PRACTICE PROFILE

MEMBERS OF STAFF 

Rachel Bevan (Principal Architect)

Prof Tom Woolley (Architect)

Kirsty Ho (Architect Assistant)

Leonie Erbsloeh (Architect Assistant)

Louise Bourcombe (Administrator)

Studied Architecture at Edinburgh University & Glasgow's Strathclyde University.
Registered Architect since 1988.
Former experience with private practices in Scotland, public sector with Haringey
Borough Council and was a Senior Architect/ team leader with Hull City Council
responsible for major new housing and dock-land developments, and estate housing
renovation projects.
Established own practice in Northern Ireland 1992 and has received awards from RIAI
and RSUA for "The Narrows" and The Old Mill. Other buildings have been published by
Architecture Today and Perspectives on Architecture.
Has been a member of NI. Building Regulations Advisory Committee from 1994-2001
and on the Historic Buildings Council. Until recently the convenor of the RSUA!s
Sustainability Committee and on RSUA Council.
Experienced in integrating accessible design, conservation of historic buildings and
specification of ecological building materials. ArchiCAD user.
Registered as an Ecohomes Assessor.
Co-author of “Hemp and Lime Construction – a guide to Building”
Published by BRE Press.
Contributor to Website entitled “Sustain and Build” on hemp-lime construction, Ecohomes
and Lifetime Homes. This is a website aimed at increasing the knowledge
about sustainable construction, funded through Building Control Dept.
Offer training within the Practice and other teaching commitments

Extensive practice experience in Scotland and London, specialising in the renovation of old buildings and working with community groups. Former Professor of Architecture at Queens University, Belfast. Editor of the award winning Green Building Digest, former Chairman of the Northern Ireland Building Regulations Advisory Committee from 1999. Undertaking research and consultancy work in ecological materials.

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