Edward Marchand
Areas of Expertise
Heritage and conservation, Infrastructure, Retrofitting
Talented designer, experienced in multi-stakeholder consultation and well-versed in the requirements and demands of cultural, higher education, residential, infrastructure and heritage projects.
Edward joined Bennetts Associates in 2006 and has developed winning competition designs such as the transformation of the listed Royal Infirmary into the Edinburgh Futures Institute and was involved with the regeneration of the King’s Cross area, leading the conversion of the historic Midland Goods Shed and a new all timber Community Sports Hall.
Edward has recently been developing Bennetts Associates’ European profile and portfolio, leading competitions for projects such as the Ghent Opera House and Theatre De Molenberg in Delfzijl, and overseeing an office-led scheme in central Athens. He has tutored an architectural design studio at the University of Ghent and has been a visiting critic at the Department of Architecture at the University of Cambridge and the Architectural Association.
He has acted as a design review panel member for Thurrock and Waltham Forest. Edward studied architecture and structural engineering at the University of Ghent and in Amsterdam at The Berlage Centre for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban Design, acquiring design skills which embrace multi-disciplinary working. He has worked in the UK, Belgium, and France