Our Story
How it all started
Following high school in New Zealand, I worked in rehabilitation and sports medicine with professional athletes in both Australia and England. Following three years in the UK I was inspired to return home to study architecture after visiting the Sainsbury’s Centre at the University of East Anglia designed by Norman Foster. During my student years I also studied in California on an exchange scholarship at UC Berkeley. I was exposed to the architecture of the Bay Area and the Case Study Houses built in Los Angeles in the 1960s. These houses, built from steel were open to the landscape and were full of natural light. Following graduation I gained a travel scholarship to study environmally innovative buildings in both the United States and Europe and I used this research to complete a post graduate masters in sustainable architecture.
Return to England
Following completion of my masters, I returned to England to work with many of the industry leaders I had met during my research. I designed a research facility in Kew Gardens for Wilkinson Eyre Architects. Following completion of The Roundhouse Theatre for John McAslan and Partners in 2006 I opened my architecture studio. My mission has been to create masterplans that integrate landscape and nurture biodiversity, and design buildings that performed better environmentally by utilising natural ventilation and mass timber construction.
The 2008 Global Financial Crisis
Following the 2008 Global Financial Crisis I had to pivot from designing smaller scale sports facilities and houses to working on large scale projects where clients that needed technical input. During this period I collaborated with Landolt and Brown Architects on a new university in the Middle East (MIST) working with the Italian interior fabricator Cassina and Foster and Partners. Following the completion of this project I worked on the London 2012 Olympic Games as an advisor to the Olympic Delivery Authority. These projects introduced us to architecture for sport and to the complexity of working internationally managing infrastructure scale projects.
Combining academic excellence and industry.
In 2022 I completed a PhD through RMITs European campus based in Barcelona. Work of the practice was presented to a panel of architects from both Australia and Europe plus invited guests and observers. This research has supported my ability to offer best practice and cutting edge solutions for our clients. We are continuously improving the products and services we can deliver to help provide full and remarkable solutions for all our projects. We collaborate with the best structural and environmental engineers to ensure projects benefit from the best British engineering available.
