We are an international team, working from eight different locations across the UK, Cyprus and India. But we are also one team, combining experience and flexibility. Sector and skill experts are matched to each project across the practice, so that every project can be delivered efficiently and by the right team.
Joe is our creative director with responsibility for design quality across the practice, covering sustainability, technical and quality management.
He has 20 years’ experience across a wide range of sectors, including workplace, education, research, healthcare and leisure. He has led a number of award-winning schemes, winning a national RIBA award, and has delivered significant masterplans.
Joe is a Civic Trust assessor and schools technical advisor, regularly contributing to education sector conferences.
Outside of work he enjoys rugby league and exploring the Lake District with his family. A keen runner, he aspires to run a sub-three-hour marathon – no harm in being ambitious!
The Wolfson Centre for Applied Health Research is a new home for public health research in Bradford. As a city, Bradford faces a number of public health challenges – so it seemed the ideal location to build a new facility that would use collaboration to tackle those challenges.
The University of Huddersfield’s first project through their current consultant framework is this gamechanging extension to the Joseph Priestley Building, which has allowed the University to teach science in a wholly new way. The building would challenge “siloed” approaches to learning and research – both fostering collaboration between students and researchers of different disciplines, and […]
The School of Fine Art, History of Art and Cultural Studies (FAHACS) at the University of Leeds was spread across campus, and they came to us with the challenge of bringing the school together within a single building.
The Sir William Henry Bragg Building is the largest single investment in the University of Leeds’ history. Its origins lie in our masterplan for the University, where we identified several key science facilities that were no longer fit for purpose. Instead of redesigning each facility, the Bragg Building brings together the Faculty of Engineering and […]
A new library is always a milestone in the life of a university. The Laidlaw Library was no exception: nestled between two Grade II listed churches in a busy, city-centre campus, the site needed to house 4000m2 of learning and library resources, with 1000 reader seats and 6,800 linear metres of book stock.
We’ve completed a wide range of projects for Macmillan Cancer Support, but each one brings its own unique challenges and opportunities. In the late nineties we designed the oncology and therapies centre at Halton General Hospital – around 15 years later, the centre’s success led Macmillan to approach us again, this time to expand the […]
We’ve developed a close relationship with the Salford Royal Hospital over the past decade, working on eight separate projects there. This has involved various challenges – from creating a new heart care facility to refurbishing the outpatients’ reception.
Interested in working for us?
As a friendly, employee-owned practice, we’re frequently looking for creative people to join our team. You’ll be able to find your niche among a wide range of projects, sectors and roles – from architects to support staff.