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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.
Andrew Paley
BSc, MSc, DipURS, MRTPi
Bean Designed
Andrew is a Director at Bean Designed, and formerly Managing Director at JRPA in Yorkshire. He is a master planner, urban designer and town planner, with over 25 years of experience in delivering housing developments across the UK. Andrew has particular expertise in taking residential sites through from inception to detailed design for developers and housing associations. He has been responsible for the design and delivery of award winning designs, and is passionate about improving the quality of residential environments.
Paul Britton
BSc (Hons), DipTP, MRTPI
Local Government Association
Paul is a qualified town planner with over 20 years’ commercial experience delivering high quality developments throughout the UK. He has worked within multi-functional teams on site acquisitions; undertaken detailed masterplanning / planning applications; and project managed the direct delivery of strategic schemes through joint ventures.
Isabella Percy
BSc (Hons) MArch PG Dip RIBA
James Grayley Architects
Isabella is an architect with a background in social infrastructure, large-scale masterplans and strategic housing projects. She is currently an associate at James Grayley Architects, an award-winning practice working in sensitive and historic sites to deliver well-crafted housing, community and cultural projects. She is a member of the London Borough of Merton Design Review Panel and has taught design studio at the University of Bath.
Clare Phillips
BSc DipArch RIBA AABC
Purcell
Clare is a conservation accredited, award-winning architect. She has over 20 years’ experience designing and delivering projects across multiple sectors. Her recent projects include large scale residential projects with adaptive re-use and new build elements in London and Bristol. She has also developed a specialist expertise in cultural heritage and museum projects with third sector clients. Clare has extensive experience implementing sustainable strategies in the adaption, repair and restoration of listed buildings.
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.
Harriet Powell
BA (Hons), MArch, PGCert, ARB, RIBA
Homes England
Harriet has 10 years’ experience working in place-shaping. As an architect she predominantly worked for public sector clients, which inspired her move to the sector. While working for the Greater London Authority’s planning and regeneration team, Harriet worked with London Boroughs, community organisations, Mayor’s Design Advocates and teams across the GLA to deliver the Mayor’s Good Growth by Design programme. Harriet now leads a team at Homes England, delivering affordable homes in the Southwest region.
Max Rafferty-White
BA (hons)
Stantec
Max is an Associate Architectural Designer at Stantec with experience of working on the design of new communities across the UK, both as a consultant and as the design lead for a high-end regional developer. Max’s expertise lies in the overlap between Architecture and Urban Design, with a specialism in creating high quality housing schemes. Recent work includes producing Design Codes and subsequent detailed designs for Wichelstowe – a distinct new community just south of Swindon.
