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Anne Byrne

Anne Byrne Anne Byrne Areas of Expertise Community engagement, Housing, Regeneration Anne is a regeneration expert with 30 years of experience in senior leadership roles. She has worked mainly in the public sector and was until recently employed by Hackney Council where she was Head of Regeneration (Woodberry Down). She was responsible for one of …

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Anne Diack

Anne Diack Anne Diack Areas of Expertise Educational projects, Innovation, Policy (education) Currently a Design Council BEE, I was formerly Head of Education at the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and Director of Engaging Places (a national built environment education programme) working with English Heritage and Open City. Earlier, as a founding Director …

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Annie Coombs

Annie Coombs Annie Coombs Areas of Expertise Major infrastructure, Design review, Landscape architecture Annie is a landscape architect, a Fellow of the Landscape Institute and has a master’s degree in planning. Annie is co-chair of the Northwest’s design review panel, panel member of the HS2 independent design panel and a member of the Highways England …

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Anthony Thistleton-Smith

Anthony Thistleton-Smith Anthony Thistleton-Smith Areas of Expertise Construction, Materiality, Sustainability Anthony is an Architect and Director of Waugh Thistleton Architects, founded in 1997 and devoted to sustainability in architectural practice and materially reducing the impact of both energy use and embodied energy in construction. Since 2009, when the practice completed Murray Grove/Stadthaus, a nine storey …

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Antonia Morgan

Antonia Morgan Antonia Morgan Areas of Expertise Architecture, Urban Design, Sustainability Antonia is a RIBA chartered Architect and Urban Designer with over eight years of experience across architectural, urban design and sustainability disciplines. Antonia completed her BA(hons) and M(Arch) in Architecture at the Arts University Bournemouth and subsequently her PGDip in Architecture at Kingston University …

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Arfah Farooq

Arfah Farooq Arfah Farooq Areas of Expertise Community Building, Diversity and Inclusion , Startups Arfah is a lifelong community builder and advocates for diversity and inclusion. From shaping the regeneration of East London post 2012 Olympics to building resilience in young people as a youth trustee for a charity. She accidentally co-founded a startup called …

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Arthur Acheson

Arthur Acheson Arthur Acheson Areas of Expertise Civic Stewardship , Civic Regeneration , Reuse of old buildings Arthur is a registered architect and chartered town planner with experience at partner level in private practice, university teaching and research and has been a Built Environment Ministerial Advisor for nine years. Arthur specialises in community involvement and …

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Arthur Smart

Arthur Smart Arthur Smart Areas of Expertise Masterplanning, Urban design, Public realm Arthur an Architect with over 15 years’ experience leading the design, delivery and management of high quality projects. Arthur has extensive practical experience in negotiating with complex stakeholder structures, client groups and design teams in a global context. Arthur currently co-leads the Urban …

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