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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.

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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 Marilyn Taylor Alison Brooks E John Best Mark Johnson Amanda Reynolds John Devlin Mark Swenarton Edward Hobson Andrew Beard John Fenner Martin Stockley Eira Hughes Andrew Brookes John Jenkins Matt Lally Emma Luddington Andrew Burns John Letherland Matthew Carmona Eric Holding Andrew Cameron John Lyall Matthew Lloyd Andrew Swain Smith John Plumridge Matthew Wells Andrew Taylor F John Prevc May Molteno Andy Foster Fred Manson OBE John Pugh-Smith Meredith Davey Andy Shipley John Thorp MBE Meredith Evans Anne Diack Jon Herbert Michael Coombs G Jon Rowland Annie Coombs Garry Colligan Michael Hayes CBE Jon Sheaff Atam Verdi Geoff Noble Michael Stiff Jonathan Baldwin Geoff Wright Michael Westley Jonathan Ward Gerard Maccreanor Michál Cohen B Joyce Bridges CBE Mike Axon Barry Shaw Gillian Horn Julian Gitsham Mike Entwisle Ben Castell Glenn Howells Julie Greer Mike Kelly Ben Hamilton-Baillie Glyn Tully Julie Morgan Biljana Savic Graham King Justine Leach Bill Gething Graham Marshall N Bill Hanway Graham Roberts Neil Blackshaw Bob Allies K Neil Davidson Kamya Ramachandran Neil Deely H Karl Pitman Hanif Kara Neil Porter C Kay Hughes Neil Smith Caroline Lewis Heather Cheesbrough Kay Richardson Neil Williamson Catherine Burd Helen Farrar Keith Bradley Nick Dixon Charles Campion Helen Walker Keith Williams Nick Sharman Christie Sarri Hilary Brindley Kelda Lyons Nick Shute Christophe Egret Kelvin McDonald Nick Taylor Buck Christopher Gaylord I Ken Shuttleworth Nicole Collomb Cindy Walters Ian Banks Kevin Gibbons Nigel McGurk Colin Haylock Ian Deans Kimball Bailey Nigel Wakefield Conor Moloney Ian Lomas Noel Farrer Ian Phillips Ian Sharratt L D Les Sparks Daisy Froud P Lesley Johnson Pam Alexander OBE Dan Jones J Liane Hartley Pankaj Patel Darren Price Jacqueline Bunce Liz Kessler Paul Appleby Darryl Smith James Thomas Louisa Philpott Paul Appleton Dave Chetwyn James Warne Louise Goodison Paul Bragman David Bonnett Jane Dann Louise Wyman Paul Dodd David Hills Jane Knight Ludwig Tewksbury Paul Finch OBE David Orr Jane Stoneham Lynn Kinnear Paul Karakusevic David Roberts Jane Wernick Lynne Ceeney Paul Lavelle David Strong Jason Gardner

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Paul Monaghan Sue McGlynn Paul Murrain Sue Morgan Paul Scragg Sunand Prasad Paul Watson Susan Francis Paula Vandergert Susan Green Penelope Tollitt Sylvie Pierce Peter Clash Peter Connell Peter Neal T Theo Goodall Peter Sandover 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 Simon Allford Simon Baker Simon Hudspith Simon Sturgis Sophia de Sousa Sorwar Ahmed Stefan Kruczkowski Stephen Ashworth Stephen Hill Stephen Pretlove Stephen Witherford

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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.

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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. He is a leading practitioner and architects who are managed by herself After training and practising as an an exponent of classical architecture and and co-director Sara Yablsey. architect, Alicia held several key roles at traditional urban design. the Arts Council of England, RIBA and at Alison is the first UK architect to have the Architecture Foundation, responsible During his professional career, he has won the RIBA’s three most prestigious for developing cultural programmes been responsible for major master awards for architecture - the Stirling and projects that supported excellence planning and building projects in the UK, Prize for Accordia Cambridge, with FCB in design and public engagement/ Europe, and the Middle East which have and MLA (2008), the Manser Medal participation. Whilst at the Arts Council been widely published and exhibited. (2007), and the Stephen Lawrence she established Architecture Week He is the co-author, with Lucien Steil, of Prize (2006). ABA has developed an and supported the development of the the book ‘New Palladians’ which charts international reputation for delivering network of regional Architecture Centres. the recent progress and theoretical design excellence and innovation in underpinning of modern Classical and projects ranging from urban regeneration, As Director of the Architecture Centre Traditional Architecture. He has taught masterplanning, public buildings for Alicia was responsible for the cultural at the Prince of Wales’ Institute of the arts, higher education and housing. programme of RIBA and also sat on the Architecture and has been a visiting critic ABA has recently won an international RIBA Awards Committee and judged at a number of schools of architecture. competition for the new Exeter College the RIBA regional awards. At the Quad at Oxford University. Architecture Foundation she developed He is a Fellow of The Royal Society of projects that researched and Arts, the Chairman of the Traditional Alison is a Cabe Built Environment developed tools for public engagement Architecture Group at the RIBA, a Expert, sits on the RIBA Awards Group in design. Over the years she has also trustee of the International Network for and in 2011 was a RIBA Stirling Prize contributed to numerous architecture Traditional Building Architecture and Juror. She was a Diploma Unit Master magazines, curated several exhibitions Urbanism (INTBAU), a member of the at the Architectural Association 2009- and been a visiting critic at architecture Prince Foundation, sits on the Casework 2011, has served as External Examiner schools including The Bartlett and Panel of the Georgian Group and is at Universities of Bath and Lincoln Westminster University. member of the Institute of Classical and currently at The Bartlett School Architecture and Classical America. of Architecture, UCL. She has been a More recently Alicia has been an finalist (1999) and subsequent juror for independent consultant and curator, the Housing Design Awards and Young working with organisations and Architect of the Year Awards. Alison practices. She was also selected as an lectures internationally on architecture AJ/Design for London Urban Scholar, and urbanism; including keynote developing her knowledge of public speaker at the 2008 RIBA International space and cultural regeneration and Conference. In 2012 she was invited assessing urban projects. At a local level, to lecture at the Columbia GSAPP she is Head Gardener at St Michaels New York. Alison Brooks Architects’ School and a member of the Highgate completed buildings have twice featured Village Improvement Group that is in the Phaidon Atlas of Contemporary working to improve their local High Street World Architecture. and public spaces.

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Amanda Reynolds Andrew Beard Andrew Brookes Amanda has over 25 Andrew is an architect Andrew Brookes years experience as / planner and the BEng (Hons) MBA an architect and director of a CEng FCIBSE MCMI urban designer, in the consultancy UK, Australia and company providing Andrew is an MBA New Zealand, with specialist design qualified, Chartered the last 12 years advice on schools, Building Services spent working in London on projects housing and regeneration. He was a Engineer and Registered Low Carbon throughout the UK and Ireland. She is CABE enabler for nine years, providing Consultant. He is one of the youngest the Director (from 2007) of design design advice to Local Authorities on ten Fellows of the Chartered Institute of practice AR Urbanism, following 5 schools PFI and BSF projects, a member Building Services Engineers, with over years as Director of Urban Design for of their Design Review panel and is now a 26 years experience, starting as a trainee Llewelyn Davies. Built Environment Expert. He is the Engineer at the age of 16. He has been author of several CABE publications on a Council Member of BSRIA for the last Amanda’s work has a number of threads schools design and was a founder editor 9 years and is a representative on both including large-scale residential-led of ‘Century21Schools’ magazine. CIBSE and BSRIA BIM task forces. mixed-use master planning projects, urban regeneration projects and urban He is a member of Yorkshire Design Andrew is current a Regional Director design and streetscape projects. These Review Panel and the South West with URS heading up the Education include design work and the activities Enabling Panel. With Justine Leach, he and Blue Light sectors with responsibility that flow from this process, including has organised and delivered over 50 for major multi-discplinary bid provision of design advice, community urban design skills training workshops management and delivery across the engagement activities, Design and for local authorities involved in Housing UK. In this role there is extensive Client Access Statements, Building for Market Renewal, the DEFRA Rural and multiple stakeholder engagement Life Assessments (as an Accredited Masterplanning programme and at a variety of levels and he is often ‘the Assessor) and Expert Witness advice at Neighbourhood planning. He is an face’ of URS. Projects vary in size from Public Inquiries. accredited Building for Life assessor. a £1.5m Primary school extension to a £100m PFI scheme for Avon & Somerset At present Amanda is Chair of the Urban Andrew was formerly Head of Planning Police Authority. Design Group, a Cabe Built Environment and Premises Service for Sheffield Local Expert, and part-time lecturer and Education Authority, and prior to that tutor for Master’s degree courses at was City Architect for Sheffield and head the Universities of Westminster and of a large multi-disciplinary, award- the Southbank. She regularly chairs winning design practice. He is a former and speaks at conferences on master Chair of the RIBA Validation Committee planning and urban design issues and is and is a trustee of the RIBA Education also a member of the London Boroughs Fund. He regularly acts as external of Newham and Hackney’s Design examiner at schools of architecture and Review Panels as well as TfL’s Major is a Governors for Firs Hill Primary School Projects Review Panel. She is a member in Sheffield. of the RIBA and a registered architect in the UK and New Zealand.

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Andrew Burns Andrew Cameron Andrew Swain Smith Andrew is a director Andrew is an engineer Andrew is an of urban design, with a background in environmental architecture and transportation, engineer by training. planning at Matrix architectural He joined BDP, Partnership. He holds engineering and Europe’s largest two part-time urban design. He is multidiscipline lectureships - in experienced in how architecture and Sustainable Urban Development (MSc) at we can plan for movement whilst at the engineering consultancy, in 1994, was Oxford University, and in Urban Design same time creating great streets and appointed Engineering Director in 1999 (MA) at Oxford Brookes University where enjoyable places and has been involved and Board Director in 2010. With over 15 he has taught since 2006. in many regeneration and masterplanning years of designing education buildings, projects for villages, towns and cities in he leads the Education Group within Andrew graduated from Victoria the UK and around the world. BDP’s Environmental Design Studio, the University School of Architecture and umbrella term for their building services Design BBSc and BArch (Hons) and He has acted as an advisor to engineers, lighting designers, gained his MA at the Joint Centre Government with The Urban Task Force acousticians, sustainability consultants for Urban Design, Oxford Brookes and for The House of Commons Select and building physicists. University. Andrew is also a Chartered Committees on Housing and Sustainable Town Planner. Andrew has extensive Communities. He is co-author of national Andrew is a member of the Cabe Built enabling and design review experience - and local design guidance, including Environment Expert network. Working he is a design surgeon for Urban Design Places, Streets and Movement, The with both BDP’s architects and other London, an accredited BfL assessor Urban Design Compendium, Designing leading architectural practices, he has and a member of both the LB Newham Streets (for the Scottish Government) and led teams across the broad spectrum Design Review Panel and the regional Manual for Streets 1 and 2. of education buildings, including the Berkshire panel and was formerly a highly acclaimed Hampden Gurney CABE enabler. He has acted as a CABE Space Enabler, Church of England Primary School, CABE National Design Review Panel the award winning Marlowe and Leigh Advocacy and research form part of Member and as a member of Design Academies, the Nano-Science Centre his activities - he was part of the team Review Panels for MADE and English at the University of Cambridge & the commissioned by CABE to refresh Partnerships in the south west. He is Business School at Napier University Creating Successful Masterplans Director of Urban Design at WSP Group. and the refurbishment of the Grade 1 and recently was appointed to enable listed Senate House for the University the front-runner Bray/Holyport of London. He has designed in excess Neighbourhood Plan. Andrew has of 30 BSF Schools and City Academies, prepared numerous masterplanning leading teams in BSF Islington, studies for both public and private Southwark, Greenwich, Teddington and sectors in the UK and overseas (Sierra Wandsworth to mention a few. Leone, Syria, China). UK studies include Hackney Central and Doncaster AAPs, Andrew is passionate about promoting a Harlow and Stevenage growth strategies collaborative, interdisciplinary approach and the award-winning Upton Phase B to design, and about the positive scheme for English Partnerships. impact that well designed, comfortable, sustainable environments have on those who live, work and learn in buildings.

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Andrew Taylor Andy Foster Andy Shipley Andrew established Andy originally Andy Shipley is Patel Taylor with trained as both an National Lifetime Pankaj Patel in 1989. architect and a Homes Coordinator They quickly gained structural engineer with habinteg attention with and the first part of Housing; providing a competition wins for his career involved service to the house a masterplan for the the design of high building industry Antwerp Docks and the French city of profile, complex buildings incorporating supporting public and commercial Chateauroux, and an RIBA award for the significant levels of technical innovation. developers to design and construct conversion of a stone barn in North With growing experience, his core design homes and neighbourhoods that will be Wales into an arts centre and gallery in skills have broadened to include the accessible and adaptable to respond to 1992. In 1994 he was partner-in-charge ability to coordinate and integrate a wide the needs of our diverse society. He is for competition winning Ayr Citadel range of technical disciplines. access Consultant registered with the masterplan, which took the practice into Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors a new league and secured private A five year posting to Hong Kong and was appointed as Commissioner on funding after a twenty five year hiatus. contributed invaluable knowledge the Commission for a Sustainable of major multi-disciplinary projects London 2012. Current projects include Springfield executed in a vastly different culture and Hospital in South London which converts environment. Between 1997 and 2004 Other roles include: a listed NHS hospital into 850 homes, Andy was based in London, being made -- Member of the Building Regulations Eastside City Park in Birmingham and a Director of Ove Arup & Partners in 1999. Advisory Committee the library and students centre for the He led a 100 person strong ‘building -- Member of Government’s Local University of Essex. He is overseeing design’ group and was responsible for a Standards Framework round Table the conversion of the listed Stanley diverse portfolio of projects. Mills complex in Gloucestershire into -- Chair of the 2008 BRAC review of residential accomodation, Thames View Wider responsibilities within Arup standards for accessible housing in East London and the award-winning included membership of the Technical -- Former member of CABE’s Inclusion Lowther Children’s Centre in Richmond. Executive, a six person team advising by Design advisory group the Arup Board on design and technical -- Former Trustee of the Town and Andrew’s ability has been recognised issues worldwide. A key contribution Country Planning Association by prestigious academic and public to the panel was Andy’s interest and appointments, including a visiting initiatives regarding design education. -- Chair Fieldfare trust professorship at the Welsh School of -- Trustee and former Chair of the Architecture, and he has lectured in In 2004 Andy acted on a long-held Buckinghamshire Association for Japan, Spain, France, Holland and Ireland. ambition to set up in practice and he the Blind He was also a member of CABE’s National returned to his home town of Chester -- Spoken at national and international Design Review Panel, the Newham to experience design at a smaller, more conferences and through the full range of Design Review Panel, and is an assessor local scale. Recent interests include media including radio and TV interviews for the RIBA and Civic Trust awards. small-scale sustainable design and -- Achieved amendments to the Planning historic building conservation. and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 and the Housing Act Andy sits on the advisory Board of the Built Environment Innovation Centre -- Chair of United Kingdom Institute for at Imperial College, London. He is a Inclusive Design – 2003-2005 member of the West Midlands Design -- Jan 2009 – sept 2009 Equality and Review Panel (MADE) and a Design Human rights commission leading Enabler for the North West Design work on sustainable communities Review. He is President of the Cheshire -- 2007-2009 Communities and Local Society of Architects and he also sits on Department leading work on’ Lifetime the RIBA Small Practice Committee. He Homes, Lifetime Neighbourhoods’ has taught and lectured at numerous including advising Ministers and universities in the UK and abroad. officials on Inclusive Design issues -- 2000-2007 disability rights commission leading work on Inclusive Design and access to the built environment including publishing guidance.

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Anne Diack Annie Coombs Atam Verdi Anne Diack was Annie Coombs BA Atam commenced his Director of Engaging MA, MSc, FLI career working for Places (a national Jones Lang Wootton programme to Annie Coombs is a in their City office promote built landscape architect; advising clients on environment a fellow of the development education) and Head Landscape Institute, projects. Having of Education at the Commission for with a postgraduate planning qualification. relocated to Yorkshire he commenced Architecture and the Built Environment. working on development consultancy Prior to this she had been Director of Annie started her career in the public and regeneration projects across the Research, Media and Communications sector and has held senior management North of England working with DTZ, JLL for the government Education roles in environmental consultancy and King Sturge. Department’s Innovation Unit; Research organisations. She sat on the group board Manager for BBC Education Policy; a of a UK environmental management With over 16 years experience he prize-winning BBC Executive Producer consultancy, holding board responsibility established his own consultancy in 2009. for the Open University; education for risk management and human His experience has given him a passion researcher; teacher trainer and teacher. resources as well as managing director for place making and good design as this for the Asian businesses. She worked plays a significant role in regenerating Anne has degrees from Nottingham in Asia for over 15 years, latterly with the economies of the North. This led and London Universities. She is a Life responsibility for offices in Hong Kong, to his previous involvement as a CABE Fellow of the RSA for “achievement in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. Much of Regional Representative and Enabler. education and services to innovation”. her project work in Hong Kong was on She has held a public appointment on assessment and landscape planning for Atam continues to be a Member of the National Education Research Forum, major infrastructure and new towns. the Regional Design Review Panel. He sat on/chaired many high-level steering regularly works with public and private committees and boards and judged Annie is now an independent consultant sector clients in order to assist them Lifetime Achievement for the Teaching and enabler, engaged on green with delivering property development Awards. She is a member of many infrastructure and environmental and infrastructure projects. He has also professional bodies, including the RIBA. regeneration work. She sat on three undertaken significant work with heritage design review panels, including projects assisting clients to secure Anne has played a leading role in Cabe’s national panel and she is a planning and funding to deliver revitalised national education projects for 20 years Vice-chair for the North West’s panel. schemes. Some of the major projects covering Built Environment Education, She is an accredited Building for Life he have been involved with include Literacy, Maths, school leadership, digital assessor, a senior examiner for major Scotswood Housing Expo; Middlehaven education, teacher education. She has infrastructure with PINS and a Glass- and City Park, Bradford. In addition to worked at the heart of national and local House enabler. Over the last 10 years his professional work Atam is a Board policy-making; made BBC programmes Annie has undertaken enabling and Member of Headingley Development Trust in the UK and throughout the rest of training work, including open space, and is active in the Social Enterprise sector. the world; acted as media presentation green infrastructure and public realm coach to people from all walks of life; strategies, flood recovery plans, rural conducted research; trained teachers settlement options, design competitions and taught children and young people. and localism.

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Barry Shaw Ben Castell Ben Hamilton-Baillie Barry Shaw is an Specialising in policy As founder / director independent adviser research, urban of Hamilton-Baillie on town planning and regeneration, Associates, Ben urban design. neighbourhood specialises in street Qualified as an planning and design and the architect as well as a masterplanning, Ben relationship between town planner, he has has been involved in people, places and over 35 years of experience working the management and implementation of traffic. A previous CABE Enabler now across the public, private and voluntary a range of projects, including all the major Built Environment Expert for Cabe he sectors in the UK and Europe. He is an UK regeneration programmes. Author of serves on three regional design review adviser to English Heritage, Cabe at the the ‘Layout and Connectivity’ and panels and teaches at the universities of Design Council and Essex County ‘Quality Places’ urban design chapters of Bath and the West of England. Council and serves on the Board of the the Government’s seminal Manual for Kent Architecture Centre. Streets, Ben is also principal author of Qualified as an architect at Cambridge, Safer Places: the Planning System and Ben worked in architecture and housing Barry has particular experience in Crime Prevention for ODPM/Home development until 1995. He then worked regeneration and the planning and Office, CABE’s Better Places to Work, for Sustrans, planning the UK’s National delivery of new development, as well as EEDA’s Towns and Cities Action Plan: Cycle Network. In 2000 Ben was managing change in historic areas. He Urban Renaissance in the East of awarded a Winston Churchill Fellowship specialises in developing projects from the England and ODPM guidance on to study traffic in towns in mainland earliest stages to create sustainable and Statements of Community Involvement. Europe, and in 2001 was a Loeb Fellow practical places. He is strongly committed at Harvard University Graduate School to partnership working with local He has also spent time on secondment to of Design. In 2003 Ben was appointed communities and is a skilled facilitator. CABE as Policy and Research Manager. part of the expert panel for the InterReg Ben’s ‘on the ground’ experience funded ‘Shared Space’ research project, Barry was formerly Director of the Essex includes managing or directing working with the late Hans Monderman to Design Initiative where he led a multi- masterplans/Area Action Plans for King’s establish a stronger relationship between disciplinary team supporting a wide Lynn town centre and marina, Cambridge street design and driver behaviour. range of local authorities in eastern Northern Fringe, Chatham Waterfront, England. He had previously set up the Jaywick, Stoke-on-Trent Commercial Since 2005, Ben has been closely Kent Architecture Centre supporting Core, West Hull, Lakeside/West Thurrock, involved with schemes from planning and design decision making Redhill and a number of town centres in masterplanning through to rural traffic across the south east. His work included Northern Ireland and mining settlements schemes. Notable project involvement advising Ministers on the original in Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire. Policy include the Ashford Ring Road establishment of CABE and visiting work includes sub-regional studies for transformation, Exhibition Road, and professor at the Harvard Unit for Housing Greater Nottingham, Cornwall and Essex. street design strategies for Hereford, and Urbanisation. Oxford and Winchester. Ben is the Ben has a strong specialism in designing author of Traffic in Villages, a toolkit Barry is currently a Cabe Built out crime, including contributing to for rural communities helping to build Environment Expert and sits on a CABE’s recent research project and local capacity for engagement with number of committees including the advising Governments in the Middle East highway authorities. English Heritage Advisory Committee on planning for safety and security. and Sustainability Committee at Swan Housing. He was awarded the MBE for services to architecture.

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Biljana Savic Bill Gething Bill Hanway Biljana is a versatile Bill Gething was Bill Hanway is the built environment educated at Executive Vice professional with Cambridge University President for Building extensive experience and joined the + Places in the working as an architectural and Americas. Building + architect, urban urban design practice Places is the global planner and of Feilden Clegg design, engineering, consultant and policy advisor. She is Bradley Studios in 1980. He was made a cost estimating and strategic currently the Urban Programme Manager partner in 1983 and developed a broad consultancy team for AECOM comprising at The Prince’s Foundation for Building experience including master planning, some 10,000 staff around the world. Community. bespoke office buildings, Higher Education buildings, housing and the Trained and qualified as an architect in the Previous roles include Senior Enabling design of caring communities. United States and based in London since Advisor at CABE and Director of Space 1996, Bill balances operational leadership Syntax Limited, in addition to numerous Bill has particular expertise in with project-based delivery. He provides architectural and urban designer environmental issues and was the design leadership management of positions in practices across London, personally involved with the design and AECOM’s multidisciplinary team and Bosnia - Herzegovina and Egypt. implementation of many of the projects works in the Americas, Europe, and the that have contributed to the practice’s Middle East. His work focuses on major Biljana is a strong team leader with reputation as leaders in the field He left urban regeneration projects, and sports proven project, programme and business FCBS in 2009 to develop an independent masterplanning. management and delivery skills. She is architecture and sustainability focused on developing evidence-based consultancy but still maintains close His recent projects include the London and deliverable policies and design/ links. He has developed similarly close 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games planning solutions, utilising innovative links with the sustainability team at and Legacy Masterplan, a new campus methods of stakeholder engagement. An environmental engineers, Max Fordham, extension for Cambridge University, and effective communicator and dedicated as well as working on independent the Heart of Doha Masterplan in Qatar. relationship builder, she has extensive projects, particularly in the fields of He also worked on the masterplan for experience of independent facilitation climate change adaptation and thermal the Kings Waterfront in Liverpool which and chairing of meetings, workshops upgrading of the existing stock. includes the WEA Arena, and on the and public events. She has lectured and Eastlands Sports City masterplan for participated in course work reviews at Bill is a visiting professor at the University the 2002 Commonwealth Games in a number of leading architecture, urban of Bath, an external examiner for the Manchester. Bill headed AECOM’s team design and planning undergraduate and Architectural Association Sustainable which won the international competition graduate courses in England, Wales and Environmental Design Masters course to provide the masterplan for the Olympic Germany. She has presented at national and a member of BRE Global’s Park in Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Games. and international conferences on the Governing Body. He chaired the RIBA subjects of large scale urban design, Sustainable Futures Committee between spatial analysis and masterplanning, 2002 and 2009, the editing panel for the movement studies, housing in growth RIBA Climate Change Toolkits and has and renewal areas and national and local recently produced a Green Overlay to the design support structures. Plan of Work.

A member of the RIBA, RTPI, Urban Design Group, Biljana is also an academician with the Academy of Urbanism, an accredited Building for Life assessor, a NCI charrette and a Spaceshaper facilitator. She is an APM certified project and programme manager and an enabler with The Glass House Community Led Design. Biljana passionately believes that good design and planning should improve quality of life.

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Bob Allies Caroline Lewis Catherine Burd Bob Allies and Caroline Lewis is an Catherine Burd is a Graham Morrison internationally founding director of founded the practice experienced Access Burd Haward Allies and Morrison in Consultant, Architects, a small, 1984 and together recognised across award-winning they continue to the private, architectural practice retain responsibility government and formed in 1998. Their for its design direction. not-for-profit sectors for provision of high first built project won the RIBA Manser level consultancy and training services Medal in 2002, and in 2005 they were Bob Allies trained at the University of backed by policy and research expertise. selected by the AJ as one of ‘40 under Edinburgh and was awarded the Rome 40’ emerging influential British practices. Scholarship in Architecture. He was a Caroline began full time employment As a director of Burd Haward Architects, lecturer at the University of Cambridge as an access consultant in 1999 after Catherine leads design and delivery of a and has held visiting professorships at completing a Postgraduate Diploma in range of carefully considered new the University of Edinburgh, the University Town Planning at the University of Wales, buildings and spaces - from one-off of Bath and the University of Maryland. Cardiff. She has successfully worked houses, housing developments, schools, with major customers such as Wales restaurants, arts and theatre projects. He has been a member of the faculty of Assembly Government, Department for She is currently working on a major new the British School at Rome, has served Transport and Sydney Opera House. She building project for the National Trust on on the Council of the Architectural has designed and delivered training on an architecturally sensitive rural site, with Association and was a member of the access including accredited training for London Borough of Camden designing Advisory Board for the CABE/DETR architects through the Royal Institute of housing for key urban infill sites, and with document ‘By Design’. He is currently a British Architects. the City of London on the design of new member of the Cabe Built Environment sports pavilions on Hampstead Heath. Expert network, a member of the RIBA Caroline has sat on the British Standards Awards Group and chairman of the Institute Panel (BS8300) and was an In addition to leading the practice, annual Brick Awards. advisor for the Civic Trust Awards. She Catherine is an experienced critic chaired interview panels for applicants and communicator. She has taught to the National Register of Access and lectured at a number of Schools Consultants (NRAC). Publications of Architecture, and is an RIBA include ‘Housing Sight’ and ‘Adapting competitions assessor. She has sat Homes’ - the outcome of a research on may architectural awards panels, project funded by the Welsh Assembly including BD Architect of the Year, NHBC Government to provide complementary Housing, Manser Medal, RIBA and Civic guidance to ‘Lifetime Homes’. She has Trust Awards. Catherine enjoyed being been involved in policy research projects a member of CABE’s National Design including: Designing for People with Review Panel since 2009 and is now a Disabilities in Home Zones (Disabled Built Environment Expert. Persons Transport Advisory Committee); Planning, buildings, streets and disability equality (Disability Rights Commission); Measuring physical access barriers to services (Disability Rights Commission).

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Charles Campion Christie Sarri Christophe Egret Charles Campion Christie graduated in Christophe is an B(Soc)Sc DipUD 2003 from the Architect with over 20 RIBA University of Rome years practice “La Sapienza” and experience on local Charles is partner specialised in and international in charge of prediction of damage projects. For 10 years participatory for Cultural Heritage he worked alongside planning processes with communities structures. She is chartered engineer Norman Foster, Ian Ritchie, John and stakeholders from all backgrounds (ICE:2007) and she is acquiring a broad McAslan, Nigel Coates and Ron Arad and and sectors. Over the last 15 years range of expertise in large public and more recently with Will Alsop. His Charles has worked on masterplanning private projects in the built environment. management covered the Peckham and urban design projects in the UK Library (winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize and internationally. In September 2009 Christie worked for Balfour Beatty being 2000), the Blizzard Building for the Queen Charles travelled to San Diego to accept project engineer of a CTRL contract and Mary Research laboratory in the International Association of Public later as assistant manager. During that Whitechapel, the winning design for the Participation Project of the Year Award period, she has been trained and carried Fourth Grace in Liverpool and the 2009 for Scarborough Renaissance. out Health and Safety Representative Manchester Millennium Village duties in the work sites. Then she framework plan. Charles currently leads JTP’s team joined Arup and other than producing running participatory design processes structural design work for CrossRail, In 2004 he joined forces with David West, for the Scottish Government’s charrette Blackfriars and St. Pancras projects, she an Urban Designer, to create Studio mainstreaming programme. Recent was the structural manager for Western Egret West, a dynamic cross platform projects include running the award Concourse- King’s Cross project and the workshop where architecture and urban winning community engagement Isle of Dogs station (CrossRail Scheme). design are united to create a unique process to plan the new zero carbon working environment where city and neighbourhood at Graylingwell Park, She managed and oversaw the building speak to each other. Christophe Chichester; leading the community work structural engineering teams, has been leading the practices input planning process for the proposed coordinated the interfaces with into the regeneration of the Park Hill new urban extension at Hethersett in architects, other engineers (mechanical, community in Sheffield (including the Norfolk; facilitating a cooperative regional services, etc), run design reviews for transformation of the longest listed Planning charrette in Auroville, India those projects and negotiated solutions building in Europe) and the detailed and working as process leader with with the client. At the end of 2009, she design and delivery of the Library Building international multi-disciplinary charrette created her own consultancy (aased) (Clapham), an award winning mixed teams in Sweden, Lombok and Iceland. specialising in energy retrofitting of use development that combines library, existing structures, seismic design and council services, community centre, structural analysis of art structures. family clinic and high value apartments.

