and director of the MSc Sustainable Building North West Lands in Wembley; and Urban Design Advisor (2007) at Urban Design and Performance at Kingston, Science Central in Newcastle. John Vision North Staffordshire, managing and a Senior Fellow of the Higher has helped design the Cube at the the successful Design Review panel; Education Academy. Mailbox in Birmingham; three buildings reviewing over 250 schemes; providing for Nottingham University; a new office a local enabling service; developing and He is an educator, researcher and for Esprit near Dusseldorf; and the delivering a range of training courses. consultant in this field; is a UK refurbishment of listed buildings in He has since been working in private Government-appointed research Geneva for HSBC. consultancy as Place ART, predominantly application assessor; and has extensive advising volume house-builders on experience of knowledge transfer He has been designing an art installation aspects of placemaking and design partnership projects linking the for the Cultural Olympics. quality, and working with communities. University with external built environment John is a member of the Academy of Darren is a visiting lecturer at the organisations. Stephen has an extensive Urbanism and has been a visiting tutor University of Sheffield; an Academician history of research in this field over and lecturer at the Birmingham, at the Academy of Urbanism; a Glass- twenty years. Leicester, Coventry, Bartlett and House Community-Led Design Enabler, Ljubljana Schools of Architecture. and PlacEd Ambassador. He is Chair of He has written a regular column for the Governors at a local school, a District Architect’s Journal and contributed to Councillor and the Parliamentary articles in many publications. Candidate for Congleton in Cheshire for John acts as an architectural and urban 2015. design critic for Coventry City Council, and as judge for the city’s biannual Architectural Design Awards.

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Miles Price Brenda Puech John Pugh-Smith

Miles is Director of Brenda is an architect John was called to Planning at British and highly the Bar (1977), and is Land. He joined experienced, both a practising British Land in 2001 qualified access planning barrister and and has a BSc (Hons) consultant with wide commercial mediator. in Town Planning and ranging commercial an MSc in Transport experience, With a particular Planning. Miles is responsible for specialising in inclusive external practice focus on medium and large coordinating planning teams across a environments and public realm. scale residential development; retirement wide range of complex and high profile and care homes; and enforcement, John mixed use, residential, commercial and With over ten years’ experience brings professional experience, gained retail projects throughout the UK. These in the sector, she was Director of over 35 years, to his role as successful include the 46 acre Canada Water Consultancy for the Centre for mediator and coach, dealing with a Masterplan in London Borough of Accessible Environments. Brenda wide range of clients and issues for both Southwark. He also has particular has comprehensive experience of public and private sectors, including expertise in community engagement and providing bespoke training in different special interest groups. His specialist employment and training initiatives. aspects of inclusive environments. She mediations have included leading has managed wide ranging projects, examples to resolve an intractable He is responsible for transportation including carrying out an extensive land-use enforcement matter within an matters at British Land properties consultation and audit exercise for the An Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty; and is actively involved in a range of City of York (2013), published as the York a major ‘stalled development’; a £4m strategically significant infrastructure City Centre Access and Mobility Audit. environmental damage claim, and projects including: HS2, Crossrail 1 the resolution of a high profile +2, Thames Tideway Tunnel, tram Brenda managed production of a suite heritage dispute. train and bus rapid transit projects and of guidance for the Equality Commission East London River crossings. He has Northern Ireland, to encourage small John has been at the forefront of extensive experience of working with businesses to make their services more initiatives to use Alternative Dispute local authorities and transport bodies accessible to disabled customers and Resolution in town and country planning, including TfL, Highways England, staff. She was UK representative for including as a panel member of the Network Rail and train operating the European Transfer of Innovation Department for Communities and Local companies. project: Training Tools for Accessible Government’s “section 106 brokers”. Towns (2012), which developed He is also a Fellow of the Society of Miles is a member of: the Royal Town online training tools for urban design Antiquaries and a consultant member of Planning Institute; The GLA Roads Task professions to create accessible streets the Retirement Housing Group. Force; the Sustrans’ London Advisory and townscapes; on the British Standrds Panel and was instrumental in starting Institution (BSI) working group for the the Highways England Developer Group. BS 559: Accessible urban external environments. Brenda is a member of the He was Transport Planner of the Year in National Register of Access Consultants, 2003 and has lectured on planning and and on the Centre for Accessible transport courses at Sheffield Hallam and Environments Panel of Inclusive University College London. Design Consultants.

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Julia Ratcliffe Richard Rees Amanda Reynolds

Julia is a Structural Richard is an Amanda has over 25 Engineer and Director experienced years experience as at Expedition masterplanner and an architect and Engineering in architect, who has urban designer, in the London. delivered numerous, UK, Australia and major masterplans New Zealand, with In her 22 year career across the globe; now the last 12 years she has worked on a wide variety of a freelance consultant masterplanner, spent working on projects in the UK and building types and scales: typified illustrator and artist with his own Ireland. She is the Director (from 2007) of by architectural projects demanding company, Artyrees Ltd. design practice AR Urbanism, following 5 a high degree of design integration years as Director of Urban Design for and structural expression. Outside As masterplanner urban in Hong Kong, Llewelyn Davies. the UK, Julia has contributed to major he designed the Wanchai and Central international projects in North America, Reclamation scheme (1980s), joining Amanda’s work has a number of threads Asia and Europe. Prior to joining BDP, London (1990). Masterplans have including large-scale residential-led Expedition in 2006, she worked for included the All England Lawn Tennis mixed-use master planning projects, Buro Happold, including five years in Club, Wimbledon; Liverpool One; and urban regeneration projects and urban New York. After the 2004 Indian Ocean Waterfront City, Melbourne. He worked design and streetscape projects. Tsunami, she worked in Thailand in on the design of the Sydney Olympic These include design work, including support of the reconstruction and has Tennis Centre; Athens Olympic Tennis provision of design advice, community served as a Trustee for Architecture for Centre, and the competition-winning engagement activities, Design and Humanity UK. Guangzhou Tennis Centre; recently on Access Statements, Building for Life the Rio Olympic Tennis Centre, and assessments and Expert Witness advice Julia has recently seen the completion new Kuwait International Tennis Centre. at Public Inquiries. Amanda is a past of the Intesa SanPaolo tower in Turin, An experienced facilitator, he has run Chair of the Urban Design Group and with Renzo Piano Building Workshop for consultations in Harlow, Maidenhead, part time lecturer/tutor for Master’s which she led the structural engineering Brighton, Ely, Harrow and Toronto; degree courses at the Universities of team and the new headquarters for the external examiner for the Urban Design Westminster and Southbank. Institution of Structural Engineers. course at the University of Westminster; contributor to the book: ‘Urban Design She regularly chairs and speaks at Futures’; has lectured in France, conferences on master planning and Australia, Canada and Morocco. urban design issues, and is a member of the London Boroughs of Lewisham, He became Chairman of the Society Southwark and Hackney’s Design of Architectural Illustration (2015), and Review Panels, as well as Transport for edited a book of the Society’s work: London’s (TfL’s) Major Projects Review ‘Drawing on Architecture’(2014). Richard Panel. Amanda is a member of the Royal is a successful artist and exhibited Institute of British Architects (RIBA), ‘Pattern of Settlement’, his aerial views and a registered architect in the UK and of cities at the Abbot and Holder Gallery New Zealand. (2015).

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Geoff Rich Kay Richardson Antony Rifkin

Geoff is an Architect Kay is a Chartered Antony, partner at and Managing Landscape Architect Allies and Morrison, Partner for Feilden and qualified Urban has a Bachelor of Clegg Bradley Designer enjoying a Commerce Degree, Studios (FCBS), and varied career of 22 and a Master’s in City has led many high years in association and Regional profile projects with non- Planning from the focused on new design for the historic departmental public bodies; University of Cape Town. He has a environment. He was team leader for local authorities; environmental Diploma in Urban Design from Oxford FCBS’ award-winning Clore Learning design professionals; and international Brookes University; is a chartered town Centre at Hampton Court Palace, and is sustainability innovators, trainers planner, and member of the Royal Town currently leading the FCBS team for the and activists. Planning Institute. major renovation of Bath Abbey. Kay is always keen to explore how design Other major current schemes include the thinking, creativity and mindful practice Antony was the founding Director of re-use of the oldest surviving iron-framed can be harnessed to create space for Urban Practitioners, which specialised in buildings in the world, at Shrewsbury Flax social change where environment, masterplanning, planning, urban design Mill for Historic England, and a new community, heritage, productivity, and consultation. Urban Practitioners conservation workshops building at creativity and innovation lead. merged with Allies and Morrison (2011). Windsor Castle. He is leading the masterplanning of As a designer advocating distinctiveness, Guildford town centre for Guildford After completing his architectural studies craft and resilience, Kay has devised Borough Council, which has included the at the University of Newcastle, Geoff and initiated an exemplar landscape production of the Guildford Town Centre joined FCB Studios (1996) and became a character assessment strategy, now Vision (2014) and Guildford Town Centre Partner (2000). He has taken the leading rolled out across Surrey; and founded and Hinterland Masterplan (2015). role in the practice’s creative re-use and The Pugmill Bakehouse, a wood fired regeneration work, and maintains a very community kitchen. A social enterprise Antony is also working on a new keen interest in design, conservation that celebrates the crafts and traditions masterplan for Thamesmead for and sustainability. of utilitarian pottery and communal food Peabody. He led the research and production, the project has contributed production of the Historic England major He is an accredited conservation an innovative restoration of a Victorian publication: ‘The Changing Face of architect with the Architects Accredited ‘country’ Pottery for local community the High Street: Decline and Renewal’; in Building Conservation and the Royal and business use. co-author of the good practice guide: Institute of British Architects schemes; ‘Investing in the High Street’, the Historic and a Lethaby Scholar of the Society for A Heritage At Risk Adviser for Historic England economic and regeneration the Protection of Ancient Buildings. Geoff England, Kay identifies heritage series: ‘The Heritage Dividend, and is a long-standing member of the South assets most at risk of being lost due to New Life for the Heritage Lottery Fund.’ West Design Review Panel, and a regular neglect, inappropriate management or Antony is also the author of the Historic visiting lecturer at several universities. development, and works to find viable England publication ‘Retail Development uses consistent with their conservation. in Historic Areas’.

