People

Nicholas is the Founding Director of Create Streets. He is  also Commissioner of Historic England and an Academician of the Academy of Urbanism. 

David is Deputy Director. He has a MEng from Oxford and was a pilot in the RAF before discovering a passion for creating sustainable places.

Eleanor is Assistant Director at Create Streets. She was previously a consultant and holds an MBA from Columbia BS and is pursuing an MSc in Place Leadership.

Ben is Head of Research. Previously, he was Head of Housing, Transport, and Urban Space at Policy Exchange, and Head of Research at the Adam Smith Institute.

Robert is Senior Architectural Designer and Project Manager. He has an architecture degree from London Met University.

Lydia is an Urban Designer. She has an MSc from University College London.

George is an Urban Designer with an MA from Leeds Beckett University.

Lauren is an Urban Designer. She has a PG-Cert in Sustainable Urbanism from UCL and is passionate about transforming and redesigning cities to help ensure a sustainable future.

Constance is our Operations Manager and also supports our community engagement projects. She previously worked in the film industry.

John Spence was Partner and Head of Design at Calfordseaden. He is a keen advocate of multi-disciplinary design and BIM.  

Haribo is our Director of Wellbeing. He is still little but he is growing…

Nicholas is the Founding Director of Create Streets. He is  also Commissioner of Historic England and an Academician of the Academy of Urbanism. 

David is Deputy Director. He has a MEng from Oxford and was a pilot in the RAF before discovering a passion for creating sustainable places.

Eleanor is Assistant Director at Create Streets. She was previously a consultant and holds an MBA from Columbia BS and is pursuing an MSc in Place Leadership.

Ben is Head of Research. Previously, he was Head of Housing, Transport, and Urban Space at Policy Exchange, and Head of Research at the Adam Smith Institute.

Robert is Senior Architectural Designer and Project Manager. He has an architecture degree from London Met University.

Lydia is an Urban Designer. She has an MSc from University College London.

George is an Urban Designer with an MA from Leeds Beckett University.

Lauren is an Urban Designer. She has a PG-Cert in Sustainable Urbanism from UCL and is passionate about transforming and redesigning cities to help ensure a sustainable future.

Constance is our Operations Manager and also supports our community engagement projects. She previously worked in the film industry.

John Spence was Partner and Head of Design at Calfordseaden. He is a keen advocate of multi-disciplinary design and BIM.  

Haribo is our Director of Wellbeing. He is still little but he is growing…

Nicholas is the Founding Director of Create Streets. He is  also Commissioner of Historic England and an Academician of the Academy of Urbanism. 

David is Deputy Director. He has a MEng from Oxford and was a pilot in the RAF before discovering a passion for creating sustainable places.

Eleanor is Assistant Director at Create Streets. She was previously a consultant and holds an MBA from Columbia BS and is pursuing an MSc in Place Leadership.

Ben is Head of Research. Previously, he was Head of Housing, Transport, and Urban Space at Policy Exchange, and Head of Research at the Adam Smith Institute.

Robert is Senior Architectural Designer and Project Manager. He has an architecture degree from London Met University.

Lydia is an Urban Designer. She has an MSc from University College London.

George is an Urban Designer with an MA from Leeds Beckett University.

Lauren is an Urban Designer. She has a PG-Cert in Sustainable Urbanism from UCL and is passionate about transforming and redesigning cities to help ensure a sustainable future.

Constance is our Operations Manager and also supports our community engagement projects. She previously worked in the film industry.

John Spence was Partner and Head of Design at Calfordseaden. He is a keen advocate of multi-disciplinary design and BIM.  

Haribo is our Director of Wellbeing. He is still little but he is growing…

Dr David Lewis is an Associate Professor of Architectural History at the University of Oxford.

Mark is an architectural technician with interests in detailing, surveying and hand drawing. He also has an MA in urban and regional planning.

Jonny Anstead is a Director of TOWN where his focus is on commercial strategy for building street-based developments.

Nigel Franklin is Managing Partner at calfordseaden. He has over 35 years experience at the forefront of procurement and cost management.

Will Fulford is co-founder of The Urban Market Company, which focusses on mixed use developments of niche independent retail, workshops and market stalls.

Mario Gallarati is senior partner of Gallarati Architetti, Genoa. His work has been judged one of the best 50 residential European developments in 25 years.

