DESIGN & PLANNING ASSOCIATES - Key Persons
Amy joined DPA in July 2018 as Office Secretary and has since been promoted to Office Manager. Prior to joining the team Amy gained valuable experience working as an accountant for 9 years at a local accountancy firm. She is a friendly, bubbly person with a big personality in the office. During her time with DPA she has formed a good relationship with our clients and this has given her the opportunity to build on her social skills.
When not working Amy can be found spending time with her friends and family, along with her pet cats and tortoise. She also enjoys the gym, walks around the local area and DIY.
Job Titles:
- Senior Architectural Technologist
Job Titles:
- Associate and Senior Architectural Technologist
Lucy studied at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne gaining a 2:1 BA Hons in Architecture, followed by a Diploma in Architecture at Sheffield University obtaining RIBA part 2. She qualified as a RIBA Architect in 2000.
Lucy worked for 7 years at Aedas (AHR Architects) in both their Huddersfield and Birmingham offices. She worked as Project Architect on numerous new build PFI schools, seeing them through from inception to completion.
Following a family relocation, she worked at GSS in Northamptonshire on a masterplan for an existing prep school and designed a new theatre and music rooms. Lucy went on to oversee the work on site to completion. She then moved to a larger practice in Leicester designing a new campus for New College Stamford in Lincolnshire.
A further relocation brought Lucy to Shropshire where she has worked on the extensions and alterations for her own farmhouse near Nesscliffe.
She likes to listen carefully to her clients' aspirations and work with them to develop their ideas or explore options they may not have thought of.
In her spare time, Lucy likes urban sketching, water skiing, running, swimming and tennis. She recently completed her first half trial marathon in the Snowdonia National Park.