RIBAJ Rising Star Winner, Tara is a Co-Founder of GDS, co-founder of the Paradigm Network, and part of the Architects Declare steering group. Architect by trade and Passivhaus designer by passion, her expertise in design and planning policy saw her lead the Harlow & Gilston Garden Town Sustainability Strategy. Tara sits on a few Design Review Panels including; RBKC, Lambeth, and Merton Councils - advising on major planning applications. She is a founding committee member of the Paradigm Network: a professional network championing Black and Asian representation in the built environment, sits on the Public Practice Board as an Alumni Observer, and is part of the advisory committee for the Guys & St Thomas Charity Impact on Urban Health initiative.

As a Co-Founding Director & Consultant to the practice, Lanre brings his expertise on large scale residential architecture, property development and design management. He has a passion for and expertise in all things Digital, Innovation, Off-site Construction & collaborative working. As such he is a member of the Collective Works network and RIBA Practice & Profession Committee. He has worked with some of the largest developers in London and leads a Production Innovation Team with a prominent housing association and residential developer. Lanre is a founding committee member of the Paradigm Network: a professional network championing Black and Asian representation in the built environment. He’s also proud to have co-created the Architects’ App as one of the studio’s self-initiated projects and a gift to the industry.

OUR APPROACH

As experts in residential-led developments and strategic place regeneration and creation, our analytical approach allows each project to respond uniquely to its own context; creating places & developments that deliver added-value for our clients.

We believe in excellence and equality, and choose our clients and projects based on these principles.