BLACKWATER STUDIO - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- BWS 's Corporation Secretary
The office based secretary for Blackwater Studio, is Di Shelton. She has been with the company since it was first conceived and has been working with Sam for the last 5 years when she decided to give up full time employment (supposedly to have some spare time but these things have a habit of never working out quite as planned).
Following different part-time jobs after finishing his degree, Fran realised how important English was for his job. No languages schools or courses are better than learning them in native countries, giving you the chance of not only learning the language, but also culture and people.
Sam runs the day to day management of Blackwater Studio (BWS) but you'll often see him in and around Wallingford, Benson or Cholsey, or even further afield, dashing from meetings to sites or at the weekends with the kids and dog at the park.
From an architectural family, Sam is the son of a well established local architect who ran a practise within SODC for over 30 years. He is experienced in all aspect of planning and development, with over 10 years of experience and hundreds of planning applications successfully managed and approved. He is also currently extending his own property (much of which he has achieved himself working hands on) so he understands the intricacies and difficulties his clients experience.
Along with his strong interpersonal skills, Sam has an uncanny ability to be able to visualise the clients' aspirations to make them into realities. He has an understanding of construction technologies, exceptional design skills and is able to create designs which are functional, creative and sustainable. He is well respected in his professional field and has strong links with planning departments, engineers and building regulation professionals, all just to be able to assist his clients to achieve their goals from their initial ideas to the finished project.
Sam previously headed Future Architecture, a firm who specialised in residential development with a focus towards contemporary architecture. With a keen interest and increasing number of conservation projects, working on many of the fine local Listed Buildings, Sam formed Blackwater Studio to form a single practise to serve all needs.