Christophe is a frequent lecturer in architectural matters on subjects including residential developments, sustainable communities, design participation, art and colour. He is a visiting lecturer and critic at the AA architecture and urbanism unit. He also sits on member advisory boards, such as the Islington international festival, the Whitechapel gallery, and is a member of the Cabe Built Environment Expert network. He has recently been appointed to join the RIBA Trust Board.

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Christopher Gaylord Cindy Walters Colin Haylock Christopher Gaylord Cindy was born in Colin Haylock is an M.Arch (Harvard) Australia and moved architect/planner with B.A. (Princeton) to London in 1990 to over 35 years high ARB RIBA AIA work for Foster and profile experience International Assoc. Partners before spanning public and setting up Walters private sectors. He Christopher is an and Cohen with spent 25 years with experienced architect, proficient in the Michál Cohen in 1994. Cindy and Michal Newcastle City Council, the last ten of design, delivery and auditing of many continue to run the practice, the first in which (to 1999) were as Assistant Director building types and masterplans. He the UK to be founded by two women. of Planning and Transportation, leading a has worked with David Chipperfield 20 member multi-disciplinary Architects and I.M. Pei and Partners Problem solving is Cindy’s main strength, Environmental Design Team and in New York, and has directed leading which has been demonstrated in a diverse Specialist Conservation Service to all five architectural practices in the UK. range of education, leisure, cultural and former Tyne and Wear County Districts. commercial projects in both the public He then spent ten years as Urban Design Christopher was an active CABE Enabler and private sectors, including RIBA and Director with architectural practice, Ryder. since 2005 and is now a Cabe Built Civic Trust Award-winning buildings. Environment Expert. On CABE’s behalf Since April 2011 Colin has been running he has enabled two major medical As well as being a champion of design an independent consultancy, Haylock projects and conducted Post-Occupancy excellence, Cindy believes that design is Planning and Design. He was a part-time Evaluations on two completed schools. a powerful antidote for social inequality. lecturer at Newcastle University between Latterly he served on Cabe at the Design Participation in design education 1999 - 2001 and is currently visting Council’s Health Building Steering is another passion and Cindy has lecturer at Newcastle University and Group and helped shape its Medical pursued academic roles as a tutor University College London. Built Environment Programme. He at the Architectural Association and studied at Harvard Graduate School external examiner at the Bartlett School Colin was a CABE Regional of Design, (Masters of Architecture of Architecture, Westminster University, Representative (2000 - 2010), was on 1988) and Princeton (Bachelor of Arts in Birmingham University and the Welsh the CABE Planning Advisory Forum Architecture and Urban Design 1981). School of Architecture. and was Committee member from inception (2004). He is a Building for Life Chris currently co-teaches the Cindy has been involved with the RIBA Accredited Assesor, has been a CABE Sustainable Tall Buildings Studio at Awards since 2007, and is currently a Enabler since 2006 and is now a Cabe Nottingham University, and has taught member of the RIBA Awards Group. Cindy Built Environment Expert. Awards include at Bath, the Architectural Association is also a RIBA Competitions assessor, Assessor for the Civic Trust, RICS and and Harvard. He won competitions for a judge for the RIBA Research Awards Constructing Excellence. Colin is the new Masterplans and buildings, with and a regular lecturer at schools of current President of RTPI. numerous exhibitions and publications architecture and design. Cindy is currently of his work and interviews in the undertaking a PhD in Architecture at the design press. Chris chaired the Design Bartlett School of Architecture. Excellence Awards when he was on the board of the American Institute of Architects UK chapter.

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Conor Moloney Daisy Froud Dan Jones Conor Moloney is a Daisy Froud is Dan established civic planner and co-founder of with Andrew Siddall in geographer with core multi-disciplinary 2005, and has expertise in architecture practice provided professional sustainable AOC (founded 2003), design services and placemaking, where she leads the strategic enabling strategic planning firm’s participation services as an and neighbourhood development. arm. With 14 years experience in Architect working with community stakeholder engagement and groups and local councils since 1998. In 2012, Conor was appointed Head of collaborative planning, Daisy specialises Regions & Communities at BioRegional, in devising and implementing tools and Dan was Managing Director of The Glass- an enterprising charity which works in strategies that allow multiple voices to House in 2004-05 and has provided partnership with communities, local meaningfully contribute to design and technical training, independent design authorities and businesses to develop decision-making processes. support and has arranged domestic and practical solutions for sustainability. international architectural study tours He is currently leading BioRegional’s An experienced facilitator, she enjoys for a wide range of community groups, work on projects ranging from a ‘Green helping diverse groups find common skilled client teams, adult tenants and Deal’ retrofit programme with Cherwell ground and shared priorities in situations residents organisations, and youth District Council to an Economic Strategy where policy constraints, or lack of groups, to strengthen the relationship for Brighton & Hove City Council and resources, pose challenges. A qualified between users and the design process. Brighton & Hove Economic Partnership. translator, Daisy has a First in Languages from Cambridge University, an MA with Dan is a Cabe Built Environment Expert Previously Conor worked with numerous Distinction in Cultural Memory, and and was a Playshaper Facilitator until the local authorities and community-based teaches on the theory and practice of programme ended in 2011. partners across Britain and Ireland in urban change at The Bartlett. She has planning, transport and urban design just completed a visiting professorship Dan’s main area of expertise is in practice Urban Initiatives. Much of this at Yale, running a seminar course on supporting public involvement in design work has required careful consultation, participatory architecture. and regeneration projects, both through facilitation and enabling, including strategic regional initiatives and through through Architecture + Design Scotland’s She is an Academician of the Academy small-scale community asset transfer Sustainable Placemaking programme. of Urbanism, an accredited Building projects in collaboration with rural Conor is interested in the scope for people For Life assessor, a member of the and semi-rural Local Councils. Dan is to take an active role in guiding processes London Borough of Newham Design passionate about driving a legal remit of change in their own neighbourhoods. Review Panel, and an Enabler for The for the general public to have their say Glass-House and Cabe, where she about the design of the built environment Previously, a researcher at London has supported the ‘neighbourhood linked to the Planning Process such as School of Economics and a founding planning frontrunners’. Prior to founding through new governance mechanisms member of University of Ulster’s ‘Yellow AOC, Daisy worked for regeneration like Neighbourhood Planning. Space’ advocacy project, Conor bodies Central London Partnership supported civil society leadership in and Groundwork, and for five years Dan has just completed civic’s first built environment issues in post-conflict devised and delivered design-awareness significant public building, the Gamlingay Northern Ireland. He has extensive training for local authority councillors at Eco Hub, which itself represents a experience in design teaching at architecture centre Open House. uniquely innovative social action on university level and is a former President the part of the project team. Dan has of the Architectural Association of supported local residents and the Parish Ireland. He graduated with distinction in Council for 8 years to turn a defunct comparative International Planning from 70’s community building into the most UCL (2011), with distinction in urban environmentally sustainable community Human Geography from LSE (2003), facility in East Anglia, if not the country. and with honours in Architecture from University College Dublin (1993, RIBA Parts I & II). He is a licentiate member of the Royal Town Planning Institute.

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Darren Price Darryl Smith Dave Chetwyn After training as an Darryl is president of Dave Chetwyn’s architect in The Access current roles include Manchester (RIBA Association which Managing Director of Pt2) Darren worked champions an Urban Vision for Manchester City inclusive and Enterprise CIC, a Council in a accessible Cabe Built community environment. In this Environment Expert, development role before lecturing and role he is a keen advocate of partnership Vice Chair of the National Planning completing his PhD entitled ‘Community working and was particularly pleased to Forum, Planning Chair with Civic Voice Involvement in the Design of Social have co-delivered a national programme and Vice Chair of the Historic Towns Housing’ at the University of Sheffield in of “Planning for Inclusion” seminars. Forum. He is also heritage specialist 2002. Following this he gained adviser on Crossrail Thames Tunnels experience on client-side for LB Tower As a member of the former Inclusion section and a member of the West Hamlets, working on the innovative by Design Group (CABE), Darryl midlands (MADE) and East Midlands ‘Housing Choice’ stock-transfer contributed to a number of national and (OPUN) design review panels. programme, co-ordinating numerous regional projects & publications, various estate steering groups, housing Government Equality Schemes, as well Former roles include Head of Planning associations and their consultants. developing a number of initiatives that Aid England, UK Chair of the Institute contribute to place-making and cohesion. of Historic Building Conservation, In 2007 he ran to the hills (actually ambled and a team leader (urban design and to the foothills of the Peak District) and Darryl has sat on a number of roundtables, conservation) in local Government. became the Architecture and Urban seminars and working groups which He has advised various Government Design Advisor at Urban Vision North have driven forward the inclusive design departments, groups, reviews and Staffordshire. His role at UVNS included, agenda. Darryl is a Cohesion & Inclusion Parliamentary select committees on managing the successful Design Review Lead in Local Government. He has held planning, regeneration, heritage, urban Panel, which was chaired by Ted Cullinan various posts promoting Access in the design, community engagement, etc. and reviewed over 250 schemes, as well public sector since 1993. This followed an as providing a local enabling service and earlier career as a Town Planner. He is a Dave is a chartered member of the developing and delivering a range of strong advocate of working in partnership Royal Town Planning Institute, full training courses. with groups whose voices struggle to member of the Institute of Historic be heard. Building Conservation and Fellow Since leaving UVNS in 2011 Darren has of the Institute of Leadership and been working in private consultancy as Darryl grew up as a carer, which helped to Management. He has MAs in both Town Place A.R.T (advice:research:training) give him a pragmatic approach to design Planning and Architectural History. predominantly advising volume issues that need to be people focused His expertise and experience includes housebuilders and working with and flexible. Inevitably he is keen to see town planning, neighbourhood planning communities. He is an accredited inclusive outcomes which are informed and (training, enabling, techniques), local Building For Life Assessor, a Glass-House supported by effective user involvement. and national policy and influencing, Community-Led Design Enabler, an community planning, design and Academician at the Academy of Urbanism heritage-led economic development and a PlacEd Ambassador as well as and regeneration, developing/delivering being Chair of Governors at a local school. training programmes. He also has leadership and management experience with UK, national and local organisations and a strong track record in third-sector organisational development.

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David Bonnett David Hills David Orr Dr David Bonnett Educated at David Orr is a RIBA FRSA Ph.D BA Cambridge University, Chartered Landscape B.Arch David Hills Architect and urban established the designer providing David Bonnett is a architectural practice design and advocacy consultant architect DSDHA with Deborah services in place with a background in Saunt in 2001 after making and the both local authority and private practice. working for PanterHudspith, Tim Ronalds design of urban and rural areas for In 1994 David completed his Research and Erick van Egeraat. Having received regeneration, development, conservation Degree (Ph.D) on ‘Design Effectiveness ten RIBA Awards for their completed and environmental improvement. for People with Severe Disabilities’. projects, DSDHA were named BD This, as well as his personal knowledge Architect of the Year and Education He has many years experience in leading of disability, has made David a leading Architect of the Year in 2010. Within the complex urban design projects at a figure on the subject. practice, David has led a number of award variety of scales from neighbourhood winning projects including the Stirling and small town to rural county or city David Bonnett Architects was Prize shortlisted Christ’s College School. district. He regularly works with other established in 1994 in response to the multidiscipline teams and has extensive demand for his particular experience and His recent experience has focused on experience facilitating both community skills as Architect-Access Consultant. special needs education, with supporting and professional design workshops. Following expansion, the practice was role as Design Champion for the London He is an enabler for the Glass-House reformed as David Bonnett Associates Borough of Brent, as well as growing and a network member for the Prince’s (DBA) in 2001. DBA is now one of the commissions for high density mixed use Foundation and sits on the Cornwall leading access consultancy practices in residential development including major Design Review Panel. the UK, working on significant projects projects of 1000 apartments in Islington, and with many of the major architectural and 300 apartments in Westminster. Before founding David Orr Consulting in practices in the UK and Europe. 2009, David was Technical Director David has taught architecture since for at Mouchel where he formed and over ten years at Cambridge and the managed the urban design team. Prior Architectural Association. He currently to this he worked with Alan Baxter teaches a Diploma Studio at London & Associates managing a range of Metropolitan University and is an external masterplanning, research and urban examiner at Nottingham University. design projects after holding positions at David was a member of the CABE WS Atkins and formerly HLM Architects. National Design Review Panel since He has led and managed a number of 2009 and has contributed to town centre strategies, masterplans for significant reviews of projects of all mixed and housing development, public natures from urban regeneration, space design and detailed landscape national infrastructure and residential design projects across the UK and development of many different scales. overseas, many in historic towns or He is now a Built Environment Expert. sensitive environments.

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David Roberts David Strong David Ubaka David Roberts BSc Prof. David Strong David Ubaka is a (Hons) MRICS FRSA B.Sc.(Hons.) D.Phil. Chartered Architect (Oxon.) C.Eng. and Urban Designer David has over 25 FCIBSE FEI with substantial years’ experience public and private in the development, Professor Strong is sector experience. A construction and an internationally regular speaker at facilities management industry and recognised expert in sustainable building conferences, guest lecturer at UK and for the last 10 years has specialised design and refurbishment. He has a international universities and judge for in sustainable urban regeneration wealth of knowledge associated with several national architectural and urban as a Director of igloo Regeneration. the low/zero carbon buildings and is regeneration awards. He has been an assessor for the a specialist in whole system thinking, RICS Assessment of Professional building physics and integrative design. David created David Ubaka Placemakers Competence, external examiner for the LLP (DUP) in 2012 as an independent University of Central Lancashire and a Key roles have included: Managing design and implementation client judge for the RICS Property Management Director of BRE Environment with services consultancy and has secured Corporate Social Responsibility Awards. responsibility for five major centres of clients in both sectors. Prior to expertise; Sustainable Development, establishing DUP, he was for nine years In addition to his igloo Directorships Housing, Sustainable Energy (formerly Head of Design with Transport for London David has been a Commissioner on BRECSU), Environmental Consultancy (spending two years seconded as the Royal Institution of Chartered and the BREEAM Centre. Chief Executive Assistant Director of Design for London) Surveyors’ Presidential Commission on of Inbuilt Consulting Ltd (2007 to 2010), and led the design and implementation of Sustainability and National Sustainability currently a Director of David Strong all transport infrastructure, public space, Panel Member of the Government’s Consulting Ltd. and a Visiting Professor, streetscape, mixed-use developments Sustainable Development Commission. University of Nottingham, School of the and design policy projects e.g. Crossrail, He has been a Design Review Panel Built Environment. Cable Car, Oxford Circus Crossing, Member at MADE, the Architecture Windrush Square, all new London Centre for the West Midlands and is Originally a graduate of Bath University Overground, Underground and DLR currently a Member of Design Review with a First Class degree in Building stations. Legible London and the policy Panel at Places Matter in the North West Engineering, David was awarded a document Better Streets. of England. Last year David was invited Doctorate by Oxford University in to be a Commissioner on the RICS Land 1980. David currently chairs the Energy Within the private sector he worked & Society Commission and has been an Efficiency Partnership for Buildings and at senior level in a variety of Design Associate Director of the Sustainable a Ministerial Advisory Forum on the Practices covering areas such as Development Foundation since 2008. government’s Green Deal. He was a Housing, Commercial office, Retail, member of the 2012 Olympic Village and Hotel and Heritage. In 2011 he won Stratford City Environment Review Panel. the inaugural Alan Cherry Placemaking award – given to the senior public David was presented with the 2007 sector executive to have had the Building Sustainability Leadership most significant impact upon the built award for establishing the UK Green environment. David is a fellow of the Building Council, with the judges Royal Society of Arts and Chartered describing him as “one of the most Institute of Highways and Transportation. influential figures in the drive to make the industry sustainable”.

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David West Deborah Nagan Dominic Papa David is a founding Deborah Nagan is a Dominic Papa has partner of Studio Egret geographer, but feels over 18 years West, and a planner that she is slowly experience on and urban designer completing a full large-scale urban and specialising in urban circle through her architectural projects. visions and strategic practice in Dominic is a co- framework plans. architecture and founder of S333 landscape back to geography at a time Architecture + Urbanism, an Anglo-Dutch Since graduating from Manchester when joined up thinking about our practice. Dominic works freely between university / TU Delft, Holland, David has environment is critical to the good the disciplines of architecture and urban worked on a number of diverse projects husbandry of our planet and to the quality design and brings to the practice skills in all over the world. At Atkins, he worked & longevity of our built environment. conceptual design, strategic urban on large-scale masterplans in China, thinking and detailed design on large- Portugal, Abu Dhabi, and Brazil. Then at For over a decade Deborah’s work scale residential led mixed-use Alsop Architects, he established and led has been polarised at macro and developments, schools, and masterplans. the ‘Big Architecture’ team, formulating micro scales: She has experience of radical urban strategies that challenged grand masterplans and has worked Dominic Papa is Professor in Practice in conventional thinking about places. on large consultant teams dealing the Housing and Urbanism Programme with complicated works (Wood Wharf, at the AA. He has led a research team Having set up Studio Egret West with Qatar Petroleum, Saadiyat, London exploring the contemporary conditions Christophe Egret in 2004, David has Olympics). She has also initiated, influencing the success and failure of pursued a passion for delivering place designed, and implemented tiny projects, intense forms of housing and urbanism specific strategies and solutions. David transforming neglected urban corners, in Britain. He is developing new initiatives is a member of Cabe’s Built Environment creating unusual gardens and restoring in the Architecture of Innovation. This Expert network, Design for London’s compromised landscapes (Waterloo includes developing next generation Urban Design Panel and the TFL Design Forest, Heinerscheid Fritillary Garden, St mixed-use workspace neighbourhoods. Review Panel. Flavie Flood Restoration). This has given This work is also being developed within her an insight and skill within the way that the Communities of Competence for quality design can be embedded in the INTA, the urban development forum. largest and smallest schemes. He is a Cabe Built Environment Expert Lately, her personal interest, and thus where he brings expertise and advice the activity of her practice has been on design strategy, urban design and active change in our living and working typology to large strategic developments. areas (Brixton & Waterloo). They have He is also a regional design panel completed local community projects, member for the West Midlands. He has especially city greening. She is proud to been a member of the RIBA Housing serve on the Southwark Design Review Group advising on policy He has judged Panel, and has an understanding of the a number of international awards and real value of this process. competitions, has written articles for the international press and has contributed to TV debates in the UK, Netherlands and New Zealand.

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Doug King Edward Hobson Eira Hughes A chartered physicist, Edward is a planner Eira Hughes is a chartered engineer and urban designer chartered town and chartered and with over 10 planner and a environmentalist, years’ experience of chartered landscape Doug King practices advising national and architect, with a in the field of low local policies, Master’s degree in impact building strategies and Civic Design design, applying the principles of interventions to improve the built (Liverpool) and a Diploma in Landscape engineering physics, together with a environment through leading diverse Architecture (Leeds). deep understanding of architecture and teams of nationally respected experts. human behaviour, to the integrated Her previous posts include: Executive design of sustainable buildings. He is Currently he is an Associate at the Director of Regeneration and now a recognised leader in the field, Institute for Sustainability leading the Neighbourhood Services (and Head having contributed to many ground development of knowledge transfer of Urban Renewal for the LSP) for breaking buildings including: Sainsbury’s and dissemination. As former Head of Halton MBC (2002-2005); Regional Greenwich; the Weald and Downland Sustainable & Inclusive Design at CABE Director of Planning, Environment and Gridshell; the new Rolls Royce Factory; he developed significant partnerships Regional Policy Co-ordination (including the Genzyme Centre in Boston, the across the public and private sectors, a year as a Senior Civil Servant - the largest LEED Platinum building in the establishing and managing CABE’s Acting Regional Director of Transport) world, and the Innovate Green Office, sustainable design initiative, Sustainable for Government Office North West which achieved the highest ever Cities. Edward led the creation and (1996-2002); Chief Planner / Head of BREEAM score. development of CABE’s specialist Conservation Advice and Policy / Head public space unit, CABE Space, for of Landscape and Land Use Policy for Invention is a hallmark of Doug’s work 8 years working closely with national Countryside Council for Wales (1991- and he often use innovative approaches government, professional bodies 1996); devising, programming and to solving conventional problems. He and industry stakeholders to support delivering new-build, conservation, is founder and principal of the award local authorities to improve the quality enhancement and reclamation projects winning engineering design practice King of public space across the country. for the City of Manchester Planning Shaw Associates and Royal Academy of Edward also has extensive research Department, and Newport Borough Engineering Visiting Professor in Building and knowledge management expertise. Council’s Housing Department. Physics. He is also an advisor to the Ove At CABE, he directed a programme Arup Foundation, a member of South of research, building an unparalleled In 2005/6, Eira set up her own West Design Review and a member of portfolio of evidence demonstrating the consultancy. She became a SOLACE the RIBA Validation Panel. value of high quality environments. Associate, a CABE Space Enabler, and a CABE (Planning and Design Panel) Doug was author of the widely acclaimed Edward also brings strong connections Enabler. She has done much work as a report “Engineering a Low Carbon Built to the higher education community. As Transform South Yorkshire Enabler. She Environment” published by the Royal a trained teacher and facilitator, he was also a Member of the North West Academy of Engineering and this year holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Design Review Panel, and become an was awarded Honorary Fellowship of Higher Education and ensures standards Accredited ‘Building for Life’ Assessor. the RIBA for services to architecture and as an external doctoral examiner for In addition, she is currently a Registered environmental engineering. Oxford Brookes University. He is an Commissioner for the Infrastructure independent adviser to several Research Planning Commission. Council projects.

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Emma Luddington Eric Holding Fred Manson OBE Emma Luddington is Eric Holding is Trained as an an independent Director of Strategy at architect, Fred Inclusive Design JTP Cities, a Manson moved into Consultant and specialist public sector Architect offering consultancy at John management where advice on the design Thompson & Partners he oversaw planning, and management of providing strategic property inclusive environments. She has placemaking advice to clients management, regulation services and practiced for 15 years as an Inclusive undertaking large-scale developments environmental management for Design Consultant (formerly Access worldwide. Southwark Council. During his time there Consultant) and is passionate about the (1986-2001) he also oversaw the creation of buildings that are well Over the last 25 years Eric has been development of Tate Modern, the designed – or in other words buildings involved in sustainable masterplanning Millennium Bridge and Peckham Library. that look good, perform well and, in and the design of high & medium density particular, buildings that meet the needs mixed-use developments and has Fred is now an associate director at of users, now and in the future. delivered award-winning schemes for the Heatherwick Studio where he is a number of high profile clients across engaged in most projects undertaken Emma works part-time (2-days per the UK and in Europe. He is an expert in this creative studio. Although he has week) as a freelance Inclusive Design in participatory planning, and working no formal planning qualification he has Consultant and part-time (2-days per with local communities to shape new participated in planning matters as a week) as Inclusive Design Officer in development in the spirit of Localism. result of his work at Southwark. the Planning Policy team at Islington Borough Council. In both capacities Eric has become increasingly involved Fred was a member of the national she regularly deliver training to a wide in strategic projects and from 2004- CABE design review panel, a co-chair of audience from designers to Town 2007 was responsible for leading an school review panels, a panel member Planners, from post-graduate students international team creating an award- on many Local Plan Panel reviews and to a focus group of disabled residents winning, sustainable urban extension is now a Built Environment Expert. In in Islington. Interest in user needs and to Reykjavik for 10,000 people. More a personal capacity he has spoken at designing inclusively began during her recently he has been involved at international events on a wide variety of training as an Architect in the 1990’s, Battersea Power Station carrying out subjects relating to the built environment. was complemented by 8 years practical early feasibility and sensitivity testing. He has been a trustee of a number of experience of working as an Architect organisations ranging from Artangel to (designing public and private buildings Since 2010 Eric has devised and run Foundation for Allergy Research and and open space), and 15 years as an a series of seminars leading to a 25 Open City. Access / Inclusive Design Consultant. year Placemaking Strategy. He was responsible for devising and running Emma’s understanding and knowledge the architectural competition for Phase of inclusive design has been further One - won by Ian Simpson & DRMM. informed by personal experience of He is currently working in one of the ten physical disability. She has been able to international teams selected to look at use my architectural training and her years the expansion of Moscow. of practicing as an Architect to inform the profession that she now chooses. Eric trained as an architect in the UK and United States, He taught design studio at Oxford Brookes University, and was employed as a Research Associate in Architectural Studies at Middlesex University. He has written ‘Staged Architecture’, which was selected as Sunday Times Architecture Book of the Year, as well as chapters and articles on architecture and urban theory for periodicals and magazines.

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Garry Colligan Geoff Noble Geoff Wright Garry Colligan is an Geoff Noble is a Geoff Wright is a town architect specialising Geordie by birth and planner and urbanist in masterplanning education, but a with 35 years and urban design. His Londoner by experience of own practice, think adoption. He has achieving urban place, was started in more than thirty years developments. He is a 2006. The practice experience in Londoner who moved works with both the public and the planning, urban design and conservation North, studying at Altrincham Grammar private sector in the UK and with qualifications in all three disciplines. and Sheffield University. He then worked internationally. It has a growing reputation in East Yorkshire and Manchester before with projects in England, Scotland, After working for local authorities in Tyne moving to Birmingham. Ireland, Poland and Romania and is and Wear, Staffordshire and Hampshire perhaps best known in this country for its Geoff joined English Heritage in 1985 Geoff has experience of local governance involvement in Chelsea Barracks. as one of their first recruits. He spent and business management. He is a ten years assigned the north of England board member of MADE and was Head More recently Garry co-founded Place before moving to the London team, of City Centre Planning at Birmingham Research Lab a community interest finally becoming Deputy Director. He City Council through the 90’s, leading company set up in partnership with UEL was secretary to the London Advisory award winning plans and projects, and dedicated to applied research into Committee from 1995-2005 and advised working with Council Leaders and Chief important urban issues. He is a member on many major development schemes Executives and the Director of Planning of the East Midlands Design Review across the capital. and Architecture, Les Sparks. He was Panel and an Urban Design Surgeon for responsible for the city centre ‘quarter Urban Design London. In 2005 Geoff joined Urban Practitioners plans’, was client for remodelling streets, (now Allies and Morrison Urban squares and canalsides and negotiated Formerly Garry was Urban Design Practitioners) and continues to work major schemes including Brindleyplace Director at Terry Farrell and Partners, with them on a freelance basis. Since and the Bullring. where he helped develop one of the 2006 he has also worked at the Kent leading masterplanning groups in the Architecture Centre, where he was Geoff wrote Manchester’s Inner Area UK. Prior to this he was a Project Director appointed to run the South East Regional Strategy, co-authored the City Centre at Nicholas Grimshaw and Partners, Design Panel and to provide training on Local Plan and the Metrolink bid and successfully leading many transport design and heritage management. In implemented pedestrianisation and related masterplans. He also gained 2010 he was elected as a trustee to the environmental works. He established the international experience working for Environment Trust for Richmond upon new Midlands office for Turley Associates Skidmore Owings and Merrill and as a Thames, a well established and active (2000), moving to HE specialist AIMS student worked for a number of smaller West London charity. (2005), then GW Planning (2010). He practices. Overall Garry has 30 years secured planning consents for university, experience in architecture and urbanism. commercial, retail, office, housing and mixed use schemes, and a PFI hospital.

Geoff is author of Universities UK Planning Guidance (UUK/ HEFCE 2008) and “Protecting Design Quality in Planning” (CABE 2003). He was a member of CABE’s Planning Advisory Group, a CABE Planning Enabler and is now a Cabe Built Environment Expert.

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Gerard Maccreanor Gillian Horn Glenn Howells Gerard established Gillian joined Penoyre After studying Maccreanor & Prasad in 1999 and architecture at Lavington architects became a Partner in Plymouth University, in 1992 with Richard 2004. Gillian’s Glenn Howells Lavington. In 2012 approach is to worked for Spence Maccreanor achieve a thorough and Webster Lavington established understanding of the Architects from 1987 a new company; MLA+ with Markus needs of clients, to create robust briefs to 1990 in London, before founding Glenn Appenzeller. In addition to the existing and elegant, inspiring designs. She has Howells Architects (GHA). GHA has won London and Rotterdam offices a third led a number of ground-breaking, numerous major design competitions, office in Shanghai was opened in 2012 in award-winning project teams, with her over 70 awards and built a portfolio of response to the increasing work in ambition, enthusiasm and a positive completed projects across a diverse emerging international markets. approach to problem solving, including: range of building types. Glenn has an Moorfields International Children’s Eye overview of all aspects of the practice, Gerard has extensive experiences in Hospital; Crawley Library; and but concentrates on design, regularly residential; hotel; retail; mixed-use Merchants’ Academy. reviewing all projects during design projects; large-scale masterplans, and development and construction stages. urban regeneration projects in both the Gillian is a member of CABE’s National UK and the Netherlands. He is the Director Design Review panel. Her consultancy Glenn has held a number of positions in charge of the growing portfolio of urban work includes Client Design Advice, outside the practice. From 2000, he was design commissions for which the office Design Quality Indicator facilitation and part of the CABE National Design Review received the Masterplanner of the Year, she is a Design Surgeon for Urban Design Panel and more recently was a member of Architect of the Year Awards 2009. London. Gillian studied at the University the CABE Olympic Design Review Panel. of Cambridge where she graduated with He was a member of the RIBA National distinction before continuing her training Awards Judging Panel between 2003 at Harvard. Prior to joining Penoyre & and 2010. He has been Chair of MADE Prasad she was project architect on the (Midlands Architecture and the Designed innovative Straw Bale House in Islington Environment) since 2003 which is funded for Sarah Wigglesworth Architects. by the Design Council. In Birmingham he is also Chair of the IKON Gallery and Gillian has taught at The Architectural a Board member of the Hippodrome Association, the University of Cambridge, Theatre. He advises Birmingham City Kingston University, Greenwich Council and also sits on the Board for University and she is also an external Birmingham Chamber of Commerce. examiner at The University of Manchester and University of East London. She In the academic field, Glenn has been is a regular conference speaker and an external examiner at the University contributor to Radio 4’s Learning Curve, of Nottingham and Queen’s University, Front Row, Teachers’ TV and the RIBA Belfast. He is currently a visiting Professor Journal. Gillian contributed to the second at Nottingham Trent University, an external edition of the acclaimed book ‘Managing examiner at Sheffield Hallam University the Brief for Better Design’ and ‘Round and a lecturer at the Centre of Alternative and About Stock Orchard Street.’ Technology in Wales. He also currently sits on the Warwick University Council and is Chair of the Building Committee.

