OPEN ARC - Key Persons
Adeola has over 25 years' experience of working in architecture, starting her career as an architectural assistant in 1993 and qualifying as an architect in 1999. She has predominantly specialised in residential architecture, and has designed for large developments, high-end private new builds, housing association projects and smaller renovation and extensions. She has had a wealth of experience of making planning and building regulation applications on projects in Kent, Surrey and London.
As well as being passionate about architecture and good design, she enjoys weekends pottering around the garden and going on holiday visiting family and friends at home and abroad.
Job Titles:
- Office Coordinator
- Receptionist
Anita has over 20 years experience in various roles in administration dealing with reception, customer care, qualifications, financial claims and everything in between. Mainly working in the charitable sector; firstly in education and latterly in healthcare, she has enjoyed the opportunity to help support people to achieve their goals and live their best lives.
Outside of OPEN she likes to going running, taking her dog for long walks in the local countryside and tackling various craft projects. Whenever she can she likes to explore the canals and waterways of Britain and has ambitions to travel the entire waterways network by boat.
Job Titles:
- Executive Assistant
- Marketing Manager
Catherine started her career in marketing, working for a number of advertising agencies in London, developing campaigns for a wide range of brands, both big and small.
In the last few years and before joining OPEN, Catherine pursued her interest in all things interiors and worked for a furniture and lighting agency, promoting their Scandinavian portfolio to interior designers and architects.
Outside of OPEN, Catherine is running around after two young daughters. Any spare time is spent in the garden or at the swimming pool.
Glyn is the Director principally heading the Retail Sector with an impressive varied experience across sectors prior to working at OPEN architecture. Glyn has been with the company nine years and he and Stephanie have been running OPEN architecture together since 2019. As a team they are a force to be reckoned with!
Joanna has over 15 years' experience, working in mainly the residential sector with past experience working in education, healthcare and development sectors.
In the past she has worked closely with Housing Associations across London to achieve deliverable schemes, which include high end apartments to affordable social housing. She is a graduate of the University of Greenwich and is RIBA accredited.
In more recent years Joanna has developed a specialism for the private residential market, with an emphasis on good design achieved within often tight budgets. At OPEN she has had a pivotal role in developing and improving the domestic housing technical packages. She has the ability to work across a project for all stages and has a mentoring role within the office to make sure consistent technical information is being delivered across all domestic residential schemes.
Outside of OPEN, Joanna enjoys a hectic home life with her two sons and with any free time remaining loves a good book and baking.
Before joining OPEN architecture Joseph completed his Part II at Leeds School of Architecture and his Part I at the University of Manchester. He completed his Part III exams at the University of Westminster and qualified in 2020.
For his final thesis project Joseph designed a masterplan exploiting waterway infrastructure to drive ecological development, creating suburban islands for live, work and play. He won the award for the West Yorkshire Society of Architect's prize for excellence in drawing.
Joseph is enthusiastic about design and has past experience on private residential and conservation projects He truly believes in customising space to create quality environments to both live in and enjoy.
In his spare time Joseph enjoys art, music, keeping active and is a particular tennis enthusiast. He has a keen interest in language and is currently studying Mandarin.
Paul is the Director who predominantly looks after the commercial/development projects within the practice. He is an Architect with more than 25 years experience working on projects in the UK and abroad. He has worked across many building sectors including: residential, education, development and ecclesiastical projects of which a number have won RIBA National Awards.
Paula is our wonderful accounts person. She is a delight to work with and has helped us out enormously since she started with us in 2019. She has over 20 years' experience in looking after people's accounts. Her OPEN architecture clients are obviously her favourites by far to work with. Paula loves being outdoors in the countryside but also takes every opportunity she can to nip down to the coast. Devon is one of her most favourite places to be. She's an avid gardener and loves to deepen her horticultural knowledge whenever possible. Her garden is a place she has become very proud of. Paula enjoys broadening her horizons and adores visiting one of her sons in whichever foreign city he's currently living in (five to date).
Ryan joined as a Technologist/Surveyor in 2021, he has experience working in the residential, commercial, retail and medical sectors, working on numerous projects throughout the country and abroad. Ryan cut his teeth as a Draughtsman creating highly detailed drawing packages using both Revit & AutoCAD. In more recent years, Ryan has worked with a number of the UK's leading housing developers aiding in the development of various apartments/flats and houses for rental, shared ownership and private sale schemes, predominantly focused on the M&E design he got a feel for the technical aspect of building design and is looking to further improve his knowledge & skills. Outside of the office Ryan has been studying musical theory and electric guitar through the Royal College of Music.
Sara moved to the UK in 2012 from Portugal where she completed her Masters degree at Lusfona University in Lisbon. Her thesis explored the vital impact of architecture in urban renewal and regeneration within historic neighborhoods of Lisbon.
Since making the move she has mainly worked on residential and hospitality projects, whilst developing a keen interest in 3D modelling and rendering techniques.
She passionately believes in reinventing and enhancing buildings by maintaining cultural heritage through adaptive reuse. Her favourite challenges are contemporary projects in sensitive sites and existing buildings.
Outside of work she enjoys reading, travelling and listening to some good old vinyl records whilst spending time with her family. She has recently discovered a passion for skiing as well.
Go-getter. People person. Vodka and cucumber tonic enthusiast. Spa dweller. Works hard, plays hard.
Stephanie joined OPEN architecture back in 2017 and has since then taken over the reins of the business with Glyn in 2019. At OPEN, Stephanie is not only Director of the company, but champions the Interiors sector with a small dedicated team in the studio.
She has a passion for designing inspirational spaces, with client satisfaction and the end user's needs being the paramount force behind the original design idea and process. She has a wealth of experience in Interior Architecture, ranging from prestigious Developer led projects in London (such as Belvedere Gardens and 190 Strand) to projects further afield in Kuala Lumpur when working at Foster + Partners.
Stephanie's educational background is impressive and varied; with qualifications beginning with a Master of Architecture from the Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA and later gaining a Master of Art from the Architectural Association, London in Housing and Urbanism. She has also gained a Postgraduate Diploma in Interior Design from the British Academy of Interior Design, London.