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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 over Planning Institute Manchester, and has 30 years’ experience. with over 14 years’ over 25 years’ experience of experience in the He has professional practice development, commissioned within the public and private sector; and construction and facilities management leading sculptors, artists and makers a particular expertise in the production of industry. For 10 years he has specialised to collaborate with architects and large scale residential and mixed use in sustainable urban regeneration, as a engineers, to sprinkle their magic over masterplans, and design guidance for Director of igloo Regeneration. David has many large capital developments and some of the largest development been an assessor for the Royal Institute to work within small-scale community schemes across the country. of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) facing schemes. Among his many Assessment of Professional projects are the Wakefield Cathedral Project examples include: Liverpool Competence; external examiner for the Precinct re-design by Tess Jaray (with Waters - the production of the Building University of Central Lancashire; and a Tom Lomax and Martin Creed); and a Characterisation Study for the judge for the RICS Property Management programme of artists’ interventions for regeneration of 60 hectares of historic Corporate Social Responsibility Awards. the UK’s largest ‘shared space’ scheme: dockland, falling within the Mersey the Ashford Ring Road project, with Waterfront World Heritage Site; and In addition to his igloo directorships Nayan Kulkarni, Michael Pinsky and Discovery Park – the production of a David has been a Commissioner on many international artists. He has served comprehensive mixed use masterplan the RICS Presidential Commission on on arts panels, design teams and design for the regeneration of 72,5 hectare site, Sustainability, and National Sustainability 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 A consultant architect and urban planner Rowland Urban and urban designer with over 13 years’ Design Ltd., is a with extensive expertise in advising consultant registered experience of on mixed-use urban architect and urban development, masterplans and designer. masterplanning and public realm projects. regeneration projects Areas of expertise include urban design in the UK and overseas, Alireza has She has extensive experience of working and masterplanning; regeneration and advised Government, public agencies with private and public sector clients on urban renewal; development strategies; and private sector clients.She co-edited: complex masterplanning projects, with a design advice, guidance and training ‘Urban Design Futures’; is author of: particular focus on the design of effective both in the UK and overseas. Projects ‘Community Decay’ and: ‘Designing our human behaviour patterns. Her expertise include the award winning Telford Environment’, a strategy for the built targets optimising spatial connections Millennium Community; and short-listed environment in the South West, with a for the benefit of pedestrians, cyclists Cottam Hall, Stranraer Waterfront and paper on the quality of suburbs (due, (walkability, safety and conviviality), and Temple Quay. Other masterplans, spatial June). Chair of Urban Design Group, she local businesses (proximity to footfall, and urban design strategies include: promoted urban design, with several interchange and density of amenity). completion of Frederick Gibberd’s projects shortlisted for urban design Anna recently led Space Syntax’s spatial 1970 plan for Harlow; Culham Science awards including: Telford Millennium planning studies for the Bristol Temple Centre for UK Atomic Energy Authority; Community, Temple Quay North and Quarter Enterprize Zone masterplan for a coastal infrastructure masterplan for Stranraer Waterfront. Alireza chairs the the Homes and Communities Agency, Rhosneigr; Urban Design Framework Berkshire, Oxfordshire, and advised Transport for London, the for Colindale, north London, for the Buckinghamshire-Milton Keynes Design Greater London Authority (GLA), and Greater London Authority; spatial plans Network and has acted as a CABE the London Borough of Camden on the for Central Oxfordshire and Partnership enabler, regional representative and likely public realm impacts of HS2 in the for Urban South Hampshire. These are Building for Life assessor. Euston Area. Currently, she is advising complex projects and Jon works with the London Legacy Development interdisciplinary teams to provide an Notable masterplans include: Coastal Corporation on the urban integration integrated approach. Recreational Infrastructure for Rhosneigr; of the ‘Olympicopolis’ sites: University regeneration of a high-tech UK Atomic College London, East and Stratford He has lectured extensively; is past Chair Energy Authority facility in Oxfordshire; Waterfront. of the Urban Design Group; has written major urban extensions for Runcorn many articles and was co-editor of Urban (1500 units), Preston (1000 units); In addition to her work in the UK, Anna Design Futures (published, 2006). completing the Gibberd plan of Harlow leads Space Syntax’s design and He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (1200 units) and Houghton Regis (5000 consulting activities in the USA and and part of Urbanism Environment and units); masterplans for key areas of continental Europe. She speaks regularly Design’s (Urbed) team, which won the Belfast, historic environments and at industry and academic events Wolfson Economic Prize on New Deal for Communities projects in worldwide, and is an Honorary Research Garden Cities. Portsmouth and Luton. She has provided Associate at UCL. Anna is a member of advice/trained local authorities on design the UK Academy of Urbanism. quality and procurement directly, and through Cabe initiatives.

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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 this year’s Structural Timber Architecture. involvement in design, she has led Awards ‘Engineer of the Year’. participatory design 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 ranging architects evidence and communicate from inner city estates and town centres sectors, with particular emphasis on the value of what they do. Flora is to whole town action plans for former sport, cultural and educational facilities; currently raising the profile of research at mining communities. Her international recently working with architects Reich the Royal Institute of British Architects, work includes: leading the consultant and Hall to deliver Oriam, Scotland’s where she is an elected national team for the Liberties Local Area Plan, Sports Performance Centre. Experienced councillor and Chair of the Research and on behalf of Dublin City Council; a in the refurbishment of existing Innovation Group. Trained as an architect regeneration masterplan for 136 hectares structures, including historic and listed at Cambridge University and Princeton, of Dublin’s south inner city, including buildings, she developed proposals she was in housing practice for five years extensive public realm improvements for the renovation of the stunning in London before going into teaching. Her based around sustainable transport. Listed Long Shop railway building in aim is to make architectural education Swindon, enabling it to be incorporated more professional, more useful and more Clare was also responsible for running into an expanded Swindon Designer inclusive. Flora wrote several acclaimed Sweden’s first Community Planning Outlet. Rachel is chartered with both books on unrepresented aspects of process in Stockholm, on behalf of the the Institution of Civil Engineers and the modernist architect, Le Corbusier 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 multi-disciplinary 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: academia and practice closer together. Garden Suburb for Ashford, Kent, Spaces and Objects, she enjoys an She is based in Cardiff. and is currently working on a Design ongoing responsibility for managing, Code for the housebuilder consortium resourcing and mentoring Engenuiti’s promoting the project. engineering 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 over 30 years’ and researcher in the happen by 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 Balfour Beatty 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 Her experience also includes engaging design services in UK and Russia. consultancies. Peter was responsible for with older people and members of the Christie is a chartered member of the regeneration proposals at Devonport, public in projects, and writing for a variety Institution of Civil Engineers in the UK, Plymouth; Bristol, Bath; Camborne; Pool; of different audiences including lay Italy and Greece. Redruth; St Austell; Liskeard, and the people and academic journals. Isles of Scilly. He led rural masterplans in 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. University of Edinburgh, 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. Foundation for Building Community. Public Policy secondment to the What She is a Fellow of the UK Faculty of She was also a Senior Advisor at The Works team in the Implementation Unit, Public Health, and Transport Planner Commission for Architecture and the Cabinet Office; and worked on a report of the Year (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, UCL. community/stakeholder engagement; This involves quantitative analysis of neighbourhood planning; community-led primary/secondary data and collection regeneration and development; mixed of qualitative data, using a PhotoVoice use/housing-led masterplanning; large methodology to explore the physical/ scale spatial strategies; space use and social determinants of active living in design impact analysis; design and neighbourhoods in Glasgow. She was development procurement. 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 25 years of Angeles, New York, experience in Dubai and London Her work spans regeneration, public before joining the practice (2005) as from site-specific art installations to 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 over 30 years’ experience Groundwork, she became Green as a landscape architect and artist Infrastructure Manager for Ashford’s Completed key projects/awards include: on a world wide variety of projects. Future, implementing projects that (2010) Angel Building, London 3R Recipient of numerous awards and prizes exploited the potential of the network of Awards: Office Category 2011. British including: the Women in Design Award rivers and landscapes: through planning Construction Industry Award: Judges for Excellence from the Boston Society policy, evidence through Geographic Special Award 2011. British Council of Architect, and the Council of Fellows Information System data, and resolution of Offices Award: Refurbished and Award by the American Society of complex land ownership issues. Recycled Workspace 2011. Civic Trust of Landscape Architects. Martha is a Irene is passionate about creative Awards: Commendation 2011. Concrete tenured Professor at Harvard University. placemaking, and has worked with the Society Award: Rejuvenation Award She has lectured internationally about Crafts Council and Arts Council on arts and Certificate of Excellence 2011. sustainable cities and the urban and urban design projects, that aimed New London Award for Working 2011. landscape. Her work has been featured to encourage distinctive placemaking in 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 over 20 Master’s degree in Qualified as an years’ experience Environmental Design architect and town of developing/ at The Royal College planner, he has over delivering complex of Art (1976). He joined Michael Hopkins 35 years of experience working across designed public realm solutions for the Architects (1976), becoming a partner the public, private and voluntary sectors, public realm. (1981-1996) when, with John Pringle and 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 Sheffield Winter Garden 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 Burgess Park, 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 DC Cabe Enabler, he sits on (2011), designing and advising on public Cabe in 2012. numerous committees, including the realm and housing projects; and joined English Heritage Advisory Committee, the London Committee of the Heritage and Sustainability Committee at Swan Lottery Fund in 2011. 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 Baker Street 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 (2000-2007); to Hong Kong shortly afterwards to Cities Project, where she visited twenty and with the Communities and Local oversee all aspects of the Hong Kong one cities across Europe and America, Department leading work on Lifetime and Shanghai Bank’s design and that were putting sustainability at the Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods, construction. He has written a column heart of their growth agenda. She has including advising ministers and officials for New Builder magazine, served on experience working for and mediating on Inclusive Design issues (2007- the editorial board of Building magazine between Government, Local Authorities, 2009). He led work on sustainable and judged the British Council of Offices Communities and Developers. communities for the Equality and awards scheme. He has received Human rights Commission (2009)and Honorary Doctorates from De Montfort Now working as an independent achieved amendments to the Planning University; the University of Westminster consultant, she is also chair of her local and Compulsory Purchase Act (2004) and the University of Nottingham, and Neighbourhood Forum. and the Housing Act. Chair of Fieldcare an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal Trust; chair of the Buildings Regulations Incorporation of Architects in Scotland. Advisory Committee review of standards for accessible housing (2008), and Chair Ken was a CABE Commissioner (2002- of United Kingdom Institute for Inclusive 2011). He is a Fellow of the Royal Society Design (2003-2005). of Arts, and a member of the Government Advisory Group on Professional and Member of the Cabe Inclusion by Design Business Services. advisory group, 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 over two with distinction, European Urban and has overseen design competitions decades of experience in inclusion Conservation), undertaking additional for major new public space and buildings. providing advice on a broad range of courses on western architecture from Philip has a rich mix of private, public issues, often clarifying complex aspects institutions, such as the University of and third sector management. He has of Equality 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 local planning authority 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 multi- Lindsay is an urban Rachel has worked in disciplinary Building designer and the field of inclusive Environment and community planner design and access for Service Engineer with working at Leeds disabled people for 20 years’ experience Beckett’s School of 12 years. and knowledge of a the Built Environment broad range of and Engineering. For She has undertaken engineering and design disciplines. twenty years he was the main contact consultancy work and worked in between the University and Leeds City public sector roles including Principal Past projects include: the new Council’s (LCC) Senior Planning Advisor-Access for the Greater London quarantine house at Kew Gardens; Managers and Council Leaders. Authority (GLA). Rachel co-authored: the redevelopment of the Grade II ‘Inclusive London: achieving and listed Farmiloe Building; a low carbon Lindsay has organised/chaired Urban inclusive environment’ Supplementary workplace in Wimbledon; Alfriston Design Workshops on key issues facing Planning Guidance (2014) at the GLA’s School pool; the Ortus Building at South the city, including Design of Millennium London Plan team, and worked on the London and Maudsley Hospital, and Square, Residential Development, 2015 Minor Alterations to the London new art design and theatre spaces for City Living and Best Practice in the Plan Housing Standards, following Lady Eleanor Holles School. Mark set Design of Tall Buildings. He is one of the the Housing Standards Review. She up Skelly and Couch (2007), which main provider’s of training in Planning has significant experience of working has since grown to a 33 person strong and ‘Place Making’ for the Regional on design reviews, and assessing practice, with wide ranging high profile Development Agency, Yorkshire Forward. planning proposals at application award winning projects. As well as hands and pre-application stage, against a on design, he has acted as a technical Lindsay specialises in enabling Leeds variety of planning policies and design advisor to numerous clients, sits on Beckett students to work with/for local standards (including ‘referable’ planning the Centre for Window and Cladding authorities, community groups and applications at the GLA). Technology technical committee, and other agencies on ‘real-world’ projects; the Building Services Research and including Undergraduate and Master’s Rachel is President of the Access Information Association Softlandings students being involved in research Association; sits on the Building User Group. and place-based appraisal work, for Regulations Advisory Committee the award-winning LCC Urban Design (BRAC); sat on the ‘accessibility’ task Mark currently teaches at the joint Strategy; The Headingley Renaissance group for the Housing Standards Review architecture and engineering department Plan; The Community Vision for the (Department for Communities and Local at the University of Bath, as Royal Regeneration of Gipton; and Town Plans Government), and has sat on various Academy of Engineering Visiting for Hebden Bridge and Todmorden. British Standards committees for 10 Teaching Fellow in Engineering Design. Currently Placemaking and Research years, covering access for disabled He was awarded the Institution of Lead for the innovative Incredible Edible people, inclusive design and accessible Mechanical Engineers Construction Todmorden Project, Lindsay was a housing, including the drafting panel and Building Services Division Prize United Nations (UN) Expert Delegate which wrote BS8300:2009. Rachel is (2015), for contribution in the execution, in Sustainable Urban Design at the a consultant member of the National promotion, and advancement of the art Greening of Cities Conference in Tehran Register of Access Consultants. of engineering and science of building (2003), and delegate to the UN Habitat services and construction. World Urban and Hong Kong: Make a Difference Forum.

