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Frances Crow
BA(Hons), DipArch(UCL), RIBA, ARB
Crow Architecture
Frances Crow is a chartered architect and Director of Crow Architecture. The practice specialises in retrofit, conservation and regenerative development in a rural context. Her experience in practice, teaching, research and engaged-arts projects, combines to define her approach to development. She champions projects that consider demolition as a last resort, use a ‘fabric first’ approach, privilege bio-based materials and use principles of the circular economy to reduce the embodied and in use carbon.
Patrick Devlin
MSc AAS, Dip Arch, RIBA, ARB
Chair
Pollard Thomas Edwards
Patrick Devlin leads one of PTE’s five architectural workshops, focusing on Later Living, retrofit and co-design projects, along with new build residential and masterplanning. Patrick has designed and delivered award-winning projects, from large-scale masterplans to infill sites and refurbishments. His research-led approach to specialist housing has gained international recognition for its pioneering designs. In 2009 Patrick coordinated the influential Housing our Ageing Population: Panel for Innovation (HAPPI). He teaches at Cardiff and Newcastle Universities.
Caterina di Garbo
BA(Hons) DipLA
Portus + Whitton Landscape Architects
Caterina is a skilled landscape architect with almost a decade of experience; currently specialising in ecological, regenerative, and permaculture design. She's focused on honing design skills to bring effective and creative solutions to our time of rapid change and in the context of the wider biodiversity and climate crisis. Caterina's work has been primarily based in rural areas, often highly designated and publicly significant sites, which have expanded her professional capacity through unique challenges and learning opportunities.
Elke Dittrich
RIBA chartered architect
DHV Architects
Elke studied architecture at the Bauhaus University, Weimar and the Technical University, Vienna, before moving to the UK in 1999. She qualified as a UK architect at the Architectural Association in 2001. Elke co-founded DHV Architects in 2005 and has been leading the practice since. DHV Architects specialises in heritage and residential projects. Elke is leading several National Trust Projects such as the new visitor centre at Tyntesfield. She likes to design one off bespoke houses.
Victoria Emmett
BA Dip Arch (Cantab) RIBA
Emmett Russell Architects
Vicky is a Director of Emmett Russell Architects and experienced in the design and delivery of housing, community and education projects at a range of scales. Key areas of interest include housing design, masterplanning, conservation of historic buildings, and sustainable construction. Vicky also has extensive teaching experience at the Welsh School of Architecture and the University of the West of England. She is an examiner for UWE Part 3 Professional Practice Course.
Elspeth Faulkner
BSc, MSc, MArch, DipArch, ARB, RIBA, CAABC
Historic England
Elspeth has been a chartered architect for over a decade and has enjoyed a varied career thus far. Over time, she has developed a particular interest and significant experience in the specialism of sustainable building conservation, honed through full-time employment at Historic England and the completion of an MSc (with distinction). Elspeth also enjoys occasional teaching at Cardiff University and the University of Bath.
Joanne Fisher
BSc(Hons), MSc, IHBC
Donald Insall Associates
Jo is an experienced heritage consultant who has provided heritage and design advice and led stakeholder negotiations to facilitate a diverse range of complex developments. She has also written several Conservation Management Plans, assessing buildings and public realm, including for the National Trust. Jo worked in the southwest after completing her MSc at Bath University, joined Insall in 2011 and led the London Heritage Consultancy for five years before returning to the southwest.
Richard Goldthorpe
BSc Hons, DipLA, CMLI
The National Trust
Richard is a chartered landscape architect with 30 years experience working in the private, public and charity sectors. His wide ranging experience includes the design of streets and public realm, historic designed landscapes, urban regeneration, strategic green infrastructure and visitor experience design. He is Head of Placemaking and Design for the National Trust.
Rob Gregory
MArch BA (Hons) RIBA ARB
Chair
The Universities of Bristol and Bath
Rob Gregory is an award-winning architect and academic, currently responsible for design quality across the University of Bristol’s £1bn portfolio of capital projects. Over two decades Rob has maintained a permanent post as Teaching Fellow at the University of Bath, spent ten years as Senior Editor on the Architectural Review, four years on the RIBA National Awards Group, five years running the Architecture Centre’s public programme, and held consultancy roles for the Architecture Foundation, Royal Academy and British Council.
