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Steve Townsend

Position: Director

Management Team

Steve joined Associated Architects in 2009, after graduating from the University of Nottingham with distinction. He qualified as an Architect in 2012, became an Associate Director in 2017 and was promoted to Director in 2020.

As the Practice’s commercial workplace sector lead, Steve has led high quality commercial schemes in many of Birmingham’s most prestigious office addresses and beyond. He has recently completed Birmingham’s largest commercial retrofit project (10 Brindleyplace). He is currently working on several low and zero carbon office, residential and education buildings, including one of the Midlands’ first NABERS certified buildings.

He has focused on delivering environmentally responsible buildings for 15 years. Steve heads up the Practice’s ‘Green Team’ and is responsible for the development of its in-house carbon analysis tools and workflows, to support responsible design and client decision making.

Steve has been an active member of the BCO and Urban Land Institute for many years and applies the latest thinking and innovation shared by these bodies to his work. Many projects within his portfolio have been recognised by bodies such as the RIBA, the BCO, Constructing Excellence, and others. He is also a previous recipient of the BCO’s Rising Star Award.

Current and Recent Projects

10 Brindleyplace, Birmingham: Refurbishment of commercial offices aiming for BREEAM Excellent, Fitwel and a high WiredScore

10X by Spacemade: 27,000 sq. ft. co-working space with 430 desks across 24 private offices and collaboration areas.

1 Colmore Row, Birmingham: £1.2m refurbishment and extension to commercial office space on Birmingham’s prestigious Colmore Row

19 Cornwall Street, Birmingham: Refurbishment of 12,000sq.ft 1990s office building to net zero carbon standards

10 Brindleyplace

4 St Philip’s Square, Birmingham: Highly successful ambitious reinvention of an attractive late Victorian building, occupying a prime location in Birmingham’s business district

Platform 21, Birmingham: Repositioning it within the Birmingham office market, this comprehensive £12.7m project saw the bold reimagining of one of the city’s most well-known high street office spaces, which has been entirely pre-let to a governmental organisation

6 East Parade, Leeds: Facade replacement and full internal refurbishment of a 1980s office building in Leeds city centre into Grade A accommodation, improving energy efficiency by 80%

10 Woodcock Street, Birmingham: BCO National Award winning (including the prestigious Test of Time Award) new flagship office delivering best practice in workplace design and sustainability

 

 

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Michael Baker Boathouse, King’s School Worcester, Worcester: RIBA Award winning boathouse and training facility within Worcester’s riverside conservation area, £2.5m

1 Swallow Street, Birmingham: Conversion of an 11-storey office building into 55 residential apartments in central Birmingham

The West Bromwich Building Society Headquarters, West Bromwich: 6,500sq.m high- specification new build office accommodation to provide a new headquarters for The West Brom over five levels, with open-plan floorplates set around a central atrium, £15ma