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Glyn Tully Graham King Graham Marshall Glyn Tully CV BA Dip Graham King BA DipTP MRTPI IHBC Graham is principal of LA CMLI MAUD MAXIM Urban Design Graham King has worked for three with over 25 year’s Glyn has over 20 London Borough planning services since design experience years of experience 1973, concentrating on historic building working in complex working with both and urban design issues and more urban environments. private and public recently policy and transportation issues Whilst with London sector clients in the delivery of urban including public realm policies, projects consultancies in the 90’s, Graham design and landscape schemes in the and funding. He has worked in these worked on many ground breaking UK and abroad. Within this time he has roles for City of Westminster since 1984 movement and public realm projects gained a detailed understanding of and since 2009 have been the Head of including the Ashford Ring Road, the complexities of the development Strategic Planning & Transportation. Kensington High Street and Birmingham process from inception to completion. Broad Street. He has worked widely on landscape- As well as being on the CABE Planning led residential schemes, created Advisory committee and on the Local In 1999, Graham was a founding Director development frameworks and Plan Review panel, Graham also served of Liverpool Vision URC, responsible for implemented a number of award winning on the 2012 Design Review panel and the creation and successful delivery of projects. Specialising in the creation of has served on South East Regional the city centre Strategic Regeneration active and lively townscapes, he has design review from 2006-9. He has Framework. The public realm strategy developed an interest in pedestrian/ also served on the RTPI Education was a key strand of the programme, vehicle interface issues along with Accreditation panel since 1997 and is along with individual projects such as how the sustainability agenda can be now a Cabe Built Environment Expert. the Leeds Liverpool canal link and the seamlessly integrated into a city centre lighting strategy. Graham development project. has worked primarily as a client advisor and enabler since 2004, establishing Glyn is head of the Landscape and long-term relationships to deliver Urban Design Group at Leviit Bernstein complex urban design programmes. working on a wide range of urban Commissions include Urban Design renewal projects. Advisor to the London Development Agency, contributing to 10: Town Centre Intensification options for North London, the guide to Commissioning Better Places & Spaces in London and development of an Urban Design SPD for the GLA. He advised Knowsley MBC for three years on the regeneration of a large public housing estate (Commended in the 2007 Landscape Institute Awards for the project’s SPD).

Graham has been advising North East Derbyshire DC for the past four years on the regeneration of Clay Cross, which has led to the establishment of an Urban Design Academy for staff and member training supported by the HCA and Leeds Metropolitan University (Commended in the Landscape Institute Awards 2011 and UDG Awards 2012). Graham is committed to sustainable ‘placemaking’ through excellence in design and management, influencing regeneration and development projects directly as a consultant, and in a design review and enabling capacity through several regional panels including CABE.

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Graham Roberts Hanif Kara Heather Cheesbrough A public art Professor Hanif Kara Heather is a consultant and is a practising landscape architect developer of creative Structural and Civil and town planner projects for the Engineer, the Pierce specialising in spatial environment, Graham Anderson Lecturer in planning, urban Roberts has over 30 Creative Engineering design, public realm, years experience at Harvard School of masterplanning and bringing his vision for a bold, vibrant Design and Visiting Professor for regeneration. She has 20 years public realm to life. He was Public Art Architectural Technology at KTH Royal experience of working in the public and Advisor to West Yorkshire County Council Institute of Technology in Stockholm, private sectors consisting of three and founder Director of Public Arts (now Sweden since 2008. As Design Director London boroughs, the urban design beam), the Wakefield based public art and co-founder of AKTII (est 1996), his consultancies Urban Initiatives and commissioning agency (1986-1997). particular ‘design-led’ approach and EDAW/AECOM and her present position interest in innovative form, material uses, as Head of Planning and Building Control He is a past-Chairman of Concourse prefabrication, sustainable construction, at St Albans City and District Council. – the architecture centre for the Leeds complex analysis methods have allowed City Region. He currently serves on the him to work on award-winning, Key projects she has project managed Barnsley Design Review Panel and is pioneering and unique projects (national or directed are the A13 Artscape, a past Chair of the East Riding Design and international). Oxford Street improvements, West Review Panel. Since 2002 he has led Yorkshire Urban Renaissance Doncaster the RKL Consultants teams in their His career extends beyond the masterplan and Town Team, Mid Sussex research, strategy, programming and structural engineering disciplines and masterplans, Swindon public realm project management work. In 2008/9 he led to his appointment in 2008 as a strategy and Kings Norton Housing served as Head of Public Realm at arc, commissioner for CABE. In March of Renewal. During her time at Westminster the Humber Centre for Excellence in the 2007 he was appointed as one of 15 City Council, she was responsible Built Environment. In that capacity he members of the Design for London for public art and facilitated a project initiated substantial public realm design Advisory Group to the Mayor of London. with Artangel to bring the international programmes with the HMR Pathfinder Hanif was selected for the Master Jury multi media artist Tony Oursler to Soho and the regeneration agency Hull for the 2004 cycle of the Aga Khan Award Square. Since being at St Albans she Forward, including the Flood Risk Design for Architecture and served as a project has overseen the redrafting of the Group. In 2006 he joined the Kent County reviewer in 2007 and 2010. Core Strategy, commissioned the Council design team for the Ashford Ring preparation of a public realm strategy Road project which saw the conversion He was awarded an Honorary and worked with the local community of a 1970s ring road into the UK’s largest Fellowship of the Royal Institute of British to prepare design codes with the ‘shared space’ scheme. He has lectured Architects in 2007. He received the Princes Foundation under the DCLG In the UK, Europe and Australia. Engineering Ambassador Award in 2011 Neighbourhood Planning initiative. and was the first Engineer to be a judge for the annual coveted RIBA Stirling Prize 2011. Hanif is also on the board or trustees of the Architecture Foundation and has been an advisor to the Aga Khan Development Network on international development. His constructed work is recognised as being linked with the research and education areas of design. He has been teaching at various architectural schools in Britain, Europe and the USA since 1996.

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Helen Farrar Helen Walker Hilary Brindley Helen Farrar is a Helen is an urban I am passionate chartered landscape planner and built about place-making, architect and built environment strategic building on the local environment policy analyst. She is distinctiveness of our professional, working a former local rich and varied since 2004 as a authority team leader environments and strategic advisor to working in planning, culture. I have built up the public, voluntary and academic community engagement, economic experience working in a busy city, sectors in renaissance, design and regeneration, sustainable development balancing the needs of economic communities. She has worked in and conservation. development with those of the historic Yorkshire and Humber for 25 years, with a environment. I think we need to celebrate wide network of contacts, at national, An appointed Chair of urban the individual qualities of different places regional and local levels; often contributed development and regeneration at the and work to create community to both policy and organisational University of Westminster, she has also awareness and custodianship where it development at a senior level. held senior posts at the Environment has been eroded in the past. Agency and Improvement and Helen also has significant experience at Development Agency (IDeA). Helen is I have enjoyed a career in local non-executive, managerial or advisory currently a strategic policy consultant government planning and urban design levels with the voluntary sector. Key with focus on practical delivery of (spanning 30 years in Nottingham until positions include: CABE Regional sustainable communities and places. 2011) which has been enriched by my Representative in Yorkshire and Humber National commissions include the encounters with specialists brought in for (2002-2010); CABE Space Enabler appointment as Specialist Advisor to two our Design Review Panel for example. I (2003-2012); Transform South Yorkshire House of Commons Select Committees welcomed the knowledge, insight and Enabler (2010-11); Renaissance and the production of National wider perspective I gained from this Advisor for Yorkshire Forward (2010- Competency Framework for local collaboration over 10 years. 12); Past Chair of the Accreditation authority planners for DCLG including Review Group and retained tutor and skills analysis following planning reforms. I am an enthusiastic team worker and reviewer for Landscape courses at enjoy collaborating to find solutions Leeds Metropolitan University; Trustee Helen was a CABE Enabler between to problems. I would now welcome of church/charity; Director of social 2008 – 2011. As senior adviser for the opportunity to share some of my enterprise; past Director and Interim the Government’s Neighbourhood experience in planning, urban design and Executive Director of ‘Arc’ (Architecture Renewal Unit Helen was responsible for conservation with colleagues currently Centre); retained associate for a number professional support for neighbourhood wrestling with difficult development of organisations. regeneration, HMRAs and local issues especially in these challenging authorities. At the IDeA she developed economic circumstances. Previous roles include: Urban new protocols for community engagement Renaissance Manager at Yorkshire and design quality in sustainable I have a BA(Hons) in Geography from Forward - a key role in delivering the communities and learning support for Liverpool University 1974 and a Diploma high profile Renaissance Towns pilot design-based economic objectives. in Town & Country Planning from Trent and spearheading the regions distinct Polytechnic 1979. I am an Associate approach to a Regeneration Centre Helen is a Civic Trust national panel Member of the Institute for Historic of Excellence; 5 years at English judge with specific responsibility for Building Conservation (IHBC). I have Partnerships as a Development/ two awards: community involvement trained as a Building for Life Assessor. Community Investment Manager; and in design process and design for 5 years at Groundwork Wakefield as a sustainable communities. She is also an senior manager and landscape architect. expert panel member of the BREEAM sustainable communities programme.

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Ian Banks Ian Deans Ian Lomas Ian Banks qualified as Ian Deans Born 1967 in an RIBA Part III BA(HonsArch) Manchester, Ian Chartered Architect in DipArch RIBA Lomas studied 1990 after a 2-year MAUrbDes architecture at VSO posting as Head Sheffield University, Architect for the Ian is an architect completing his Maldives Ministry of and urban designer Diploma in 1991 with Education. This was followed by 10-years with over 25 years’ experience, over Distinction and moving to Berlin. During working in the UK in the community half of these with architecture plb. his studies he worked in local architecture and commercial sectors. He has successfully delivered many Manchester offices on school and award-winning projects, principally in university projects. In Berlin he was For four years between 2000 and 2004, the education and housing sectors. His project architect at Bender Glas for two in a mid-career sabbatical, he expanded urban design work has involved him in a competition-winning schemes, before on his past interests in public art whilst number of inner city mixed use schemes, Foster and Partners in 1994-2000, on a temporary part-time secondment often in sensitive conservation areas and working on the Reichstag project. as the Public Art & Architecture Officer involving public consultation. His skills in for Arts Council England, North West. urban design have particular relevance to Returning to London, Ian worked on a Following this, he launched his public art residential and educational projects. Both range of projects from the More and architecture ‘collaborative’ called require the ability to create designs that London masterplan to the expansion Atoll in 2005. foster the development of a community of the Ashmolean Museum. From and a particular sensitivity for sense 2000-2005 he was a senior partner Since then Ian has also acted as a of place. All his projects are united in a at Kohn Pedersen Fox, delivering a part-time (and both paid and unpaid) concern for both internal and external 500,000sqft mixed use building for Hines Associate Consultant at Beam, Wakefield space, exploiting the possibilities of in Duesseldorf and apartment building – part of the Architecture Centre the spaces between buildings to create on Davies Street, Mayfair for Capital and Network. He has also written regularly additional, shared areas that add value City, headed the Hammerson team for on art and architecture for a number of and foster community ownership. their City sites, and prepared the cross- publications including: Art & Architecture body City-Fringe framework. Journal, The Art Times supplement to Ian was a CABE Enabler, advising the Times newspaper, Prospect NW, A clients and local authorities on large Since joining Make in 2005, he has Magazine, Architecture Centre Network’s public projects such as the Whitehill/ designed and completed the L&R Snapshots, The English Historic Towns Bordon eco town. He is now a Cabe Built 55 Baker Street project, Rodmarton Forum’s Manual for Historic Streets, and Environment Expert. Most recently he has Street mews housing and two large the US publication Public Art Review. produced papers and articles on the aging private houses, achieved permission for He is currently also the voluntary Deputy population with the Housing Forum and Hammerson’s London Wall Place, won the Editor of the Art & Architecture Journal. New London Architecture Magazine. He OJEU-competition for the Brighton Centre also sits on several design panels including and been design architect for international the South East Regional Design Panel and teams in Sydney and Las Vegas. He has is a qualified Building for Life Assessor. also worked intensively with Lambeth and Newham on planning briefs, masterplans and project development.

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Ian Phillips Ian Sharratt Jacqueline Bunce Ian Phillips Born in Cheshire in Jacqueline Bunce is established an 1948 he studied an accomplished and independent Environmental Design successful senior landscape and at Manchester manager with strong planning consultancy College of Art & project management, in 2007. His clients Design before gaining communication, are predominantly, a Master’s degree in organisational and but not exclusively, within the public and Environmental Design at The Royal presentation skills highlighted by not for profit sectors. College of Art in 1976. He joined Michael significant achievements in a wide range Hopkins Architects in 1976 and was a of environments. She has a clearly Ian is a Glass-House Enabler and, through partner in the practice from1981 until adaptive, pro-active approach enabling this role, has provided expert assistance 1996 when together with John Pringle use of flare and initiative, with proven to several community groups on planning, and Penny Richards he founded the success in managing strategic changes development and open space issues. London practice Pringle Richards amid challenging situations. As a CABE Space Enabler, he worked Sharratt Architects. The practice on a number of green infrastructure and currently has 25 staff. Since 2002 Jacqueline has worked for Spaceshaper projects. From 1991 to the NHS in Hertfordshire. Since 2006 2007, he worked at Hart DC in several He was an Hon Treasurer of the RIBA as Assistant Programme Director, roles. These included landscape planning Building Industry Trust and has been then in 2008 as Programme Director advice, improvement schemes, heritage, a validator for The Open University for the system wide changes to health planning policy, contracts and project on courses at the Architectural services. She has been responsible for management of initiatives such as the Association. For nine years he was a delivering the PCT projects underpinning introduction of GIS, landscape character Governor and Chair of the Grounds and the Delivering Quality HealthCare in assessment, major tree surveys, Building Committee at King Alfred’s Hertfordshire (DQHH) implementation, masterplanning and LDF preparation. School, Golders Green. He has taught with total capital value in excess of and lectured widely including at The £250m. Specifically she has been leading Previously Ian worked at FRHJ Royal College of Art, The Architectural the development of two local general Architects, managing a landscape team Association, Kingston University and hospitals each with a capital value of on commercial projects and, prior to with other members of the practice was circa £30m. that, spent eight years as Landscape a visiting tutor to the Graduate School of and Tree Officer at LB Camden. He has the University of Pennsylvania. Between 2002 and 2006 as Assistant longstanding voluntary involvement Director Strategic Planning in North Herts with the Landscape Institute. He is a He was a member of the CABE Design and Stevenage PCT her role included past Chair of the Technical Committee, Review Panels for Crossrail and The initiating and developing the input of present Chair of the Appointments Thames Tunnel and joined the Cabe PCT strategic vision into Local Planning Committee and a member of Policy London Design Review panel in April 2012. Frameworks, she represented PCT and Committee and Council. Ian has SHA at Examination in Public for Regional represented the LI in various forums, In 2003 he was awarded an honorary Spatial Strategy. Previously she has including CABE Space, the TCPA doctorate by Sheffield Hallam University. had a range of roles across a range of and the National Planning Forum and sectors including health, manufacturing, has contributed to many consultation He aims to tease out the appropriate and charitable and retail organisations. This responses, publications and events. the inspirational from cultural, public and has included senior HR and organisational commercial projects on the basis that development responsibilities. its not so much what you put in but what you draw out that is often the key to a successful design.

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James Thomas James Warne Jane Dann James is an Architect After 25 years within An experienced urban who has spent nine the Construction designer, chartered years working directly Industry, mainly as a architect and town with Norman Foster, Consultant Engineer, planner with over 25 Ken Shuttleworth and the last 15 years have years experience in Thomas Heatherwick been spent focusing urban design practice and the last two years on Environmental in the UK, Jane is a leading Sizewell C. He studied at the Engineering and Sustainability. James is Director of Tibbalds Planning and Urban Universities of Liverpool and Washington recognised within the industry for his Design. She is experienced in preparing and six months working in Japan on work as an Environmental Engineer, masterplans and development Senri International School. sharing knowledge through lecturing and frameworks for the development of through his role as Chair of Sustainability specific sites, neighbourhoods and James joined Rothermel Thomas at the UK’s largest Architectural practice places, working at a range of scales, from in 1993 on Grade 1 St Ethelburga’s, (BDP). James has extensive experience strategic to detailed level. moving to RMJM on Glaxo Wellcome across a range of sectors, from large World HQ and Lincoln University. In mixed use masterplans down to small Jane has particular expertise in design 2000, he joined Foster and Partners; scale detail designs. guidance and coding for development initially on 10 Gresham Street offices proposals and for local planning and Quartermile Edinburgh and then authorities, and in providing specialist setting up a competitions group, many urban design advice and assessments of proposals including: World Trade Centre, the quality of development proposals. Beijing Airport, and Trafalgar Square. In 2004, he was a founding partner of Make Jane was responsible for research into Architects. 40 schemes, including: 60K design coding in the UK for CABE and Serpentine Housing, Monument office, CLG that culminated in publication of 10 Weymouth street and Doric villa. the government’s practice manual. Jane is experienced in dealing with James joined Heatherwick Studio large scale and complex projects where January 2008 on Avon Gorge Hotel, there may be a multi-headed client, or a Pacific Place mall HK, Harewood challenging set of circumstances, and Quarter Leeds and Littlehampton café. often the brief is ill defined. For CABE she He worked as a Theatre consultant with has provided urban design training for Charcoalblue, on National theatres of major housebuilders and RSLs. She is a Barbados and London, Glyndebourne, Building for Life Assessor, Academician and Theatre Royal Newcastle. of the Academy of Urbanism and was a member of the Inspire East regional In January 2010, James joined YRM Design Review Panel from 2008-2010. now RMJM. He was project Leader for Sizewell C and office projects in Bucharest, Huntingdon and Southwark. He is a committee member of the City Architecture Forum and a LEED Green associate.

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Jane Knight Jane Stoneham Jane Wernick Jane is a chartered Jane Stoneham is Jane Wernick FREng landscape architect Director of the Hon FRIBA FRSA with over 30 years of Sensory Trust, an CEng FIstructE FICE professional organisation experience gained in advancing the Jane is a structural the UK and overseas. development of engineer with She has been a CABE inclusive outdoor experience of unusual Space Enabler since 2008, has sat on the environments in the UK. With an MPhil in and challenging structures designed in Southwest Design Review Panel since landscape design and management, her collaboration with leading architects. 2010 and now sits on the Cornwall work focuses on building richer Design Review Panel and is Cabe Built connections between people and place, She worked for Arup from 1976-1998 Environment Expert. and ensuring access for everyone, including a secondment to Birdair regardless of age, disability and Structures Inc. from 1980-1981. She was Since 2002, Jane has worked at the Eden background. “We help people see their Principal in Charge of Arup’s Los Angeles Project in Cornwall where she works on environment in new ways - to take a fresh office from 1986-88. Her most notable the ongoing development of the Eden view of somewhere familiar, use all their project with Arup was the Millennium site and as well as Eden’s hugely varied senses, create memories. We focus on Wheel. She is now Director of Jane outreach and consultancy projects. sensory experience as well as physical Wernick Associates Ltd. whose work can Outreach projects include a Peace Park access because understanding what be seen at www.wernick.eu.com. in Kosovo, Botanical Garden in Chile, makes a place resonate to different mine restoration in South Africa and people reveals the recipes we need for Jane is the Royal Academy of advice on community engagement on building more inclusive, engaging and Engineers Visiting Professor of Design climate change in Australia. meaningful experiences for everyone”. at Southampton University. She has taught at Harvard’s GSD and the More locally, projects include ‘Growing Consultancy work includes integrating Architectural Association, as well as many for Life’ in prisons and working with inclusive design within sustainable workshops and seminars around the community groups to promote nature- design, placemaking and community world. She edited ‘Building Happiness – based play. Pre-Eden, Jane spent most of engagement. Clients include the Architecture to Make You Smile’ for RIBA her career working as a landscape architect Eden Project, local authorities, Building Futures. overseas in the USA (6 years), Australia (6 design practices, healthcare and care months) and Hong Kong (7 years). providers, development companies and She is Chair of the Diversity Task Force environmental bodies. She has built a of the Construction Industry Council, close partnership between Sensory Trust was a member of the CABE Design and the Eden Project and collaborations Review panel from 2001 now a Built around the world, particularly in the Environment Expert, member of RIBA USA, Japan, mainland Europe and Building Futures Steering Committee, a Australia. Publications include ‘Making member of the EDGE think tank and past Connections: a guide to accessible member of the Council of the Institution greenspace design’, ‘Grounds for Sharing’ of Structural Engineers. for Learning through Landscapes’, ‘Easy Access to Historic Landscapes’ for English Heritage and ‘By All Reasonable Means’ for Natural England.

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Jason Gardner Jessica Bryne-Daniel Jim Chapman Following over 17 Jessica Bryne-Daniel Jim Chapman is a years experience as has been involved in chartered architect a Mechanical a wide range of and urban designer Engineer, working as landscape and public with 40 years part of multi- realm projects experience as a disciplinary design throughout the UK consultant delivering teams on various and the Far East for a wide range of national and international projects, Jason the last 25 years. She brings a unique projects in many sectors. now leads the Environmental, creativity to the design process and aims Sustainability and Alternative to always produce meaningful designs of Jim established an independent Technologies (ESAT) group in the Leeds, relevance to their locality and the people consultancy in 2006, focusing on Dublin, Manchester and Birmingham who will use them. Her creativity is supporting and advising clients on the offices. In this capacity he is regularly balanced with a clear understanding of delivery of projects. He was a member involved with projects as a sustainability the necessary practical and realistic of the national design review panel at consultant, providing guidance on aspects of implementation that have to CABE, was vice chair of the schools building physics, energy infrastructure be addressed in taking projects forward panel and an enabler. He is on the design low carbon technologies, environmental to reality. review panel for A+DS and Places Matter impact, and as a BREEAM Assessor. as an enabler. In 1999 Jessica won a Churchill Travel During his post graduate study at award to undertake research into the Jim works for several clients as the University of Cambridge Jason design and use of public open spaces Design Advisor in the public and carried out an in depth research project in Japan and the USA, which has given private sectors and is an emeritus into assessing the environmental her valuable insight into the varying professor of Manchester School of performance of buildings. aspirations different cultures have Architecture. He was intimately involved towards their external environments. in the regeneration of Manchester preparing plans for the Olympic and In addition to being Director of Camlin Commonweath Games and following IRA Lonsdale, landscape architects and bomb in 1996. responsible for the ongoing reputation of this innovative company, Jessica Jim was a vice president of the sits on the Design and Planning and RIBA and acts as an assessor for Climate review panels for Integreat Plus RIBA competitions. (formerly Yorkshire Forward) and has a long association with local Landscape Departments at Manchester, Leeds and Sheffield Universities. As well as involvement with project work she has been a member of the Landscape Institutes Annual Review Group for Manchester Metropolitan University and external examiner for landscape courses at these universities.

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Jim Eyre OBE Jim Meikle Joanna Eley Jim Eyre has been a Jim Meikle retired as Joanna Eley studied Partner/Director of a partner of Davis PPE at Oxford as a Wilkinson Eyre Langdon in 2005, first degree, prior to Architects since 1987 having established training as an and has been their consultancy architect in the USA responsible for group and managed it and in London. This directing a share of for 25 years. He now has allowed her to the practice’s increasing workload works as an independent consultant, take a rounded view of the needs of including museum, commercial, current and recent assignments include: clients, building users and society, and residential, transportation, bridge and international construction price was instrumental in the direction she has infrastructure projects. comparisons for the World Bank and the followed since qualifying. This has led her European Statistical Office (current); a to concentrate on how people use In his experience in architectural practice, review of housing standards and the buildings, how to help them obtain the Jim has enjoyed involvement in a appraisal of new housing schemes (with greatest support and satisfaction from diverse range of project types. With the others) for CABE (2010); author of a their environment and how to promote expansion of the practice’s involvement History of Davis Langdon published by and effective communication process in cultural projects he has directed Black Dog Publishing (2009); member of between clients and the different project activity on work at the Science Museum the Built Environment Research stakeholders including the design team. and Museum of London, and a series of Assessment Exercise (2008) for the projects at the Royal Botanic Gardens Higher Education Funding Council for Joanna worked as a self employed Kew. More recently, he has led teams England; drafting a Construction consultant with leading professionals for two conservatories at Singapore’s Supplement for the Treasury Green Book with different roles in the construction Gardens by the Bay and the famous for the Office of Government Commerce process, such as DEGW, David Langdon New Bodleian Library in Oxford. His (2006); and member of the jury for an Consultancy and William Bordass rail and bridge work includes directing international design competition, Associates. Since 1989 she has architectural activity on major projects Moscow for Komstroy (2005). been a Director at AMA Alexi Marmot including the award winning Stratford Associates. They specialise in gathering Market Depot and Stratford Station on Jim is a non-executive director with and using the evidence needed to ensure the Jubilee Line Extension. Alexi Marmot Associates (AMA), a that users get better buildings. Her work trustee of the Usable Buildings Trust, covers all stages from pre-project though Jim Eyre has generated numerous a visiting professor at the Bartlett briefing, design, fit-out and use, including competition winning concepts in the School, University College, London, post occupancy evaluations. practice’s unrivalled bridge portfolio, and an external examiner at Manchester such as the acclaimed Gateshead Business School. He was a CABE Joanna is a CDA, a DQI facilitator, and Millennium Bridge over the River Tyne enabler from 2005 and a member of the HEDQF facilitator, which are roles that which won the prestigious RIBA Stirling CABE Research Reference Group from use the skills and experience that she Prize in 2002. He has a particular interest 2006. His work with CABE was largely has developed working with clients to in multi-disciplinary projects where concerned with the evaluation of it’s achieve good design to meet their needs. architectural creativity and engineering activities and advice on procurement of principles can be combined to create consultants and contractors. environments for end and public users.

Jim has been an active member of CABE’s Design Review Panel since 2006, and has chaired reviews since 2007 up to the 2011 merger with the Design Council. He is now a Cabe Built Environment Expert and a Trustee of the Design Council.

Jim Eyre was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 2003.

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Joanna van Heyningen John Best John Devlin Joanna van John Best spent 25 John is an Architect Heyningen founded years in London and Urban Designer her practice in 1977 government, ten with over 35 years and formed van years each in LB experience of Heyningen and Newham and delivering major Haward Architects Haringey, including projects and with Birkin Haward in five years as regeneration initiatives 1982. She stepped down as a Partner Haringey`s borough planning officer. across the UK, in both the public and this year. private sectors. He has also acted as a The next 12 years were spent in Milton project manager and as a commissioning Joanna has always sought to Keynes the flagship of the New Towns. client, and is particularly identified with the contribute to the wider built environment Initially he was Director of Environment multi-award winning arts-led urban by giving her time. In the past she has responsible for planning, development, regeneration of Gateshead Quays. been a member of: CABE Design Review highways, waste, landscape, community panel; CABE Cross Rail and Thames safety, parishes and DLO and later as He recently formed John Devlin Tunnel Design Review panels; MLA’s CEO with a portfolio of the overall health Consulting Limited to offer a range of Leading Museums Group and external of the place, its economy, community services to public and private sector examiner for Cambridge University and trajectory 2003-2008. clients, bringing a creative, fresh and Architecture School. lateral approach to problem solving In 2008 John left to develop his current to achieve desired outcomes but in And she is currently: RIBA Awards and mixed-sector portfolio, both paid and innovative, robust and sustainable ways, Manser Medal assessor; Trustee of the pro bono. This has included international including: development and regeneration Building Centre Trust; Brick Development activity in China, UAE, former Yugoslavia advice; arts-led urban regeneration; Association Awards assessor; NLA and India; UK work in public and private major projects and project management Sounding Board member and Surrey sectors, on place-making, computer and visioning. Canal Quality team member. modelling and mentoring; Voluntary sector work in waterways, sports, arts, John has recently assisted a major Joanna has been involved on all van music and film. local authority implement Corporate Heyningen and Haward’s buildings Landlorda, asssisted another prepare for projects including the following award- John is an Academician at the the delivery of major projects, advised winning buildings: Platform Young Academy of Urbanism and a Cabe Built English Heritage on development People’s Performance Space, Hornsey; Environment Expert. options. He was heavily involved in New North London Synagogue; No.1 delivering the successful EU Interreg 3b Smithery, Chatham Historic Dockyard; Waterfront Communities Project, a three Lerner Court, Clare College, Cambridge; year study into best practice in waterfront Corfield Court, St John’s College, regeneration. John is Immediate Past Cambridge; Michael Croft Theatre at Vice-President (Membership) of the Alleyn’s School, Dulwich; Latymer Upper RIBA and chaired the RIBA’s Nations & School, Performing Arts Centre; Centre Regions Committee and Client Service for Classical and Byzantine Studies, Panel. He is currently Chairman of the Oxford University; Kaleidoscope, North East Design Review panel. Children and Young People’s Centre, Lewisham; Sutton Hoo Visitor Centre (National Trust); RSPB Environment and Education Centre; West Ham Station, Jubillee Line Extension; Newnham College Library Rare Books Room.

