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Laura Alvarez
BArch (Hons), PG Dip, MAUD, UDGRP, PhD
Urban Design Group
Laura practiced architecture and urban design for over two decades. In her Nottingham City Council role, she was the creator of the award-winning Design Quality Framework and its Co-PLACE engagement platform. She is a guest lecturer at various UK universities and she conducts research in practice and has numerous publications on social sustainability, design quality and community engagement; including the recent A Beginner’s Guide to Urban Design and Development: the ABC of quality, sustainable design.
Peter Baker
CMLI, Dip LA, BA (Hons)
NVB Landscape
Peter is an experienced landscape architect designing from inception to completion across many sectors, but with particular experience in education, including nursery, primary, pre-prep, secondary and prep schools, sixth form, further education and university campuses. Additional experience in commercial, retail, public realm and historic landscapes. Peter leads landscape design at NVB Landscape in Frome, Somerset, focusing on education.
Lauma Balina
MEng (Hons), CEng, MCIBSE
Max Fordham LLP
Lauma is a skilled engineer with over 10 years of experience at designing a variety of building types, including education, theatres, offices, residential developments, and heritage buildings. She strives to design buildings that are not only efficient in design but also when in-use by the occupants. In her work with the Max Fordham Net Zero group, she works on developing her own and the practice’s skills in delivering Net Zero designs.
Veronica Barbaro
MSc, MRTPI
Diagonal
Veronica is a chartered Town Planner now working in digital. She has a real interest in sustainable place-making, resilient design, regeneration and community-driven development. Her experience includes over 10 years in private multi-disciplinary consultancy, working on a breadth of major projects, from national infrastructure schemes (including HS2) to complex city centre regeneration sites in Bristol, Bath and the wider South West. Veronica has a robust understanding of the development management process, as well as development economics and viability considerations. She is a visiting lecturer at UWE and has recently become an Academy of Urbanism Academician.
Pepper Barney
BA(Hons), BArch, PGCert
BiBO
Pepper is an architect and masterplanner with a post-graduate specialism in urban regeneration. Previous project experience included working on strategic housing allocation sites as well as smaller rural brownfield infill sites for private developers. Recently, her work has focused on town centre regeneration and supporting landowners with rural diversification strategies.
Lucy Barron
BArch, BArch, PGCert, CA, ARB, RIBA
BiBO
Lucy is an Accredited Conservation Architect who specialises in the care, repair and adaptation of heritage buildings, including the design of new buildings within sensitive locations. Lucy's work includes advising public clients, private clients and design professionals on the impact of development as well as retrofitting and the strategic design of heritage estate and town centres. She has also produced a number of design guides and planning policy documents. Lucy is a visiting lecturer at UWE, Bath Spa, Bath University and Oxford Brookes, and heads up the RIBA group within Bath.
Austen Bates
BEng (Hons), CEng, MCISBE, BREEAM AP
Ramboll
Austen is a consultant with 20 years’ experience in the field of sustainability. Throughout his career he has led a diverse range of projects covering global circular economy and decarbonisation challenges, through to working with design teams and clients to deliver cutting edge sustainable award-winning buildings. Austen has worked with many of the UK’s prominent developers and cultural institutions to support them in their transformation towards a more sustainable and resilient future.
Steven Bee
BA Hons MRes AoU MRTPI
Urban Counsel
Steven Bee established his practice in 2010, providing advice, guidance and expert support to those planning and developing better places. He has 40 years’ experience at local and national level, in the public and private sectors. His experience embraces community planning, urban renewal, tourism development, public transport planning, environmental assessment, masterplanning, planning briefs, town centre development, research and policy formulation. He specialises in the integration of new development into historic contexts. Steven is Chairman of the Historic Towns and Villages Forum and former Chairman of the Academy of Urbanism. He is a member of the Urban Design Group and of several Design Review Panels. He was previously a Board member of English Heritage, Director of Planning at Winchester City Council, a Director of Llewelyn-Davies Planning, and began his career at LB Lewisham.
Alex Bell
BSc(Hons) MArch ARB RIBA CR
Chapter 2 Architects
Alex is an architect, Passivhaus Designer and Retrofit Coordinator. After 25 years working across a range of commercial sectors, he changed his focus towards energy efficiency and retrofit to make a positive impact on the challenges created by the climate emergency. His clients range from private homeowners to large institutions. Often working alongside other architects, he uses energy modelling for evidence-based design optimisation. He is also an RIBA Client Adviser and has Conservation Registrant status.