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Darryl Smith Neil Smith Dr. Bridget Snaith

Darryl is president of Neil has nearly 20 Bridget is a chartered The Access years’ experience in landscape architect, Association, which delivering urban regeneration champions an environments that are consultant and social inclusive and accessible to all, with scientist. She has accessible an in-depth been designing environments. He is a knowledge of landscapes, keen advocate of partnership working legislation and client requirements. developing and delivering regeneration and was particularly pleased to have programmes with communities in areas co-delivered a national programme of With broad ranging experience, he of high deprivation; researching and “Planning for Inclusion” seminars. As a is particularly interested in strategic teaching across spatial design disciplines member of Inclusion by Design Group, masterplanning and infrastructure for over 20 years. formerly the Built Environment Group for development, to meet both the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory requirements of the Equality Act 2010, Bridget is a partner in Landscape Committee, he contributed to a number and the broader requirements of Architecture and Regeneration practice of national and regional projects/ delivering inclusive environments that Shape, and Senior Lecturer in Landscape publications, various Government are accessible to all. Neil has advised Architecture at the University of East Equality Schemes, and developed a policy bodies, government departments, London. Her PhD, investigating the number of initiatives that contribute to education providers, funding bodies, role of design in ethnic minority under- placemaking and cohesion. construction professionals, and representation in UK parks, was awarded commercial organisations. Projects in Sociology by City University, London Darryl has sat on a number of include: London Underground; 2012 (2015). With expertise in inclusion along roundtables, seminars and working Olympic Park Masterplan; Olympic cultural lines, Bridget has also researched groups, which have driven forward Legacy Communities Scheme; the spatial design factors influencing fear of the inclusive design agenda. Library of Birmingham (winner of the crime and limiting use of public space. He is a Cohesion and Inclusion Lead in Selwyn Goldsmith Award for Universal Outside academia, she led development Local Government, and has held various Design); Battersea Power Station; Brent of one of the UK’s first Business posts promoting Access in the public Cross Cricklewood regeneration; Giant’s Improvement Districts (2001- 2005). sector (since 1993). Following an earlier Causeway Visitor’s Centre; Haramain career as a Town Planner, he is a strong High Speed Rail and Stratford Waterfront. She was a CABE Space enabler (2009 advocate of working in partnership -2011), using skills in consultation with groups whose voices struggle As the Greater London Authority’s and play design, and contributed to be heard. (GLA) Principal Access Advisor, he to the All London Green Grid (2011) was principal author of the Mayor’s which led to the Framework for Brent Darryl grew up as a carer, which helped supplementary planning guidance: Valley and Barnet Plateau. Since give him a pragmatic approach to design ‘Accessible London’. Neil has supported early 2015 she has been working with issues that need to be people focused the GLA’s planning team on policy Peabody as a framework Landscape and flexible. He is keen to see inclusive development and strategic application Architect, developing a play strategy outcomes, which are informed and decisions. He is author of the London for Thamesmead, and leading supported by effective user involvement. 2012 Inclusive Design Standards; their Neighbourhood Improvement sits on the British Standards Institute environmental regeneration programme. Committee responsible for access to buildings for disabled people and is on the Management Board of the National Register of Access Consultants.

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Ros Southern Les Sparks Alexandra Steed

Ros is a chartered Les Sparks (OBE) is Alexandra is a landscape architect an architect/planner landscape architect and member of the with 45 years’ and masterplanner Landscape Institute. professional with 15 years of Ros was a founding experience in experience, with a director of Southern planning, urban major interest in art Green Landscape design and and sustainability. Architects in north east England, where conservation. This includes the she has been based since her graduation management of conservation projects in She has worked internationally and at from Newcastle University in 1990. the Ironbridge Gorge and public realm all project scales. Whilst Design Studio projects in Birmingham city centre. Lead at Aecom London, Alexandra Ros specialises in urban regeneration directed the Qatar Public Realm Strategy design projects, particularly in sensitive He became one of the founding and Guidelines project for the State of landscape and heritage locations. Her Commissioners of the Commission for Qatar. As Director of Martha Schwartz portfolio includes Student Forum: an Architecture and the Built Environment Partners London office, she worked award winning public square at the (CABE), leading its early work in the on a number of projects including the historic heart of Newcastle University; regions, before chairing the national mixed-use Wellington Place scheme ‘Tweed and Silk’: a public realm strategy Design Review Panel (from 2004), and in Leeds. Alexandra now runs her own for Berwick upon Tweed (published in the CABE Crossrail and Thames Tideway studio, Alexandra Steed URBAN, and is hardback); and Stephenson Quarter Tunnel Design Review Panels. He currently working on London projects, Newcastle, leading the landscape now chairs the West Midlands (MADE) including an alternative scheme for the masterplanning and design for this Design Review Panel, and previously Royal Mail Site with the Mount Pleasant major mixed use development. She chaired the Nottingham and Plymouth Association, under the Greater London has particular experience in landscape City Panels. Les chaired the Urban Authority’s (GLA’s) Community Right and visual assessment and is an expert Regeneration Panel (2004-14), advising to Build programme. She is developing witness with public inquiry experience. the local authority on strategic policies a new campus landscape for SKY TV Ros is a Professional Practice Examiner and significant projects in the Bath World Headquarters, London. and Pathway to Chartership mentor Heritage Site. Alexandra is a chartered member for the Landscape Institute, and has of the Landscape Institute. lectured to student landscape architects/ Currently Chairman of the Ironbridge architects as a visiting tutor at Gorge World Heritage Site Steering Newcastle University. Committee and the West Midlands Committee of the Heritage Lottery Fund. Ros is passionate about landscape led He was appointed as a Commissioner masterplanning, and the integration of English Heritage (EH, 2001); was a of green infrastructure and enhanced founding member of the EH/CABE Urban biodiversity into development. She Panel, and its Chairman from 2003 to also has a particular interest in working 2010. He was Director of Planning and collaboratively with artists to seek Architecture at Birmingham City Council creative and integrated design solutions. (1991-99) and a planning inspector. Les was awarded the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1997.

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Michael Stiff Martin Stockley Jane Stoneham

Michael qualified as Martin has worked as Jane is Director of the an architect in 1980, a civil, structural, Sensory Trust, an having studied at the transport and organisation Polytechnic of Central infrastructure advancing the London (PCL). After engineer since 1971 development of working for Rock in public and private inclusive outdoor Townsend and sectors on projects environments in the Chapman Taylor, he formed Stiff and ranging from master plans to detailed UK. With an MPhil in Landscape Design Trevillion, with Andy Trevillion (1981), community work; his building structures and Management, her work focuses on setting up an office in Berlin (1990s), work includes award winning designs on building richer connections between which he ran. new-build and historic buildings. people and place, and ensuring access for everyone, regardless of age, disability He participated in the International He led the engineering team on the and background. “We help people see Building Exhition (IBA) projects and design for Manchester City Centre their environment in new ways - to take a the first new building in East Berlin: a following the bomb damage of 1996 and fresh view of somewhere familiar, use all 25000sqm urban factory and office his practice, Stockley (founded in 1997), their senses, create memories. We focus complex for Siemens. His work ranges was lead consultant for New Islington on sensory experience as well as from complex urban new builds for The Millennium Village; he also engineered a physical access because understanding Cadogan Estate, Derwent London and number of Manchester’s iconic buildings what makes a place resonate to different Hammerson, to private residences, including, No1 Deansgate, Urbis (now the people, reveals the recipes we need for restaurants and exhibition design. National Football Museum) and Chips. building more inclusive, engaging and Notable projects include: Portobello In the early 1990’s Martin developed an meaningful experiences for everyone”. Dock; 10-4 Pentonville Road, both approach to engineering streets and for Derwent London; Liscarton House public spaces which improved safety, Consultancy work includes integrating Sloane Street for The Cadogan Estate. environment and function and much of inclusive design within sustainable They have also been responsible for this work is embedded in ‘Manual for design, placemaking and community some of the iconic restaurant brands Streets’ guidance document. Notable engagement. Clients include: the of the last 20 years: Wagamama public realm projects include Ancoats Eden Project; local authorities; and Jamie’s Italian. He has taught at and New Islington in Manchester, design practices; healthcare and care Westminster, Brighton and Sheffield Poynton town centre, Stockport and providers; development companies Universities; and continues to exhibit New Road, Brighton. Martin has served and environmental bodies. She has drawings and paintings. on design review panels for the North built a close partnership between West (chair), Midlands, Yorkshire, Oxford, Sensory Trust and the Eden Project, A member of the Royal Borough of London Legacy, Bath, English Heritage and collaborations around the world, Kensington and Chelsea Architecture and CABE (chair); his infrastructure particularly in the USA, Japan, mainland Appraisal Panel since its inception, design review experience includes Bath Europe and Australia. Publications he also sits on the Earls Court Review and North East Somerset Transport include: ‘Making Connections: a guide to panel. Michael is an External Examiner Commission, Crossrail, Thames Tideway accessible greenspace design’; ‘Grounds for Liverpool John Moores University, Tunnel and HS2. His time is currently for Sharing’ (for Learning through and makes regular contributions to divided between Moscow and the UK. Landscapes’); ‘Easy Access to Historic magazines and building reviews. Landscapes’ (for English Heritage), and ‘By All Reasonable Means’ (for Natural England).