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John Fenner John Jenkins John Letherland John is a solicitor. He Throughout the life of John Letherland is was a founder partner the practice, John a Partner at Farrells, of Berwin Leighton has been responsible with particular (now Berwin Leight for the design of responsibility for Paisner) and left after many award winning urban design projects. 24 years as chairman projects. John is of partners. In 2005 actively involvement John studied John joined with Pinsent Mason as a in designing buildings within the practice. architecture in Manchester and joined Senior Consultant. John practiced as a the practice in 1980, where he maintains real estate lawyer handling town centre He chairs the Home Office Design his education in urban design really and major development schemes, Review Panel and was also one of the began. Focus on context and on the including planning and funding. For over chairs of the CABE School Design spaces between buildings, rather than on 30 years he represented Tesco leading Panel. He has acted as a CABE enabler buildings as ‘objects’, has always been the legal side of their property growth. helping Local Education and Police the foundation stone of his work. Authorities to improve design quality, is a From 1991-1999 John was chairman Home Office enabler and an RIBA Client John believes that good urban design of The British Urban Regeneration Design Advisor. can only be achieved through the Association (BURA) an organisation creation of real places and spaces, seeking to establish best practice. He John has been responsible for the and experience on a variety of master spoke about urban renewal nationally research and technical aspects of many planning projects realised in London, and abroad, in Barcelona, Tokyo, Hong publications including Building Bulletin Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle, Kong, The Czech Republic, Warsaw 102: ‘Designing for Special Educational Coventry, Auckland, Dublin, Edinburgh and elsewhere. For undertaking this Needs’ and also ‘Learning Environments and Glasgow amongst others has responsibility he was awarded an OBE for Pupil Referral Units’ prepared with combined successfully in a variety of high in 1995. the Department for Children, Schools profile mixed-use, residential, cultural and Families. and arts-related projects. In 2009 John was appointed a special Adviser to The Mayor’s fund for London, He also regularly presents to conferences John now leads Farrells Urban Design which tackles child poverty in London. and seminars on issues such as design Group, and recent work includes the quality, colour in buildings, special development of design frameworks for John assists with reading and mentoring school design, Victorian schools, new the Thames Gateway, Old Oak Common, at Hugh Myddelton Primary School learning spaces and pedagogies. He Vauxhall Cross and the Isle of Dogs, Islington and organises a programme of firmly believes in the need to continue and master plans for Croydon Alliance careers talks there. He also organises driving up the design quality of public Whitgift, Earls Court, Nine Elms, White mentoring and careers programmes at buildings but also maintains the principle City, Mount Pleasant, Bishopsgate Archbishop Tenison School, Lambeth of offering constructive criticism that can Goods Yard, the Greenwich Peninsula with University College London through improve outcomes. He works with many and Folkestone Seafront, along with new the Chartered Surveyors’ Livery other architects in an external peer review eco-based urban extensions to Bicester Company, as well as helping with capacity. He would expect his own work and Wallingford. The recent urban design interview techniques training. to meet the benchmarks that he applies work of the practice was showcased in to others. the Architectural Review and in ‘Shaping London’ published in 2010.

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John Lyall John Plumridge John Prevc John Lyall has been a John is a Chartered Since becoming a leading architectural Valuation and registered architect in practitioner for over Development 1986, John has 30 years, from 1979 Surveyor as well as worked with Nicholas to 1991 as Alsop & an Architect with 25 Grimshaw, Michael Lyall, from 1991 to years experience of Hopkins and Will 2011 as John Lyall large scale Alsop in London Architects, and more recently with his development and estates management. together with Thomas Herzog in Munich. current practice Lyall, Bills & Young. His He has been an enabler on CABE’s In 1995 he joined Foster and Partners work has received many awards from the Planning, Master planning and staying for nine years and becoming a RIBA, RICS, Civic Trust and other bodies. educational panel since 2001. He was an Project Director. His projects included the East Midlands regional representative new Channel Tunnel Rail Terminal at St John’s work has ranged from rail from 2005 to 2008 and has completed a Pancras Station, the redevelopment of stations (North Greenwich Station was wide variety of CABE enabeling design Dresden Railway Station in Germany, the shortlisted for the Stirling Prize) to urban quality work in the last ten years. He was British Museum in London and a regeneration schemes such as The Mill Director of the West Midlands English masterplan for Elephant and Castle. He on Ipswich Waterfront and a number partnerships development team during also worked on and delivered a number of successful projects on Cardiff Bay. the 1990s, was vice chair of the Leicester of City Academy school projects. Historic renovations of classic buildings regeneration company and has overseen in Leeds (the Corn Exchange and White large scale mixed use developments in In 2004 John became a founding partner Cloth Hall) had a significant effect on the Leicester as Director of Estates at De at Make. He has lead teams on a number renaissance of the city centre and more Monfort University and as Director of of significant masterplans, including recently John Lyall has received great Estates and Commercial facilities at the those for Edinburgh Waterfront, Elephant acclaim for his four pumping stations University in Lincoln. and Castle for Lend Lease, North West on the London Olympic site. Other Lands Wembley for Quintain Estates successful recent schemes include the John’s private sector experience was and Science Central in Newcastle. He Jerwood DanceHouse in Ipswich and the gained both in private consultancy also helped design the Cube at the Goldsmiths Centre in Clerkenwell. and acting under executive and non- Mailbox in Birmingham, three buildings executive directorships for Catesby for Nottingham University, a new office John Lyall has been on Design Review Estates, land Securities and P&O for Esprit near Dusseldorf and the panels for many years (Cardiff Bay, properties. He is also a member of refurbishment of listed buildings in Southampton, CABE, Peterborough the RICS expert advisors panel to the Geneva for HSBC private bank. John has and Kent) and has been a Client Design planning inspectorate panel. also been designing an art installation for Adviser (British Library) and an Enabler the Cultural Olympics. for schools and courthouses. He has written articles and reviews for various John is a member of the Academy of architectural journals and books. A Urbanism. He has been a visiting tutor monograph on his work ‘John Lyall. and lecturer at the Birmingham, Leicester, Contexts and Catalysts’ was published Coventry, Bartlett and Ljubljana Schools in 2000. of Architecture. John has also written a regular diary column for the Architect’s John Lyall teaches at the Bartlett School Journal and has contributed to articles of Architecture and is External Examiner in many architectural publications. He at Greenwich University. He has served acts as an architectural and urban design on RIBA Council and the AA council. critic for his home city of Coventry. He has also acted as judge for the city’s biannual Architectural Design Awards.

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John Pugh-Smith John Thorp MBE Jon Herbert As a barrister of over John has been a Jon is a highly 30 years in practice Leeds City architect qualified and John Pugh-Smith did since 1970 and has experienced planner his training and teaching roles in with extensive practised for several architecture and knowledge in years in construction urban and landscape strategic planning, and related design. He wrote masterplanning, professional negligence work before ‘From the Tile to the City – a journey policy research and formulation. specialising in planning and related through Civic Architecture and Design in environment issues from the late 1980s the City of Leeds’ in 2012. Jon was a CABE Enabler and MADE following a Chambers move. Expert Panel member. He brings to John was a member of the CABE national his work a thorough understanding of John’s ‘pure’ architectural projects/ and Olympic Games Design Review the planning process with sensitivity to inquiries over the years have included: panels from 2001 to 2012 and is now the issues of design and masterplanning. London Bridge City (Southwark LBC), a Cabe Built Environment Expert. He Whilst employed at Urban Initiatives Building 15, Butlers Wharf (Frogmore), was a member of the Yorkshire Forward he was also part of the corporate Gloucester Docks and Blackfriars Urban Renaissance Steering Group and Cabe Space Enabling Panel, where he Regeneration schemes (City Council), Consultants’ Panel from 2001 to 2010. contributed towards the draft Public Chapelfield (Norwich City Council) Space Design Guide: A Client Guide. and, for various private clients, several He was awarded the MBE in 2005, a And before that, at Llewelyn Davies, PPS7 type country house projects, RIBA Lifetime Achievement Award in he worked on the production of the CLG/ numerous retirement and care home 2010 and is a lifetime fellow of the Royal NRPF best practice companion guide projects and large residential schemes Society of Arts. to PP6, ‘Going to Town’. He has an (recently/currently: Whitfield, Dover, excellent understanding of the current Godmanchester and Wymondham, policy agenda and the opportunities South Norfolk). this presents: when at SKM CB he was jointly responsible for a series of John is also acting for two London Neighbourhood Planning briefing papers Boroughs on town centre re-generation and ran the Neighbourhood Planning projects. He has been a practising Linkedin discussion group mediator since 2005 and is a leading and associated Neighbourhood name and promoter of the use of Planning blog. mediation techniques in his specialist areas, serving on the Bar Council’s ADR Jon has led a wide variety of studies Committee, the NPF/PINS Working Party encompassing future visioning, and its subsequent Steering Group. His regeneration and development, professional committee involvement consultation, land supply, housing (PEBA and CMC) over the years has also delivery, urban capacity and expansion. brought him into close dialogue with He has led on the production of AAPs, PINS and DCLG officers. SPDs and technical policy documents to support and guide the evolution of the LDF / Local Plan process.

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Jon Rowland Jon Sheaff Jonathan Baldwin Jon Rowland is a Jon Sheaff has been Jonathan Baldwin is consultant architect a Chartered a committed and and urban designer Landscape Architect widely-experienced with extensive for 15 years and has urban planning; experience of over 20 years economic development, experience of development and masterplanning and developing and regeneration regeneration projects in the UK and delivering complex designed public realm professional. He has completed a overseas. He has advised Government, solutions for the public realm. substantial body of work in place- public agencies and private sector making, development management, clients. He is currently a Vice-Chair of Having worked in practice in Wales, masterplanning and at all stages of Cabes Design Review panel. He co- Jon joined the Cardiff Bay Development the project cycle, successfully edited ‘Urban Design Futures’ and is Corporation to deliver a public art delivering innovative projects and author of ‘Community Decay’ and strategy commissioning many of the significant programmes. ‘Designing our Environment’ a strategy principal public art works that distinguish for the built environment in the South this regeneration area. He moved to Jon has worked for County, District West. His paper on the quality of suburbs London to deliver a significant park and Unitary local authorities; RDAs was published in June. As Chair of UDG regeneration project in Enfield and and URCs; a private consultancy and he promoted urban design and has had joined Southwark Council in 2001. As as a freelance consultant. He has several projects shortlisted for urban Head of Open Spaces for Southwark, specialised in urban planning and design awards including Telford he delivered a £25 million programme of regeneration activity including bidding Millennium Community, Temple Quay park and open space renewal, including for and delivering various national and North and Stranraer Waterfront. He chairs the restoration of Dulwich, Peckham Rye European funding regimes. He has been the BOB-MK group and has acted as and Southwark Parks and the creation closely involved in the work of DC CABE CABE enabler, regional representative of new spaces at Bermondsey Spa through his work with Urban Vision North and BfL assessor. and Potter’s Fields. He raised £6m for Staffordshire, of which he is a trustee. works to create useable public space Notable masterplans include Coastal at Burgess Park and set up London’s Jon’s personal strengths include the Recreational Infrastructure for Rhosneigr; first Trust-administered public space at ability to develop and retain a strategic regeneration of a high-tech UKAEA Potter’s Fields. programme overview whilst successfully facility in Oxfordshire; major urban ensuring the detail of individual project extensions for Runcorn (1500 units), Jon left Southwark Council to join delivery. He is adept at working with Preston (1000 units), completing the Farrer Huxley as Director running the inter-disciplinary professional colleagues; Gibberd plan of Harlow (1200 units) Public Realm and Housing division, partners; stakeholders and clients at all and Houghton Regis (5000 units); delivering projects for, amongst other levels and in all types of organisations, masterplans for key areas of Belfast, Peabody, Places for People, Newham either as part of an in-house team or historic environments and NDC and Southwark Councils. He became as an external freelance consultant. He projects in Portsmouth and Luton. Jon an independent consultant in 2011, has worked extensively with elected has also provided advice and trained designing and advising on public realm politicians, trusts, management boards local authorities on design quality and and housing project. Jon joined the and community groups. procurement directly and through London Committee of the HLF in 2011. CABE initiatives. Jon believes in the dynamic future of cities and the ability of place shapers to improve city regions through good urban design.

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Jonathan Ward Joyce Bridges CBE Julian Gitsham Jonathan Ward is a Joyce Bridges is a Julian is an Architect multidisciplinary former CABE and Urban Designer building consultant in Commissioner who joined Feilden the London Arup (2006-2011) and an Clegg Bradley Buildings team. He English Heritage Studios London office specialises in the Commissioner in 1999 with a development of (2003-20110). She background in award sustainable design strategies and the chaired CABEs Operations Committee, winning design led practices including translation of these into low impact Planning Advisory Committee and EHs Hopkins, Hampshire County Architects building projects. He has extensive London Advisory Committee. and Aldington Craig and Collinge. He experience as project manager, lead was made a Partner in 2003, became design engineer and project director for a Currently Joyce is a member of the Managing Partner in 2007 and he also broad range of projects, many with Mayor of Londons Design Advisory leads Studio 26. internationally recognised architects, Panel (MDAP), DCLGs Housing coordinating the work of the building Sounding Board, EHs Urban Panel, EHs Julian is also a member of the services and structural disciplines, plus Renumeration Committee and MADEs practice’s Partnership Board the input from the wide range of Arup design advice reference group. She had a responsible for the leadership of the specialist teams. His wide range of long career in the civil service working on practice. He has extensive experience in environmental assessment experience planning, urban policy and regeneration, many sectors, including Masterplanning, includes the use of Arup SPeAR, construction industries and housing. She Housing, Cultural Buildings, Museums BREEAM, LEED and the Code for held director level posts in the former and Higher Education. He is currently Sustainable Homes. ODPM and the Government Office working on projects across the world and for London (GOL) 1994-2001 where leading significant UK projects for the Jonathan has worked in multi-disciplinary she advised successive Secretaries of practice. Award winning projects include design teams as a Building Services State on strategic planning and high the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics Engineer and Sustainability Consultant profile case work in London. Joyce at Manchester University, the National on a wide range of building projects also played a leading personal role in Cold War Building at RAF Museum both in Britain and overseas. Projects the transformation of Trafalgar Square, Cosford, a CABE Gold Standard Building have ranged from large mixed-use Somerset House and the provision of for a Housing Development for the masterplans, headquarters office new piers on the Thames. Peabody Trust, Broadcasting Place buildings, commercial offices, in Leeds which included Faculties for housing, passively controlled archive Since leaving the civil service in 2002, Architecture, Art, Media, Graphics, and facilities, an environmental building she has provided advice to the Heritage Student Housing, and a wide range of technology seminar centre, a Lottery Fund, Yorkshire Forward, various major Masterplanning projects spanning community IT centre, and art galleries. government departments and other from Cairo to North Oxfordshire and He is experienced in the preparation of public bodies. She was awarded the London including the BBC Oxford Road planning application documentation, and CBE in 2001. site in Manchester. coordinating input from all members of the design team. He plays an active role Julian is currently also an external in London planning matters; providing examiner for the MArch at Plymouth policy input, commenting on emerging University, a Places Matter Design policy and actively participating in local Review Panel Member in the North West planning consultations. and a visiting critic at the Architectural Association.

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Julie Greer Julie Morgan Justine Leach Originally, from Julie Morgan Bsc Justine is an Toronto Canada, Julie HONS DipTP urban designer Greer has always had MAUD MRTPI and landscape a keen interest in architect with cities and place Julie is a qualified experience gained making. Her father Urban Designer and working in both the has been disabled Chartered Town UK and Asia. Her from birth, which has developed her Planner with over 12 years public and professional practice spans both interest in accessibility. Her education in private experience. disciplines and she has worked across all urban design, town planning and building aspects of the built environment. conservation has supported her interest Julie established her Town Planning in the built environment. and Urban Design Consultancy Place Justine provides design leadership Elements in August 2009. She has through roles on the CABE and South Julie moved to London 25 years ago. She worked at three local authorities, West Design Review panels, and as a has held senior positions with the City of an international multi-disciplinary design champion. She has been a Design Westminster and Southwark, where she Development Consultancy and an Council CABE enabler for nine years was head of design and conservation Architecture Centre. Her skills include and also a CABE Space enabler. During for seven years. It was here that she Town Planning, Urban Design and Project that time she provided specialist advice established a reputation as planner who Management, Public Consultation and to more than ten Local Authorities and has consistently delivered high quality Engagement and Event Management. co-ordinated programmes of work such design, who has subsequently raised the She is a regular Expert at Grand Designs as the Thames Gateway housing audit. ‘design bar’ in London and is passionate Live exhibition providing advice to Justine has been a Chartered Member about making successful, accessible and developers and the public. of the Landscape institute (CMLI) for sustainable community-based places. seventeen years and worked in mixed Setting up London’s first Design Review Julie is an active member of RTPI discipline consultancy, she is currently Panel supported this initiative. and RIBA West Midlands Consultant. Director of Urban Design and Landscape Before Place Elements she worked at Nash Partnership in Bath. For three years Julie was a Principal as a Design Review Manager at the Design Advisor for the Olympic Delivery Regional Architecture Centre MADE. Previously she worked at EDAW Authority. She was responsible for She has undertaken many regional roles (AECOM) rising to Associate Director. the Evolution Phase of the Legacy promoting design quality in the West A significant part of her career has Masterplan as well as the Olympic village, Midlands including, CABE Building for been involved in regeneration and where stakeholder consultation and Life Training Facilitator 2008-2009, developing strategic design guidance. engagement was a key to its success. CABE Summer School Facilitator She has considerable experience in 2007, Chair of Judges for the South neighbourhood and urban public Julie currently sits on the Commission Staffordshire Partnership Design Awards space design, including the streets and for Sustainable London 2012, where 2007, Chair of RTPI West Midlands Urban public realm of housing. She has | she provides specialist advise on the Design Panel 2006, Urban Vision Design worked extensively with community OPLC’s Legacy Masterplan, Design Review Panel Member 2005-2006 and groups and local authority officers Codes and planning applications as well 2010 -2011. delivering training to those involved in as procurement. Three years ago she Housing Market Renewal and Rural established GreerPritchard a Design-led Previous accomplishments have also Masterplanning programme. planning consultancy. They are currently been recognised via National and advising on two major Early Housing Regional Awards including Inaugural schemes at the E&C. ‘RTPI Young Planner of the Year’ 2000 and RegenWM Commendation Prize for Julie lives in Dulwich, with her husband ‘Most Transferable Project’ 2004. and two sons.

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Kamya Ramachandran Karl Pitman Kay Hughes As Kamya Karl Pitman is a Kay Hughes has Ramachandran Chartered Engineer worked at the graduated from with a first class Olympic Delivery the architecture degree in Civil Authority (ODA) since program in India’s Engineering. He has 2006 as Head of premier institution, 22 years’ experience Design, Principal CEPT, Ahmedabad, in the land Design Adviser and a devastating earthquake struck. It development and water sectors in the UK Project Sponsor from early masterplan shook her world forever. Though ready to and the Middle East. Between 1990 and development, strategy development, dive into mainstream architectural 2011 he worked for an international project briefing and set up through practice, she joined SEEDS-India, a NGO engineering consultancy at all levels from to delivery. that set about rebuilding and Technician to Divisional Director. His rehabilitating an affected village. Living in responsibilities included preparation of Prior to that she was a Senior Client the village for 16 months, she helped drawings and designs; design representative for the British Foreign rebuild 125 homes through an intensely management; project management; team and Commonwealth Office (FCO) and engaged design process with the development and leadership; and led and delivered high profile Embassy villagers. It was her first job, and one that business development. projects in Warsaw, Bangkok, Madrid, compelled her to re-evaluate her Istanbul and Skopje. upbringing as an architect. In June 2011 Karl resigned his position to start his own business offering civil Kay was raised in the Netherlands, Kamya invested in a career of engineering consultancy services in trained as an architect at Kingston collaborative, community-engaged, the land development sector. He has a University and spent her early career sustainable design that undoubtedly strong technical background in flooding working for Sir Denys Lasdun in the UK created far more successful spaces and and drainage and specialises in the and Luxembourg as well as working in satisfied clients and users. Since then, incorporation and management of water Barcelona on the design of the Olympic she has spent her time honing the skills within the built environment. Village and Basketball centres for Esteve required to be a collaborative designer Bonell. She has spent the last 14 years through education and practice. Having Karl is a qualified CEEQUAL Assessor, working client side including five years at graduated with a MSc. Arch. from the in which role he audits the sustainability Sport England where she worked on the renown UC Berkeley, CA, USA, she of civil engineering, infrastructure, 2002 Commonwealth Games. worked with Urban Ecology, a San landscaping and public realm projects. Francisco NGO as an urban designer. He is also a member of CEEQUAL’s She worked with diverse communities panel of Verifiers. As a result of working from school children to senior citizens, in a multi-disciplinary consultancy, artists to labour groups. She created and through his work with CEEQUAL different types of engagement platforms he has made valuable contributions to from workshops and design charrettes, many projects in the built environment, to surveys and walk-arounds. She helped including a new town centre mixed- to design and to enable communities use development in the south east, the to create streetscapes, parks and regeneration of industrial land in the playgrounds, schoolyards and a flagship south west, and the Crossrail scheme. 13 mile long greenway.

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Kay Richardson Keith Bradley Keith Williams Kay Richardson, Keith is a senior Keith is founder and originally from partner with Feilden design director of Brighton, now lives Clegg Bradley Keith Williams with her husband in a Studios, based in Architects, a leading village on the Surrey/ Bath and London. He architectural and Sussex border. By joined the practice in urban masterplanning profession Kay is the 1987, was made a firm. He has served Landscape Architect/Urban Designer partner in 1995, a senior partner in 1997 on the CABE National Design Review officer for Guildford Borough Council; by and in 1998 set up the London office. panel since 2008 and has participated in choice a worldwide idealist, design over 30 Design Reviews of many major enthusiast, and environmentalist. Keith is Vice Chair of the Cabe National schemes, both internal reviews and Design Review panel and Trustee of public panels. His firm is recipient of Kay understands how design can be Shape East, Centre for Architecture more than 25 major design awards and such a powerful communication tool for and the Built Environment, Cambridge. was BD Public Building Architect of the those who feel without a voice, struggling Keith has led numerous FCBS Award Year in both 2006 and 2008. He works to prove herself academically through winning projects which has included internationally on major civic, arts and school and sixth form until attending 30 RIBA Awards, the Queens Award for masterplanning projects. Leeds Met University and achieving a Sustainability and the 2008 RIBA Stirling first class honours degree, and Prize. Award winning high-density urban His recent projects include the new postgraduate diploma with distinction, housing and major urban regeneration Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury, and in Landscape Architecture. schemes throughout the UK, with the new Chichester Museum, whilst ongoing work in London, Manchester, completed projects include Athlone She has worked within a Local Authority Leeds, Bristol and Bath. Civic Centre and Wexford Opera House for almost 11 years after working in both in Ireland, and the Unicorn Theatre various environmental sectors including Public buildings include London and the Long House, in London. Under English Heritage (year out student), Academies and two new buildings for construction inter alia Athlone Art Gallery several landscape architecture practices the RAF Museums. Recently completed (Ireland) will finish later this year. Most and an arboricultural consultancy. With Higher Education projects include the recently he has set out proposals for a her graduation as a Landscape Architect masterplan and design of London’s new city for 10 million inhabitants near in 1994, Kay’s professional education largest student campus for Queen Mary, Karachi in Pakistan. continued as she became chartered in University of London and the London 1999, and achieved an Urban Design Centre for Nanotechnology for UCL. The He has lectured widely on his work and Masters with Merit from Westminster new Business School and Student Hub in 2010 was made Honorary Visiting University in 2004. for Manchester Metropolitan University, Professor of Architecture at Zhengzhou along with their new School of Art and University, China. He is a Member if the Kay is passionate about the need for Design are currently nearing completion Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, local communities to rise to the challenge on site. The early design stages of a and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, created by sustainable development and new 170 million urban campus for the and has judged numerous architectural sustainable living patterns. She hopes University of Ulster in Belfast is a major competitions and awards schemes and to better facilitate the change process work in progress. my work has been published worldwide. with local communities to help them remove physical and mental barriers to sustainable living principles.

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Kelda Lyons Kelvin McDonald Ken Shuttleworth Kelda Lyons is a Kelvin MacDonald Ken founded Make in playwork MCIH FRTPI FRSA 2004 and the practice professional. She has won a remarkable has done playwork, Kelvin is Senior range of projects outreach and Visiting Fellow at the since its inception, inclusion, training, Department of Land with its first building, development, writing Economy, Cambridge the award-winning and consultancy. She would like to be a and runs his own consultancy, Spatial Dartford Dojo, being completed in 2006. BEE as she has specialist knowledge Effects Ltd. and perspective to bring to the design Make’s completed buildings include process, which she believes is Kelvin is a member of the DCLG’s the City of London Information Centre; sometimes missing when new places Planning Sounding Board. He is a non- the 55 Baker Street office development; are built. salaried Examining Inspector with the the Rodmarton Street, Grosvenor Planning Inspectorate and a member Waterside and Weymouth Street Kelds’s first hand knowledge gained of the Board of Trustees of Shelter. He residential developments; the Copper through working in play spaces with is a Planning Aid volunteer and was a Box for the London 2012 Olympics and children can inform what children need Design Council-CABE Enabler. He was The Cube in Birmingham. from newly designed spaces, and can the Chief Policy Adviser to the Royal help adapt newly built environments. Town Planning Institute for its work on Prior to founding Make, Ken was a She has designed, built, created, planning reform and the Localism Act. Partner at Foster and Partners, developed, managed and modified He was a Specialist Adviser to the House where he worked on some of the adventure playground environments. She of Commons Communities and Local world’s most iconic and ground-breaking has a current knowledge of what built Government Select Committee and to buildings. He joined the practice in spaces are like for children, and knows the Environmental Audit Committee for 1977, moving to Hong Kong shortly how children feel about and react to the their recent inquiries into the National afterwards to oversee all aspects of the places they inhabit. Planning Policy Framework and has Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank’s design been specialist adviser to the Energy and construction. Kelda has worked widely across the play and Climate Change and the Transport sector, studying, developing inclusive Select Committees. He has written a column for New Builder projects, sharing good practice, training magazine, served on the editorial and networking. She has a perspective Kelvin has written Planning at the Heart of board of Building magazine and judged of public space that takes into account Local Government, published by DCLG the British Council of Offices awards both children’s and adult’s points of view. and the LGA, creating low carbon homes scheme. He has received Honorary She has worked with various playspace for people in eco-towns published by the Doctorates from De Montfort University, design and build companies. A non- TCPA and DCLG and Building Blocks, the University of Westminster and traditional career and education path published by Shelter. He has been the the University of Nottingham, and has enabled her to maintain independent Director of Policy and Research at the an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal and original ways of thinking. She has a RTPI and Director of ROOM, the National Incorporation of Architects in Scotland. holistic understanding of systems and Council for Housing and Planning. processes and appreciates how other Ken was a CABE Commissioner from professionals approach design of the 2002 to 2011. He is a Fellow of the built environment. Royal Society of Arts and a member of the Government Advisory Group on Professional and Business Services.

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Kevin Gibbons Kimball Bailey Les Sparks Kevin Gibbons is Kimball Bailey is an Les Sparks currently Director experienced and completed of Property & practical business professional training Facilities at City director and manager as an architect and University, London. with significant town planner (MRTPI expertise in and RIBA). He has Kevin is a chartered governance, worked in the private Architect, who progressed into Project procurement, benefit realisation and the sector for a planning consultancy and for Management first for the NHS at Oxford management of change in a strategic a national house builder and in the public RHA and then in private practice for commercial context. sectors in local government and a new major London consultancies. He was town development corporation. Key seconded to Pfizer Inc. to lead the For the last 27 years he has worked posts include Principle planning officer development of £150m new research for international consultancies, both LB Lambeth 1968-73, Severn Gorge facility in 2001. He has worked on independent players and former ‘big four’ Projects Manager, Telford DC 1975-80, generally complex projects, heavily firms (with nine years at Ernst & Young). Director of Environment Bath City serviced buildings of a technical nature, He has a law degree from Cambridge Council 1980 - 91. He was director of covering healthcare, higher education, University. He helps organisations to Architecture and Planning at Birmingham and pharmaceuticals, procured through realise benefit from their investment in City Council 1991-99 and Planning both traditional and other methods business change and has most recently Inspector 1999-2002. Les was a CABE including PFI. applied this on a series of projects to Commissioner 1999-2006 and English procure architects, a strategic design Heritage Commissioner 2001-08. Kevin joined City in 2004, widening team and development advisers for its remit to cover operations and NHS Trusts. He has worked alongside maintenance and becoming Director in RIBA and CABE. He has worked across 2008, leading an in-house team of 135 a range of sectors including healthcare, plus contractors. His role encompasses central and local government, education, all aspects of the physical environment financial services, retail and distribution including security and business and the voluntary sector. continuity, timetabling and general FM, plus Energy and Environment. He was principle author of their new Estates Strategy to 2017 involving £130m investment including new leased premises and a new building.

Kevin is a creative and responsible Director with a range of experiences in project and general management. He has a track record of getting things done, applying processes that work, with an ability to relate well to people at all levels. His career journey has involved increasing the breadth of responsibility across all areas of estate development and operations. Key personal skills include perception, intuition and leadership. He has a strong interest in people management and motivation, negotiation and mentoring skills, therefore building strong working relationships. He is transparent, hardworking and committed to delivering first class results, with a Myers Briggs INTJ profile.

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Lesley Johnson Liane Hartley Liz Kessler Lesley Johnson Liane graduated from For the last eleven is an experienced, Oxford University in years Liz Kessler has hands-on housing 1999 with a degree in worked as an urban and regeneration Geography before designer primarily on professional. She completing an MPhil retrofitting areas of started her working in Town & Country multi-deprivation. life in a local authority Planning from the She worked for EC1 homeless unit and moved into housing Bartlett School, University College New Deal for Communities (NDC), development with a large housing London in 2004. Liane is a Planner by London, for six years until the end of association. There she worked on profession with over twelve years of 2009 and was responsible for preparing a and led, a number of large scale experience as a strategic planning, public realm strategy to improve the estate redevelopment and community regeneration and economic streets, parks and external areas around refurbishment schemes. development consultant to the public and blocks of council housing. She was then private sectors. In 2005 she wrote the responsible for co-ordinating its Key to Lesley’s approach is strong, Thames Gateway Theme Guide to implementation: initiating projects, meaningful resident and stakeholder Designing Safer Communities which was writing briefs, selecting designers, involvement in all stages of the design, funded by the UK Home Office and is working with them, officers and residents procurement and delivery of projects. recognised as best practice. and seeing more than 50 projects She developed community engagement through to completion. The area has skills alongside technical expertise and Liane specialises in the social impacts been substantially transformed, with the a growing interest in design quality. She of regeneration and development strategy and many of the projects has worked with a wide range of groups and building active citizenship for receiving awards. and communities on projects at a senior community-led local change. She level to provide from 5 to 900 new homes, combines extensive knowledge of the UK Since 2010 Liz has worked freelance, spaces and facilities. planning system and social sustainability disseminating information about with practical policy and strategy retrofitting deprived areas as well as on Lesley has also worked with development skills. Community-led and Neighbourhood Birmingham City Council, Government Plans. Clients include East Thames Office for the West Midlands and In 2010 Liane founded Mend, a social Housing/London Borough of Tower Peabody Trust, Lambeth Council and enterprise for helping design and Hamlets, Oxford Brookes University, PFI on large projects. She was also a development become more socially University of Westminster, PlayLINK, Neighbourhood Renewal Advisor for intelligent. Mend focusses on building Urban Design London and CABE. CLG from 2004 – 2009. place attachment and community confidence for participating in local Before completing an MA in Urban decision-making about place and Design in 2000 Liz worked in housing, neighbourhood. Mend sees the for Friends of the Earth and as an “Community as Client” and works with arts administrator. businesses, communities, organisations, networks, public and private sector parties to build effective partnerships and change behaviours in the development and planning process.

