NICHOLAS HARE ARCHITECTS - Key Persons
Since joining the practice in 2010, Andrew has developed both his education and heritage sector experience working on three new-build school projects and on the refurbishment and re-invention of the iconic David Attenborough Building for Cambridge University, where he also helped develop the BIM strategy for modelling the existing building.
For UCL, Andrew was the project leader on the recently re-opened Bloomsbury Theatre, which sits within an occupied 1960s building in the heart of London. The technically complex refurbishment and upgrade project involved work on the 550-seat venue being carried out while all of the building's other facilities continued to operate as normal.
He is currently co-leading on a major mixed-use project at Calverley Square in Tunbridge Wells to deliver a new Theatre and Civic Office Suite in the heart of the town.
Andrew was our first BIM Manager and guided the practice through the introduction of BIM, developing protocols, creating templates and offering set-up and on-going support for all projects while also offering BIM training to our staff. He continues to be involved in the practice's BIM strategy and implementation as part of the in-house BIM Leads group.
Carol has been an integral part of NHA since it was founded over 40 years ago. She brings exuberance, dedication and experience from working on an extensive array of projects, predominantly in the education sector and has experience of both new-build and significant refurbishment schemes. This work has included many university projects, ranging from residential to faculty and academic buildings. Key projects include the Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College in Birmingham, which won the Prime Minister's Better Public Building Award and recently, two projects at Cambridge University: the Alison Richard Building and the David Attenborough Building.
Carol has been a CABE Enabler and is a longstanding Civic Trust assessor. She was a member of the RIBA/LSC Client Forum and then wrote the Client Guide for the Association of Colleges. She actively supports the work of the NLA, with a focus on initiatives related to educational design and those that encourage and support women in architecture. She has also been a judge at the NLA Education Awards. Carol is now a consultant to the practice.
David has led several award-winning projects since joining the practice in 2005, across a number of different sectors from Education to Life Sciences, Workplace and the Arts, New build and Retrofit. These include the multi-award winning Student Centre project in the heart of Bloomsbury, and more recently, our School of Management on the top floor of One Canada Square in Canary Wharf, and a new Travel Hub on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus for AstraZeneca. David studied at the University of Cambridge from where he also has a masters degree in Environmental Design. He has a passion for environmental design and chairs our in-house Environment Group, responsible for NHA's Environmental Strategy.
Previously he led the teams on two projects for St Paul's School in Barnes: the multi award-winning Science Building and the Samuel Pepys Theatre and Drama Centre. Other projects include Serlby Park Academy - a 1360 place through-school in Nottinghamshire, the David Attenborough Building at the University of Cambridge, HQ building for O2 in Slough, and 36-38 Gordon Square - a retrofit of three listed Georgian townhouses into flexible office and teaching space.
Job Titles:
- Principal, Joseph Chamberlain College
Job Titles:
- Ina Ioan / Architectural Assitant
Over 20 years at NHA James has worked principally with education and commercial clients. His projects include faculty and student buildings for the University of Wales, student residences in Strasbourg, a large scale HQ complex in Farnborough as well as a number of schools projects delivered through the government's Academies Framework. James lead the team on the major redevelopment of St Paul's School, London, a complex phased project involving the design of several high-quality buildings. A highly sensitive planning context, and constructed within a live operational school, the first building was a landmark multi-award winning Science Faculty creating a new entrance to the campus. James has also lead projects for both the Student Centre and the Bloomsbury Theatre at University College London.
James studied at The Bartlett (UCL) and Cardiff University. He has architectural experience working in Malaysia, Iceland, and New Zealand. He joined NHA in 1997 and became a partner in 2012.
James studied at Bath University and joined NHA in 1999. Since then he has worked on a wide range of major projects across diverse sectors. These include two projects for the Royal Opera House, an Education Centre for the Royal College of Surgeons, and more recently, working with the London Film School on their re-location to London City Island.
He has led a number of our schools projects including Gloucester Academy and Coldfall Primary School as well as working on two SEN schools in Harrow. He was project leader on the Birmingham Ormiston Academy, a digital media, creative and performing arts specialist school. He recently led the Daphne Oram creative arts building for Canterbury Christ Church University. Located on the edge of a World Heritage site and within sight of Canterbury Cathedral, the new building brings together the Schools of Media, Art & Design and Music & Performing Arts.
James became a Partner in 2021.
Job Titles:
- Consultant
- Member of Two Design Quality Review Panels for Redbridge
Jayne's work has included a broad spectrum of projects in the arts, commercial and education sectors. She is skilled at understanding priorities and bringing clarity to projects through the articulation of design possibilities, and enjoys working collaboratively, bringing great dedication and enthusiasm to projects.
Jayne is passionate about design for education, aiming to create buildings that inspire and support the aspirations of the building users. Her experience in this sector has been extensive: in school design and in higher education. She was partner in charge of the multi- award-winning Golden Lane Campus adjacent to Barbican in central London and recently finished working with Canterbury Christ Church University on an exciting new creative arts building adjacent to a World Heritage Site.
Jayne joined NHA in 1988 and became a partner in 2004. Jayne is a member of two design quality review panels for Redbridge and Harlow & Gilston Garden Town. She has been a CABE enabler and was one of the chairs of the CABE Schools Design Review Panel. She has been a visiting teacher at the University of Westminster and was a call down consultant for the British Council. Jayne is now a consultant to the practice.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Director - Consultant
- Member of the Institution of Occupational Safety
- NHA in 2008 As Practice Administrator
Patricia joined NHA in 2008 as practice administrator and is involved in the management of the practice relating primarily to legal, financial, quality management, health and safety, CDM and training matters as well as being involved with individual projects.
On a day to day basis she is responsible for the negotiation of contracts in conjunction with the partners and manages practice finance. She manages our integrated management system which incorporates quality management and environmental management of both the practice and of our projects. This role involves conducting reviews of individual projects at strategic stages from both a process and design perspective.
She was also one of the founding members of the NHA CDM and H&S groups which manage and coordinate the practice CDM procedures and the developed the Health and Safety Management system. She is a member of the Environment Group and heads up the Green Team element of this group which covers our in-house activities.
Patricia is an affiliate member of the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) and has successfully completed a number of their courses. She attends regular courses and relevant events and updates on CDM and is a qualified First-Aider at Work.
Paul has over 30 years' experience in the design of buildings for the arts, education and in the commercial workplace sector. His career has been spent between the UK and Japan, where he worked for over 10 years on projects such as the New National Theatre and Museum of Contemporary Art, both in Tokyo.
Paul joined NHA in 1998 and became a partner in 2004. His UK projects have been varied in scale and type - recently completing The James Dyson Building for the University of Cambridge, a Technology Centre for Schlumberger and a Corporate Office and R&D facility for Adaptimmune with developer MEPC. Leading many of our major public and private sector school projects, Paul has been involved in both new-build and complex re-modelling and refurbishment, and has developed numerous masterplans for academic and commercial clients such as the University of Oxford and SEGRO. He also designed the competition-winning Royal Court of Guernsey and developed wide-ranging proposals for Guernsey's Eastern Seaboard. Paul is now a consultant to the practice.