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Richard Stones Tim Stonor Dr. David Strong

Richard is the first Tim is an architect Mark has nearly 30 serving police officer and town planner with years’ professional to be awarded over 25 years’ experience of working Chartered Security experience in on sustainable Professional status. masterplanning, transport and cycling. He holds an MSc in human behaviour Security and Risk design and smart He has worked as a Management, is a Fellow of the Security cities. He has been involved in many consultant for Transport Initiatives (since Institute, and an advisory council nationally and internationally significant 2005), following 3 years as a regional member of City Security and Resilience projects, including the redesign of coordinator for the UK National Cycling Networtks (CSARN). Trafalgar Square; Tate Modern; the Strategy Board. He worked for Sustrans British Museum and the UK Government (1991-2002), developing the National Richard is a technical advisor to the Office for Science’s project on the Cycle Network in South East England. designing Safer urban spaces project Future of Cities. Mark has worked extensively on cycling (DeSURBs), a technical advisor to the projects in London and the UK. He United Nations Criminal Research Tim has served on CABE’s National carried out a large project for Southwark Institute (UNICRI) on the protection of Design Review Panel, and Crossrail Council’s Cycling Strategy (2015), crowded places, and a member of an Design Panel, and joined the Design analysing the existing and proposed American led NATO group on Public Council’s Sounding Board (2014). cycle network, using tools in Transport Private Partnership Intelligence and He is a director of Morrison Brink Stonor for London’s (TfL’s) new “London Cycling Information Sharing. He is Head of the architects, director of The Academy of Design Standards”: the first widespread Pre Crime Unit for Nottinghamshire Urbanism, and Visiting Professor at the use of this system. Mark was part of the Police, where he manages a team of staff Bartlett, UCL. Tim won a prestigious team which carried out the International who provide crime reduction advice to a Loeb Fellow at Harvard University (2010). Cycling Best Practice Study for TfL, broad rangeg of communities. He became a trustee of the Design leading the site visits to look at cycling Council (2015) and sits on the in New York City and Washington DC As a qualified architectural liaison officer Cabe Committee. (2013/14). and Prince 2 project manager, Richard has participated/managed several crime He is a member of the Chartered reduction focused projects. He has Institution of Highways and undertaken reviews of business crime Transportation’s (CIHT’s) Sustainable reduction on behalf of the Police forces Transport panel, and is its representative in East Midlands. He is a Director of the on the board examining the National UK National Business Crime Reduction Cycling & Walking Investment Plan for the Forum; a Vice Chair of Governors at the Department for Transport. In a voluntary third largest school in the country, and a capacity, he is an elected community Private Pilot with an interest in the threat representative on Brighton & Hove City posed by light aviation. Council’s Transport Partnership, and sits on the council’s LSTF Steering Board.

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Mark Strong Peter Studdert Simon Sturgis

Mark has nearly 30 Peter is an Simon is an Architect years’ professional independent adviser and Carbon experience of working on planning and Consultant. He on sustainable design based in formed Sturgis transport and cycling. Cambridge. Associates (Architects), 1991; He has worked as a Qualified as an and Sturgis Carbon consultant for Transport Initiatives (since architect and town planner, he was Profiling (SCP), 2009. 2005), following 3 years as a regional previously Director of Planning at coordinator for the UK National Cycling Cambridge City Council, where he played SCP provides holistic, economically Strategy Board. He worked for Sustrans a leading role in developing the current driven consultancy services for (1991-2002), developing the National growth strategy for the Cambridge Sub- delivering a sustainable, low carbon built Cycle Network in South East England. region. He was responsible for initiating environment and does research for the Mark has worked extensively on cycling and shaping a number of award-winning Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors, projects in London and the UK. He housing projects in Cambridge including the British Council for Offices (BCO) on carried out a large project for Southwark Accordia, which won the Stirling Prize Climate Change, Whole Life Carbon Council’s Cycling Strategy (2015), in 2008, and the Abode development and Renewables. SCP have advised on analysing the existing and proposed at Great Kneighton. He now advises low carbon policy to: the Department cycle network, using tools in Transport a number of towns and cities on their for Business, Innovation & Skills (BIS), for London’s (TfL’s) new “London Cycling strategies for growth and regeneration. Department for Communities and Local Design Standards”: the first widespread Chair of Quality Review Panels for Government’s (DCLG), National Audit use of this system. Mark was part of the the London Legacy Development Office (NAO), Westminster City Council team which carried out the International Corporation and the London Borough of (WCC), and Historic England; on low Cycling Best Practice Study for TfL, Haringey, he is a co-chair of the Design carbon construction and the lifecycle leading the site visits to look at cycling South East Design Review Panel. of buildings to: Google, World Wildlife in New York City and Washington DC Fund, Land Securities, Grosvenor Estate, (2013/14). Peter also serves on the Oxford Design The Portman Estate, Argent, SEGRO, Review Panel and Historic England’s Tishman Speyer and Gatwick Airport. He is a member of the Chartered Urban Panel; is a past Chairman of the They do regular Carbon Economics Institution of Highways and Historic Towns Forum; an Associate articles for Building Magazine; carbon Transportation’s (CIHT’s) Sustainable at Cambridge Architectural Research, related articles for Architects Journal (AJ) Transport panel, and is its representative and member of the Highbury Group for and Royal Institute of British Architects on the board examining the National research into planning and housing at the Journal (RIBA). Cycling & Walking Investment Plan for the University of Westminster. Department for Transport. In a voluntary Simon is a RIBA Sustainable Futures capacity, he is an elected community Group member, BCO Environment Group representative on Brighton & Hove City member, Urban Land Institute (ULI) Council’s Transport Partnership, and sits Sustainability Council member, advisor on the council’s LSTF Steering Board. to UK Green Building Council (GBC), has spoken widely on Low Carbon Construction in the UK/ internationally, is an AJ Retrofit Awards judge and currently leads an InnovateUK funded team, to define carbon reporting for the UK property industry.

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Andrew Swain-Smith Paul Swann Mark Swenarton

An environmental Paul is a Landscape Mark is an engineer by training, Architect and architectural Andrew joined BDP, founding Director of historian, critic and Europe’s largest Breeze Landscape educator. He started multidiscipline Architects Limited, his career teaching architecture and and has practiced as history at the Bartlett engineering a Chartered Member School of consultancy (1994), was appointed of the Landscape Institute for over Architecture, University College London, Engineering Director (1999) and Board eighteen years. (1977), before moving into publishing. Director (2010). He has extensive experience working In 1989 he co-founded Architecture With over 15 years of designing with public sector clients, community Today magazine, followed in 2000 by education buildings, he leads the groups and regeneration agencies. Ecotech, and remained co-editor of both Education Group within BDP’s This includes working over the past ten titles until 2005. Mark was head of the Environmental Design Studio: the years with Islington Council and their architecture school at Oxford Brookes umbrella for our building services regeneration partners to successfully University (2005-2010) and the inaugural engineers; lighting designers; deliver seven urban park regeneration James Stirling professor of architecture acousticians; sustainability consultants, projects across the Borough. Other areas at Liverpool Universityfrom (2011-2015). and building physicists. He was a of expertise include education landscape As an architectural historian, Mark has member of the Cabe Enabler panel. He design across a broad range of projects written extensively about twentieth- has led teams across the broad spectrum including Children’s Centres and primary, century housing. His publications of education buildings, including the secondary and special needs, including include ‘Homes fit for Heroes’ (1981) and highly acclaimed Hampden Gurney schools delivered through the Building ‘Building the New Jerusalem’ (2008); Church of England Primary School; Schools for the Future and Academies most recently ‘Architecture and the the award winning Marlowe and Leigh programmes. Welfare State’ (2015). Academies; the Nano-Science Centre at the University of Cambridge; the Paul has experience as a former member He is currently researching the low-rise Business School at Napier University, of the CABE Enabling Panel, and has high-density housing built by Camden and the refurbishment of the Grade 1 acted as client design advisor on a range in the 1960s and 1970s. Mark was a listed Senate House for the University of large-scale mixed use regeneration director of the Timber Research and of London. Andrew has designed over projects across north London. In Development Association (2006-2009), 30 Building Schools for the Future academia, Paul completed a practical and at CABE/Design Council Cabe has (BSF) Schools and City Academies, based, research project at Kingston been a vice-chair of design review since leading teams in Islington, Southwark, University, exploring ways to improve 2008. He is currently emeritus professor Greenwich, Teddington and Wandsworth. built environment students transition of architecture at Liverpool University. from university to professional practice. He is passionate about promoting a During this time he gained experience of collaborative, interdisciplinary approach studio teaching at Kingston University, to design, and about the positive as well as at Kew Gardens and The impact that well designed, comfortable, Architecture Association. sustainable environments have on those who live, work and learn in buildings.

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Amanda Taylor Andrew Taylor Edward Taylor

Amanda is a qualified Andrew established Edward is a Town architect who has Patel Taylor with Planner, Urban worked for the last 20 Pankaj Patel (1989), Designer and years in the housing, quickly gaining Member of the Royal regeneration and attention with Town Planning urban design fields. competition wins for Institute with 20 a masterplan for the years’ experience in She studied in Paris and began her Antwerp Docks and the French city of the public, private and voluntary sectors career in a London practice. Amanda Chateauroux, with a Royal Institute of in the North West, London, South East, won national and regional awards from British Architects (RIBA) award for the and Midlands. the Royal Town Planning Institute for conversion of a stone barn in North the radical transformation of St Paul’s Wales into an arts centre and gallery He has worked for Chesterton in Cheltenham (2014). Research on (1992). He was partner-in-charge for International Consultants; Knowsley, how the design process at St Paul’s competition winning Ayr Citadel Trafford and Sefton Councils; and more contributed to the regeneration of the masterplan (1994), which took the recently privately for clients including place was published in the Journal of practice into a new league, securing private developers, Locality, the Planning Urban Regeneration and Renewal. Her private funding after a twenty five Inspectorate (as a freelance Planning current masterplan for the former Ministry year hiatus. Inspector), parishes and producing of Defence site in Lansdown, Bath, is Neighbourhood Development Plans. designed to create a new sustainable Current projects include: Springfield He also lectures and provides evidence neighbourhood on the outskirts of the Hospital in South London which converts for parliament. Example projects city. It includes housing, open space, a listed NHS hospital into 850 homes; include: the successful Heritage Lottery elderly accommodation and a school Eastside City Park, Birmingham; and Fund bid for improvements to Marine in a highly sensitive visual and historic the library and students centre for the Gardens, Southport, for which he location. 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 Amanda has lectured on placemaking complex, Gloucestershire into residential development on brownfield land at and on the role of community accomodation; Thames View, East Town Lane, Southport of 669 houses collaboration to enrich the design London and the award-winning Lowther and apartments, an extra care scheme process. She has produced strategic Children’s Centre in Richmond. His ability with 126 homes and 44 bed respite, masterplans across the country and has been recognised by prestigious retail and a business park, providing abroad. Her work is strongly influenced academic and public appointments pre-application planning and urban by context, including landscape including a visiting professorship at the design input on behalf of Sefton Council, character, social context and built form. Welsh School of Architecture; he has working closely with developers and their Her architectural background means that lectured in Japan, Spain, France, Holland architects on the urban design strategy. her masterplans have a strong delivery and Ireland. Former member of CABE’s focus. Amanda is currently the Urban National Design Review Panel, the Since 2011, Edward has been managing Design Director at Nash Partnership Newham Design Review Panel, his own consultancy: Edward Taylor in Bath. and an assessor for the RIBA and Civic Planning and Design which operates Trust awards. primarily in North West England and London.