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Louisa Philpott Louise Goodison Louise Wyman Originally from Louise Goodison BA Louise is an Area Edinburgh, Louisa is Hons History Bsc Manager in the HCAs an urban designer Arch Dip Arch RIBA Midlands Team, and sustainability based in Birmingham. consultant with over Louise has been the Louise provides 15 years experience Director of Cazenove strategic direction on in masterplanning Architects since sustainable and urban design across the UK. 1997 and led the practice to specialise development, masterplanning and urban in community, education and urban design across the Midlands region. She is With a background in building physics design. Under her direction and leadersip responsible for delivering HCAs planning, and architectural design she has Cazenove has worked with over twenty investment and development priorities in focused on sustainable and ecological Local Authorities and many community the South Midlands. approaches to architecture which began and public organisations. They have early in her career when volunteering worked under many regeneration and Louise is a chartered surveyor and with Gaia Architects in Scotland. She public spending programmes over two landscape architect. She worked as a has worked with a number of practices, decades, including City Challenge, SRB, development consultant with Cushman & including White Design, and has recently ERDF, English Heritage, Lottery BIG and Wakefield in the UK and Eastern Europe formed her own practice. Local Landmarks, Heritage Lottery, BSF, in the early 1990s. After which she gained Neighbourhood nurseries and Sure Start a Masters in landscape architecture Louisa has produced masterplans and Childrens Centre programmes. from Harvard University and was a Design Codes for private developers, masterplanner with Hart Howerton in charitable organisations and local Louise’s projects have won and been San Francisco. authorities in the commercial, housing commended and shortlisted for both and education sectors. local and national design awards: Civic Louise joined English Partnerships in Trust, RIBA, Local Authority, The Housing 2001 as urban design manager and led She works closely with architects Awards, BBIC awards, British Council for a series of initiatives aimed at improving and communities embedding design School environments Awards. the design quality of English Partnerships quality and sustainability at the early and later the HCAs built projects. She decision making stages. She is involved Louise has led successful campaigns in leads the HCAs Delivering Quality Places in community led town planning, relation to neighbourhood development training programme and the Midlands community energy projects, community in London Fields East, Clarence Mews, Design Team. self build, and is a member of the Salford and central Hackney. She is a Bristol Green Capital Land Use and specialist in community and education Louise is a member of Harvard’s Alumni Planning Group. and early years architecture and a RIBA Council and serves on the Ambassador Client Design Advisor. She led the CDA Committee supporting the exchange of She has recently worked on, at White team Primary Capital programme in ideas and innovative practice between Design, a Technology Strategy Board Birmingham (2007-2010) and developed the US and Europe. Louise was a CABE funded research project into ‘Design for a new Programme Strategy for School Enabler and is currently a member of Future Climate Change’ assessing the Environments encouraging long term OPUN’s connect group. potential effects of UKCIP09 climate planning on school estates (2011). She scenarios on a site in Cardiff. is a founder member of the Inner London Education Alliance (2012) and a RIBA Conservation Architect (2011).

As well as being a school governor for over ten years and a member of Hackney Central Conservation Area Advisory Committee, Louise is Founder and Organiser of the Clapton Festival. She is on the Board of Clapton Conference currently developing Neighbourhood Plan for Clapton and is mentoring the Open City programme.

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Ludwig Tewksbury Lynn Kinnear Lynne Ceeney Lud is a Chartered Lynn has over 30 Lynne Ceeney has Landscape Architect years experience as a been involved in and Master of Urban Landscape Architect sustainable planning Designer with ten and has consolidated for over 20 years, years post-masters the diversity of this working in the experience. He has experience within her community, for local led multi-disciplinary design led practice, authorities and teams on a number of complex and high KLA. Her experience ranges from sub regional bodies, and now in consultancy profile projects in London, Australia, regional planning and urban design to where, amongst other projects, she Russia, Central Asia, the Middle East and public realm, education and residential designs and delivers collaborative design Africa, encompassing works across the sector projects. The approach of the events. She also teaches at the University private and public sectors, including a practice is to promote high quality of Hertfordshire. Royal Landscape Institute Award winning design, and to integrate design transport and public realm vision for the excellence into a framework of inclusive Lynne has worked for CABE as an expert Clerkenwell / Farringdon area of the consultation and public engagement. contributor for the Sustainable Cities London Borough of Islington in 2008. project, and also as an Enabler training Lynn has a track record of collaborating CABE staff in community engagement, In his role as lead landscape architect for with artists and design team consultants, providing local authorities with support the Whitehall Streetscape Improvement producing exciting and innovative results on a Rural Masterplanning project Project, Lud refined his skills in delivering for projects. This approach is best (looking at community vulnerabilities) and integrated landscape and security illustrated in the Landscape Institute for a Council undertaking stakeholder solutions that respect and enhance Award winning Normand Park project. engagement around an EcoTown. Her pedestrian environments. He was also The approach to this project combined detailed understanding of sustainability instrumental in the development of the a proactive sustainably agenda with a enables her to offer an holistic input to Piccadilly and St. James’s Improvement programme of design development and physical planning, such as masterplans Project: Restoring Two-Way Operation arts workshops. (eg: masterplan for Callander, for the for the Crown Estate, now part of the Scottish Government) and to planning Mayor’s Better Streets programme, a Lynn’s recent work includes being and design policy (Central Bedfordshire project which unlocked Piccadilly Circus the ALGG Area Advisor, providing and Luton Councils). She has a particular for the current improvements. guidance on the London’s Downlands interest in resource efficiency, adaptation area for the All London Green Grid. for climate change and walkable Lud has also delivered high profile This work defines a strategic vision neighbourhoods. landscape masterplans for several for greening the boroughs of Bromley, major international projects including, Sutton and Croydon. Lynne is experienced at working in New Caspian City Dagestan, Durrat al confrontational settings, and also in Bahrain, Asian Beach Games 2010 venue Lynn Kinnear was a CABE Enabler, is helping people from different sectors and legacy development in Oman, the a member of the LDA team and is a understand the policy, business and White City Baku new town in Azerbaijan, member of the Transform South quality of life drivers that each other have and the Barra Do Kwanza resort and Yorkshire Advisory panel. Both CABE and come to a common set of baseline residential development in Angola. and The Arts Council have used KLA objectives. She is providing pro bono projects to illustrate their publications on advice on neighbourhood planning in her best practice. own locality.

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Maja Jorgensen Marcus Lee Margaret Baddeley Experiences gained Marcus is a director Margaret is a part while practicing as an at Glenn Howells time senior associate urban designer in the Architects having with Nathaniel UK and abroad has spent five years at Lichfield and Partners strengthened Maja FLACQ and one year (NLP), a planning, Jorgensen’s desire to at Arup Associates. economics and urban engage with and He was a CABE design consultancy. support communities living in places Design Review panel member, has She is a town planner and a planning and undergoing change. She is passionate been a member of RIBA competition development surveyor, with over 20 about empowering communities to judging panels and chaired an years’ experience, working in private achieve well-designed spaces through international airport competition in practice advising both public and private raising design skills and aspirations. Riga. Marcus currently serves as a sector clients. Hackney Design panel member and a Maja has practical design, workshop Cabe Built Environment Expert. Since joining NLP’s London office and project management experience Marcus is passionate about cities in from what is now Cushman Wakefield, from the private and third sector, and particular London. Margaret has worked on a wide builds lasting relations with communities, variety of development projects, with regeneration professionals and a wide proposals taken through all steps in the range of organisations. development management process, including appeal, to implementation. Working at The Glass-House she She currently leads a team responsible champions community engagement for reporting emerging planning-related and good design through independent legislation and Government policy in- advice, support and training through house and to clients and co-consultants, coordinating their annual series of advising on implications for their two-day Design Training courses and interests and submitting responses to delivering direct support to community consultations. groups and professionals across the UK. She project manages individual Margaret is vice chair of the British projects and designs in detail the content Property Federation’s (BPF) Planning of hands-on workshops, seminars, Committee and regularly participates in study tours and talks to give community discussions regarding emerging law and members the skills, confidence and policy with CLG and BIS on the BPF’s knowledge to lead their community behalf e.g on community infrastructure project to fruition. levy (CIL) and ‘greater flexibility’ measures for planning permissions. She was invited to join a CLG expert practitioners’ panel taking forward other development management improvements in 2009 and 2010. She is an architectural tour guide in London for a Hamburg-based/ architectural practice and has begun town planning-related volunteering with the Building Exploratory.

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Maria Kheirkhah Marilyn Taylor Mark Johnson Maria Kheirkhah is a Marilyn Taylor is an Mark Johnson multi-disciplinary experienced studied amenity artist and academic, regeneration horticulture before mapping systems of practitioner with achieving his degree visual knowledge and wide-ranging and post grad in culture particularly experience relating to Landscape that of the Middle good place-making, Architecture. He East in relation to the UK. local planning and effective partnership worked for the Community Technical Aid working with local authorities, residents, Centre a small charity specialising in Born and raised in the North of Iran, and third sector organisations. architecture, landscape and community Kheirkhah first travelled to the UK in 1979 involvement working with community where she pursued her art education, Operating her own consultancy practice groups in the deprived areas of Greater specialising in sculpture, and obtained since 2000, her focus is on supporting Manchester. He worked from inception to her M.A. at the University of Central collaboration between people and place practical completion through the RIBA England in 1997. professionals. She has published several work stages to deliver aspirational reports and toolkits promoting the value of projects with local groups. Maria traveled back to Iran in 1988, such integrated approaches (eg for CLG teaching at two major universities in and JRF) and has applied this philosophy Whilst at CTAC Mark became a Tehran, Alzahra University and The throughout her involvement with Chartered Member of the Landscape Academy of Arts. Since her return to the neighbourhood renewal, regeneration and Institute. During this period he was a part UK in the early 1990s she has completed redevelopment schemes. time studio tutor for 2nd year Landscape many artistic projects with major London undergraduates working with the art Galleries and Museums. She has In recent years Marilyn has also worked students to develop their understanding taught and exhibited extensively both in extensively in the housing growth areas of the profession and to develop their the UK and internationally. on the importance of building strong design skills. and active communities in new housing She is a trustee/board member at settlements, particularly through the He moved to Rotterdam to work for the 198 Gallery in London and co-runs provision of appropriate and sustainable West 8. Initially he worked on the The Practice Exchange seminar community and social infrastructure. concept and design development series at Chelsea College of Art and In 2001 she was appointed as an and reserved matters application for Design and is currently a lecturer at independent CLG Adviser and operated Stratford City as well as aspects of Richmond University. in this role for over ten years working on the Olympic Village. He then moved many different assignments across all on to work on the masterplanning of Among her numerous exhibitions and nine English regions. Samara, Iraq and the redevelopment presentations are: Conversation Pieces, of the former Commonwealth Institute 1001 questions, Tate Britain 2009; The Marilyn has been an enabler for Cabe, in London. Returning to the UK Mark Psychology of Fear, 198 Gallery 2008; contributing to their work on planning, jointly set up a design led landscape The Anatomy Of Ignorance, Current and recently on neighbourhood planning architecture practice working on a broad thinking, Tate Modern 2007. specifically. She was formerly a design range of projects from public parks, review panel member and enabler for housing, education to large scale retail Kheirkhah lives and works in London. Inspire East, and is currently a design developments. review panel member with Places Matter! in the North West.

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Mark Swenarton Martin Stockley Matt Lally Mark Swenarton is an Martin Stockley has Matt Lally is a Director architectural been involved in of urban design educator, critic and Engineering since consultancy Matrix historian. He started 1971. He was a Partnership and his career teaching draughtsman for the jointly runs the history at the Bartlett, GLC and inspected practice’s London UCL (1977-87) before sewers for Thames office. An moving into publishing. Water. He has a BSc Civil Engineering experienced urban designer and town from University of London King’s College planner by background, over the last 19 In 1989 he co-founded Architecture Today and was initially designer of major civil years he has worked in both public and magazine, followed in 2000 by Ecotech, engineering, sewage treatment works, private sectors in the UK and overseas (in remaining co-editor of both until 2005. steel rolling mills etc in the UK, West Africa, the Middle East and Far East). From 2005 to 2010 he was head of the Indies and Libya. He was partner at Alan architecture school at Oxford Brookes Baxter and Associates (1984-1996) with Matt is a highly experienced enabler - University and in 2011 he was appointed much work on historic buildings and other having served in this capacity on behalf inaugural James Stirling professor of building structures. Stockley was founded of CABE, The Prince’s Foundation, the architecture at Liverpool University. As in 1997 in Manchester and London. Glass-House, Scottish Improvement an architectural historian he has written Service, Transform South Yorkshire extensively about twentieth-century In 1992, Martin began working on and others. He has been responsible housing. His scholarly publications public realm and master planning for preparing a wide range of urban include Homes fit for Heroes (1981) and with Paddington in London and Great design outputs, often focusing on Building the New Jerusalem (2008) and he Northern Warehouse in Manchester. neighbourhood planning, masterplanning is currently researching the low-rise high- He led the engineering design of the and regeneration. density housing built by Neave Brown successful master plan for Manchester and others at Camden in the 1960s-70s, post-1996 bomb. Since then, he has Recent projects include Woodberry leading to the exhibition Cook’s Camden worked on a series of award -winning Down in Hackney, the UK’s largest at the Building Centre (2010). building structures and has led on the estate renewal, and the award-winning development of an approach to public Devonport New Deal for Communities He was a director of the Timber Research realm based on civility (now embodied in project. Projects often involve intensive and Development Association from Manual for Streets). community engagement, and he is 2006 to 2009 and a member of the peer highly experienced in a wide range review college of the Arts and Humanities Martin is currently Chair of Places of techniques. He is an enthusiastic Research Council from 2007-2010. Matter!, CABE Schools, Space Enabler, advocate of urban design, not only He currently chairs the architecture Schools Panel, Crossrail Panel, Thames through project work but he has also accreditation panel for the Commission Tideway Panel, MADE Panel member, taken a lead role in a wide variety of urban for Academic Accreditation in the United Bath and North East Somerset Transport design education, training, research and Arab Emirates and was a member of the Commission and Urban Regeneration best practice guidance exercises. Matt design review panel for CABE since 2006 Panel member and member of English is a visiting tutor in urban design at The and a vice-chair since 2008. He is now a Heritage Urban Panel. Bartlett, UCL. Built Environment Expert.

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Matthew Carmona Matthew Lloyd Matthew Wells Matthew Carmona is Matthew Lloyd was Matthew has over 30 Professor of Planning born in London and years experience in and Urban Design at educated at the design of building the Bartlett, UCL. He Edinburgh College of structures and has previously Art School of bridges. His particular lectured at the Architecture. After area of interest is in University of graduating, he developing the Nottingham and before that worked as a worked at SOM in London and Chicago interface between structural design and researcher at Strathclyde and Reading before founding his own practice in the architecture. As creative director Universities and as an architect in practice. early 1990s. Matthew Lloyd Architects Matthew maintains an overview of the has a strong social ethos and has won conceptual content of all the projects in His research has focused on the policy acclaim for sensitive, innovative the company. He has delivered a wide and development context for delivering architecture in complex settings, often in range of new-build and refurbishment better quality design in the built historic contexts. Notable projects structures including arts centres, environment, having worked on a range include the refurbishment of the Grade I housing, schools and offices as well as a of research projects examining: Design Listed Royal Society of Arts, Twenty number of public realm and infrastructure policies and guidance; Design coding; Bishops Square/St Botolph’s Hall, St projects. He has served on the Residential design and development Paul’s Old Ford and the Prince’s Architectural Association Council and processes; Delivering urban renaissance; Foundation Headquarters. Current CABE Olympic review panel. He is The value of urban and architectural projects include the Bourne estate visiting professor of architectural design; The working relationships regeneration for the London Borough of engineering at the University of Leeds. between housing providers and Camden, the redevelopment of a listed planners; Measuring quality in planning; church with associated housing, two new Selected Projects include New Wear Managing external public space; Local churches with associated housing and a Crossing, Somerset House Staircase, environmental quality and standards; new school for autistic teenagers. Almere Windhinders, St Charles Way London squares and high streets. Catholic Sixth Form College, Chichester Matthew has created and organised Museum, Stadthaus, the Bluecoat, This research has led to an extensive conferences on making church buildings Royal Victoria Dock Footbridge and the range of academic and professionally relevant and useful to contemporary Orangery, Prague Castle. oriented publications. Between 2003 and communities (‘A City to Dwell In’ 2005 2011 he served as Head of the Bartlett and ‘Strong City’ 2006) and has spoken School of Planning and now leads on at several similar conferences here and urban design across the Faculty. abroad. Matthew created the celebrated Water Lift on the Duke of York Steps for Matthew Carmona is European Associate London Festival of Architecture 2010, Editor for the ‘Journal of Urban Design’, a daring intervention offering a radical and was formally on the Research and sustainable access solution in a Reference Group of CABE. He is a regular profoundly historic setting. A permanent advisor to government and government installation is in development. agencies both in the UK and overseas. Matthew has served as a judge on the Hackney Design Awards (2012), the RIBA Awards (2011), the [AC-CA] Awards (2010), and on the shortlisting panel of the RIBA London Awards (2009-10). He taught for many years at both the Royal College of Art and the University of Plymouth.

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May Molteno Meredith Davey Meredith Evans May graduated from Meredith leads the Meredith trained as Manchester UK Environmental an architect and is a University with a First Design Practice of qualified Urban Class Honours Atelier Ten and is a Designer and Planner Degree in Economics, Senior Associate and has worked in the specialising in Director of the field of planning and primary research and organisation. urban design for over social policy. She worked initially for Alongside delivering advanced 35 years in a number of urban authorities. Manchester and Salford Universities, sustainable building and Masterplan researching into innovative approaches design, he delivers bespoke services that For the last 20 years Meredith has also to deprivation. From 1994 –1998 she was include advanced analysis of both managed the related areas of highways, co-ordinator of an environmental charity, physical response to environments and property, economic development and Vale Royal Environment Network, where financial impacts. Within this role regeneration. He was Assistant Director she worked to deliver sustainable Meredith has also developed a number of City Development at Leicester City community projects. R&D studies relating to future building Council for a number of years before technologies or the environmental impact joining Telford and Wrekin Council as In 1998 May set up Pathways – a social of new or existing buildings. Corporate Director, Environment and research organisation specialising in Regeneration. At Telford he lead the supporting the development of high quality Meredith has led projects across a Council’s partnership working with HCA green spaces. At Pathways May designs, broad section of the built environment and previously AWM (the former RDA). manages and delivers consultation, and at varying project values. Project evaluation and engagement projects. highlights include refurbishments of listed Key strategic projects Meredith has led buildings (St. Paul’s, Onslow Sq.), major on are the Telford Millenium Community, Recent work includes delivering: the city speculative office buildings (Trinity, Lawley Sustainable Urban Extension, CABE Space Leaders programme for EC3, London), universities (University Lightmoor Urban Village, Woodside five years; the training of Spaceshaper of the Arts, London), residential regeneration (former New Town estate) and Facilitators; the national consultation (Chelsea Barracks, London and the the redevelopment of the Town Centre. for the Lakes to Dales Landscape Infinity Building, Budapest) and cultural Designation Project on behalf of Natural (Gardens by the Bay, Singapore). Other roles include: Member of the England; an evaluation for the Lottery Housing Design Awards judging panel: of the Lake District footpath repair Meredith has a BSc(Hons) in Physics Member and former chair of the RTPI’s programme, Fix the Fells. Current work is from the University of Bristol and a Urban Design Network; Former Regional focussed on helping organisations create postgraduate from Concordia University, Representative and member of the vibrant activity plans for Heritage Lottery Montreal. He regularly gives public and Planning Advisory Committee for CABE; Fund Bids. educational talks throughout the world Enabler for CABE; Member of the MADE and have contributed to numerous design panel (covering the WM); Chair, May is a highly skilled and innovative publications. He has been a Visiting until it was wound up last year, of the RSS facilitator and trainer - known for her Lecturer on the MSc in Intelligent review group for the WM. focussed but inclusive style. May is Buildings program at Reading University fascinated with playful approaches to since 2009. Meredith is a member of the learning – two days a week she runs an Energy Institute, a Chartered Engineer outdoor primary school in a wood and is and a Chartered Environmentalist. creating three natural play areas.

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Michael Coombs Michael Hayes CBE Michael Stiff Michael Coombs is Michael got a BA Michael Stiff qualified Senior partner, (Special Studies as an architect in engineering at Alan Geography) from 1980 having studied Baxters. Michael has University of Leeds in at the PCL, (now extensive experience 1968, followed by a Westminster of new buildings, Master of Civic University). After reuse of existing Design from working for Rock buildings, bridges, roads and University of Liverpool 3 years later. Townsend and Chapman Taylor, he infrastructure. He started his career in formed Stiff + Trevillion with Andy contracting, before becoming a design From 1971-2008 he was a chartered Trevillion in 1981. In 1990 they set up an consultant, first on bridges and town planner with extensive experience office in Berlin, which Michael ran, subsequently on buildings. at director/chief executive level participating in the IBA projects and including: City Planning Officer, Liverpool building the first new building in East Michael contributes significantly to the (1984 –1993); Director Planning and Berlin, a 25000sqm urban factory and overall direction of the practice, it’s quality Development, City of Glasgow (1993 office complex for Siemens. management and training. He remains –1998); Director of Regeneration, LB hands-on as a designers, involved in all Lambeth (1998–2001); Corporate Michael’s work ranges from complex the firms engineering projects. Director/Acting CEO Borough of Watford urban new builds for The Cadogan Estate, (2001 –2005) and Chief Executive Officer, Derwent London and Hammerson, to West Northamptonshire Development private residences, restaurants and Corporation ( 2005-2008) Exhibition design. Notable projects include Portobello Dock, 10-4 Pentonville In 2009 he became Director of Michael Road, both for Derwent London, Hayes Consulting Ltd. In addition to Liscarton House Sloane Street for The consultancy services to voluntary Cadogan Estate. Stiff + Trevillion have and private sector clients and partner also been responsible for some of the consultants, current roles include: iconic restaurant brands of the last 20 Secretary to the National Planning years, wagamama and Jamies Italian to Forum; Registered Commissioner, name two. Infrastructure Planning Commission; Member of the CABE National Design Over the years Michael has taught at Review Panel; CABE Enabler; Member Westminster, Brighton and Sheffield of design review panel for MADE and Universities, and he continues to exhibit Member of the Glass-House Community drawings and paintings. Importantly, he Led Design Enabler Bank has been a member of the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Architecture Michael has also been a member of the Appraisal Panel since its inception, and Royal Town Planning Institute since 1974. he also sits on the Earls Court Review He was RTPI President in 2004, was panel. He is an External Examiner for made Honorary Fellow of RIBA in 2005 the Liverpool John Moores University and Honorary Member of CIH in the same and he makes regular contributions to year. He is a member of the Academy of magazines and building reviews. Urbanism. In 2008 Michael was awarded CBE for services to local government and the voluntary sector.

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Michael Westley Michál Cohen Mike Axon A Chartered Michál was born and Mike is 46 and a Landscape Architect, educated in South Director of Vectos, a Michael Westley has Africa before moving specialist transport 20 years experience to London in 1990. planning organisation of inclusive landscape She set up Walters with offices in design. Currently and Cohen with Cindy London’s West End, Director of Westley Walters in 1994. Cardiff and Design & Senior Lecturer at Plymouth Manchester. He graduated in 1988 with a University School of Architecture Design Michál has extensive education degree in Civil Engineering and became a & Environment. experience with primary and secondary Director of Projects with Travers Morgan schools completed in the public and in 1992. Mike has been the Practice Principal private sectors, and her expertise at Westley Design since 2005. He on the subject of design in learning Mike formed a transport planning delivers inclusive participatory design environments is now well established. company, Savell Bird & Axon in 1994, process and products in partnership She is committed to research and and this grew to 90 strong by the time it with stakeholders, development explores best practice in education was subsumed by WYG in 2007. He was professionals, makers and health and around the world, investigating how a Director at WYG until 2011 when he learning sector professionals, creating changing pedagogies define the built formed a new company, Vectos, which innovative, accessible solutions. learning environment and incorporating now has in the order of 40 professional staff Michael’s work attempts to create these ideologies into Walters and in the transport planning and engineering Wellbeing by Design in sustainable Cohen’s pioneering and award-winning field. They currently work on about 400 live relationships between people and place. designs. Michál believes in the high projects, the key principles being where value of consultation and encourages all possible the integration of transport with He was an Enabler for CABE Space and stakeholders to offer their opinions and good design and place making. is an Enabler for Play England. He sits share in the common goal of a successful on the Department of Health Design education environment. Separately, Mike is a member of the Review Panel and Cornwall Development Milton Keynes Business Leaders Company, Health & Wellbeing Innovation Michál was a member of the CABE Group and is a Director of Big Rock Centre Board. Mike is an external school review panel from 2009 to 2010 Climbing and Beacon Climbing, which examiner at the University of Essex and and has since continued to do reviews are both companies that provide indoor University of Edinbrough. for Cabe at the Design Council. She rock climbing Centres and climbing was also on the advisory board for the courses around the UK. He skis, climbs, Key appointments include: Founding Department for Education’s research into mountaineers, kayaks, is a downhill Principal Landscape Architect, Personalised Learning. Her enthusiasm mountain biker, road cyclist and kite Groundwork Plymouth 1991-97; for research and understanding of buggy racer. Landscape Associate, Swan Paul the many elements that contribute to Partnership 1997-2000; Senior Lecturer, successful learning environments make Design & Environment, Plymouth her a lucid and knowledgeable speaker in University School of Architecture, this field. continuing since 1994; Program Manager/ Inclusive Designer, Sensory Trust / Eden Project 2002–05; Guest lecturer at RISD Rhode Island USA; Cambridge University School of Architecture; Queens University Belfast; Cardiff University School of Architecture, the combined Universities of Cornwall and the Scottish Agricultural College.

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Mike Entwisle Mike Kelly Neil Blackshaw Mike is an Mike Kelly is a Neil Blackshaw has a environmental construction project degree in planning designer with a and design from Manchester and background in consultant, a versatile followed this with scientific research. and respected research into the He is passionate performer with history of planning. about sustainability extensive experience He has had extensive and the build environment. and achievements as a designer, project experience at senior level in planning in director and estate and project manager. local government with a strong emphasis Over the last 20 years Mike has He has wide experience of working as a on design and implementation. developed an exceptionally wide director, delivering complex programmes range of skills covering all aspects of and sensitive projects, giving advice for Projects Neil has been responsible environmental and building services successful design and delivery, carrying for include a major regeneration design, but concentrating particularly out project reviews for design quality, scheme, worth £6m and a town centre on passive design, natural ventilation, efficiency and effectiveness and assisting pedestrianisation scheme involving use of renewable energy, building form, public and private clients with extensive public art. In Chelmsford he façade design, building operation and procurement for construction projects. led a masterplanning project to produce how the dependence of a building and He is proud of completing projects within a £500m town centre extension. He its users on fossil fuels can be reduced budget, on time and with appropriate developed his design skills by taking through design of the building as well as impact. He also has Board level an MA in urban design at Newcastle, its services. experience for prestigious Public and successfully completing a design thesis Private Sector Organisations. in sustainable regeneration, he led the Mike has been responsible for the Groundwork Trust in Durham for three design of a number of environmentally He also has experience as an OGC years and delivered a number of landscape innovative schemes, including the use of gateway reviewer, CABE enabler, RIBA and urban enhancement schemes with louvred facades for ventilation, thermo- client design adviser, DQI facilitator a strong design element and based on labyrinths and earth tubes, open loop and design reviewer for the Home intensive community participation. ground source heating and cooling, Office, Essex County Council and the biomass boilers, river water for heating Department of Health. In addition, he From 2005 he led the NHS Healthy Urban and cooling, ground seasonal thermal has led teams and directed multi-million Development Unit working at all levels in storage, variable facades and chilled pound complex and prestigious projects London to promote healthier environments slabs for summertime environmental for the Foreign and Commonwealth through engagement between health control. He has particular expertise in Office to a successful conclusion. He has and planning producing award winning public sector and heritage buildings and recently prepared an options appraisal guidance. Since 2009 he has had his sustainable design. He has provided and designs for major adaptations and own consultancy delivering advice to high level guidance to Government and extensions to a primary school in south government, PCTs and local government advisory bodies. London together with designs for a for on the health-planning interface. He a low-energy and sustainable housing recently produced an extensive toolkit Mike is a leading member of the CIBSE development. for promoting a ‘healthy’ town in Thetford Schools design group and the PfS Post and influenced a 5000 dwelling town Occupancy Evaluation Group, and is expansion scheme. He has qualifications working with Constructing Excellence to in management and mediation. develop a model for sustainable school refurbishment. He was a CABE Design Review panel member, is now a Cabe Built Environment Expert and as a member of the DCSF Zero Carbon Schools Task Force drafted the environmental assessment framework for the CABE Schools Design review process. He is also a member of the RIBA Higher Education Design Quality Forum (HEDQF).

