A guide to our Built Environment Experts A guide to our Built Environment Experts 2 Built Environment Experts The Cabe team is made up of core staff based in London and a national network of 250 Built Environment Experts (BEEs). They are amongst the best in their profession and offer knowledge, insight, inspiration and best practice to clients across England. The network covers a broad range of disciplines including architecture, landscape architecture, planning and engineering and specialisms such as housing, access and inclusion, education, healthcare and community engagement. How BEEs work How we select our BEEs Here are the top 10 professions Members of the Cabe team and During an intensive selection process, represented within our BEE network. BEEs jointly deliver design support we assessed applications from a huge 1. architecture to clients. Our BEEs are working pool of enthusiastic individuals against 2. urban design practitioners and we call on them to key competencies including inclusive 3. planning support clients for specific projects and sustainable design, advocacy and 4. landscape architecture based on their knowledge and analytical skills. To create a balanced 5. engineering experience. Their role varies from and representative network of Built 6. sustainability mentoring design procurement or Environment Experts we allocated 7. academia delivering training on design, to quotas to the key professions. We also 8. community and voluntary sector participating in Design Reviews. looked for a geographical spread, a 9. access and inclusion balance between experience at strategic 10. surveying. Better places and spaces and operational levels, and of large and All our BEEs care passionately about small scale projects. Other expert professions represented design. Whether it’s the principles of by our BEEs include law, funding, place making or specialisms including The BEEs provide independent advice procurement, arts and culture. procurement, housing, health, education to challenge, encourage and support or inclusion, they are united by a desire to Cabe’s clients to make the right design Here are the top 10 sectors make better places and spaces. decisions. represented by our network: 1. housing With the help of our BEEs, Cabe Where they’re from 2. local government is fulfilling the UK Government’s While 53% of BEEs are based in 3. education commitment to good design. In the London, we have coverage across the 4. community / voluntary National Planning Policy Framework, the whole of England. 5. urban design Government called on Cabe to work with 6. public realm public and private partners to help deliver 7. regeneration places and spaces that benefit everyone. 8. health For eleven years CABE championed 9. private good design in the built environment. In 10. public. our new home at the Design Council we are building on this legacy, and our BEEs are here to help. designcouncil.org.uk A guide to our Built Environment Experts 3 Index A David Ubaka Jessica Bryne-Daniel M Alan Liebowitz David West Jim Chapman Maja Jorgensen Alex Ely Deborah Nagan Jim Eyre OBE Marcus Lee Ali Mangera Dominic Papa Jim Meikle Margaret Baddeley Alicia Pivaro Doug King Joanna Eley Maria Kheirkhah Alireza Sagharchi Joanna van Heyningen Mark Johnson Alison Brooks E John Best Mark Swenarton Amanda Reynolds John Devlin Martin Stockley Edward Hobson Andrew Beard John Fenner Matt Lally Eira Hughes Andrew Brookes John Jenkins Matthew Carmona Emma Luddington Andrew Burns John Letherland Matthew Lloyd Eric Holding Andrew Cameron John Lyall Matthew Wells Andrew Swain Smith John Plumridge May Molteno Andrew Taylor F John Prevc Meredith Davey Andy Foster Fred Manson OBE John Pugh-Smith Meredith Evans Andy Shipley John Thorp MBE Michael Coombs Anne Diack Jon Herbert Michael Hayes CBE G Jon Rowland Annie Coombs Garry Colligan Michael Stiff Jon Sheaff Atam Verdi Geoff Noble Michael Westley Jonathan Baldwin Geoff Wright Michál Cohen Jonathan Ward Gerard Maccreanor Mike Axon B Joyce Bridges CBE Mike Entwisle Barry Shaw Gillian Horn Julian Gitsham Mike Kelly Ben Castell Glenn Howells Julie Greer Ben Hamilton-Baillie Glyn Tully Julie Morgan Biljana Savic Graham King Justine Leach N Bill Gething Graham Marshall Neil Blackshaw Bill Hanway Graham Roberts Neil Davidson Bob Allies K Neil Deely Kamya Ramachandran Neil Porter H Karl Pitman Hanif Kara Neil Smith C Kay Hughes Neil Williamson Caroline Lewis Heather Cheesbrough Kay Richardson Nick Dixon Catherine Burd Helen Farrar Keith Bradley Nick Sharman Charles Campion Helen Walker Keith Williams Nick Shute Christie Sarri Hilary Brindley Kelda Lyons Nick Taylor Buck Christophe Egret Kelvin McDonald Nicole Collomb Christopher Gaylord I Ken Shuttleworth Nigel McGurk Cindy Walters Ian Banks Kevin Gibbons Nigel Wakefield Colin Haylock Ian Deans Kimball Bailey Noel Farrer Conor Moloney Ian Lomas Ian Phillips Ian Sharratt L P D Les Sparks Pankaj Patel Daisy Froud Lesley Johnson Paul Appleby Dan Jones J Liane Hartley Paul Appleton Darren Price Jacqueline Bunce Liz Kessler Paul Bragman