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Nick Taylor Buck Ludwig Tewksbury Anthony Thistleton-Smith

Nick was recruited by Lud is a Chartered Anthony co-founded the University of Landscape Architect Waugh Thistleton Sheffield (2013) to and Urban Designer Architects (1997) develop the with thirteen years’ having studied intellectual post masters architecture at underpinnings of an experience, delivering Cambridge University interdisciplinary innovative projects and worked under Sustainable Cities Institute within the across the private and public sectors, Harry Seidler and John Pawson. University, working across Social Science including a Royal Landscape Institute and Engineering. Launched in 2014, the Award winning transport and public realm He has honed his skills in building new institute is an inter-disciplinary vision for Clerkenwell, Islington (2008). design, practice management and research/innovation centre, concerned community engagement through hands with developing/testing future cities Most recently he has developed unique on experience. His Shoreditch-based strategies via co-production involving public realm proposals for The Crown practice now numbers 30 people and academia, public sector and industry. Estate in partnership with the City of has an international reputation for high Nick has established a network of Westminster. This has built upon a proven quality design and innovative sustainable industrial partnerships, and runs a track record of award winning Central architecture, through it’s pioneering work module for property-related students London public realm projects, including with cross laminated timber, about which entitled ‘Sustainable Development in the improvements at Whitehall and the Anthony has lectured internationally. Practice’. Previously, Nick delivered Oxford Circus diagonal crossing. In As well as completing award winning Deloitte’s Building Carbon Management 2013 Lud led multi-disciplinary teams residential schemes, Anthony has Services (BCMS) offer, and led Drivers on the landscape design for the Zayed led the practice in community based Jonas Deloitte’s sustainable design National Musem on Saadiyat Island, developments such as the Finchley advice work. Abu Dhabi. His experience in delivering Reform Synagogue, Bushey Cemetery, luxury landscape expanded in the 1990s and the Newstead Country Park and He performed lifecycle carbon impact in Australia though his business, which Visitors Centre, where he moved into the assessments, and helped to optimise focused on private luxury development. area for a year. He now leads seminars the wider sustainability performance of on engaging stakeholders. His expertise strategic, masterplanning and building Lud has also delivered high profile in Information Technology (IT) and virtual level projects, focusing on passive landscape masterplans for several major environment design, ensure that the design; energy conservation; renewable international projects including: New team’s aspirations to provide ecologically energy; specification; transport; waste; Caspian City, in Dagestan Russia; the responsible and sustainable architecture water; community, and biodiversity. Asian Beach Games 2010 venue and are realised in physical form. Accredited Professional for the Building legacy development in Oman, and the Research Establishment Environmental White City Baku new town in Azerbaijan. He is currently focused on how Building Assessment Methodology (BREEAM), He also provides specialist design review Information Modelling (BIM) will radically and Leadership in Energy and advice on behalf of Cabe, the London change building procurement and the Environmental Design (LEED) - Building Borough of Islington and the Royal architectural profession, and how the Design and Construction, he assesses Borough of Greenwich. role of architects and good design are various building types/masterplans enhanced through this transformational through the BREEAM Communities technology. Anthony chairs the scheme; provides sustainable design Shoreditch Conservation Area Advisory advice as a member of BRE’s Standing Committee and is a member of the New Panel of Experts, Yorkshire and Garden Cities Alliance. 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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James Thomas Sophie Thomas Vaughan Thompson

James is an Sophie has been Vaughan is a experienced Architect working in the fields chartered planner and specialising in the of sustainable design, qualified urban design of large behaviour change designer with 27 complex projects. and material process years experience through her design across the public and He is currently project agency, Thomas private sectors in architect at Zaha Hadid Architects (ZHA) Matthews Ltd., for over 17 years, and as Bath, Bristol, London and the South for the Rabat Grand theatre, a new 1,800 Director of Design for Useful Simple West. In 2010, he formed Place Studio, seat opera and concert house under Projects. She has extensive practical Royal Town Planning Institute ‘Small construction in Morocco. Prior to joining experience in delivering innovative and Practice of the Year’ (2015). the studio, James worked at Heatherwick highly sustainable design. Studio having responsibilities at a senior Vaughan mostly works behind the level on the Shanghai 2010 World Expo Sophie works with complex and scenes, stitching together collaborative British Pavilion; the award winning multi-layered clients, from the public placemaking processes with sound Littlehampton café; and £120m Pacific consultation programme for the Olympic planning and design advice to help Place retail mall, Hong Kong. James was Park Legacy Masterplan, to wayfinding communities and professional teams a founding partner in Make architects signage and identity for the award work together positively to design, (2004), where he was responsible for the winning Gardens by the Bay, Singapore. deliver and share the benefits of award winning brass clad Weymouth A long-term interest in materials successful places. In Somerset and Street development, and the 1 million led Sophie to share her experience Gloucestershire, collaboratively designed m2 Khabary future city development in of closed-loop thinking with other parish site assessment toolkits helped Kuwait. He also worked at Foster and designers. In 2012, she founded The communities make robust and positive Partners on the Beijing International Great Recovery: a programme to build contributions to identifying local plan Airport; the World Trade Centre capacity and understanding of circular allocations, achieving remarkable levels competition; and the 10 Gresham Street design in the materials supply chain, now of community engagement. office development in London. running through the Royal Society of Arts (RSA). She has been a trustee of the Vaughan is currently appointed Before joining ZHA, James was a Design Council and is currently Director consultant urban design advisor for Director at YRM Architects, responsible of Circular Economy at the RSA. Bath World Heritage Site, and its for Sizewell C Nuclear Power Station. surrounding villages and market towns. A Chartered Architect since 1996, with Sophie has assisted global businesses Through pre-application engagement membership of both the Royal Institute and UK government organisations processes, he works with applicants and of British Architects (RIBA) and the to define the role of designers within council officers to achieve high quality Architects Registration Board (ARB), he discussions around communication, and responsive consents. Engaging has an advanced knowledge of French, waste streams, resource efficiency and with communities, elected members and qualified as a ‘Leadership in Energy circular economies. She has worked and interdisciplinary teams, Vaughan and Environmental Design’ (LEED) Green with major organisations including combines engagement techniques, and associate in 2011. 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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John Thorp Penelope Tollitt Matthew Tulley

John is an architect, Penelope has worked Matthew has a trained at the for Wycombe District finance back ground Liverpool School of Council, first as and has been working Architecture in the Spatial Planning on major projects for 1960s. The Civic Manager, now as over 15 years. His Design ethos there Head of Planning and experience is mostly led to a career at Sustainability, since in the health sector, Leeds City Council spanning 45 years: 2003. Between these two roles she spent currently as Development Director at the past 5 in a part-time Advisory Role in 6 years as Head of Policy, Design and Great Ormond Street Hospital. Civic Architecture and Design. Neighbourhoods for the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Prior to this Matthew led the capital Millennium Square in Leeds, inaugurated In the early years of her career Penelope team at Barts Health, delivering the by Nelson Mandela in 2001, was a pivotal worked for 10 years as an Urban £1.2bn new hospital scheme at Barts project for the co-operative integration Designer for Bath City, and a and The Royal London. He also worked of architecture, urban/landscape conservation officer at North Wiltshire. with Partnerships UK and HM Treasury design and for creative public/private developing major infrastructure projects. sector development partnerships. The She also briefly ran her own consultancy Leeds Arena Project embedded a large, specialising in community facilitation and Matthew is an expert in project delivery, covered events space and adjacent sustainable transport, whilst lecturing at managing multi-disciplinary professional open space into the fabric of the City the University of the West of England. At teams to design and deliver new Centre. John has been a member of Kensington and Chelsea, Penelope led infrastructure development. Working in several design review panels since 2000: the production of framework masterplans the health sector, Matthew has a specific the CABE National Panels, the 2012 and site briefs, such as for Earl’s Court, interest in the impact of good design on Olympic Games Panels and as a Built Notting Hill Gate, and Kensal Canalside. patient experience, health and wellbeing Environment Expert (BEE). He co-steered At Wycombe, she is implementing the as well as improving the environment the Yorkshire Forward Urban Design masterplan that she had previously for staff and the public, and enabling the Initiatives and was Civic Architect for initiated, as well as grappling with how implementation of new models of care. Leeds from 1996. to get an adopted local plan that delivers high quality place shaping, through the John continues to lead developer/ duty to co-operate without a 5 year designer workshops. He was awarded a land supply. Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2005; holds a Penelope has been involved with Cabe B.Arch (Hons) Degree; is a member of the since 2008, is occasional chair of the Royal Institute of British Architects; an Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Buckingham and Honorary Doctor of Arts, and is a Fellow Milton Keynes (BOBMK) Design Panel, of the Royal Society of Arts. and has recently been invited to join the Board of the Planning Officers Society (POS) Enterprises. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 128

Glyn Tully Chris Twinn David Ubaka

Glyn has over 20 Chris is an David is a Director of years of experience independent D.U.P. Limited - a working with both consultant focusing design and private and public on where implementation sector clients in the sustainability goes consultancy for delivery of urban next. With 36 years’ clients in the public design and landscape experience, his and private sector. schemes in the UK and abroad. background is in building design, His expertise spans architecture, public During this time he has gained a detailed planning and built environment realm, urban design and regeneration. understanding of the complexities of the implementation, and includes 28 years David prepares viability appraisals and development process from inception to with Arup as a director and Arup Fellow. development requirements for housing, completion. He has worked widely on retail and commercial developments landscape-led residential schemes, His projects span the UK and worldwide over,or near to, transport infrastructure. created development frameworks, with many design firsts, among them zero and implemented a number of award carbon buildings and extra-low resource winning projects. use prototypes; as well as three years working on Eco-city masterplanning Specialising in the creation of active and and zero carbon projects in China. Chris lively townscapes, he has developed an was a lead designer on Portcullis House, interest in pedestrian/vehicle interface Westminster; the BedZED project; issues, along with how the sustainability Kings Cross Central; Stratford City and agenda can be seamlessly integrated the Kingspan Lighthouse. The premise into a development project. Head of the behind much of his current work is that Landscape and Urban Design Group at using less natural resources should offer Leviit Bernstein, he is working on a wide lower than business-as-usual costs, for range of urban renewal projects. delivering the amenities needed for a prosperous future.

Chris is a chartered engineer; Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects; Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers; Energy Institute corporate member; Fellow of the Centre of Refurbishment Excellence; UK Green Building Council Ambassador; EDGE Architecture committee member; Historic England Urban panellist, and a Cabe Design Review panellist since 2003. He is founder and Principal of the consultant practice of Twinn Sustainability Innovation.

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Peter Ullathorne Dr. Deb Upadhyaya Jo Van Heyningen

Peter is a Chartered Deb is a Joanna founded her Architect and Client professionally trained practice in 1977 and Advisor accredited by architect/urban formed van the Royal Institute of designer/planner, Heyningen and British Architects leading delivery of Haward Architects (RIBA). exemplar housing, with Birkin Haward in regeneration and 1982; she has now He trained at the Architectural sustainable masterplanning/urban design retired from the practice. Joanna has Association School, London, has been initiatives, both in public and private been involved on van Heyningen and in practice for nearly forty years, and sector (UK and India) for over 15 years. Haward’s award-winning buildings worked with numerous world-class firms including Lerner Court, Clare College, at Partner level, including Gensler and He advocates an integrated Cambridge; Corfield Court, St. John’s HOK. He now runs his own firm. Peter’s multidisciplinary approach, enabling College, Cambridge; Michael Croft projects include Project Principal for delivery of ‘shared’ vision through Theatre at Alleyn’s School, Dulwich; the design of the GCHQ Headquarters, continual alignment and management of Latymer Upper School Performing Arts Cheltenham. Following a detailed key governance, investment and funding Centre; Centre for Classical and analysis of working requirements and issues. Deb works as Spatial Planning Byzantine Studies, Oxford University; the creation of an effective brief, historic Manager with a national remit (specialist Sutton Hoo Visitor Centre (National working practices/cultures were replaced in urban design - holistic placemaking) Trust); Royal Society for the Protection of by a single, coherent, dynamic setting at the Homes and Communities Birds (RSPB) Environment and Education that supported the work/well-being of the Agency’s (HCA) Advisory Team for Large Centre; West Ham Station, Jubillee Line staff. The circular floor plan promoted a Applications (ATLAS). He also serves as Extension and Newnham College Library single-culture organisation (“one team, an independent design panel member Rare Books Room. one mission”) and provided an efficient for Sheffield Sustainable Development method of enclosing space securely. As and Design Panel, a former Essex Design Joanna has always sought to contribute Client Advisor he worked closely with the Initiative. Passionate about value creation to the wider built environment by giving Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, East through delivery of sustainable high her time to, amongst others, the Royal Manchester, to help them deliver their quality built environments, urbanism, Institute of British Architects in several pathfinder group of new schools, as part evolution of cities and their centres, capacities; principally as an Award of the Building Schools for the Future he pursues independent practice-led assessor and judge of the Stirling Prize. (BSF) Programme. research, and proactively engages with She is also a Trustee of the Building fellow professionals/bodies. Centre Trust; an external examiner at Peter is a member of the RIBA several schools of architecture, and a Professional Conduct Panel and an Deb has delivered lectures at national Design Review panellist at Cabe over Examiner in Professional Practice at the and international symposiums and many years. She currently co-chairs the Architectural Association. He provides conferences; gained his Doctorate in Oxford Design Review Panel. expert testimony for dispute resolution. Philosophy and Executive Masters in He is editor of the book: ‘Being an Business Administration from University Effective Construction Client’ by RIBA of Sheffield; holds chartered membership Publications 2015, and a Magistrate. 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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Paula Vandergert Atam Verdi Andrew von Bradsky