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Neil Davidson Neil Deely Neil Porter Neil Davidson MA Neil is a founding Neil Porter was born (Hons) is a landscape partner of in Epsom, Surrey, in architect and partner Metropolitan 1958. He was of J & L Gibbons. Neil Workshop Architects. educated in a joined J & L Gibbons A former a Director of Hertfordshire in 1999. He trained at MacCormac Comprehensive Edinburgh College of Jamieson Prichard School and Art / Heriot-Watt. His portfolio of projects Architects his experience as an architect completed a BA with First Class Honours ranges from sub-regional strategic plans includes the design of many major public in Architecture at the University of and urban regeneration frameworks to projects. His experience also Newcastle in 1980. He completed his public parks, higher education projects, encompasses the disciplines of urban Diploma in Architecture with Honours at city academies and the design of several design and masterplanning and the the Architectural Association in 1983. Heritage Lottery projects. He is design of buildings in sensitive heritage experienced in the assessment, design, contexts such as Durham, Westminster Neil’s tutors at the AA were Nigel Coates conservation and management of a wide and Cambridge. In recent years he has and Peter Wilson, his external examiner range of historic and statutorily protected lead urban design commissions for the was Bernard Tschumi who invited him landscapes, parks and gardens, public sector including Oslo, Bergen and to work on the Parc de la Villette, Paris including the restoration of Pitzhanger Dublin City Councils. from 1983 - 85 where he was introduced Manor and Walpole Park in Ealing, to working with landscape and his future funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund. His practice’s current portfolio includes business partner Kathryn Gustafson. major architectural projects in the UK After working in Paris he taught First Year Neil has developed various master and mainland Europe including Bergen’s unit 1 at the AA for 3 years before working plans including the Green Grid sub- new Arena and conference hotel and a for Architecture practices such as Terry area frameworks for East London and masterplan for the regeneration of Dun Farrell, Ian Ritchie, Alsop and Lyall and landscape feasibility studies for Fairlop Laoghaire Harbour. Neil has also led John Lyall. In 1977 Neil set up Gustafson Plain, the Ingrebourne Marshes and a the design of several new town District Porter, a landscape and design practice. Tree lined Street Strategy for Barking and Centres, and major cultural and mixed Dagenham on behalf of the Greater London use building projects in Scandinavia and Since setting up Gustafson Porter, most Authority; a strategic plan and delivery of North Africa. of their work has been won through Olympic Fringe projects for the OPLC and a competitions, and their team comprises development framework for Canning Town Neil has previously served on several approximately 30 architects and and Custom House for the London Thames Design Review Panels including for the landscape architects. The most notable Gateway Development Corporation. American Embassy at Nine Elms and projects he has been partly or wholly Blackwall Reach Regeneration Project. He responsible are the Westergasfabriek has taught in Architecture Schools in the Culture Park, Amsterdam; Swiss Cottage UK and USA including Oxford Brookes, Open Space, London; The Diana, Bartlett and Arkansas Universities at Princess of Wales Memorial, London; Old Degree and Post Graduate levels. He is Market Square, Nottingham; Shoreline a Design Advisor for Urban Design for Walk, Beirut; Towards Paradise at the London and an Independent Member of Venice Biennale 2008. He is currently the LTGDC Planning Committee. working on the Citylife and Laveno Parks in and near Milan; a park of Bronze and Iron Age Archeology in Abu Dhabi and smaller projects in and around London.

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Neil Smith Neil Williamson Nick Dixon Neil Smith has over Professional career in Nick Dixon DipUD fifteen years’ a nutshell: creating a MCIHT experience in the area fertile environment in inclusive design and which good design Nick is a highways has particular can flourish. engineer and urban experience in designer with 17 strategic Following a BA years’ experience at masterplanning and infrastructure in psychology & physiology from the the intersection of transport planning; development to meet both physical University of Oxford, Neil trained as a traffic engineering and urban design. access and service requirements of the landscape architect, gaining an MA in Disability Discrimination Acts (1995 and landscape design at the University of He is currently Director at Peter Brett 2005), the Equality Act 2010 and the Sheffield in 1979. He has over 30 years’ Associates leading the Urbanism broader requirements of delivering experience as a landscape architect initiative - seeking ongoing design quality inclusive environments that are in the public sector for a variety of improvements in land development, accessible to all. urban and rural authorities, including regeneration and transport infrastructure extensive experience in implementation projects. Nick maintains an active project Neil has an in-depth knowledge of client and project management, community portfolio, including directing street requirements, including government liaison, landscape planning, development planning and design input to award- departments, education bodies, control, public inquiries and planning winning strategic land development funding organisations, construction policy. His management experience sites such as Filton Airfield and Bristol professionals, and commercial and includes partnership development, and Bath Science Park. He also regularly voluntary organisations. He currently cross-disciplinary working, community contributes transport and public realm carries out policy analysis and offers planning, strategic business planning and advice on public sector area regeneration access consultancy services for projects risk management. strategies within multi-disciplinary design across many sectors. He has worked teams – a niche specialism. across a wide variety of sectors; projects As head of environmental design at New include the London Underground, 2012 Forest District Council (NFDC), Neil is Early career as Head of Integrated Olympic Park Masterplan, Historic Royal responsible for environmental project Transport at Wiltshire Council led to a Places, Massar Children’s Discovery implementation and provision of design passion for Urban Design and ongoing Centre, Syria, the Library of Birmingham, advice within the planning service. He believe that municipal engineers, working Strathclyde Partnership Subway combines the practical community-based in collaboration with urban design Modernisation, Irish Museum of Modern approach demanded for work within a professionals, hold the key to improving Art, Giant’s Causeway Visitor’s Centre, busy local authority (putting ‘localism’ design quality in most urban areas. Legacy Haramain High Speed Rail and a cultural into practice) with an active involvement included a programme of city and market quarter in the Abu Dhabi. in wider professional development and town improvements across the county, policy initiatives at national level. He was delivered by cross-disciplinary teams. Before joining Buro Happold, Neil President of the Landscape Institute 2008 ran the consultancy services for the – 2010, is a director of the regional design Nick has spent the last 10 years in Centre for Accessible Environment and centre he helped establish in 2005 (Solent consultancy, blurring the boundaries was a member of the Centre’s Senior Centre for Architecture + Design), and a between technical disciplines in favour Management Team. He was responsible member of the UK Designing Out Crime of effective project delivery teams. the consultancy and training offered Association. Sometimes with success. by CAE and supported the charity’s information services supporting the Disability Rights Commission.

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Nick Sharman Nick Shute Nick Taylor Buck Most recently Nick Nick is a qualified Nick Taylor Buck Sharman has been town planner with 40 currently delivers Director of Local years professional Deloitte’s Building Government at A4e, experience in the Carbon Management leading the urban regeneration Services (BCMS) offer, development of and master planning as well as leading the regeneration fields, in both the Sustainable Design programmes linking physical and social public and private sectors. His specialist Advisory workstream of Drivers Jonas aspects of regeneration. expertise is in: Urban regeneration; Master Deloitte. He advises on the carbon impacts planning; New settlement planning; associated with the construction, use and Before this he was Managing Director, Project management; Community deconstruction of buildings through cradle Local Government at Amey plc where engagement; Infrastructure planning. to grave lifecycle carbon impact he managed a £400m portfolio of assessment, and makes recommendations partnership based service and PFI In 2006 Nick set up his own practice, for further carbon reductions. delivery contracts with Councils across Nick Shute Associates, specialising in the UK, employing over 4000 staff. He planning and regeneration. Prior to that Nick also helps to optimise the has had a variety of board level positions he was a planning director at LDA Design wider sustainability performance of in both private and public sectors, for 4 years and prior to that spent 18 development projects at the strategic, ranging from Director at Gardiner and years at Llewelyn-Davies, rising from masterplanning and building levels. This Theobald (working on a variety of public senior planner to Technical Director. covers a wide range of issues including and private sector regeneration projects) passive design (e.g. Passivhaus), energy to deputy chief executive of the London Nick’s early career was in local conservation, specification, transport, Borough of Islington. At Islington he government in Buckinghamshire and waste, water, community, renewable led the development of public private LB Lambeth. Recent project experience energy and biodiversity. partnerships to deliver mainstream includes: Planning consultant to Westhall services and as well as leading the Estates on College Road North Business Nick is a BREEAM Accredited Council’s regeneration team. This work Park, Aylesbury (planning permission Professional qualified to carry out included the Council’s interest in large obtained February 2012); Rackheath BREEAM assessments on a variety of scale regeneration schemes, notably Eco-Town, Norwich - CABE Enabler building types, as well as on masterplans the £400m Emirates Stadium and the providing advice to Broadlands District through the BREEAM Communities development scheme for King’s Cross. Council on the proposed first-wave scheme. He also provides sustainable ecotown, including the preparation design advice as a panel member of At the London Development Agency of development brief for first phase the Yorkshire and Humber Regional he was director of operations (his ‘exemplar’ development scheme; Konza Design Review Service, and the newly responsibilities included London’s Technology City, Kenya - Planner and formed Yorkshire & Humber Planning £300m Single Regeneration and Skills master planner on team of international & Climate Change Review Service. He Budgets) a post which included a year’s consultants led by Pell Frischmann previously completed a PhD in climate secondment to the DTI as a Director for feasibility study for a new city, to change ecology for the United Nations of Regions. Nick is Chair of the CBI’s provide employment for 80,000 people Environment Programme (UNEP). Local Government Panel. In the past he in technology sectors, together with a has been Vice Chair of the Government residential community of 200,000. supported City Partnership scheme in Hackney and advised Government on service procurement issues. He has an honours degree in economics, an MPhil in town planning from UCL and an MBA from Henley. Nick has written widely on strategic and regeneration issues in local and regional government.

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Nicole Collomb Nigel McGurk Nigel Wakefield Nicole is a chartered Nigel McGurk Nigel is the founder of landscape architect BSc(Hons) MCD Node Urban Design with over 20 years MBA MRTPI and has twenty years’ experience of working experience in the in the public, private Nigel is a passionate public and private and charitable land and planning sectors. Nigel was sectors and is a professional, with previously Director of recognised expert in public space a track record of delivery, in the public, Urban Design at Turley Associates and planning, design and management. private & partnerships sectors since Associate Director at Atkins. In addition 1990. Further to a job as a labourer to urban design and masterplanning Currently working as an independent with Blackburn Council, Nigel became experience, Nigel is also a qualified and consultant, she was until its closure in an established chartered town planner experienced planner and landscape 2011, CABE’s Head of public space with Lancashire County Council, whilst architect and has worked on highly varied management and skills where she was gaining professional qualifications. projects for a broad range of public and responsible for producing best practice private sector clients. guidance, leading on a national strategy He established & was Director of to improve skills in the green space sector Countryside Properties’ Strategic Land Nigel has experience of large scale urban and a programme of leadership training business in the north (1998-2005); he design and masterplanning projects in for local authority green space managers. established & was Managing Director the UK, Europe, Middle East and China. of Wilson Bowden plc’s Strategic Land His previous experience includes the Previously, as senior enabling advisor, business in the Midlands, North & design of new settlements, city centre Nicole worked with local authorities Scotland, prior to WB’s sale to Barratt regeneration, major urban extensions across England advising on public space plc for £2.2bn (2005-2007); he created, through to smaller scale responses to site strategies and projects, and led the established & was Managing Director/ specific issues. production of national guidance on open shareholder of Ainscough Strategic Land space strategies. With a Masters degree (2007-2011). Nigel also has experience in the in Environmental Psychology, she has preparation of public realm strategies, a particular interest in how people and Nigel advises clients in the public, private design codes, area action plans, urban environments interact and has worked and third sectors. He is Vice Chair of design guidance and public consultation for many years in community landscape North West Design Review (Places exercises. Nigel has experience of architecture. Matter) and was a CABE Design Review design review and enabling and is national panel member since 2006, currently an enabler for both MADE in Prior to working at CABE, she was now a Built Environment Expert. He is the West Midlands and OPUN in the Principal Landscape Architect at Strategic Advisor to, and Board Member East Midlands. He has also provided environmental charity Groundwork of, Altrincham Forward, and has chaired expert advice to URBACT’s European West London managing a team of and been a Board member of several ‘support for cities’ program in Hungary, landscape architects working with Public-Private partnerships. He advises Romania and Poland looking at public local communities to create public Stratmor Strategic Land Ltd on Land / private partnerships and regeneration space improvements. Previously, she Strategy and also performs a national of brownfield sites. He is speaking at an worked in the private sector as project statutory planning role, determining international urban design conference on landscape architect for Lawrence & appeals for the Planning Inspectorate. green infrastructure and water sensitive Wrightson Architects and Derek Lovejoy urban design in large-scale urban Partnership. Nicole has been a Green extensions in April 2012 Flag Award judge since 2007.

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Noel Farrer Pam Alexander OBE Pankaj Patel Noel Farrer is the Pam Alexander was Pankaj Patel gained a founding Director of Chief Executive of First Class Honours Farrer Huxley South East England from South Bank Associates (1995), Development Agency University then Chair of Policy (SEEDA) from 2004 – worked with Andrew Committee and 2011, supporting Taylor at MacCormac Board member for the businesses from Milton Jamieson Prichard on Landscape Institute and CABE national Keynes to Kent and championing sustainable projects including Worcester College, design review panel member. economic growth. Her passion for many Oxford, and Paternoster Square and the years has been the impact of the built Spitalfields Development. Noel’s passion is in the creation of sustainable environment on places and communities. At communities recognising the pivotal and SEEDA she chaired major regeneration Prior to forming Patel Taylor Architects activating role that public space plays. programmes, led for the Regional in 1989, Pankaj was a consultant on Development Agencies on innovation, various international masterplans. Noel has designed and delivered science and universities, and was co-chair of His interests lie within the integration award winning schemes in education, the national Women’s Enterprise Task Force. of architecture, urban design and housing, and public open space. He landscape. He overviews the inception is an accomplished masterplanner Pam is a non-executive Director of Crest of many projects and has led a variety and strategist, able to unlock complex Nicholson, a major house builder, and of of masterplanning, architecture and problems with simple high quality solutions. the Academy of Urbanism and a Trustee landscape developments. of Brighton Dome and Festival Ltd. She was previously Chief Executive of English Pankaj is partner-in-charge of several Heritage and Deputy Chief Executive mixed-use and residential projects where of the Housing Corporation, after many his expertise in negotiating complex years shaping policies on housing, inner planning consents has been critical. city regeneration and environmental These include the 2012 Olympics Village, protection in the Department of the Earls Court and Wembley. Environment. A Chartered Geographer, Pam was Chair of Peabody from 2004- He has sat on the CABE Design Review 2009. Pam was awarded an OBE for Panel, advised the Government Office services to regeneration in the 2012 New for London, Greater London Authority Year Honours list. and Arts Lottery Design Panel, as well as acting as an RIBA Awards Assessor. He Pam is both a BEE one of our Design was also invited to join the Urban Design Council trustees. Forum, Olympic Delivery Agency Review Panel and the Convoys Wharf design review panel. In academia, he has have been a senior lecturer at South Bank University, and held a visiting lectureship at Edinburgh University. He is currently an external examiner at Sheffield University and a visiting Professor at the Welsh School of Architecture.

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Paul Appleby Paul Appleton Paul Bragman Paul is a freelance Paul Appleton is a Paul Bragman Sustainability partner of Allies and originally trained in Consultant who was Morrison. Educated town planning, and founder and Director at Bristol and has integrated this of the Building Edinburgh into 20 years’ Sustainability Unit of Universities he joined experience of URS, one of the Bob Allies and community and largest engineering and environmental Graham Morrison in 1984, the year the economic development regeneration in consultancies in the world, to become a practice was founded. the UK and internationally. major player in the energy and sustainability market place. Since then, he has led a series of projects At Genesis Housing Group, Paul across all of the sectors of the Practice’s established a successful Community Paul is a chartered Engineer with 44 years work including the public realm (The Development Programme, delivering experience in the construction industry in Mound Edinburgh 1984-7, Liverpool 57 projects across London, benefitting consultancy, research and lecturing. He Pierhead 1995, Tate Britain 2001) more than 3000 people and generating was formerly a Licensed Assessor under cultural projects (Contemporary Applied additional funding of £1.25m a year. BREEAM, Code for Sustainable Homes Arts 1996, The Guardian Newsroom For the past ten years, he has been and EcoHomes schemes. As Director of 2002, Welney Wildfoul and Wetland running a consultancy in community and the Building Sustainability Unit up until Trust 2006, Royal Festival Hall 2007, economic regeneration. This provides December 2008, Paul had responsibility Royal Observatory Greenwich 2007, community and economic development for advising design teams on the Royal Albert Museum Exeter 2012), services as an effective way to deliver sustainabile design of buildings, energy education (Goldsmiths College 1997, tangible change to local communities. and BREEAM related activity across the Chelsea College 2005, Kings College He has worked with over 80 housing UK operation, with projects in Melbourne, Neuroscience) and a series of mixed associations, local authorities, Boston and Dublin, extending the used projects in historic town centres community/voluntary organisations, and business internationally. (Winchester, Salisbury, Hereford). non governmental organisations in the UK, Asia, South America and Africa. Paul has worked with some of the world’s He has lectured regularly on the work leading architects - such as Renzo of the practice in the fields of arts, Paul was a Board member of Piano, Rafael Vinoly, Richard Rogers, higher education, conservation and Stonebridge Housing Action Trust and Norman Foster, Terry Farrell, Nicholas masterplanning. He has been a member is currently a Trustee of Conflict and Grimshaw and Will Alsop on high profile of CABE national Design Review Panel Change and Action Village India. He projects in the UK and elsewhere. He since 2009. is also an approved National Council was responsible for projects which won Voluntary Organisations consultant, a the Building Magazine Large Sustainable member of the International Association Building of the Year Award for two years of Community Development and the running: in 2005 for the OpTIC Centre St Community Cohesion Practitioner Asaph in North Wales; and in 2006 for the Network. Scottish Natural Heritage Headquarter Offices Inverness, which also won an Paul has an Advanced Certificate Conflict award for the highest ever score under Resolution & Mediation from Birkbeck the BREEAM for Offices schemes. Both University (06-07), an MA Environmental projects have gone on to win numerous Planning from Nottingham University (91– other awards. 93) and a BA (HONS) Social Sciences 2:1 Middlesex University (85–89).

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Paul Dodd Paul Finch OBE Paul Karakusevic Paul Dodd is an Paul is programme Paul Karakusevic experienced Urbanist director of the World leads a team of and Chartered Architecture Festival specialists working at Member of the and editorial director the forefront of Landscape Institute of the Architectural housing architecture 1995). He holds Review and and urban Masters in Landscape Architects’ Journal. regeneration. A Architecture (Newcastle, 1992) and He has more than 35 years’ experience founding partner of Karakusevic Carson Urban Design (Westminster, 2003). as a journalist, working for Estates Times Architects, he has nurtured a design and (deputy editor, 1976-83), Building Design strategy led Practice which adopts a Following an early career as a Landscape (editor, 1983-94) Architects’ Journal dynamic approach to masterplans, urban Architect at Richards Moorehead & (editor, 1994-99), Architectural Review regeneration programmes, mixed tenure Laing (1993–1995) and Stoke-on-Trent (editor, 2005-09), Planning in London housing, and estate renewal architecture City Council (1995–1999) where Paul (joint editor since 1994) and currently projects for Local Authority, RSL Clients specialised in the design and delivery Architects’ Journal (acting editor, and Private Developers. of land reclamation schemes, business 2009-present). parks, historic parks, green infrastructure Working innovatively with emerging and environmental statements. He led the Paul has a history degree from Selwyn funding structures and national design urban design team at Hyder Consulting, College, Cambridge. He is an honorary standards, Paul places residents at the London (1999–2003) where he designed fellow of the Royal Institute of British heart of the design process creating streetscape and high profile public-realm Architects and of University College exemplary, distinctive design delivering projects including Old Palace Yard. London. He also holds an honorary both commercial and social benefits. He doctorate from the University of has a ‘hands on’ approach to the practice, Moving to Urban Initiatives (2003), Westminster and is an honorary member collaborative in nature and totally Paul led multi-disciplinary teams in of the British Council for Offices (2006). passionate about good design in housing, the preparation of; design-driven He was awarded an OBE for services to he co-founded Karakusevic Carson masterplans, strategic planning studies, architecture in 2002. Architects to raise standards in housing. development frameworks, design briefs, design advice and training, Paul previously served as a Chair of the Paul believes in design and construction design codes, townscape appraisals, Commission for Architecture and the qualities which deliver outstanding public-realm strategies, design and Built Environment, Deputy Chair and housing and neighbourhoods regardless access statements and planning Commissioner, spending five years as of tenure, reflecting a unique sense applications for projects across the UK Chair of its design review panel and also of place, are loved by residents, are and Ireland. As a Senior Associate he chaired its regional committee. He has financially viable, and can stand the test was also responsible for marketing and chaired the London 2012 design review of time. new business, recruitment and staff panel since 2006. Paul was a member development. He established Outdesign of John Gummer’s Thames Advisory Paul was appointed as a GLA Urban (2011) to provide masterplanning and Group (1995-97), and of Nick Raynsford’s Design Advisor, was a Design Surgeon urban design consultancy services to advisory group on the building for the Urban Design London and facilitated public and private sector clients. Recent GLA (1998-99). Client training sessions GLA. He was commissions include; National Lottery appointed as HCA Design Champion 2012 Olympic Showcase and Crossrail Paul is also Deputy Chair of our Trustees and conducted the HCA technical design / Streetscape Design Review for Urban and Chair of the Design Council Cabe audit of affordable housing projects. He Design London. Board. He was born in London and lives assisted in the authorship of the new in Wandsworth. Housing and Policy standards, was appointed as ’Design Champion’ on key HCA projects nationwide and contributed to the London Housing Design Guide. Paul was a RIBA Design Awards 2012 Judge.

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Paul Lavelle Paul Monaghan Paul Murrain Paul Lavelle is a Paul Monaghan has Paul Murrian is an qualified urban worked on a wide urban design designer with a range of projects consultant, and strong background including (former) Senior in programme and masterplanning, arts, Lecturer and project management, educational buildings, Graduate Diploma the development housing, offices, Course Chairman at of good design and planning policies public buildings and health buildings. the Joint Centre for Urban Design in and working with networks of He has recently completed projects Oxford, England. practitioners to provide direct advice, including Kirk Balk Community College, support and guidance. Anne Mews, Villaggio in Ghana, Unity on From May 2002-April 2005 he was Liverpool’s historic waterfront, Latitude Senior Design Director at HRH The As a senior enabling advisor at CABE, House, Barking Central, Westminster Prince of Wales’ Foundation for the he was at the forefront of promoting the Academy and Kentish Town Health Built Environment. He was appointed importance of good design for quality Centre. He is currently working on a as Visiting Professor at the University of of environment and quality of life, and wide-range of projects including Nine Greenwich from 2007 to 2010. He was the role played by strategic planning Elms, several high profile schools and responsible for introducing the Enquiry by within this. He also helped to set up the reinvention of Liverpool’s Royal Design (EbD)/Charrette process to the UK. many systems and procedures within Court Theatre. the enabling directorate, directly gave Paul has led and participated in client advice, delivered training and wrote Paul has lectured throughout the UK, Charrettes in many countries across the guidance and case studies. and has been an external examiner at world including Australia, New Zealand, several Universities, including Liverpool, Canada, Norway, USA and the UK for a Paul is now director of a Community Westminster and Southbank. He is range of public and private sector clients. Interest Company, Field Work Enterprise, currently a visiting professor at the He was a member of the Office of the and has been undertaking commissions Bartlett College, UCL and the University Deputy Prime Minister’s Design Coding with the National Improvement and of Sheffield. He has been Vice Chair of Advisory Panel. Efficiency Partnership, the Prince’s the CABE Schools Design Review Panel Foundation for Building Community and and is now a Built Environment Expert. Prior to that Paul was asked to advise the Urban Design London. In particular, he He first joined CABE in 2001 and acted office of the ODPM on matters related to has been part of a team planning and as an Enabler on several educational New Urbanism and urban design codes delivering Enquiry by Design workshops projects. He has also been part pf the and was invited to join the Deputy Prime for the Prince’s Foundation through the Southwark Design Review Panel. He has Minister and his fact finding team in the CLG ‘Supporting neighbourhoods and been chairman of the Young Architect USA in 2003 In 2008 he was appointed to communities in planning’ programme. of the Year awards, and up until 2010 CABEs expert panel on strategic urban chaired the RIBA awards panel. He is also design and as a CABE Enabler. a RIBA Client Design Advisor.

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Paul Scragg Paul Watson Paula Vandergert From 2001-2011 Paul Until February 2013 Paula Vandergert has Scragg was Divisional Paul was Strategic over 20 years’ Manager Parks and Director for experience working Greenspaces, Regeneration and on sustainable Liverpool City Development with communities and Council. He was Solihull Metropolitan community resource responsible for Borough Council. His management as strategic management and development portfolio included strategic and local researcher, analyst and practitioner in the of parks and open spaces, operations, planning, urban design, development not-for-profit and public sectors. cemeteries and crematoria, policy, management, economic development, biodiversity and development projects. landscape, housing and transport for an For Resilient Communities she is area covering Birmingham Airport, currently working with community From 1991-2001 he was Practice National Exhibition Centre, the proposed organisations in London to help them Manager, Manchester City Architects HS2 line and station, Jaguar Land Rover, identify local opportunities to build Department and from 1988-1990 was North Solihull (a regionally significant resilience and to bridge the gap between Group Leader, Manchester City Council regeneration project), mature suburbs, policy and research on the one hand and with overall responsibility for in-house growing town centres, countryside and accessible, clear advice and guidance on provision of landscape architectural rural villages. the other. services including project management, design, contract administration and site Paul is now an independant planning & Paula was senior sustainable design inspection. From 1986-1988 he was urban design consultant, Vice resident advisor at CABE for over 3 years, co- Senior Landscape Architect, Liverpool Emeritus of the Planning Officers Society, founder and director of Forests Monitor City Architects Department, Liverpool advisor to DCLG, member of MADE for 11 years, and she has been on the City Council. This involved working Design Review Panel, external examiner board of Down to Earth, which supports in a small team on the design and for CURS at the University of Birmingham sustainable livelihoods and ecological contract administration of major housing and an occasional guest lecturer and justice in Indonesia, for 6 years. She also modernisation projects, schools, new public speaker. holds the post of sustainability research build special needs housing and housing fellow at the University of East London, for rent. where she works with small and medium businesses on sustainability issues and the From 1984-1986 Paul was a Landscape most effective way to link environmental Architect, East Kilbride Development with local economic objectives. Corporation, Scotland, working in a small team to deliver landscape projects to Paula has a PhD in property rights and complete the open space infrastructure sustainable forest management from the of the town including new parks, LSE, a postgraduate certificate in urban public open spaces, improvement and design skills, and has trained in eco- maintenance of industrial areas and the homes and code for sustainable homes development of landscape infrastructure assessment, and she is a Spaceshaper around proposed development areas and and Spaceshaper 9-14 facilitator. road corridors.

Prior to this, Paul worked for Wimpey Homes, Bell Fischer Partnership, Merseyside County Council and Gavin Jones Nurseries in Letchworth. He has a B.A. Landscape Design from Leeds Metropolitan University and a Diploma in Landscape Architecture from the same university. Paul is a member of the Chartered Landscape Institute.

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Penelope Tollitt Peter Clash Peter Connell Penelope Tollitt is Peter Clash has 30 Peter was a site based Head of Policy and years experience as architectural designer Design for the Royal an Architect. Clash for 10 years before Borough of Associates, formed in joining Arup Kensington and 1994, is an award Associates in 1997. In Chelsea (since 2007). winning architectural 2001 Peter founded She is responsible for practice and has the Arup Accessible the ‘plan-making’ functions, for the produced a diverse range of work. Over Environments Consultancy. Peter is the design team and for the newly created the last few years the office has been Accessible Environments Leader within neighbourhoods team (about 25 staff). engaged to advise on large scale mixed the Arup group, and is a consultant use urban developments combining member of the National Register of Penelope was invited to join the CABE retail, leisure and hotel use on sites within Access Consultants (NRAC). As leader of Planning Advisory Committee in 2008 the UK. the group his remit is to advise on all and subsequently became an Enabler. matters pertaining to Access and Inclusive She has participated in a number of core The practice has worked on large scale Environments. Through a practical strategy workshops. planning commissions for housing approach Peter assists clients and their settlements and mixed development project teams in considering strategies for Prior to RBKC Penelope was Head of in China, including a 600Ha industrial, inclusive access and egress, advising on Urban Design/Spatial Planning Manager commercial and housing masterplan for practical designs and detailing of at Wycombe District Council, where a new town and fishing port in Tianjin, architecture and architectural finishes. she instigated the High Wycombe now under construction. Recent projects Masterplan, the ‘Quality Counts!’ Review include a digital arts building for users In addition to project and design specific and lead the negotiation on a number with learning disabilities and a hotel at work, Peter has also been integral to the of development projects including the Cardiff (both recipients of RIBA Awards) formulation of guidance and standards Town Centre Regeneration and the and a new building for the Imperial War in relation to the access field. This has University. The early years of her career Museum at the Churchill War Rooms, included the following: Involvement were at Bath City (10 years) as senior currently on site. in the latest editions to several British urban designer, at North Wiltshire District documents (including BS 8300 and Council (conservation officer for 3 years). Peter Clash has taught widely and Lifetime Homes); Writing of government For a number of years she worked part- acted as external examiner at schools policies relating to accessibility (including time, and in parallel was a visiting lecturer of architecture in the UK, and as guest the LDA’s Inclusive Design Toolkit at UWE and ran her own consultancy, professor at TU Vienna. He has been a and various documents for London specialising in community facilitation and consultant to the Arts Council and South 2012); Role as an international access sustainable transport. East England Development Agency, expert, to research and report on the advised at Shape East, and was a standardisation of ‘European accessibility member of the National Design Review requirements for public procurement in Panel for CABE since 2009. the built Environment’, on behalf of the European Union (EU) Commission.

