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Matt Harrison
BA Hons DipArch MA RIBA
One50studio
Matt is passionate about the value and social necessity of architecture and place design. This is aligned with a commitment to progress neighbourhood scale transformation to achieve sustainable outcomes through integrated energy, transport, water, ecology and social infrastructure. Matt has been a Design West Design Review panel member for more than 10 years and is a teaching fellow at Bath University. He works as a consultant with White Design, where he was a Director and employee of 16 years leading on urban design, neighbourhood planning and architectural projects as well as research into Zero Carbon communities, Retrofit, Design for Future Climate and Post Occupancy Evaluation.
James Harrison
BA (Hons), MArch, PG Dip Arch, ARB, RIBA
AtkinsRealis
James is an accomplished Architect with over 30 years of experience shaping the built environment through design-led, people-focused solutions. He has successfully led teams on national and international projects, delivering buildings and facilities that balance creativity, functionality, and purpose. His portfolio spans a diverse range of sectors, including offices, schools, British Embassies worldwide, masterplanning, and complex Defence projects. From concept to completion, James brings vision and precision to every stage of the process. As a National Head of Design within his practice, he plays a pivotal role in setting design standards and driving innovation across the UK. His philosophy is simple yet profound: great design has the power to transform lives. James is passionate about achieving the perfect harmony of priorities in every project, ensuring that each design enhances the human experience.
Robert Harrold
MEng (Hons) CEng MICE MBA
Statik Consult
Robert began his career as a structural engineer designing projects as diverse as Woolwich Arsenal, St Petersburg Airport and Maggie’s Leeds before his interest in sustainable homes took him to HAB Housing, where he was design manager for the Neave Brown shortlisted Lovedon Fields. Having recently completed The Carriage Works, Bristol, he is now an independent consultant specialising in the regeneration of complex sites and is passionate about simple, yet creative technical solutions that underpin the creation of fantastic places to live and sustainable communities.
Patricia Hawes
BASc, L.Arc, PGCE
Mei Loci Landscape Architects / Eden Project
Patricia is a founding director of Mei Loci Landscape Architects. Her expertise lies in the design of public realm, parks and gardens, and heritage settings with award-winning projects completed across the UK, including Lesnes Abbey Woods in London; Penzance Promenade, Cornwall, and numerous town centre regeneration projects across Cornwall. Her work integrates ecology, archaeology, and stakeholder engagement to create meaningful landscapes, focusing on education, well-being, and community involvement. Patricia is also an associate lecturer in garden and landscape design at the Eden Project.
Andy Hayles
BA (Hons), IoTC (Institute of Theatre Consultants), Fellow of LIPA
Charcoalblue LLP
In 1995 Andy moved from the world of theatrical production; to advising on the design of buildings for the performing arts. He co-founded specialist design company Charcoalblue in London 2004 and is the Managing Partner across its international studios: London, Bristol, New York, Chicago and Melbourne. Andy has contributed to the design and delivery of buildings for St Anns Warehouse in NYC, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Sydney Theater Company, the RSC, the National Theatre and the Royal Opera House.
Fiona Heron
BSc (Hons), MSc, Dip LA, MA, CMLI, FRSA
Fiona Heron Design
Fiona is a landscape architect with over 25 years strategic and detailed experience in both public and private sectors including open spaces, squares, housing, sensitive sites and international garden design competitions. Her focus is on place-making and promoting quality external design. She has won urban design awards for both landscape and art. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, she has written for the Landscape Journal, is a regular university tutor, a member of the CPD Landscape Committee, Cambridge Quality Panel and speaks at multi-professional training sessions and seminars.
Niamh Hession
BA (hons), PG Dip
Turley
Design Director for Turley, based in their Bristol Office, Niamh has more than twenty years of experience working within the built environment. She has had experience working on large scale urban development, town and city centre regeneration, as well as a breadth of mixed use, industrial and energy sites. Niamh has also provided design evidence to support to planning appeals and CPO tribunals.
Jo Hibbert
RIBA, ARB, AABC, SPAB Scholar
Levitate West Design and Architecture Studio Ltd.
Jo is Conservation Director of Levitate and has extensive experience in conserving, restoring, and renovating listed buildings. After graduating from Sheffield University in 2007, Jo worked with English Heritage as the ICOMOS Summer Scholar (New York) and worked for Acanthus Ferguson Mann Architects upon completion of her diploma. In 2002 Jo was awarded a SPAB Lethaby Scholarship. Jo is church architect for significant churches throughout the southwest, sits on the Exeter DAC, and is studio tutor for the final year of Diploma at Bath University.
Simon Hickman
BSc (Hons) MSc, IHBC
Avalon Planning & Heritage
Simon is Heritage Director at Avalon Planning & Heritage’s Bristol office. He spent over ten years as Historic England's Principal Inspector of Historic Buildings and Areas for the South West. Previously, Simon was a building inspector for English Heritage's London region, where he guided the restoration of some of the Nation's best-loved buildings, including Kings Cross and St Pancras Stations. He has a strong interest in contextual new design in a historic setting.