Paula has over twenty Atam is a chartered Andy is an architect five years’ experience surveyor and Royal with over 30 years’ as a sustainability Institution of experience in the professional. She is a Chartered Surveyors design and delivery of research fellow at the (RICS) registered residential University of East valuer, with over 23 development for all London Sustainability years’ development sectors. Research Institute, and a director of consultancy experience. not-for-profit enterprise, Resilient He is a consultant to businesses, housing Communities. He has been involved in assisting clients delivery agencies and the public sector, with preparation of planning policy, providing advice on housing related She has a PhD from the London School development briefs, masterplanning, issues, drawing from his experience as of Economics and Political Science heritage, regeneration, economic viability former Chairman of PRP Architects LLP. and a postgraduate certificate in urban and feasibility studies. He founded He leads research projects that advance design skills from the University of AspinallVerdi – Property Regeneration industry knowledge for policy makers, Westminster. Paula is currently part of Consultants in 2009 and works with both clients, end users and communities. the research team for the EU-funded public and private sector clients across Recent project successes include: “Transitioning Towards Urban Resilience England. Examples of work include: a the award winning Portobello Square and Sustainability (TURAS)” initiative, Growth Strategy for Newhaven, East regeneration project for a housing which brings urban communities and Sussex, undertaking viability work for association; and the Lewisham Gateway businesses together with local authorities Sandwell and Harborough Borough town centre regeneration project for a and researchers, to collaborate on Councils, and advising Heritage Lottery commercial developer, for which he was developing practical new solutions for with respect to the Heritage Enterprise the Partner responsible. He has played more sustainable and resilient European fund. Atam has assisted Design Council a leading role in other regeneration, new cities. As part of this project, she Cabe with their Active by Design project settlement and commercial projects works closely with local authorities and at West Howe in Bournemouth. throughout England. businesses in East London, Brussels and Rome on major urban sustainability He regularly speaks at conferences, is Chair of the Royal Institute of British initiatives in each of these cities. Prior a Regional Board Member of RICS, and Architects (RIBA) Housing Advisory to this role, Paula was the project a Director of Headingley Enterprise and Group; member of a committee that manager for CABE’s Sustainable Cities Arts Centre – a social enterprise providing reviews finance and development programme, which was developed with community space, as well as a café and proposals for a large housing association; the eight English Core Cities. co-working space. and sits on an advisory panel of the research body, National House-Building Council (NHBC) Foundation. He is a Board member of the Housing Forum, a membership organisation that represents the supply chain in housing, and was a member of the government appointed Challenge Panel that advised the Housing Standards Review from a cross industry perspective.

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Charles Wagner Nigel Wakefield Danna Walker

Charles was Head of Nigel is the founder of Danna is a Built Planning and Urban Node Urban Design, Environment Advice at English with twenty years’ Professional at the Heritage (EH), until experience in the Construction Industry April 2015. public/private Council. Her career sectors; previously spans over 20 years A Chartered Town Director of Urban in the construction Planner and member of the Institute Design at Turley Associates, and and built environment sector, and has of Historic Buildings Conservation, he Associate Director at Atkins. encompassed a variety of roles from studied Civil Engineering, then Building shop floor electrician, to Architect (DIP Conservation with the Society for the In addition to urban design and Arch), to strategic projects manager in Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB) masterplanning experience, he is a support of industry. and Architectural History. With a varied planner and landscape architect and career at EH: carrying out the listed has worked on highly varied projects A passionate advocate for the industry, building resurvey; doing listed building for broad ranging public/private sector the common thread throughout her casework in London, and historic areas clients. Nigel has experience of large career has been a desire to improve casework in the Midlands/East Anglia. scale urban design and masterplanning the built environment directly as a Charles developed public realm policy/ in the UK, Europe, Middle East and practitioner, and the industry by making practice in London (1999) and produced: China. Previous experience includes: the a tangible difference through a range ‘Streets for All’ Streetscape Manuals. He design of new settlements; city centre of projects, developed to address worked on the EH/CABE guidance on regeneration; major urban extensions, the challenges of accessibility, skills tall buildings: Heritage Works guidance through to smaller scale responses and development and improved diversity. for developers, on dealing with heritage to site specific issues. Experienced in the on their sites and Enabling Development preparation of public realm strategies, As an architect, Danna specialised Guidance (2005). design codes, area action plans, urban in regeneration, educational projects design guidance and public consultation and community engagement. She is a Charles worked on the Thames exercises. mentoring champion and founded the Gateway, seconded to the Homes and innovative Fluid Diversity Mentoring Communities Agency (2009) as Strategic With experience of design review/ Programme, designed to provide Historic Environment Adviser. Charles enabling, he is currently an enabler for support for practitioners seeking career assisted with EH’s input into the National both MADE in the West Midlands and progression. Danna serves as Chair of Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and OPUN in the East Midlands. Nigel has the Royal Institute of British Architect’s, its guidance (2011); developed EH’s provided expert advice to URBACT’s equality, diversity and inclusion advisory guidance on Neighbourhood Planning European ‘support for cities’ program in group Architect’s for Change (AfC) which and Localism; its farm building’s Hungary, Romania and Poland looking launched the Role Models Project (2015). assessment tool and micro-generation at public/ private partnerships and She is honoured to have been named a advice. Charles now runs his own regeneration of brownfield sites. He finalist in the Precious Awards 2015 and consultancy; is an SPAB Guardian, spoke at an international urban design to be a Trustee for the Stephen Lawrence President of the Association for Studies conference on green infrastructure and Charitable Trust. in the Conservation of Historic Buildings; water sensitive urban design in large- sits on the Haringey Quality Review scale urban extensions. Panel; West London Amenity, and Neighbourhood Planning Groups.

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Dr. Helen Walker Lorna Walker Cindy Walters

Helen is an urban Lorna is a Cindy was born in planner and built sustainability Australia and studied environment strategic consultant with over architecture in South policy analyst, 40 years’ of Africa. She moved to focusing on the experience in the built London to work for practical delivery of environment sector. Foster and Partners sustainable (1990), and set up communities/places, and development She has her own practice and is an Walters and Cohen, with Michál Cohen of the skills required to achieve these; Examining Inspector with the Planning (1994). Cindy has worked on a diverse previously worked for the Department of Inspectorate. A former Director of range of education, leisure, cultural and Communities and Local Government and Arup, where she was leader of the commercial projects, including award- held senior posts at the Environment global environmental business; and winning work for Bedales School in Agency. As senior adviser for the former Cabe commissioner having had Hampshire; Ryde School on the Isle of government’s Neighbourhood Renewal responsibility for sustainability, and Wight, and the Shirley Sherwood Gallery Unit, she was responsible for health and wellbeing. Recent projects of Botanical Art at Kew Gardens. professional support for neighbourhood at the Planning Inspectorate, examining regeneration, Housing Market Renewal nationally significant infrastructure Outside the practice, Cindy regularly Areas and local authorities. projects, include a nuclear power station, contributes to universities as an external an off shore wind farm and a strategic examiner. Since 2007, she has been Helen developed new protocols for rail freight interchange. She has a BSc involved with the Royal Institute of British community engagement and design in Chemistry and Mathematics and MSc Architects Awards Group, including roles quality in sustainable communities and in Civil Engineering, concentrating on on the Lubetkin Prize and Stirling Prize created learning support for design- public health; and honorary doctorate jury; and as a judge for the President’s based economic objectives, as national of engineering from the University of Research Awards. Cindy is currently advisor at the Local Government Sheffield. undertaking a PhD at the Bartlett School Association. National commissions have of Architecture, University College included: specialist advisor to two House Lorna is a recognised authority in the London. In 2012 Cindy and Michál were of Commons Select Committees, and fields of sustainable development, awarded the inaugural Architects Journal production of the National Competency climate change, urban regeneration, Woman Architect of the Year Award. Framework for local authority planners water quality and waste treatment. for the Department of Communities and Member of numerous policy-making Local Government. Helen is a former panels, she is often consulted in the local authority team leader working preparation of proofs of evidence, in planning, community engagement, planning enquires and litigation cases, economic regeneration, sustainable and as an independent technical reviewer development and conservation. of her peer’s work. She has travelled extensively in her work, and is a Visiting Previously chair of urban development Professor at the University of Sheffield. and regeneration at the University 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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Vincent Wang Jonathan Ward James Warne

Vincent is a Jonathan is a building After 25 years within development engineer in the the construction manager and London Arup industry, mainly as a non-executive Buildings team, Consultant Engineer, director who has specialising in the the last 15 years have been independent development of been spent focusing since 1994. sustainable design on environmental strategies and the translation of these engineering and sustainability. James is With over thirty years experience in into low impact building projects. recognised within the industry for his development, Vincent has successfully work as an Environmental Engineer, led various projects and organisations Recent projects include: the Athletes sharing knowledge through lecturing and through complex and challenging Village, The Leadenhall Building, and the through his role as Chair of Sustainability, circumstances in the commercial, award winning Siemens Crystal. He has at the UK’s largest architectural practice arts and healthcare sectors, achieving 25 years’ experience as project manager, (BDP). He has extensive experience outstanding results. He was a founder lead design engineer and project director across a range of sectors, from large member and senior director of Stanhope for a broad range of projects, many with mixed use masterplans down to small (London’s premier commercial developer) internationally recognised architects, scale detail designs. from the company’s inception until it coordinating the work of the building was sold to British Land. As Stanhope’s services and structural disciplines, development director, Vincent led the plus input from the wide range of Arup team that established new benchmarks specialist teams. His environmental of quality and implementation for assessment experience includes property development in the UK. Since the use of Arup Sustainable Project then he has worked independently as an Appraisal Routine (SPeAR), Building entrepreneur and consultant. In the City, Research Establishment Environmental he established Corpnex, an innovating Assessment Methodology (BREEAM), high quality serviced-office start-up, and Leadership in Energy and Environmental was senior development consultant on Design (LEED) and the Code for The Pinnacle tower for Union Investment Sustainable Homes. Real Estate. Jonathan is experienced in the He is currently chairman of the Capital preparation of planning application Committee of the board of Mountview documentation, and coordinating Theatre Academy, devoted to building input from all members of the design a new drama school in Peckham Rye, team. He plays an active role in London and was previously chairman of planning matters, providing policy input, Hampstead Theatre, successfully commenting on emerging policy and developing the first new theatre in actively participating in local planning London for twenty-five years, with an consultations. Jonathan is inspired to award-winning design by Rab Bennetts. integrate the work of multi-disciplinary He currently manages complex design teams to develop practical development projects and trouble-shoots projects that reduce their environmental difficult property-related situations. impact and explore the challenge of sustainable design for the future.

