I am an independent strategic advisor specializing in site capacity assessments, housing layouts, and real-world building sustainability, for developers, estate-holding organisations, and architectural studios.

As a Passivhaus-trained former Associate and Housing Lead at Coffey Architects with a background delivering award-winning buildings, and former co-host of the Architects' Journal Climate Champions podcast, I provide high-level design strategy, risk mitigation, and executive clarity.

What I Do: Three Core Practice Streams

1. HOUSING LAYOUTS & SITE CAPACITY ASSESSMENTS

For Developers, Land Agents, Estates Teams & Housing Associations

• Fast layout options to test the capacity of sites and existing buildings.

• Spatial feasibility studies, before committing capital.

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2. STRATEGIC SUSTAINABILITY ADVICE FOR A CHANGING CLIMATE

For Universities, Local Authorities, Estate-Holding Institutions and Housing Associations

• Independent, board-level guidance, to help set effective climate priorities and write performance-led briefs.

• Help navigating sustainability frameworks and Net Zero roadmaps, to help you apply them to your building stock in a way that works for everyone.

• Retrofit strategy, balancing active and passive measures to reduce technical and capital risk.

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3. SUSTAINABILITY SUB-CONSULTANCY & BID SUPPORT                            

For Architectural Practices

• Acting as a named Specialist Sustainability Sub-Consultant on framework bids, tenders, and competition entries.

• Providing "critical friend" Stage 1–2 design reviews to tweak massing, structure, and facades so schemes perform naturally.

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Why work with me?

Unbiased strategic advice: there is a miasma of regulations and standards. I help you understand what to target in brief setting and concept design, to get beyond box ticking and toward buildings which truly perform.

Design thinking: getting the early spatial moves like massing, orientation, and the façade concept right, means a building will naturally perform, and sustainability metrics will be easier to achieve.

Proven Housing & Practice Leadership: Having served as Associate and Housing Lead at an acclaimed design practice, I understand studio workflows, commercial viability, planning pressures, and spatial quality.

Independence: I provide objective, high-level advice, site capacity appraisals, and brief-writing support without seeking to extend engagements into full RIBA Stage 3–6 production packages or compliance calculation.

 Strategic Perspective & Research: My advisory is grounded in deep industry research, years of architectural practice, and insights gathered while interviewing leading practitioners for the Architects' Journal Climate Champions podcast.

Performance Over Compliance: Why meeting Part L doesn't mean your building performs, and why standard compliance models mask major operational energy gaps.

Critical Framework Evaluation: Navigating LETI, RIBA 2030, Passivhaus, BREEAM, and NABERS UK strategically—aligning design concepts with investor ESG expectations without getting trapped in rigid rules.

Balancing Embodied & Operational Impacts: Rethinking housing retrofit, moisture safety, and heat-pump electrification as grid carbon drops and material impacts come to the fore.

Discuss a Project or Tender

Whether you have a site under option requiring a rapid yield audit, an estate portfolio needing a clear sustainability brief, or a framework bid that needs specialist climate credentials:

Use the form below or get in touch with your site plan, brief, or bid requirements.