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Matt Jones
BSc MSc CEnv MCIEEM
EAD Ecology
Matt is a Director of EAD Ecology and has over 25 years' experience as an ecological consultant. He is passionate about ecological design and enjoys the challenges and opportunities of integrating ecological understanding, policy and legislation with the aspirations, demands and creativity of development. Matt regularly presents on ecological matters such as Biodiversity Net Gain and acts as an Expert Witness. He is a Chartered Environmentalist and Full Member of CIEEM.
Funda Kemal
BSc DipArch RIBA
Freelance Architect, Lecturer at Bath and Bath Spa Universities
Funda is a creative freelancer and lecturer with unique experience as Urban Designer, Architect, Educator, Expert Witness, Photographer, Writer and founder member of not for profit collective ‘Architecture Is…’ in Bath. She has specialist experience in regeneration, conservation, retrofit and zero carbon design and in achieving quality designs in charity, policy and planning contexts. Funda also develops accessible and inclusive community consultation methods to engage diverse communities in design proposals for the places they live.
Doug King
FREng HonFRIBA CPhys CEng CEnv FInstP FEI FCIBSE
Doug King Consulting Ltd
An internationally recognised pioneer in the field of sustainable construction, Doug King brings a scientific approach and environmental sensitivity to projects. He is a passionate advocate and enabler of sustainable construction, sharing his expertise with collaborators at all levels to leverage high value outcomes. Doug has been involved in Design Review for over ten years and is a Design Council CABE Built Environment Expert.
Laura Menzies
BEng (Hons), CEng, MICE
Buro Happold
With a background in infrastructure design and construction, Laura has enjoyed a varied career across the technical design, coordination and construction of projects from the London 2012 stadium to two new cities in Kuwait. Her varied experience covers; flood risk, highways, drainage, utilities and earthworks. She has contributed to the delivery of a wide range of solutions to infrastructure challenges, and has developed an adaptable, collaborative approach to design development.
Claire Miller
PAS 2035 L5 Dip, PGCert, MArch, Architecture (BA Hons), Furniture & Interior Design (BA Hons)
Askew Cavanna Architects
Claire is a highly creative Chartered Architect and Retrofit Coordinator/Designer with 15 years industry experience. She is currently an Associate at Askew Cavanna Architects. Her passion is working with existing buildings to create energy efficient, beautiful, inclusive places that bring social, environmental and economic value through design. She has worked on a number of award winning projects including the Soil Association HQ and Docklands Youth & Community Centre, both in Bristol. Claire is also a Board of Trustees for the Centre for Sustainable Energy, a charity supporting people and organisations to tackle the climate emergency and end cold homes.
Shabnam Noor
RIBA, RIAS, ARB
Stories by Shabnam Noor Architects
Shabnam is an architect with robust expertise across architecture, sustainability, business case development and construction management. She set up her practice in 2015 after working with award winning firms on diverse projects, including the mixed-use Quadrant 3 in Piccadilly Circus for The Crown Estate, and the housing and public realm for Battersea Powerstation. Shabnam is passionate about her obligation as an architect to civic engagement and to improve the quality of our built environment. She has a special interest in designing for social inclusion and integration, encouraging urban rewilding and biodiversity, and designing dynamic and adaptable spaces that serve the community.
Frazer Osment
BA(Hons), MPhil, CMLI
Chair
LDA Design
Frazer is Chair of LDA. He has broad understanding of the forces driving change in urban and rural environments and specialises in helping places and organisations adapt. As an experienced masterplanner and urban designer he translates strategy into clear and implementable proposals, particularly through design coding. Frazer has advised on major new settlements and urban centres across the UK. He initiated Liveable Exeter which aims to direct transformational housing delivery to lever investment into streets, spaces and infrastructure. Frazer recently led research for RTPI on spatial solutions to decarbonise transport and worked with RTPI and RSPB to prepare model design codes for net zero and nature recovery.
Louisa Philpott
BA MSc
Consultant
Louisa has over 27 years experience in architecture and masterplanning, in the West, with a focus on sustainability and climate adaptation. She has worked across the public and private sectors on strategic sites, mixed use urban masterplanning and planning policy. She is a consultant urban designer with experience in leading on national and international projects with themes of Town Centres, Zero Carbon Housing, Just Transition in masterplanning, carbon management and climate risk analysis.
Geoff Rich
BA(Hons) BArch(Hons) AABC RIBA-SCA
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
Geoff is a Managing Partner at FCBStudios and an AABC-accredited conservation architect with a leading role in creative re-use and regeneration projects. He is currently working on the world’s oldest surviving iron-framed buildings at Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings, the Bath Abbey Footprint project, and masterplans for the National Museums of Liverpool and Liverpool University. Geoff is a member of the Historic England Historic Places Panel, lectures at several universities, and previously led award-winning projects at Hampton Court Palace and Windsor Castle.