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Elanor Warwick Paul Watson Mary Webster

Elanor’s expertise is Paul is an Mary is an in studying and independent planning educationalist, understanding the and urban design passionate about built environment, consultant, who enabling children to and applying this advises major players fulfil their potential learning and research in the development through good in practice. industry, as well as education, and in turn supporting the Planning Officers Society good school design. For 18 years she Following a decade in architecture and as a Past President, and advising the taught in five secondary schools and was urban design practice, she became a Department for Communities and Local Deputy Head in two . Mary led one of her research fellow at University College Government. He is a member of MADE schools through a new build project, then London, then Research Manager at the Board and Design Review Panel; managed the consultancy Key Peabody Trust, followed by eight years an External Examiner at the Centre Educational Associates, providing as Head of Research at CABE. Here for Urban and Regional Studies at education and design support for she managed a diverse and extensive the University of Birmingham; and projects across the UK. research programme, covering all sectors an occasional guest lecturer and of the built environment and the design public speaker. She works as an education design process, providing evidence to shape consultant and is studying a MSc in national policy, and embedding good Paul was Strategic Director for Psychology to further her knowledge design practices within the industry. Regeneration and Development with of how we learn. Mary understands With interests spanning well-designed Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council how schools work in terms of planning, buildings to sustainable cities, many (until February 2013), where his operations and learning environments. research projects focus on the interaction portfolio included: strategic and local She uses her child-centred approach of housing and places: Lifetime planning; urban design; development and school management skills to support Neighbourhoods for the Greater London management; economic development; schools, architects, Information and Authority, CABE’s Housing Audits, and landscape; housing and transport for Communications Technology providers, particularly housing density and space an area covering Birmingham Airport; and construction professionals. Mary standards. Her Doctorate explored the National Exhibition Centre; the proposed often acted as an interface between role of defensible space in remaking HS2 line and station; Jaguar Land Rover; clients and the design team to facilitate failing post-war housing estates. North Solihull (a regionally significant good working relationships. She has multi-sector regeneration project); worked on numerous projects, two key Elanor is currently Head of Strategic mature suburbs; growing town centres; projects: Essex Building Schools for the Research at Affinity Sutton Housing countryside and rural villages. Future, as education consultant; and Association, exploring the design of Barnhill Community High (client). social housing, estate regeneration, Paul practiced in local government for affordability and development viability. over thirty five years and demonstrated a Mary worked with the Commission for She is a postgraduate supervisor at commitment to and delivery of proactive Architecture and Built Environment CABE Cambridge and the Bartlett, University and positive planning and urban design, (2003-2010); contributed to publications; College London, where she teaches a at all spatial levels and across a wide enabled projects; provided training to module on housing design for planners. spectrum of contexts. In private practice, CABE Enablers, and was a member of Elanor is a member of the Edge, he maintains his commitment to finding the Design Review Panel. She was a the Academy of Urbanism and is creative, attractive and pragmatic Governor at three secondary, and one an Urbanista. solutions to planning and urban design primary school. challenges and opportunities.

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Camilla Ween Sarah Weir Matthew Wells

Camilla is an architect Sarah is Chief Matthew has over 30 and a Harvard Executive of years’ experience in University Loeb Waddesdon Manor in the design of building Fellow; an expert in Buckinghamshire. structures and the built environment, Previously she was bridges. His particular sustainable cities and Chief Executive of area of interest is in transportation. The Legacy List, the developing the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park charity set interface between structural design and Camilla worked for Transport for London up to encourage creative connections architecture. As creative director, for 11 years, advising the mayor on between people and the park, with a Matthew maintains an overview of the major developments in London, such as focus on arts and culture, education and conceptual content of all the projects in the regeneration of King’s Cross, Earl’s skills. Sarah was Head of Arts and the company. He has delivered a wide Court and White City. She is a director Cultural Strategy for Olympic Delivery range of new-build and refurbishment of Goldstein Ween Architects, leading Authority; Executive Director, Arts structures including arts centres, on urbanism and transportation. Recent Council England; London and Executive housing, schools and offices, as well as a projects include: a World Bank transport Director of the Almeida Theatre. number of public realm and infrastructure strategy for Kano, Nigeria and a cycle projects. He has served on the parking facility in Holborn. Developing Sarah started her career in the Lloyd’s Architectural Association Council and strategies for improving the quality insurance market. She worked for Cabe Olympic review panel. of cities and the integration of public Aldgate Group Brokers, where she transport systems is at the forefront of rose from office junior to non-marine He is visiting professor of architectural her work and she regularly contributes to managing director during a 15 year engineering at the University of Leeds. panels looking at these issues. career and was the first female Managing Selected projects include: New Wear Director in Lloyd’s. Following a move Crossing; Somerset House Staircase; She is an author of books and articles; from business into the arts, she then Almere Windhinder; St Charles Way her book: Future Cities (published worked at Purdy Hicks Gallery, Arts and Catholic Sixth Form College; Chichester 2014) looks at the challenges facing Busines,s and the Royal Academy of Museum; Stadthaus; the Bluecoat; future megacities; she is currently Arts. She has a History of Art BA from Royal Victoria Dock Footbridge and the researching a book on development and Birkbeck College (1993-7), an OBE for Orangery, Prague Castle. regeneration in South America. Camilla is services to the arts (2012) and is a Fellow a regular lecturer at leading international of Birkbeck College. Sarah is a Trustee of universities and conferences; president The Alzheimer’s Society. of Women’s Transportation Seminar London, which promotes women in the transport profession, and chair of Spacelink Learning Foundation, which encourages Science, Technology, Engineering, Medicine and Mathematics subjects in schools, using space science as the ‘hook’ to engage young pupils. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 136

Dr. Michael Wells Jane Wernick Michael Westley

Mike is a professional Jane is a structural Michael is a ecologist and engineer. She Chartered Landscape eco-urbanist, with 25 founded Jane Architect and years of consultancy Wernick Associates in University Lecturer in experience and 35 1998, has won many Architecture with over years in ecological awards and continues 25 years’ practice science. to work with many experience in the UK, leading architects. Projects include: the Europe, Australia and U.S.A. He led the ecological design for the Young Vic Theatre, the Kew treetop Athletes’ Village in Stratford for the walkway, and the Living Architecture His practice and academic research 2012 Olympiad, and the regeneration Houses. She worked for Arup (1976- focus is in Wellbeing from Green of the Greenwich Peninsula. Mike is 1998) and set up and ran Arup’s Los Infrastructure, through Inclusive Design. an Academician of the Academy of Angeles office (1986-88). Michael’s practice and research Urbanism, a Board Member of the work can be sampled in the following Operational Board of the Sustainable Jane was seconded to Birdair Structures, recent publication: ‘Design for Healing Environment Foundation, a Board Buffalo, New York (1980-81). Her most Spaces- Therapeutic Gardens’ by Daniel Member of the Bristol Urban Design notable Arup project was the Millennium Winterbottom and Amy Wagenfield Forum and a Committee Member of the Wheel. Jane was a CABE National (Timber Press 2015); and at North York All Party Parliamentary Committee on Design Review Panel member; a member Moors National Park Visitors Centre; Biodiversity. He has trained regional staff of the multi-disciplinary built environment Sutton Bank, where Westley Design within English Partnerships (now Homes think tank, The Edge; member of the Ltd. has recently completed an exciting and Communities Agency) around the steering panel of RIBA’s think tank, new play learning and interpretation UK on designing for biodiversity. Mike Building Futures, edited: ‘Building landscape. has lectured on the Cities Programme Happiness – Architecture to Make You of the London School of Economics. He Smile’. Jane was elected a Fellow of the As well as Director of the Landscape assisted in providing evidence for the Royal Academy of Engineering (RAE), Architecture Consultancy, Westley Farrell review of architecture in the UK, an Honorary Fellow of RIBA and was Design Ltd., Michael is currently also: has chaired the main lecture forum of a member of the Equal Opportunities Lecturer in Architecture at Plymouth Ecobuild, and adjudicated in national Task Force of the Construction Industry University; Panel Member for the design competitions. Council between 1998 and 2013 (as chair South West, Somerset County, Devon in 2010). She has taught at numerous County and Cornwall County Design He is currently serving on Building schools of architecture and engineering Review Panels, and Board Member Research Establishment Environmental including Harvard’s Graduate School of of Cornwall Development Company Assessment Method’s Strategic Design (1989 and 1995), a Diploma Unit Health and Wellbeing Innovation Centre. Ecological Framework Strategic Policy at the Architectural Association (1998- Michael’s previous appointments have Working Group. In 2006 he co-founded 2003), The John Portman Visiting Critic included: Founding Practice Principal at Biodiversity by Design Ltd through which at Georgia Tech, Atlanta and RAE Visiting Groundwork Plymouth Area; Programme he pursues opportunities for innovative Professor of Design at Southampton Manager, Sensory Trust (Eden Project) design of green and blue infrastructure, University. Jane is currently serving and Department of Health NHS Design working in the creative gaps between her third term on the Council of the Review Panel Member. He has been a ecology and other disciplines including Architectural Association. guest lecturer at Rhode Island School architecture, landscape architecture, civil of Design, University College Cornwall, and structural engineering and art. and Cambridge University School of Architecture, and Scottish Agricultural College (University of Glasgow)

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Antony Whitehead Sarah Wigglesworth Lindsey Wilkinson

Antony is an architect Sarah heads up her Lindsey is a qualified with 35 years’ post own architectural Chartered Landscape qualification practice based in Architect, with over experience, who has London which she eighteen years’ been influential in founded in 1993. experience working private sector, Local with a variety of Government, She is also Professor public sector and Development Corporation, and Central of Architecture at the University of private clients. She has previously Government (Ministry of Defence (MoD) Sheffield. Her interests lie in raising the worked at design practices Gillespies and Home Office). Antony is the founder quality of everyday environments; she and LDA Design; global of TWA Architects. He championed applies intellectual clarity and rigorous multidisciplinaries Atkins and RHDHV, Better Defence Buildings and Better research methods to explore new and historic landscape specialists TLA. Police Buildings, and has enabled spatial and technical solutions to the numerous projects in these sectors. He design of sustainable environments. She Lindsey now operates as a freelance also developed and is utilising the has championed the use of recycled practitioner, specialising as a landscape Department of Energy and Environmental and ecological materials, passive architect and green infrastructure Protection (DEEP) design evaluation tool. design and simple controls that users consultant, with historic landscape and In government, cost and value are twin understand. The practice’s work in greenspace expertise. Over her career, issues that are never far away, so it has education, housing, cultural buildings she has developed a specialism in green been necessary for Antony to be and masterplanning has been recognised space, parks and public realm projects. pragmatic and resourceful. Antony is a by numerous awards. She currently Lindsey is used to combining sensitive Home Office Design Review Panellist and leads the Designing for Wellbeing in restoration of historic landscapes with Enabler; member of the Place Alliance Environments for Later Life (DWELL) the needs of contemporary users, to give Core Supporters Group; member of the research project at the University of realistic solutions to modern issues. Royal Institute of British Architects Sheffield. This is an interdisciplinary (RIBA), and the Institute for Historic design research project that is using Recently awarded Fellowship of the Buildings Conservation (IHBC). He is participatory and co-design strategies, Landscape Institute (LI), she has a long currently focused on the coordinated to develop innovations in housing and standing involvement with the Landscape delivery of infrastructure led regeneration, neighbourhoods suited to older people. Institute’s professional Chartership where key challenges for example, in the scheme, the P2C, as an Examiner and provision of housing, will require an Simultaneously the practice is designing Supervisor. Lindsey currently sits on the emphasis on partnership and delivery. specialist housing for this age group. Landscape Institute’s Education and Sarah has been an advocate for the Membership Committee, and acted as greater participation of women in Judge for the LI Awards this year. Panel architecture across all roles, and a Member for Design: South East’s Design recognition of women’s knowledge in Review, she also sits on the Architectural changing architecture’s values. She is Panel for the National Trust, reviewing member of the Parliamentary Design property proposals and strategy from a Commission and was awarded the title landscape design perspective. of Royal Designer for Industry in 2012 by the Royal Society of Arts.