Darryl Smith James Thomas Louisa Philpott Paul Dodd Dave Chetwyn James Warne Louise Goodison Paul Finch OBE David Bonnett Jane Dann Louise Wyman Paul Karakusevic David Hills Jane Knight Ludwig Tewksbury Paul Lavelle David Orr Jane Stoneham Lynn Kinnear Paul Monaghan David Roberts Jane Wernick Lynne Ceeney Paul Murrain David Strong Jason Gardner designcouncil.org.uk A guide to our Built Environment Experts 4 Index Paul Scragg Sue Morgan Paul Watson Sunand Prasad Paula Vandergert Susan Francis Penelope Tollitt Susan Green Peter Clash Sylvie Pierce Peter Connell Peter Neal Peter Sandover T Tim Barkley Peter Studdert Tim Gill Philip Heaton Timothy Long Philip Jones Toby Blume Phillip Lomax Tom Holbrook Tom Lister R Tom Lonsdale Rab Bennetts OBE Tony Edwards Rachel Capon Tony Fullwood Renato Benedetti Tony Wyatt Richard Cass Richard Charge Richard Coleman V Valerie Owen OBE Richard Crutchley Vincent Goodstadt Richard Rees Vincent Wang Richard Stones Rob Ballantyne Rob Cowan W Robin Hickman Wade Scaramucci Robin Nicholson Wayne Head Roger Hawkins Wendy Shillam Roger Lomas Roger Milburn Rosemary Coyne Rumi Hussain Ruth Butler S Sarah Allan Sarah Burgess Sarah Foster Sarah Wigglesworth MBE Selina Mason Simon Allford Simon Baker Simon Hudspith Simon Sturgis Sophia de Sousa Sorwar Ahmed Stefan Kruczkowski Stephen Ashworth Stephen Hill Stephen Pretlove Stephen Witherford Sue McGlynn designcouncil.org.uk A guide to our Built Environment Experts 5 Alan Liebowitz Alex Ely Ali Mangera Alan Leibowitz is Alex Ely MA(RCA) Ali Mangera studied Joint Managing RIBA MRTPI Structural and Director of Dorrington Environmental Plc, a long Alex is a Chartered Engineering at The established property Architect, a Chartered University of Leeds, investment and Town Planner and before completing a development Senior Partner Master’s degree at company active in both the commercial and Founder of mæ. He was formerly Pennsylvania State University in 1990. Ali and residential sectors, mainly in London. Head of Sustainable Communities at undertook sabbaticals at The University Alan is an executive director of Hanover the Commission for Architecture and of Bordeaux III, France and at The Acceptances Limited, Dorrington’s the Built Environment and has gained University of Perugia, Italy studying parent company, and sits on the boards professional experience at Foster and French, Italian and Economics. Ali then of other Hanover companies. Partners, Ian Simpson Architects and studied architecture at the Architectural Pierre d’Avoine Architects. Association, London completing his Outside Hanover, Alan is the Chairman Diploma in 1996. of the Board of Trustees of SPACE; Alex teaches at the London Metropolitan Trustee of the Architectural Association University and lectures internationally on Ali has worked at SOM’s Chicago office Foundation; and a property adviser to a design and policy. He has been a CABE and at Zaha Hadid from 1996-2001 number of charities including the National and Transform South Yorkshire Enabler where he managed the early stages of Theatre, Royal College of Art, The Wiener and is currently a Glass House Enabler, the MAXXI Arts Centre in Rome. In 2001, Library and the Architectural Association. a member of the Urban Design London Ali left Zaha Hadid to undertake his own He is married to the architect Barbara Surgery Panel and the RIBA’s Housing work with Ada Yvars Bravo and in 2007, Weiss, and lives in London. Policy Group. He is a CABE Accredited Ali and Ada formally registered Mangera Building for Life Assessor. Alex graduated Yvars Architects [MYAA]. Ali is a Director from the University of Nottingham at MYAA with responsibility for project BA(Hons) and gained his MA at the Royal analysis and rethinking design. In a few College of Art and Professional Practice short years since starting MYAA, the at the Architectural Association. office has won several awards including 40 under 40 and YAYA Runner up. Major projects followed including a University Campus in Qatar as well as commissions for a Community Centre in the UK, and residential and commercial projects in Spain and the Middle East. In parallel with his duties at MYAA, Ali was appointed onto the Board of Architecture and Design Scotland [A+DS] where he served from 2006- 2010. At A+DS Ali had worked on the Design Review panel and was part of the sustainability group. designcouncil.org.uk A guide to our Built Environment Experts 6 Alicia Pivaro Alireza Sagharchi Alison Brooks Alicia Pivaro is an Alireza Sagharchi Educated at the independent, RIBA FRSA University of creative, professional Waterloo, Alison with a passion for Alireza was born in moved from Canada creating projects and 1959 and graduated to the UK in 1989 to communicating ideas from the University form a partnership in about design, of Westminster in Ron Arad Associates. architecture and cities through a range of 1986. He is Principal of Stanhope Gate She founded Alison Brooks Architects in media to a wide audience. Architecture + Urban Design based in 1996, which now consists of 18 London.