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Peter Neal Peter Sandover Peter Studdert Peter Neal is a Peter Sandover is an Peter Studdert is an qualified landscape Architect running a independent adviser architect and small practice in town planning and environmental planner focussing on urban design. He has with over twenty-five masterplanning and 35 years experience years of professional regeneration projects in planning in local experience. in the South West of government, the last England. He was formerly a Director of 20 years of which were at Director level in Initially trained in Manchester, Peter Llewelyn Davies Architects and Planners Cambridge. Under his leadership holds a masters degree in environmental running their Hong Kong office from 1993 Cambridge City Council achieved planning from Harvard’s Graduate School to 1999. Beacon Council status for promoting of Design and a Diploma in Ecology quality in the built environment in 2003/4. from University College London. He has Peter works with both the private and worked in the public, private and not public sector primarily on residential and In the early part of Peter’s career he for profit sectors on a broad range of mixed use masterplans and regeneration worked for various Inner London planning, design, training, teaching and strategies. On all his projects he places Boroughs, including Tower Hamlets research projects, including employment strong emphasis on engaging the where he was Neighbourhood Planning with EDAW (now AECOM), The Prince’s community and developing solutions that Officer for Bethnal Green from 1986-91. Foundation and CABE Space where he are sustainable. At Cambridge he played a leading role in led the national public space advisory formulating the current growth strategy, programme for over seven years. This Recent work includes project managing and set high standards of design quality involved providing training and advice the regeneration of Devonport, Plymouth, as reflected in the Stirling Prize-winning to public sector clients and community engaging the community on a strategy Accordia development and the award- groups on strategic planning, design and for Camborne, Pool, Redruth, Cornwall, winning Cambridgeshire Quality Charter management of public space, including St Austell Urban Village, the new Clay for Growth. streets, squares and parks. Country Eco-Town and other eco settlements in Cornwall. Peter left local government in 2011 to For three years Peter was seconded part- develop a more varied portfolio of work. time to the Olympic Delivery Authority Peter is familiar with the enabling process He has had a long association with CABE (ODA) providing design advice for the having sat on the Design Council CABE via its Regional Committee and Planning development of the Olympic Park. He and Creating Excellence enabling panels Advisory Committee, and he is a Trustee currently runs his own landscape planning since 2005 and is a Building for Life of Shape East. He is a member of English and design consultancy providing expert assessor. He also sits on the South Hams Heritage’s Urban Panel and the Policy advice and technical support to project District Council Design Panel. Through Council of the TCPA, and he is also a teams and client groups and continues his past enabling he has advised on a tall member of the Academy of Urbanism. to work for the ODA. He is currently building strategy (Jersey) Urban Growth He was a founder member of the Urban co-writing a book on the design and Points (Bristol, Bath and Teignbridge) and Design Group and Past Chairman of the construction of the Olympic Park that will on Rural Masterplans (Winchester, East Historic Towns Forum. be published this autumn. Hampshire and Chudleigh in Devon).

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Philip Heaton Philip Jones Phillip Lomax Phil was the founding Phil Jones is a Phil Lomax director of Parklife Ltd Chartered Engineer established the City in 1995. The firm with extensive Wildlife Project where merged with Dubai experience in the he worked for five landscape architects planning and design years before Cracknell in August of highway and other becoming the first 2008, including all of infrastructure, with Nature Conservation its staff and projects. As a CABE Space particular expertise in transport planning Officer at Leicester City Council in 1987. enabler Phil’s advice to local authorities and street design for new developments. There he co-ordinated the production included masterplanning, Housing He is the Principal of Phil Jones and implementation of the Leicester Market Renewal, children’s play for five Associates, which combines transport Ecology Strategy for which the City Olympic boroughs, sport, recreation and planning, design and research activities. Council won BANC’s Councils for Wildlife green space planning. Phil offered a Award in 1989. He was a member of the particular expertise in community Phil specialises in achieving synergy UK MaB Urban Forum and was a founder engagement that local authorities found between street and urban design, member of the Association of Local particularly useful. with the aim of creating places and Government Ecologists (ALGE). He was spaces that meet aesthetic, social and described in Natural England’s magazine Phil’s work with communities was functional aims. He was part of the Urbio in 2006 as a “mastermind...whose featured in 2008 on national TV in a team that produced Manual for Streets work ....put Leicester at the forefront of Channel Four series “Kevin McCloud and for the Department for Transport, a urban nature conservation”. the big Town Plan”. Phil’s work is cited comprehensive guide to the design of as examples of good practice in many urban and residential streets, published In 1991, Phil joined Eastleigh Borough CABE publications. In 2011 Phil became in 2007. Council and in 2000 became Head of Director of Public Realm for Broadway Countryside and Recreation where Malyan’s 15 offices worldwide. More recently Phil worked on national he directed the production and policy/guidance on street design for the implementation of the Sport and Recreation Scottish Government and was a lead and Parks and Green Spaces Strategies writer on Manual for Streets 2 for CIHT/ putting Eastleigh in the top 10 areas in DfT/CABE. He was a CABE Space England for public satisfaction ratings in enabler and has carried out a number of 2005-06 (Sport England/IPSOS Mori). enabling assignments for them, including projects in Cumbria and Greater Phil left local government in 2008 Manchester. He is also a member of the and established his own consultancy expert panels for MADE, OPUN, Shape Green Dimensions working for local East and Urban Vision North Staffs. He authorities, developers and Government undertakes training for Urban Design agencies. In 2010-11 he spent a year London on a regular basis, including on contract to PUSH (Partnership for on their regular ‘Introduction to Urban Urban South Hampshire) as Green Design’ day. Infrastructure Coordinator working with the 11 partner authorities to produce a GI Implementation Plan.

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Rab Bennetts OBE Rachel Capon Renato Benedetti Architect Rab Dr Rachel Capon is a Renato Benedetti and Bennetts co-founded professional climate Jonathan McDowell Bennetts Associates scientist and formed in 1987 with his Chartered McDowell+Benedetti partner Denise Meteorologist of over in 1996. Their Bennetts and 14 years experience award-winning provides overall with outstanding practice has a design direction. In common with the analytical ability and excellent high-profile reputation with unusually other Directors and Associate Directors, communication skills. diverse range of projects, at all scales in he takes a personal, hands-on approach varied sectors including: urban design, and is keen to create a collaborative spirit Rachel worked for several years as a public and cultural buildings, bridges, throughout the practice’s activities. research scientist at the Met Office, education, healthcare, offices, housing, Notable projects by the firm include the developing state-of-the-art high- shops, restaurants & furniture. Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford resolution numerical weather prediction Upon Avon, Hampstead Theatre, major models. Rachel then moved to Arup, Born and educated in Canada, Renato hotels in London and Amsterdam for Mint where she provided specialist advice Benedetti was a stonemason / bricklayer Hotels, The Informatics Faculty at on meteorology and climate change before studying architecture at the Edinburgh University, Brighton’s Jubilee related issues, such as analysis of IPCC University of Waterloo. He began his Library and the New Street Square office and regional climate change scenarios career working for practices in Canada complex in the City of London. and impacts for master-planning and Italy, and BDP, YRM in London. and developments worldwide. She He plays an active part in many developed the CIBSE future weather Other Awards & Competitions judging aspects of the design and construction years, which she used in building physics include CABE / RIBA Public Space industry, including research projects, studies to recommend climate change Award 2010; Scottish Design Awards professional committees and education. adaptation measures for new builds and 2010; World Architecture Festival 2009; Rab was awarded the OBE for services domestic retrofit. Rachel served on the Leeds Architecture Awards 2009; WAN to architecture in 2003. He is a Board UKCP09 User Panel, contributing to the House of the Year 2006; Europan 8 member of the UK Green Building development of the climate projections Competition 2005; London Architecture Council, Trustee of the Design Council for the UK and co-authored CIBSE TM48. Festival – founding committee member, and a director of Sadlers Wells Theatre. 2004 – ongoing; Architecture Club - Now working as an independent committee member, 1997 – ongoing; consultant, Rachel was Built Environment Visiting professor at Roma Tre University, Sector Champion for the UK’s First Rome, Italy, 2009 – ongoing; Visiting Climate Change Risk Assessment critic at numerous schools of architecture (CCRA), which was presented to in Britain, Italy and Canada, 1989 – Parliament in January 2012. She lead- ongoing; Royal Society of Arts (RSA) authored the CCRA Built Environment Art for Architecture Award Panel (1998 - Sector Report, identifying and analysing 2004); Who’s Who entry, 2000 – ongoing. key climate risks to the sector. Rachel is a technical associate of the Good Homes Alliance, for whom she is currently project managing a Design for Future Climate project on a contemporary green urban apartment development.

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Richard Cass Richard Charge Richard Coleman Richard Cass has had Richard Charge is an Richard Coleman a 40 year career as an award winning Urban qualified in 1979 and architect, landscape Designer and practiced for eight architect and Chartered Town years, overlapping masterplanner. His Planner with over 10 with heading design experience covers a years experience in review at the Royal wide range of fields, the built environment. Fine Art Commission including large scale urban and industrial He is passionate about urban design, led for 13 years. During the RFAC days he regeneration, new and expanded by a desire to make places and lives better. managed the review of over 2000 settlements, public space, parks and nationally important schemes, which also green infrastructure, conservation of Richard’s background includes public included major bridges and works of historic buildings and landscapes, low and private sector experience combined public art. energy design, and work in the education, with research and third sector support; housing, industrial, transport, leisure and working on wide-ranging projects Richard then left the RFAC and set up his community sectors. He established Cass specialising in masterplanning and design own consultancy providing townscape Associates in 1983 as a multi-disciplinary guidance. He is a Director at +Plus Urban heritage and visual assessment advice, planning and design firm dedicated to Design, a company he co-founded. They which has been going for 15 years. delivering sustainable development. have established themselves as design Early work included the Merrill Lynch advisors to a range of clients in different Headquarters in London, the Gherkin, He served as a CABE Commissioner sectors across the UK. Strata, the Holborne Museum extension from 2008 – 11, and on the London 2012 in Bath, replacement of the English Olympics and Eco-Town Design Review Previously he led the urban design service Heritage Headquarters in Saville Row, panels. In 2012 he established the Cass at _space Architecture across their offices the Eric Parry office in Finsbury Square, Foundation, a charity focussed on in Leeds, Newcastle and Manchester. Park House in Oxford Street, Kings Place demonstrating the importance of healthy Prior to that he was a Senior Urban Islington and Arundel Great Court near places to human health and well-being. Designer for the Tribal Group (formerly Temple. In all the consultancy, which Llewelyn Davies Yeang). He also worked has seven architects a planner and a for Newcastle City Council as Urban manager, has advised on 550 schemes. Designer for 6 years, where he was part of the design team, which won a CABE Richard co-authored the London View award (2005). This followed a position Management Framework (LVMF) for both at GURU (Global Urban Research Mayors. He has supported schemes Unit, University of Newcastle). He is a through over 25 public inquiries with member of Northern Architecture’s Expert a high level of success. He is currently Panel. He is also an Academician at the advising on Battersea Power Station, Academy of Urbanism, a member of the Vauxhall high buildings cluster and a Historic Towns Forum and the Urban tower in Dublin. Design Group.

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Richard Crutchley Richard Rees Richard Stones Richard Crutchley is Richard Rees DipArch Richard Stones MSc an experienced and (Sheffield) RIBA FSAI CSyP FSyI is the first fully chartered policy serving Police Officer planner with a proven Richard Rees started to be awarded track record in his career as an Chartered Security community architect and urban Professional status. engagement and designer in Hong He holds an MSc in partnership working at various strategic Kong designing Shatin racecourse, Security and Risk Management is a levels. He has a high level of expertise in waterfront reclamation schemes and Fellow of the Security Institute and an regeneration, design and masterplanning, new towns. He returned to the UK in Advisory Council member of CSARN. with a strong background in housing and 1990 when he joined BDP. Since then his housing policy. masterplans have included Wimbledon, Richard is a technical advisor to the Liverpool One, (which was short-listed DeSURBs, Designing Safer Urban Richard has proven ability to establish for the Stirling Prize in 2009 and where he Spaces project, a technical advisor to the and build excellent working relationships worked with Cesar Pelli), Waterfront City United Nations Criminal research Institute with public and private sector partners. in Melbourne and many other schemes. on the Protection of Crowded places He is skilled in designing, developing and and a member of an American led NATO delivering high quality, innovative training Richard’s Wimbledon experience was group on Public Private Partnership on initiatives for a variety of audiences. An taken on in the design of the Sydney intelligence and information sharing. accredited ‘Building for Life’ assessor, he Olympic Tennis Centre, Athens Olympic His day job sees him seconded from has recently been employed by Open- Tennis Centre and the competition Nottinghamshire Police to ACPO where City (architectural charity) to establish winning Guangzhou Tennis Centre. He is he is working on Business Security and an enabling programme aimed at an experienced facilitator and he has run Resilience. As a qualified Architectural Councils and local communities. He was consultations in Harlow, Maidenhead, Liaison Officer Richard has advised on previously employed by CABE’s enabling Brighton, Ely, Harrow and Toronto. He has numerous high profile builds throughout team in Central London. also led masterplans with other architects his career. working under him including Allies and Richard has a wide experience of most of Morrison, MAKE and Page and Park. He is also the Security Director of the England, having worked in the south west UK National Business Crime Forum and north west and travelled extensively Richard was an external examiner and recently wrote the UK Chapter of with CABE. He was appointed a Glass- for the Urban Design course at the the McGraw Hill American Homeland House enabler in 2011. Richard is University of Westminster for five Security handbook. In his spare time he is currently pursuing personal projects years. He contributed to the book a private pilot with an interest in the threat in journalism and photography whilst ‘Urban Design Futures’ edited by Jon posed by light aviation. continuing to stay engaged in planning Rowland and Malcolm Moor and he has and regeneration projects. lectured in France, Australia, Canada and Morocco. Richard has had work exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer exhibition. He is a Fellow of the Society of Architectural Illustration. In the summer of 2012 Richard became a freelance masterplanning consultant and illustrator.

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Rob Ballantyne Rob Cowan Robin Hickman Rob Ballantyne Rob Cowan MRTPI, Robin is a Senior started his career director of Urban Lecturer in Transport researching housing Design Skills, is one Planning and the City and planning issues of the UK’s most at the Bartlett School at the University of experienced urban of Planning (BSP), Birmingham. He then design trainers and University College moved on to the authors of design London, and a Senior London Borough of Lambeth where he guidance. He was the joint author of the Visiting Research Associate at the did social research and worked on the government’s design guidance By Transport Studies Unit (TSU), University borough plan, and the local plan for the Design, and the author of design guides of Oxford. Waterloo area. for the Scottish Government (Designing Places, Housing Quality, and He previously worked in consultancy as Following six years as Head of Research Masterplanning). an Associate Director and led on transport and Planning for a large Social Services research at Halcrow (2004-2011); was a Department, Rob became an Executive He has originated three influential urban Research Fellow at the TSU, University Director of Southern Derbyshire Health design methods: the Placecheck method of Oxford (2009-2011); and worked Authority, responsible at various times of urban design audit; the skills appraisal at Llewelyn Davies (1999-2004); and for planning, commissioning and method Capacitycheck; and the design Surrey County Council (1995-1999). He primary care. Since 2002 he has been appraisal method Qualityreviewer. is a specialist in transport and climate an independent consultant in the field of change issues, urban structure and travel, planning and health, working towards Rob’s skills include: Innovative methods integrated transport and urban planning reconnecting the link between planning, for demystifying urban design and strategies, and the management of major urban design and public health that was so planning; Writing clear and effective multi-disciplinary projects. He is a frequent strong and effective a hundred years ago. urban design and planning guidance; speaker at conferences on transport Developing community strategies for planning issues, and has co-authored two Rob is a chartered town planner, the neighbourhood planning. His experience books/monographs: Changing Course author of: ‘Building In Health – a checklist includes: RTPI Masterclasses on Design in Urban Transport. An Illustrated Guide and guide’, and one of the authors in the Planning System and Design (2011) and Going to Town: Improving of RTPI GPN5: ‘Delivering Healthy Appraisal; CABE Urban Design Summer Access to Town Centres (2002). Communities’. With Neil Blackshaw he School: planning and delivery; Teaching recently completed an ‘Active Planning Fellow (Urban Design), Bartlett School, He has also developed over 60 articles, Toolkit’ for Gloucestershire Health. UCL, 2004-6 and Senior Research book chapters and conference papers. He was invited to give evidence to the Fellow, Department of Architecture, De He is currently preparing two further Parliamentary Health Select Committee Montfort University, 1995-2003 books, on Transport Futures and the on the role of the built environment in City and An International Handbook on health inequalities, and was a member Prior to becoming Director of Urban Transport and Development (Edward of the NICE Programme Development Design Skills in 2007, Rob was Director Elgar). He gave written and oral Group on Spatial Planning for Health. of Urban Design Group, a consultant for evidence to the UK House of Commons He is also an Associate of the Chartered Urban Initiatives, News Features Editor and Environmental Audit Committee on Institute of Arbitrators Deputy Editor of Architects’ Journal, Editor Transport and Climate Change in 2006. of Roof (Shelter’s magazine), Editor of Town and Country Planning and a Community planner in Glasgow and London.

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Robin Nicholson Roger Hawkins Roger Lomas Robin Nicholson CBE Roger Hawkins is an Roger Lomas is a RIBA Hon FIStructE experienced Architect Chartered Landscape working on a variety Architect who has Robin Nicholson is of widely published evolved into a flexible the senior practice projects. As a and adaptable partner of Cullinan Founding Partner of regeneration Studio, which he Hawkins\Brown he consultant. He has joined in 1979. He has led on a range of has completed many award winning worked for Gillespies and then TEP, health and university projects, including buildings including the new Biochemistry before setting-up a team within 20 years working at the University of Building for Oxford University, Park Hill in Broadway Malyan, Manchester. He Warwick. He is Convenor of the inter- Sheffield and the Corby Cube. expanded beyond Landscape services disciplinary Construction Industry into Urban Design and Regeneration, this think-tank, The Edge, and chairs the Roger also lead the design team on the led to him leading projects such as Cambridgeshire Quality Panel. redevelopment of Parliament Square Skelmersdale Vision, with the assistance in Westminster and the £900 million of Wayne and Geradine Hemingway and Robin is a Board Member of the National upgrade of Tottenham Court Road Space Syntax, as well as various other House Building Council and Chairman Underground Station. He has gained regeneration studies. of NHBC Services Ltd. Previously he considerable design experience in was a Vice-President of the RIBA (1992- the early stages of projects, where In the four years at Broadway Malyan, 94), Chairman of CIC (1998-2000) and presentation quality of ideas and clarity of Roger built the business up from nothing founder member of the Movement for vision is of paramount importance. to a £1.3 million turnover. Then to Taylor Innovation Board (1998-2001). He helped Young, he gained invaluable experience in create and develop the Design Quality Roger’s influence extends throughout Urban Design and Regeneration; running Indicator. He was a CABE Commissioner the whole office and his keen eye and a team of Landscape Architects, Urban (2002-10) and Joint Deputy Chair (2008- attention to detail is apparent in all the Designers, Town Planners and Architects. 10). He chaired the DCSF Zero Carbon work of the Practice. Roger has been (Schools) Task Force (2009-10). an active CABE Enabler on Arts and Now at e*SCAPE, Roger works on diverse Education projects since the outset, and projects from feasibility to regeneration Trained at Cambridge and Bartlett, Robin a Chair of the RIBA Design Competitions. strategies. He also has an appreciation of was job architect for James Stirling’s He is a member of the RIBA Validation the socio-economic aspects of projects, Olivetti Training Centre (1970-73) and Board and Chair of the RIBA Insurance the need for the design solutions to be then worked in Chile with Cristian Boza. Agency, as well as a Trustee of the both creative and innovative, but also He taught at the Bartlett (1974-76) and Harlow Art Trust. He has also written viable and deliverable for the community then PNL (1976-9) He was awarded several articles published in architectural and developers involved. a CBE for Services to Architecture in magazines and has been a visiting critic 1999 and an Honorary Fellowship of the and lecturer in a variety of Schools Roger has been involved in creative Institution of Structural Engineers in 2002. of Architecture including Sheffield, community engagement which has led Nottingham, Bartlett, Harvard and Yale. to the creation of an in-house specialism. He is a creative designer, winning the RIBA Bolton Great Estates Competition, short-listed for the Pennine Lancashire Panopticons Competition, Yorkshire Regional RTPI award for the Dalton and East Herringthorpe Framework Masterplan and also short listed for two squares in the Pennine Squared competition.

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Roger Milburn Rosemary Coyne Rumi Hussain Since 1995 Roger Rosemary Coyne is a Rumi Hussain has over 10 years project Milburn has Chartered Landscape management experience, which has continued to hold Architect and involved managing people, budgets, several senior roles sustainable co-ordinating service delivery and both within an development overseeing business plans. She has international design consultant with experience of designing and delivering consultancy and as a expertise in several innovative services. Rumi has managed non-executive for a variety of private and natural and built environment subject a range of services to support children public boards and commissions. areas, working at a range of project and families within the public and private scales with private, public organisations sector, which have won awards from Roger has designed and delivered a and NGOs. the Mayor’s Office. All of the services wide range of international building and are offered within the governments infrastructure projects. Having worked Rosemary is passionate about objectives to maximise life chances. for Arup for over 30 years, Roger has influencing and supporting current and held a number of Board positions and future decision-makers to maximise Rumi delivered a presentation on reducing global roles including Global leader for the value of investment in development crime using the Family Intervention the Civil Engineering, Site Development and regeneration by: Commissioning Model, at a conference organised by and Regeneration Practice. His particular research/feasibility studies to support the Home Office. She established key interests and areas of expertise are informed decision-making; Developing partnerships across the public and cities, large-scale masterplanning, urban awareness raising/capacity building/ voluntary sector, having worked closely regeneration, sustainability and multi- training programmes; Interpreting with and liaised with Government disciplinary working. Roger’s career has national/local policy, guidance and Departments and Local Authorities. taken him to Libya, Burma, Indonesia, legislation for project level application; She is able to translate legislation and China, Japan, Hong Kong, America, Developing policy/guidance for a recent policy developments and apply to Poland, Russia, Ukraine, Singapore and range of issues including urban design, working practice. The Gulf. ecology, sustainable construction, sustainable communities; Effecting Rumi has a strong sound knowledge Outside of Arup, Roger has a number of information transfer between disciplines/ of relevant legislations e.g. the Child external roles including being a Board networks through partnerships, Poverty Act 2010, the Children’s Acts member of the Greater Manchester Local conference presentations, articles and 1989 and 2004 and the Human Rights Enterprise Partnership, a GM Environment steering group membership; Developing Act. She is also committed to recent Commissioner, Chairman of the GM quality assurance systems for built policy development and implementing Low Carbon Economic Area for the Built environment investment (qualitative them in service delivery. She has Environment and Visiting Professor to and quantitative); Organising/facilitating extensive experience in taking services the University of Manchester. Roger is a public consultation activities; Lecturing through a change management process Fellow, Institution of Civil Engineers and at Birmingham City University, MA Urban to bring about improvements to achieve a Fellow, Chartered Institute of Water & Design and University of Birmingham, both business and personal targets. Environmental Management. MA Planning; Serving as Design Review Panel Member of MADE and Urban Vision North Staffordshire

Rosemary is currently Director of SDRC Consulting Ltd. Prior to this, she was Sustainable Design and Construction Policy Manager at Advantage West Midlands (Regional Development Agency), Sustainability Advisor (influencing multi-billion pound investment) in Eastside, Birmingham, Head of Sustainability for Groundwork Birmingham and EIA Officer for the Environment Agency.

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Ruth Butler Sarah Allan Sarah Burgess Ruth is owner of Ruth Sarah Allan is an Sarah Burgess is a Butler Architects in experienced qualified town Hampshire and an architect, urban planner with over RIBA registered Client designer and project twelve years Advisor. Recent manager. She has a experience in private projects include sixteen year proven and public sector community sports track record of planning in both and schools. creating and delivering imaginative and England and Australia. She is currently appropriate solutions for projects and working in the WHO Collaborating Centre Ruth has extensive experience as a Client programmes, for public and private for Healthy Urban Environments at the Advisor, working with a number of local sector clients, to a consistently high University of the West of England. Her authorities including Greenwich Council standard. She successfully fostered role as a senior lecturer in health and and Wandsworth on their Building collaboration with communities and spatial planning requires her to undertake Schools for the Future programme. external organisations. both teaching and research projects Ruth was a member of CABE’s Design looking at the relationship between the Review Panel and is now a Cabe Built Sarah lead on the design and built environment and health. Environment Expert. She is an advisor to sustainability approach for new and Partnership for Schools (PfS) Sports/PE existing homes at Whitehill Bordon Sarah also has extensive experience in Steering Group, helping to write their ‘Fit Eco-town. She ensured strategies were presenting and running workshops for for the Future’ document. in place for delivering Eco-town housing- all tiers of Government and the private related targets, for example, working sector. She has also prepared spatial Ruth gained her RIBA Part three towards carbon reduction targets by planning documents in her previous (professional practice) with distinction preparing retrofit strategy and procured role in local authorities and private in 1993 whilst at Building Design expertise to secure funding for future practice in Australia and managed a Partnership; she was a key team member Eco-loans. She has advised over 50 programme whilst at CABE to support for the Wimbledon redevelopment at public sector clients (including housing local authorities develop a clear vision BDP. She worked on the site master plan associations and local authorities) on and strategy for their area that address and the design of the number one Court preparing briefs, selecting consultants local issues, needs and circumstances. Stadium leading the external envelope and procurement choices for their Through this work she has analysed over package (£2m) with a team of two. She is masterplans and building projects. 70 core strategies across England and a consultant to David Morley Architects Sarah has good knowledge of running prepared a guidance document, Planning on education projects, having been a competitions and OJEU. for Places, to assist local planning partner there for six years. authorities in preparing a spatial plan. Sarah devised and delivering strategy Ruth has delivered a range of sports, for engaging residents to influence Sarah’s diverse experience means that leisure, education and healthcare neighbourhood and housing quality she has a unique understanding of the projects. Her sports experience includes for Whitehill Bordon Eco-town. She relationship between good design, Talacre Community Sports Centre made a significant contribution to CABE planning and health, particularly around (specialist gymnastics); Rossington All strategy for engaging in the Thames collaborative working, understanding Saints School Sports College; Greenwich Gateway: advised CLG to define the place and developing local spatial plans. BSF advising on Olympic Legacy sports potential for a shared vision for the area. venues. Ruth spent a period of 18 She initiated and oversaw delivery of months travelling and working in NZ. In follow-up programme working involving that time she worked in school design national, regional and local organisations. and designed an innovative new primary She is client and project manager for school, intermediate school and special £2m demonstration Eco-development, needs school. which involves managing design teams, budgets and delivery of exhibition house, commercial retrofit project, Eco-terrace and public exhibition.

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Sarah Foster Sarah Wigglesworth MBE Simon Allford Sarah Foster is a Sarah Wigglesworth Born in 1961 in chartered town founded her practice London, Simon planner with 10 years’ based in London in Allford co founded experience in both 1993. The practice is Allford Hall the public and private interested in exploring Monaghan Morris sectors. She has sustainable Architects in 1989. worked in both urban environments in all From its base in and rural environments and has been forms and in making everyday London’s Clerkenwell the Practice works involved with developments on a wide architecture extraordinary. It has won in England, Europe, America, Africa and range of scales from small householder many awards, including the RIBA the Middle East, engaging both public developments to major brownfield Sustainability Award, for 9/10 Stock and private clients in the exploration of a regeneration schemes. Orchard Street, an experiment exploring particular architecture’s potential to offer sustainable living on a brownfield site in delight as well as utility. The work of the Sarah is currently Planning Manager for north London, in addition to RIBA Awards Practice has been extensively exhibited the Peak District National Park Authority, for Cremorne Canoeing Centre (2008), and published; and individual and having previously worked for Turley Siobhan Davies Studios (2006) and assembled offices, housing, health, arts Associates in Manchester, Manchester Sandal Magna Primary School (2011). and educational buildings have received City Council and Austin-Smith:Lord national and international awards. Architects. Before retraining to become Sarah was a CABE Commissioner. In a planner, she was a geography teacher. addition to her practice activities, Sarah Simon has, in various forums, advised She was the RTPI Young Planner of the has been a teacher of architecture for many organisations including the Year in 2010, Chair of the RTPI North 26 years, and is currently Professor Architectural Association (he was on West region from 2008 – 2010 and is of Architecture at the University of Council and Honorary Treasure and VP), now Ex-Officio on the RTPI North West’s Sheffield, where she set up the PhD The Royal Institute of British Architects Management Board. by Design in 2002. She has published (where he was amongst other things VP extensively and, in addition to authoring for Education) & CABE (where he chaired Sarah was awarded the RTPI Planning numerous essays, she is joint of Desiring Design Review Panel). For eighteen Summer School’s Travel Scholarship in Practices: architecture, gender and the months he was the weekly columnist in 2005 and travelled to New South Wales interdisciplinary (Black Dog Press, 1996) The Architects’ Journal. to study the Australian system of planning and (with Jeremy Till) The Everyday and obligations. She is an active volunteer for Architecture (Academy Wiley, 1998). Now, aside from pursuing the design and Planning Aid, specialising in community The book she edited entitled Around execution of architectural proposals (a training events in Greater Manchester and About Stock Orchard Street was project without end), Simon focuses on and Merseyside. In the last 12 months published by Routledge in 2011. Sarah is short term activities with definite timelines. She has acted as an external examiner a sought-after speaker and has lectured He is visiting professor at the Bartlett, for the University of Nottingham’s worldwide. She was awarded an MBE for UCL (where he taught for many years) and Department of Architecture & the Built services to architecture in 2003. Harvard; is a frequent lecturer, guest critic Environment and also act on a more and external examiner at many schools informal basis as an external assessor for at home and around the world; a judge/ the University of Manchester’s School of advisor on national and international urban Planning & Landscape. and architectural design competitions; and contributes to debates, lectures and publications that discuss architecture and the work of his practice.

