If you weren’t a designer/architect, where do you think your way of thinking would have led you?


I would have been a maker of some kind, potentially a woodworker as I always enjoyed this and still do get pleasure from making things with wood.


I think best with… (e.g. my hands/a pencil/ with a computer)


My hands, sketching and making.


I think best… (e.g. first thing in the morning/ last thing at night)


In the morning, after the kids are out of the house and I have a cup of coffee.


I think best when… (e.g. in a gallery/at home/outside/over drinks/with friends/on the bus)


I am not trying to think too hard, usually walking or travelling between places.


Do you like to think with, or think against? Definitely with.


Could you describe radical thinking in three words?


Persevere, push, develop.


Te thought that gets me out of bed each day is…


Coffee… and next ‘what’s today got for me?’


Te thought that keeps me up at night is… Detail and problem-solving. I have a habit of overthinking details and also pre-empting issues. Tis is good for our clients but not so ideal for me!


What’s the most radical thing you’ve come across today or this week?


ODOS Architects’ design for the Church of Oak Distillery. Tey have crowned a traditional industrial grain store in a really interesting, new roof structure, which is pyramidal in form and constructed from Corten steel – radical because it is not what you’d expect to see. Te form reminds me of architecture in my local area which follows Steiner’s principles.


Left The Phillips Exeter Academy Library by Lewis Kahn


Top left Plumb thinks the period between 2005-2015 was a significant era, when everyone had a Pinterest board and design was accessible to all


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