Nicole Gray Conchar is the founding director of Apple Fundraising Consultants and has 20 years of top level fundraising experience in the US and UK.

Tom Grey was property director at Mill Group before setting up his own firm. He was previously Head of Commercial Operations at Dorchester Real Estate.

Robert Gluckman is a founding partner of the architectural practice, Gluckman Smith. He previously practiced at Squire and Partners and Wilkinson Eyre.

Timo Hämäläinen is a strategic urban development consultant, city planning “activist” and contemporary urbanism via his blog urbanfinland.com.

Ike Ijeh is an architect, founder of London Architecture Walks, architecture critic for Building magazine and BD online and co-author of Architecture Beyond Criticism.

Patrick Inglis co-founded IBLA in 2000 and is one of its three directors. He is a Council member of the Association of Consultant Architects (ACA).

Joseph Jutras founded the Institution of Traditional Architecture in 2014 to compile and share learnings. He organises architecture courses and gives lectures.

Beth McHattie is a communications consultant in the creative sector. At English Heritage, she devised its Save our Streets campaign fronted by Bill Bryson. 

John Moss has 25 years experience in regeneration and housing, including 10 years as a developer working with councils on mixed-use, town centre regeneration. 

Neil Murphy is a Director of TOWN focusing on getting proper urbanism through planning.  He was previously economic advisor to Newcastle City Council. 

Flora Neville is a journalist. She is interested in the marginalization of communities and how it can be addressed through better housing and streets. 

Naomi Newstead She was previously Head of Physical Renewal for Newham Council. She is passionate about retaining the character of London.

John Parmiter directs Future High Streets, a social enterprise committed to seeing the regeneration of conventional shopping areas.

James Ramsay Wildblood is Head of Business Development at Create Streets. He has a Masters at UCL specialising in urbanism and architectural history.

Sarah Bannister is studying for a degree in Urban Planning at the University of the West of England.

Laetitia Lucy is studying for a masters in Global Sustainable Cities at the University of Strathclyde. Her interests lie in socially sustainable development.

Chris Rainsford is a Partner at calfordseaden LLP. His work as an architect has focused extensively on housing, education and primary health projects.   

Kieran Toms is a Researcher and Urban Designer. He has worked in Copenhagen and for the Borough of Hounslow. He has a Masters in Urban Studies. 

Tom Smith founded Gluckman Smith Architects in 2010. His award-winning work is focused on the residential sector and in London. 

David Taylor is an Engineer specialising in streets and urban places. He is a founding member of the Academy of Urbanism and a visiting lecturer at Cambridge University.

Ruaidhri Tulloch works at a Paris-based social housing group.  He was commended for restoring Versailles’ streetscape in an important rebuilding project. 

Chris Bush is studying politics at Bath University. He worked with us as a researcher in 2016. He is interested in civic engagement and solving the housing crisis.

Dr Rachael Unsworth is an urban geographer interested in the long-term development of cities. She is director of Leeds City Walking Tours.

Toby Lloyd was head of policy at Shelter and housing advisor to the Prime Minister.

Samuel Hughes is a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford.

Nada is an Architectural Designer and Project Manager. She has an MA in Building and Urban Design in Development from UCL.

Chanuki Illushka Seresinhe is a data science researcher at the Alan Turing Institute. She also works as lead data scientist at Popsa.

Stephen Law is a research fellow at the Alan Turing Institute and a senior research fellow in University College London. He previously worked at Space Syntax Limited.

Dr Anthony Alexander is a Lecturer in Operations Management at the University of Sussex. He was previously a Research Director at Alan Baxter Associates.

Dr Anna Bornioli is a Research Fellow and Lecturer in Public Health at the University of West of England. She is part of the Centre for Public Health and Wellbeing.

Mingfei Ma is an architect and PhD student in urban planning, design and modelling in the Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge.

Sergio Porta is Director of the Urban Design Studies Unit at University of Strathclyde, course director of the MSc in Urban Design in Glasgow and in Naples.

Sofie Pringle is a PhD researcher and consultant at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane.

Maddalena is a Researcher and Urban Designer. She has a PhD from the University of Strathclyde in Urban Morphology & Sustainable Development.

Alessandro Venerandi is a postdoc in Quantitative Urban Geography at University de Cote d’Azur, after completing a Doctorate at UCL.