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Simon Baker Simon Hudspith Simon Sturgis Simon graduated Simon studied at Simon Sturgis from the Architectural Newcastle University AADip RIBA Association, School and won the RIBA of Architecture in Bronze medal as an Simon Sturgis formed 1995. He has worked undergraduate. He Sturgis Associates in architectural then gained a LLP - Architects in practices with Piers Harkness Fellowship 1991. The practice Gough, Terry Farrell and currently and continued his education at the specialises in Commercial, Residential manages the architecture studio of Southern California Institute of and Urban Design projects and has Chetwoods Architects in Leeds. Architecture (sci-arc) and at the University completed projects principally in London, of Pennsylvania, USA, where he won the and elseware in the UK. Current work Simon is involved in a number of built Samuel Huckel Architecture Prize. includes: Design of 27 storey office tower environment activities outside of his role in Reading; Masterplanning in Wapping as a director of a national practice. He is He gained professional experience at the including reuse of Grade 1 Tobacco the chair of the Architecture Centre for Terry Farrell Partnership, Venturi Rauch & Dock; Residential scheme in Soho. the Leeds City region; a design review Scott Brown and ORMS prior to setting panellist at a local level for Barnsley up Panter Hudspith Architects in 1988. In 2009 Simon formed Sturgis Carbon and at regional level for Yorkshire and Profiling LLP, a Low Carbon Consultancy. Humber; he is honorary treasurer of Simon is responsible for the management The consultancy has undertaken: the regional RIBA council; a regular of the design process within the office, Research (published papers for the contributor to the Leeds School of overseeing consistency and thoroughness RICS, the BCO etc on topics such as Architecture; and a CABE enabler. He from conceptual design to completed Climate Change, Whole Life Carbon and has extensive architectural and urban buildings. He was the partner in charge Renewables): Policy (contributed to the design experience delivering projects of the Collection in Lincoln, Christ’s Lane Dept of BIS IGT report on Low Carbon of all scales and in numerous sectors in Cambridge, Princesshay in Exeter Construction, and policy for Westminster including, retail, residential, commercial, and Davygate in York, which have won City Council and English Heritage on leisure and culture. a combined total of nineteen awards Low Carbon Retrofit); Consultancy (Low including three RIBA, three Civic Trust, Carbon Construction advice eg: the Simon is a designer and creative leader one AIA and twelve construction awards. World Wildlife Fund and British Land). who is passionate about producing meaningful work by delivering better He is currently leading project teams Simon is a RIBA Sustainable Futures places to live and work through the designing over a thousand new homes Group member, BCO Environment stimulation of debate and the production in Southwark (including two schemes for Group member and Advisor to UKGBC. of appropriate built forms. He believes the Elephant and Castle), a masterplan He is in Building Design Magazine’s ‘Top projects should reflect their location, for the centre of Beverley, and three 50 in UK Sustainability’. He has spoken respond to history and originate from residential buildings within the Athlete’s widely on Low Carbon Construction a narrative specific to the client, use Village for the 2012 Olympics. (International Architecture Festival 2009 of the building, the user, and the wider - BCO Conference 2010 - UKGBC Low community. He is willing to listen to In February 2009 Simon was appointed to Carbon seminar 2010 - EcoBuild 2011, others and promotes a culture of CABE’s National Design Review panel and 2012) and he was Retrofit Awards judge collaboration. He is able to see the bigger is now a Cabe Built Environment Expert. in 2010 and 2011. picture, offer strategic, progressive advice and, with lateral thought and During the 1980s, Simon was Design positivity, ensures that problems are Director at Terry Farrell & Partners. recognised as opportunities.

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Sophia de Sousa Sorwar Ahmed Stefan Kruczkowski Sophia de Sousa Sorwar is a planning Stefan is an Urban joined The Glass- and regeneration Designer and House in June professional with specialises in 2005, and is extensive experience residential committed to the in socio-economic development and charity’s mission to regeneration, Building for Life. raise the standard community planning, Stefan was a co- of placemaking through public healthy urban planning, neighbourhood author of Building for Life 12. participation and leadership in the management, public consultation and design of the built environment. stakeholder engagement. Stefan is a recognised practitioner in urban design and divides his time As Chief Executive at The He has worked across central and local between his local authority employer, Glass-House, Sophia works to ensure government, the private sector and Nottingham Trent University and that community participation and voluntary and community sectors, and freelance commissions. Stefan has leadership in planned development and specialises in engaging stakeholders supported the development of Building regeneration is not a token gesture, but and communities in shaping policy, for Life and has worked extensively a valuable means of informing good, places and public services. This around the country promoting its use inclusive, sustainable design that benefits includes delivering major regeneration and helping others to use it. His work local people and that leads to the long- programmes in Greenwich, Lewisham championing the value of good design term improvement of neighbourhoods. and Lambeth; leading community was recognised in 2011 when the design She is an advocate of cross sector regeneration programmes for a initiative he developed for North West partnerships and believes them essential large housing association; delivering Leicestershire District Council won the to the success of placemaking and of neighbourhood management for a Urban Design Group’s first Public Sector community empowerment. Local Strategic Partnership; advising Award. Stefan is particularly interested the public health and local government in helping communities create better Sophia worked for several years in sectors on delivering healthier places; designed homes and neighbourhoods. Italy as a teacher/trainer and as a developing successful partnerships; and consultant to universities and several project management of multi-disciplinary Stefan has helped local communities, major museums in Tuscany. While in masterplans and regeneration studies. students and built environment Italy, she was also co-founder professionals better understand the and President of a small voluntary As a trained and skilful facilitator, he has a value of good design - and how it can be organisation that celebrated increasing successful track record in designing and achieved - through training sessions he cultural diversity in Florence. Project delivering consultation exercises, design has designed and delivered. Stefan also management brought her back to the workshops, public participation, and supports the work of OPUN (the regional UK, and after 5 years of dividing her action learning for diverse audiences. architecture centre for the East Midlands) time between London and Florence, she A Chartered Town Planner, Sorwar was and has recently served as a design returned to the UK full-time in 2003. Chairman of the RTPI London Branch review panel member and supported in 2000, and is involved in voluntary a neighbourhood planning pilot in planning aid and development work. Sneinton, Nottingham.

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Stephen Ashworth Stephen Hill Stephen Pretlove Stephen Ashworth Stephen Hill is an Dr Stephen Pretlove has worked on independent public is currently Reader in planning, property interest practitioner, Architectural Science and public/private working in planning & Technology in the partnerships for 25 and development, School of years, mainly as a with public and private Architecture & Partner at a law firm. sector experience of Landscape at During that time he has worked in house housing, planning and delivering mixed- Kingston University London. He is the at Sainsbury’s and spent a year in the US use development, urban extensions and Director of their in-house sustainable and studying American approaches to new settlements, and community-led environmental design facility, ArchiLab. infrastructure fundng and place making. neighbourhood regeneration. He is a teacher, researcher and consultant in this field, he is a Stephen worked on the legislation From running a local authority house Government (TSB) appointed assessor on business improvement districts building programme in the 1970’s, for funding applications (SMART) and has and chaired the Circle Initiative which Stephen has subsequently been extensive experience of Knowledge sponsored four of the first five BIDs in director of development at a national Transfer Partnerships (KTP) projects the country. He chaired the BPF housing association, Southern Housing, linking the University to external built committee on the Community and Head of Millennium Communities environment organisations. Stephen has Infrastructure Levy and worked with and National Standards at English an extensive history of research in this CLG on developing that instrument. Partnerships. Since the late 1980’s, field going back nearly twenty years. he has been director of his Stephan is a trustee of the Centre for own companies, currently C2O Cities. He is retained by the National futureplanners, and sustainability Housing Federation as their planning practitioners, Beyond Green. He is an adviser and is a member of the Academy associate at Cambridge Architectural of Urbanism. His day job is as a planning Research and 00:/ Strategy & Design. lawyer, working as a development advocate and helping to shape schemes Stephen’s main areas of experience and the planning frameworks and and expertise are: Strategic long-term consent regimes within which they can thinking & project design; Project- be delivered. He recently completed the based action learning; Spatial planning Design Wayfinder for Cabe at the Design & strategic master planning; Joining Council giving guidance on the best up social policy, placemaking and sources of design advice. investment; Economic & sustainability option appraisal; Strategic and project procurement and delivery of sustainable development; Community & stakeholder engagement; Community led land ownership, housing development and governance; Client roles & client support and mentoring.

Stephen has been an ODPM Neighbourhood Renewal Adviser, a CABE Enabler and adviser for the Community Land Trust Facilitation Fund.

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Stephen Witherford Sue McGlynn Sue Morgan Stephen Witherford Sue McGlynn has Sue Morgan is the is the founding over 20 years Director of Around the director of Witherford experience of design Block. Founded in Watson Mann practice at a range of 2007, Around the Architects, with scales and contexts. Block Ltd is an Christopher Watson Her qualifications are independent, and William Mann. a BSc. Hons in multidisciplinary The Practice was established in 2001 and Architecture from The Bartlett School of consultancy firm specialising in green has focused on exploring the spatial and Architecture, UCL, and a MA in Urban space and public realm development social relationships between public Design from Oxford Brookes University. projects and related research. ATB works buildings, public spaces and housing primarily with the public and third sectors through a series of built designs, For 17 years Sue was a senior lecturer, and has over 25 years experience of public masterplans, urban frameworks, then Co-chair, at the Joint Centre for realm, policy and project development, exhibitions and articles. Urban Design (JCUD), Oxford Brookes capital and revenue project management University, which has an international and related design skills. This includes In 2005 the practice completed reputation for excellence in design specialisms in stakeholder, community Amnesty International UK’s teaching and research. Previously, development and engagement. headquarters. This was followed with she worked for the consultants TEST, the internationally acclaimed Bankside as a researcher in the Department of Sue is a landscape architect (part Urban Forest public realm framework and Architecture OBU and then for three local III) and holds a PGCE in FE, and is a in 2009 they completed the Whitechapel planning authorities. trained horticulturist. Sue’s public realm Gallery extension with Robbrecht en experience started at the Greater London Daem Architects. They have since In 2006 Sue established her own Council where she was one of the last completed the north-west offices for the practice as an independent urban design Apprentice Gardeners. This on-the- Arts Council England. consultant. She has extensive experience ground experience, coupled with her of design training, engagement and track record in public realm management Their most recent project sees the facilitation, including EbD workshops, and consultancy has given her a construction of a contemporary house visioning and other consultation events. deep understanding of the issues and within the medieval ruins of Astley In 2008 she became Executive Director challenges faced by today’s parks and Castle for the Landmark Trust. In 2008 of TransForm Places, the Architecture green space managers. Witherford Watson Mann Architects were Centre for the South Midlands. She exhibited in the British Pavilion at the La was a CABE enabler for 8 years, now a Sue has held positions at Lambeth Biennale di Venezia - 11th International Cabe Built Environment Expert. She co- FE College, Groundwork London, Architecture Exhibition; Home/Away – authored the seminal urban design text Building Services Research Information five British architects build housing in Responsive Environments: A Manual for Association (BSRIA), Better Bankside Europe. The practice held its first solo Designers (1985), for which she received (BIDS) and Notting Dale and Willowbrook exhibition at the British School in Rome in a Lifetime Achievement award from the Urban Study Centres. Sue was also the November 2009. Urban Design Group in 2012, and has Deputy Parks Manager for the Southwark contributed to many other publications, Parks within Southwark Council. Stephen is a member of Tate Modern including CABE’s recent on-line update of Council, was on the CABE Design Review Creating Successful Masterplans (2010). panel, now a Cabe Built Environment Expert, and RIBA Competitions Architectural Advisor. He was a Visiting Fellow in Urban Design at the London School of Economics Cities Programme.

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Sunand Prasad Susan Francis Susan Green Since founding Susan is Programme Director for Susan Green is Penoyre & Prasad in Architects for Health, an RIBA Linked Director of 1988 with Greg Society. AfH, has 500 members and Stonebridge Urban Penoyre, Sunand has delivers an impressive programme of Enterprises Limited, a played a central role events, study tours and student awards specialist housing, in the design and to design professionals and clients in the planning and delivery of the healthcare sector. regeneration practice’s 300 plus projects, guiding the consultancy. She has over twenty five design philosophy of the practice and the Susan was Special Advisor for Health years experience in the development design development of projects. at CABE and worked closely with industry with twelve years in senior the Department of Health on Built management. She was formerly Director Sunand’s experience encompasses Environment policy development. of Deeley Group in the Midlands and housing, commercial development, Responsibilities included leading/ Regional Manager of Lowry Homes in the sustainable design, masterplanning, chairing the NHS Design Review North West. education, healthcare and the arts. Programme, directing research and policy Sunand was President of the Royal development on community hospitals A graduate of the University of Institute of British Architects (RIBA) from and sustainable design, devising and Manchester, Susan qualified with 2007 to 2009, and was responsible, developing the Future Health Initiative Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Town amongst other initiatives, for a number of across CABE that demonstrated how & Country Planning and Bachelor of projects designed to focus the energies design can help to deliver sustainable Planning degrees. She has been a of the profession upon the need to places for health and wellbeing. member of the Royal Town Planning urgently address climate change. Institute since 1991 and is an accredited Susan previously led the FHN CABE Building for Life assessor and In 2008 he was appointed as member (Future Healthcare Network) at the member of The Design Council / CABE of the Mayor’s Design Advisory Panel NHS Confederation where she was Enablers Panel. Susan is also a member for London. He is a trustee of Article architectural advisor in a multi- of MADE’s Expert Panel. She is currently 25 and has served a term as a member disciplinary team. FHN facilitated a a post-graduate student at the University of the Mayor of London’s 4th Plinth learning network for over 80 NHS Trusts of Birmingham studying a Master of Arts Commissioning Group. He has written engaged in major capital developments degree in Heritage Management. about architecture and cultural diversity, for hospital, primary care and mental the value of design, architecture and health services as part of the major construction, hospital design, urbanism investment programme for the NHS. and domestic architecture of North India, and the work of Le Corbusier. Qualified as an architect, Susan has Sunand has taught and lectured in worked in practice and academia many schools of architecture, acted developing research, publications and as external examiner and continues to post graduate training for over 20 years. be occasionally involved in teaching. Susan recently presented at International Sunand contributes widely to many conferences in the Netherlands, conferences, publications and journals. Germany, Norway and India as well as being a regular presenter in the UK.

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Sylvie Pierce Theo Goodall Tim Barkley Sylvie Pierce created Theo Goodall is a Tim Barkley has spent and managed Chartered Town most of his career in Building Better Planner and Urban development control Health, a successful Designer who until rising to head a large development June 2012 managed service area including company, working in the Design Team at Environmental Health, partnership with the Exeter City Council. Building Control, public sector. They won a number of He was previously the Urban Designer Land Charges and Development Control. awards including Client of the Year; here after achieving his Diploma in Health Design champion; Best Design in the Built Environment (with More recently he took on the role of leading Community Health building twice. They distinction) from Gloucester College of the council’s project to revitalize three were short-listed for a Stirling award with Arts and Technology. Bringing people town centres. This included the production Mossbourne Academy and a Civic Award. together to achieve the best possible of three town centre master plans. The outcomes is Theo’s main interest. project involved working with a private Working with the UK’s most innovative Working in Local Government he has a sector development partner, master architects in some of the most deprived clear understanding of how good design planners and lead architects for each areas, eg AHMM, Penoyre & Prasad may be delivered through the planning town. Tim was instrumental in the setting and Rogers Stirk Harbour they tried to system. He is particularly interested in the up of a local design panel with support demonstrate the impact that design can public realm and enjoys the challenges of from the south east region of the RIBA. have on the poorest communities. delivering high quality spaces both through development and environmental Tim’s other roles have included the Prior to creating a development enhancement. strategic lead on emergency planning, company, Sylvie was Chief Executive of Chairman of the Mid Sussex Emergency the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Theo has written design policy and Planning Liason Group, Chairman of She is a regeneration adviser to the guidance that embeds design into the Mid Sussex Safety Committee City of Bath, on the board and planning planning to achieve successful and the lead officer for accessibility. committee for London Thames Gateway outcomes. The team were pleased to Whilst managing the Development and chair of Governors at Mossbourne receive the 2012 Urban Design Group Control Service he introduced charging Academy (she worked as project director award for their Residential Design for planning advice at Mid Sussex, for the sponsor). She is a director of a Supplementary Planning Document. researched & managed the introduction consultancy she set up in 2010, Earth Theo also enjoys practical design of area based planning committees and Regeneration. She is working with a work. He has designed and managed public speaking at planning committees. number of clients commissioning new enhancement projects and has engaged He has been a member of the council’s and innovative services and buildings. with private developers on a practical senior management team for the last level, by exploring design options through eight years. Tim is currently on the plans, diagrams and sketches. After ten planning editorial board of CIPFA and a years managing the Design Team Theo member of the planning officer’s society. took voluntary redundancy and is looking forward to new challenges ahead.

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Tim Gill Timothy Long Toby Blume Tim Gill is Tim creates For 15 years Toby acknowledged to be innovative, best Blume has led national one of the UK’s practice streetscape charities supporting leading thinkers on designs that marginalised groups childhood. His revolutionise the and communities to research, writing and public realm and find solutions to the consultancy work, street furniture design problems they face which focuses on children’s play and free in central London benefiting pedestrians, and have a greater influence over policy- time, has a real, positive impact on cyclists, inclusive design, the quality of making. He has a track record of children’s everyday lives. His book No life and land values. He popularised low developing innovative approaches to Fear: Growing up in a risk-averse society and no kerb designs by raising parking co-production and community was published in 2007. He has also bays which led to designing the first engagement to deliver improved local written for the Guardian, Independent scheme to explain how to create shared outcomes. Toby is an experienced and trade and academic publications, space and resolve inclusive design (DfT facilitator, participation practitioner, trainer and appears regularly on radio and example) and remove traffic signals, and and researcher. A leading commentator on television. Tim blogs at his website, www. built Key Walking Routes in partnership issues affecting the voluntary and rethinkingchildhood.com. He has with other councils. community sector, with a national profile advised political parties and thinktanks and well regarded by his peers. across the political spectrum. Tim revolutionised street furniture design by starting and guiding the design of As Chief executive of Urban Forum In 2006-8 Tim co-authored the Greater Legible London signs, designing best from 2004 to 2012, Toby supported London Authority’s planning guidance on practice benches (in 3 categories), and community groups to have influence over children’s play and informal recreation, innovative bollards. Other expertise regeneration and decision-making. He and in 2011 my GLA report Sowing the includes: designing out crime, counter- previously founded Groundswell UK, a Seeds: Reconnecting London’s children terrorism, public transport interchanges charity supporting homeless people to with nature was published. He has (Crossrail, London Underground and the run community projects and influence carried out consultancies for Barnardos, Cross River Tram), masterplanning, brief homelessness service provision. the Forestry Commission, the National writing, funding, consulting, negotiating Examples of social innovations he has Trust and Argent plc amongst others, and delivering schemes. developed include: Horizontal exchange and is advising the Olympic Park Legacy - facilitating peer-learning and network Company on the design of the Queen Tim has won 15 awards or best practice building among homeless people, Elizabeth Olympic Park. Tim was a CABE commendations in the last decade, community-led resilience planning enabler from 2007 to 2010. devised a new street design theory, wrote (facilitating the co-design of sustainable articles, presented at conferences and is social, economic and environmental a design adviser to Urban Design London goals in a neighbourhood), Speakouts (a and Merton Borough Council. He is a participatory process for giving homeless Landscape Architect (Ba Hons), who was people influence over service design), awarded a SERC scholarship to study ‘VisualCamp’ (using visualisation to Urban Design (MA) and is a chartered facilitate service redesign and user Town Planner. He works in Transport involvement) and a ‘No Rules Zone’ Planning for Camden Council, previously for Lambeth Council (a community-led for North Wiltshire District Council, model of public service redesign). He Sustran’s on planning cycle routes and has also applied rural community-led Safer Routes to School schemes and in planning and neighbourhood governance the private sector. in urban areas.

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Tom Holbrook Tom Lister Tom Lonsdale Tom Holbrook took a Tom set up People Tom Lonsdale trained degree in Art and Friendly Ltd in 2004 as a Landscape Design at Kingston and is recognised for Architect and has Polytechnic and went giving pragmatic always used the skills on to study for a Inclusive Design gained in that field as Diploma in advice on a diverse he has broadened the Architecture at the range of high profile range of his University of Cambridge, from where he building and streetscape projects across professional activities into urban design, qualified in 1993, returning there to teach the UK and Ireland. masterplanning and strategy formulation. two years later. That broadening began in his role as Chief Landscape Architect for He founded 5th Studio in 1997 and is Manchester City Council between 1975 currently a Director of the practice. Tom and 1989 and consolidated as owner/ was one of the Architects’ Journal’s 40 Director of Camlin Lonsdale Landscape under 40 winners. He is a Design Advisor Architects from 1989 to 2008. for the London Development Agency, a Design Surgeon for Urban Design The creation of CABE opened up the London, and a member of the National opportunity to operate outside the Design Review Panel for Design Council confines of his own profession and CABE and the LB Newham Design influence design quality on a much larger Review Panel. Tom is a regular visiting and more strategic scale through design critic and lecturer at various universities. review and enabling. Taking to these He is an External Examiner at London activities like a duck to water led Tom to Metropolitan University and has ‘Visiting seek and secure similarly influential roles Practice’ status at the London School of in the regions, chairing design review Economics Cities Programme. wherever possible (Northwest, Yorkshire, Humber, East of England, Barnsley) panel Tom regularly contributes critical writing member elsewhere (Wakefield, West and opinion to the architectural press. Tom Midlands, EP south west), Enabling for Holbrook’s design research has developed Transform South Yorkshire and recently an approach to strategic thinking joined the Glass-House Enabler bank. that explores the dynamic between architecture and the scale of infrastructure Tom withdrew from Camlin Lonsdale and landscape. The relationship between in 2008 to concentrate on this range research and practice has encouraged of activities in a more flexible freelance design innovation and a fresh attitude capacity, setting up PLACECRAFT. He towards conservation, transport and has maintained regular contact with regeneration projects. education, both by lecturing and as external examiner, and has lectured widely at conferences and seminars. He is now an Academician of Urbanism.

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Tony Edwards Tony Fullwood Tony Wyatt Tony Edwards was Tony Fullwood is a Tony Wyatt has a member of the chartered town worked as a specialist CABE National planner and a urban design, Design Review panel qualified urban architectural and and is now a Cabe designer who has historic environment Built Environment extensive local advisor and Expert. With authority experience practitioner for over qualifications in architecture and in all aspects of town planning including 30 years in the urban design, landscape architecture Tony offers an local plans, development control and masterplanning, planning, conservation informed view on development based on delivering high quality designs and public and regeneration sectors. training and experience. realm most recently as a Head of Service and Corporate Manager at Tunbridge Tony won a CABE Festive Five Award Landscape schemes in particular Wells Borough Council. - Public Sector Design Champion need some experience of time and in 2005 when he was Urban Design management to ensure they deliver on Tony’s experience includes planning and Conservation Group Manager at their initial design aspirations. Tony’s and implementing major projects Newcastle City Council from 1999-2007 practice is actively engaged in a range such as significant urban extensions, – having been Urban Design Team Leader of development work and has won a town centres, urban regeneration and at the City for the previous 10 years. He number of awards in recent years for conserving and enhancing areas of founded +Plus Urban Design Ltd with school, commercial development and architectural and landscape heritage. Richard Charge in 2011 and landscape schemes. He is also a member He has professional experience in a he is responsible for developing of the Merton Design review panel and variety of locations, ranging from cities; their urban design, placemaking and sits on the RIBA London Planning and town centres to small neighbourhoods masterplanning service. Policy Group. and villages. He has been responsible for the preparation of a large number of Tony was previously Urban Design local plans, neighbourhood plans and Director at _space Group 2009–11 and supplementary planning documents. also at Ryder Architecture 2007-09. He is Vice Chair of the National Historic Towns In June 2006 Tony set up his own Forum; Vice Chair of the Integreat Plus practice Tony Fullwood Associates Yorkshire Design Panel; local panellist specialising in plan making, high-quality in the North East and an enabler with urban design and sustainable solutions Places Matter! He is also a Home Office and is engaged in a wide variety of design panellist. He is an Academician at public and private sector planning and the Academy of Urbansim and founder development projects. He is advising panellist on their Place Partnering Panel. and mentoring a number of parish He previously served on the CABE councils as they develop their frontrunner national design review panel from 2006. I neighbourhood plans. He was a CABE have presented at numerous conferences Space Enabler from 2006, now a Cabe in the UK and Europe including at the Built Environment Expert, facilitating local Council of Europe in Strasbourg and at authorities and contributing to national the Oslo Architecture Week. events and publications.

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Valerie Owen OBE Vincent Goodstadt Vincent Wang Valerie Owen is a Vincent Goodstadt Vincent was a founder multi-disciplinary has worked for a member and senior property professional. range of bodies across director of Stanhope In her early career the UK, in the public (London’s premier Valerie was a retained and private sector, at commercial architect to the all scales developer) from the Marquess of Tavistock (neighbourhood to company’s inception and the Trustees of the Bedford Estate, international) and from inner city to remote until it was sold to British Land in 1994. specialising in conservation and heritage rural island communities. This has included As Stanhope’s director responsible for work. Since then she has held a number county council, urban borough, new town the design, Vincent led the team that of senior positions including Managing and regional councils and includeds senior established new benchmarks of quality Director of London First, the inward management responsibility for economic & and implementation for property investment agency for the capital and housing development, heritage development in the UK. Since then he Executive Director of international real conservation, transportation, health and has worked independently as an estate consultants, Jones Lang LaSalle. environmental action. entrepreneur and consultant.

Valerie is currently the Managing Director Vincent is currently an independent He established Corpnex, an innovating of Le Vaillant Owen Consultancy, advisor promoting this agenda and high quality serviced office start-up specialising in community regeneration supporting organisations trying to raise in the City of London, and was senior and sustainable development, and has the quality of life in our communities development consultant for The Pinnacle, specific knowledge and expertise in through better design and more creative to be the highest tower in the City. He delivering complex large-scale projects. planning. It is in this context that he is on the board of Mountview Theatre Valerie currently holds a series of Non- has supported CABE through the Academy, and chair of their Capital Executive directorships in housing, Planning Advisory Committee, Design Committee, devoted to converting the health and the environment. She also Review panels and in research on splendid old Hornsey Town Hall into holds several Ministerial appointments climate change. Similarly, he has also new accommodation for the school. to the Boards of East Kent Hospitals assisted the European Environment He is currently the Donmar Warehouse University NHS Foundation Trust; the Agency initiative on the quality of life in Theatre’s development manager, Church Buildings Council; Dover Harbour Europe’s towns and cities and ICLEI in converting a derelict warehouse in Board; the Planning Inspectorate and the translation of Ecosystem Service the heart of Covent Garden into new the Environment Agency. These Public Analysis into spatial planning. rehearsal studios and offices, as well Appointments mean Valerie is involved as producing Soundspace, a proposed in some of the largest and most complex Vincent is a past RTPI president and travelling pavilion that is itself a musical development issues being tackled by the co-authored the New Vision for Planning instrument, an artwork of architecture public sector. Valerie has also worked to guide the renewal of the planning and sound integrated by music. as a volunteer with Girlguiding UK for profession. His other formal roles include over 30 years, and with Toynbee Hall (the the following: Vice-president of the TCPA; At Hampstead Theatre he was a Universities Settlement in East London), Executive member of the European director under the chairmanship of providing pioneering youth and community Council of Spatial planners; European Michael Frayn of Hampstead Theatre education services amongst immigrant METREX metropolitan network Honorary Foundation Ltd, successfully developing and disadvantaged communities. Professor (University of Manchester)and the first new theatre in London for twenty- editorial board of two planning journals. five years, with an award-winning design Valerie has led teams of volunteers from by Rab Bennetts. very disadvantaged backgrounds, and worked amongst some of the poorest and most needy communities in the UK. She is wholly committed to promoting equality and diversity in society. Valerie was awarded an OBE for ‘Services to Architecture and the community in East London’ in 2001.

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Wade Scaramucci Wayne Head Wendy Shillam Wade Scaramucci Wayne directs Wendy Shillman is a USA Dip Arch ARB interdisciplinary design qualified architect teams producing and town planner. Her Wade has been exemplary standard first job was being a Associate Director educational facilities project architect for of Allford Hall for schools, colleges MacCormac and Monaghan Morris and universities. Jamieson, where she since 2005. He has previously gained was involved with Worcester College experience in practices across Los He has worked on a series of Oxford, which won a Civic Trust Award. Angeles, New York, Dubai and London education projects, including further as well as working on a variety of projects education, universities and schools. He is Wendy then founded Shillam + Smith including Horseferry House (the Burberry currently directing the renewal of Norwich Architecture and went on to win a headquarters) and the Angel Building City College. series of architectural competitions. in Islington. His most recent projects Clients include: British Museum; V&A; include Hampstead Road, a mixed used He is an honorary trustee of the ‘Learning IBM; Sainsbury Family Trust etc. She office and residential scheme in Camden from Jaweli’ project to fund and build a then went on to start Shillam + Smith and a number of projects in the United new school for a rural community in India. Urbanism, which won an international States. Wade was promoted to Associate masterplanning competition for King Director in 2008 and assists with the Square Islington. Wendy managed multi- coordination of design and management disciplinary teams on many large scale issues within the practice. masterplanning projects.

Key projects include: Angel Building; Wendy was recognised for best practice London 3R Awards (Office Category community consultation. She visited 21 2011); British Construction Industry Award European and US cities, researching (Judges Special Award 2011); British sustainability and urban management. Council of Offices Award (Refurbished In 2011, she was Project manager & Recycled Workspace); British Council for the Whitehill Bordon Eco-town of Offices National Award (Refurbished in Hampshire. Wendy wrote the eco & Recycled Workspace); 2011 Civic town bid, securing the towns future as Trust Awards; Commendation 2011 one of four UK Eco-towns. She was Concrete Society Award; Rejuvenation responsible for managing the £13M Award & Certificate of Excellence grant, capital projects, setting up a team, 2011 New London Award for Working procuring a masterplan and evidence 2011 Regeneration & Renewal Award: studies covering the principles of the UK Design Excellence 2011 RIBA Award for Sustainable Development Strategy, (now Architecture 2011 RIBA Stirling Prize: the basis for the National Planning Policy Shortlist 2011 2010 Shawfield House, Framework (NPPF)). With planning policy London 2008 Horseferry House, London. colleagues, she drafted the District Local Plan and the detailed chapter covering Previous experience includes: 2003 - the Eco-town. 2005 Private work as an Architect; 2002 - 2005 Wilberly Allison Tong and Goo, L.A, Wendy is now self employed advising Dubai and London offices, The Phillips architectural and planning practices, Group International Associates, NY and facilitator for the Charing Village London offices, Architects in Partnership, development brief, a Cabe pilot USA - Architect. neighbourhood plan. She is a member of the TCPA Expert Panel on Garden Cities Wade has been a US Registered and a member of the south east regional Architect since 2001 American Institute design panel. of Architects (Part III equivalent) UK. Registered Architect since 2002 Royal Institute of British Architects.

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