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Jane Fowles
BA(Hons) DipLA (Hons) MAUD CMLI
Chair
Novell Tullett
Jane is a chartered Landscape Architect, Urban Designer and Managing Director of Novell Tullett. Jane is also co-chair of the Bristol Design Review Panel for Design West, an Academician at the Academy of Urbanism, and a part-time tutor for the Masters degree in Urban Design at the School of Architecture in Cardiff. Jane’s professional life revolves around the creation of successful places. She believes that being alive to the city context is the key to generating quality and value in the public realm. Well-related spaces bring opportunities for social interaction to local people, and inspiring design can entice life outside with all the wellbeing benefits it provides.
Rebecca Frost
BSc, MA, MRTPI
LDA Design
Rebecca is an Associate Urban Designer with a background in Town Planning. Designing places that are resilient to future needs, respond appropriately to their local context and are designed for wildlife and people are key drivers for Rebecca as a placemaker. She has over nine years of experience working on a range of projects from concept design, to outline planning applications and design coding as well as a range of engagement activities including co-design workshops.
Tim Gale
PPLI dip LA
Tim Gale Landscape and Urban Design
Tim has been involved with the planning and design of towns and public spaces for over four decades. As President of the Landscape Institute and subsequently as chair of the Urban Design Alliance (UDAL), he was involved in various government organisations including CABE and has been an active member of a number of Design Panels. He has worked in the public and private sectors, and was head of planning at HOK International until 2016.
Ed Gant
MA, CMLI
Lichen Studio
A chartered landscape architect and a founding director of Lichen Studio, Ed has worked on a range of projects, from public realm and urban regeneration to residential and commercial developments, across the UK and abroad. Passionate about environmental and social impact, Ed believes in creating landscapes that enhance nature and the health & well-being of the communities they serve. Ed has strong design narrative and communication skills, and collaborates with clients, design professionals, and end-users to deliver successful schemes, with a strong sense of place.
Peter Garitsis
BAS, MCPUD
Swindon Borough Council
Peter is an Urban Designer with experience in professional practices in South Africa and the UK. He currently works in the Masterplanning, Design and Conservation Team at Swindon Borough Council as the Senior Urban Designer. Peter specialises in providing expert advice on large-scale development projects and raises design quality through policy, negotiation, guidance, training and as an expert witness. He is a Recognised Practitioner of the Urban Design Group, and holds a Bachelor of Architectural Studies degree, and a Masters in City Planning & Urban Design.
Lincoln Garland
PhD MSc BA(Hons) CEnv MCIEEM
Biodiversity by Design
Dr Lincoln Garland has been practicing as an ecologist and eco-masterplanner in environmental consultancy, academia, and for wildlife NGOs for over 30 years. He has a particular interest in eco-urbanism and has worked on many residential schemes. Lincoln recently had two chapters included in the Routledge Handbook of Urban Ecology and regularly contributes articles to the Nature of Cities web based platform. Lincoln also regularly works overseas including in Singapore, Malaysia, and the Middle-East.
Charlotte Garven
MEng, IStructE
Buro Happold
Charlotte is an engineer with a keen interest for efficient and structurally elegant designs. Her broad portfolio spans across sectors including sculptural, heritage, performing arts and cultural, student residential, educational and office developments. She champions sustainability and has developed a particular focus on building re-use and low carbon design; and heritage buildings and the challenges in balancing both. Charlotte is keen to encourage the industry to tackle the housing and climate crises with pragmatism.
Bill Gething
MA (Cantab), Dipl Arch
University of the West of England, Bill Gething: Sustainability + Architecture
Bill Gething is a retired architect and sustainability consultant and is Professor Emeritus at the University of the West of England, where he retains an involvement in teaching and research. He has particular expertise in low energy design; housing; adapting buildings to the changing climate, particularly in relation to overheating; thermal retrofit of the existing stock, and ensuring buildings perform as well in practice as they should in theory.
Jackie Gillespie
BA Dip Arch RIBA
gillespie yunnie architects
Jackie is a partner of Dartington based Gillespie Yunnie Architects. She studied Architecture at Portsmouth University, Oxford Brookes and the Alexandria Architecture Centre in Washington DC, receiving the Field- ing Dodd prize for outstanding work and a distinction in Diploma. She worked at Niall Phillips Architects and Architecton prior to joining Acan- thus Ferguson Mann as an Associate in 1995, becoming a Director in 1998 when she set up the Devon Office of the practice. Gillespie Yunnie Architect was set up with co-director Phillip Yunnie in 2005 as a design- led practice specialising in contemporary solutions for constrained and historic environments. The practice has since won numerous awards for a diverse range of building types.