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Marcus Willcocks Martin Willey Finn Williams

Marcus specialises in Martin is a Chartered Finn is an architect- spatial, social and Town Planner and planner and advocate co-design practices, Secretary, and for design within the across shared and Honorary Member of public sector. He built-environments. the Chartered worked for the Office His experience spans Institute of Housing for Metropolitan over fifteen years as with 48 years in Architecture, General creative consultant, and separately, practice in the public, private and Public Agency, and Croydon Council’s Research Fellow and Designer with the voluntary sectors. Placemaking team before joining the Design Against Crime and Socially Greater London Authority, where he is Responsive Design centres at Central Schemes of note are: the Bridgewater Regeneration Area Manager for North Saint Martins, University of the Arts Hall scheme in Manchester; and Cedars West London. London. He holds a Master’s degree in Hall in Wells: a contemporary design of Design and Public Space (Barcelona), a an international teaching and learning Finn is the founder of public sector BA(Hons) in Product Design (London), facility in the grounds of a grade 2 listed planning thinktank NOVUS and plus a Diploma in Crime Prevention, property and garden, part of Wells independent research practice through Urban Design and Planning Cathedral School campus, a specialist Common Office. He currently teaches (Copenhagen). Music School. Major roles include: Past architecture at the Royal College of Art President of the Royal Town Planning and urban design at the Bartlett School of Marcus has delivered and co-delivered Institute, Judge of Royal Institute of Architecture, University College London, best practice, award-winning and British Architects Awards, and creator and is a co-curator of the British Pavilion published projects through people- of council design awards in Test Valley, at the Venice Architecture Biennale centred design, and action-led research. Harrogate and Aylesbury Vale. (2016). Finn is a director and trustee of He particularly works to promote the Planning Officers Society, trustee of Sociable Safe Places; Social Wellbeing Martin has worked with a wide range the Friends of Arnold Circus, vice chair of and Urban Play; Community-Led Design of architects throughout the country the Tower Hamlets Design Review Panel, and Spatial Engagement; and Cycling, promoting good design, in particular board member of Urban Design London, Walking and Sharing Spaces. Recent contemporary design in a heritage and a Champion for the Farrell Review. projects include: Confident Vibrant Oslo environment. They include the late Sir street furniture design and evalution with Colin Stansfield Smith and his team, Nick Institute of Transport Economics, Centre Thompson of RHWL and most recently for Transport Research; Graffolution, Eric Parry RA. Martin’s work across the European FP7 practice-led research sectors means he is well placed to help project and Rantzausgade, Copenhagen secure design solutions that address a street experience designs, with COST wide range of agendas - commercial, TU1203 and Nørrebro Renewal. community and regulatory.

Marcus has developed and advised on 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 139

Keith Williams Neil Williamson Jonathan Wilson

Keith is a chartered Neil is an independent Jonathan, Principal architect and founder consultant with well and UK Healthcare and design director of over 30 years’ urban Sector Lead, Stantec, Keith Williams and rural experience leads the healthcare Architects, a leading as a landscape sector for Stantec in architectural and architect, most the UK, developing urban masterplanning notably in and directing both firm. Keith has served on the CABE implementation and project local and international projects. National Design Review Panel since management, community liaison, 2008, is co-chair of Design South-East, landscape planning, development He believes passionately in the power and chair of Lewisham Design Review control, major infrastructure, public of thoughtful creative design to empower Panel. He has participated in/chaired inquiries and planning policy. and enrich human experience and over 150 Design Reviews in London and efficacy, in complex socially purposed the UK regions. He has been involved over many years buildings. Jonathan has led a wide in the development of design policy range of projects during more than three He works internationally across many at local and national level, including decades of architectural practice: clinics, building sectors and has received nearly Design Review – Principles and community centres, mental health units, 40 major awards for buildings that he has Practice jointly issued (2009) by CABE general and specialist tertiary hospitals. designed. Projects include: the Marlowe and the design professional bodies, His experience includes both public Theatre, Canterbury; the Novium and at local community level with the and private sector clients, strategic Museum, Chichester; the Unicorn production of guidance promoting: masterplanning, new-build Theatre, London; the Long House, ‘Local Distinctiveness’. He has worked and remodelling. London, and in Ireland: Athlone Civic extensively on ‘Crime Prevention Centre; the Luan Art Gallery, Athlone; and Through Environmental Design’ He has also led academic research the National Opera House, Wexford. He (CPTED). He is a Past President of the and residential projects. Jonathan has is currently working on projects in Ireland Landscape Institute (2008 –2010) and worked in advisory roles on major public and Canada in addition to the UK. current member of the Islington Design sector developments and served on Review Panel. In 2005 he helped launch advisory bodies such as the NHS Estates He has lectured widely on his work and a new regional design centre (Solent Design Review Panel. He is a regular in 2010 was made Honorary Visiting Centre for Architecture and Design), and speaker at healthcare events Professor of Architecture at Zhengzhou remained on its board of directors until and conferences. University, China. Keith is a Member of 2013. Following a BA in Psychology and the Royal Institute of British Architects, Physiology at the University of Oxford, the Royal Institute of the Architects Neil subsequently gained his MA in of Ireland, and a Fellow of the Royal landscape design at the University Society of Arts. He has judged numerous of Sheffield. architectural competitions and awards schemes and his work has been He is a member of the Chartered published worldwide. Management Institute, with extensive management experience including partnership development, cross- disciplinary working, community planning, strategic business planning and risk management. A guide to our Built Environment Experts 140

Clare Wright Geoff Wright Nigel Wright

Clare studied at the Geoff is a town Nigel is an Architect, Glasgow School of planner and urbanist Client Adviser, Art. After working at with 37 years’ Facilitator, and Rock Townsend she experience in both Project Manager with joined Howell Killick public and private thirty years’ Partridge and Amis, a sectors. construction sector firm with a keen experience. 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 provides strategic design and project buildings; coherent use of heavyweight Head of City Centre Planning (1990s), direction for clients, across a wide materials, and construction that stands he led award winning plans/projects, variety of new and existing projects the test of time. working closely with Council Leaders and and programmes. Prior to founding Chief Executives. He was responsible for Client Advisor Business-Wright CLASS In 1994 Clare established Wright city centre ‘quarter plans’; Solutions Ltd; Nigel worked as Senior & Wright with husband Sandy and oversaw the remodelling of streets, Education Architect and Technical has worked on projects such as the squares and canalsides; commissioned Advisor to the Department for Education; Architectural Association Masterplan, the Birmingham Urban Design Strategy; seconded within the School Capital a library for Magdalen College, Oxford and negotiated major schemes including: Design Team, on the Academies and the Women’s Library. Clare has sat Brindleyplace and the Bullring. Geoff and Building Schools for the Future on the Building Regulations Advisory wrote Manchester’s Inner Area Strategy Programmes. He worked for a leading Committee at the DETR (now CLG), (1980s); co-authored its City Centre international multi-disciplinary design working particularly on provisions for Plan and Metrolink bid, and and consultancy business for seventeen the disabled and the elderly as well as implemented pedestrianisation years, with ten years as team leader of a sustainability. She was instrumental and environmental works. successful education studio; responsible in developing Lifetime Homes for the for primary, secondary, and special needs Joseph Rowntree Foundation. She He has secured consents for university, new build and refurbishment projects. has been a design assessor for the Arts commercial, retail, office, housing and Council of England, the RIBA and the mixed use schemes, and for a Private He is a volunteer planning assessor Civic Trust and was Vice-President of the Finance Initiative (PFI) hospital. to Vale of White Horse and South RIBA 2005-2007. He authored: Protecting Design Quality Oxfordshire District Council; National in Planning for CABE (2003); provides Building Specification Panel Member; Clare currently sits on the Oxford Design expert support to neighbourhood and Association for Project Management Review Panel, and the Historic England planning for Cabe and Locality. Geoff Special Interest Group Panel Member for Urban Panel. Clare continues to lead on is a board member and design review stakeholder engagement. Nigel is also a projects and is working on a new Library panel member of MADE, and has chaired Construction Industry Council registered and Archive at Lambeth Palace and The Urban Vision North Staffordshire’s Design Design Quality Facilitator. Geffrye Museum. She was awarded an Review Panel. MBE for services to Architecture in 2005.

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Tony Wyatt Louise Wyman Suzie Zuber

Tony has worked as a Louise is an Area Suzie practised as an specialist urban Manager in the architect for 11 years design, architectural Homes and with Terry Farrell, 3D and historic Communities Reid and ECD environment advisor/ Agency’s (HCA) Architects, working practitioner for over Midlands Team, on a variety of 36 years in the urban based in Birmingham. projects with a focus design, masterplanning, planning, on energy conservation and conservation and regeneration sectors. She provides strategic direction neighbourhood regeneration, before on sustainable development, joining Open-City (2008) to focus on He previously won a CABE Public Sector masterplanning and urban design across community engagement and design Design Champion Award (2005), when the Midlands region; responsible for support. Since joining Open-City, Suzie he was Urban Design and Conservation delivering HCA’s planning, investment has overseen the development and Group Manager at Newcastle City and development priorities in the South expansion of programmes for young Council, where he worked for 20 years. Midlands. Louise is a Chartered Surveyor people and communities, empowering He co-founded +Plus Urban Design and Landscape Architect. She worked as young people and community groups to Ltd with Richard Charge, another Built a development consultant with Cushman influence the creation of their future Environment Expert (2011), where he is and Wakefield in the UK/Eastern Europe environment. She works closely with responsible for developing their urban (early 1990’s) after which she gained design professionals, London councils, design, placemaking and masterplanning a Masters in Landscape Architecture young people and residents, service for a range of public/private from Harvard University, and was a demystifying the design process to sector clients, as well as local community Masterplanner with Hart Howerton in San ensure smooth engagement in the groups. Tony was previously Urban Francisco. regeneration process. Working with the Design Director at _space group, and residents of the Andover Estate in North also at Ryder Architecture. Louise joined English Partnerships London, Suzie guided the (2001) as Urban Design Manager, Neighbourhood Forum through the He is Vice Chair of the national Historic and led a series of initiatives aimed at development of a masterplan, providing Towns and Villages Forum; Vice Chair of improving the design quality of English them with design awareness training, both the Integreat Plus Yorkshire Design Partnerships, and later the HCA’s built and facilitating design workshops to Service, and also the Design North East projects. She leads the HCA’s Delivering agree the content of their vision for a Review Panel, together with being a Quality Places training programme and future estate. panellist/enabler with Places Matter! the Midlands Design Team. Louise is a North West. He is an Academician at member of Harvard’s Alumni Council and Through the Open-City education the Academy of Urbanism, and founder serves on the Ambassador Committee and My City Too! programmes, Suzie panellist on their Place Partnering Panel. supporting the exchange of ideas and has a wealth of experience engaging Tony has been on the CABE design innovative practice between the US/ young people in the design of their review panel since 2006 and was a Home Europe. Louise was a Cabe Enabler and built environment both as site specific Office design panellist. is currently a member of OPUN’s connect research projects and as curriculum group. related workshops.