VIVID ARCHITECTS - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Architectural Technician
- Director
David has over 30 years' architectural experience. He has been involved with a wide variety of work ranging from bespoke residential, education, commercial and leisure projects to large scale regeneration and urban planning projects.
Already a fully qualified Architectural Technician, David studied architecture at Birmingham and obtained a first class Honours Degree and subsequently a distinction in the Post-Graduate Diploma. He has sustained this passion for architecture and design, serving as a member of the Expert Panel for MADE (Midlands Architecture & Designed Environment) and tutoring part-time on the post-graduate MArch course at Birmingham City University for nearly ten years until 2014. He served for two years as Chairman of the Worcestershire Society of Chartered Architects, and as jury member for the Regional RIBA Awards 2013 and 2016. He has also served on the Design Review Panel for Urban Vision North Staffordshire, advising on design quality.
David has a special interest and expertise in sustainable design and green issues. He was formerly the Regional Coordinator of the Green Register of Architects, and has been invited to speak widely on the topic, including at the Education and Sustainability Conference in Dubai. His work includes many contextual projects that provide environmentally sensitive designs, yet are economically viable and deliverable.
David has worked on numerous projects that have been awarded Regional and National Design Awards, most notably: RIBA Housing Design Awards, CABE Gold Standard Award, and Conservation Awards.
Gareth Evans BA (Hons) Dip Arch ARB RIBA is an experienced Senior Architect, with expertise in both creative and technical design for a wide range of residential and community projects. As a skilled project architect Gareth takes on challenging roles in Contract Administration on site, as well as his work on Planning and Tender packages.
Richard Smith BSc (Hons) MCIAT is our Senior Technologist with expertise in bespoke construction detailing, Building Regulations and specification writing. With fifteen years experience in housing design and the wider construction industry, Richard brings a refreshingly pragmatic angle to the delivery of our creative design work.
With post-graduate distinctions for both Architecture and Development Practices, Sandy has particular expertise in housing, regeneration and urban design. After eight years working in London she relocated to Birmingham in 2005, building on her management experience to develop and run a regional office, before launching Vivid Architects in 2010.
Her experience in masterplanning, mixed use and housing design led to her appointment as a member of the Design Enabling Panel 2011-13 for MADE (Midlands Architecture & Designed Environment), the regional centre in the West Midlands providing design support for strategic projects. She also works at Birmingham City University as an examiner for the RIBA Part 3 course for qualifying architects.
Sandy is especially interested in the human side of design, building personal relationships to better understand the brief and more clearly communicate the design. In this way she strives to create beautiful townscape, buildings and spaces which respond directly to the needs and aspirations of clients, families and communities.
She has worked on a range of award winning projects, including RIBA Housing Design Awards, CABE Gold Standard Award, and ODPM Sustainable Communities Award.