Ben Barker

Ben joined Associated Architects in 2017. He was promoted to Associate in 2024.

Ben is an experienced Project Architect, having designed and delivered a number of major projects for the practice. Ben’s major project experience has been focused on several schemes at the University of Birmingham: Project Architect for both the new award-winning School of Engineering project and on the refurbishment of an existing School of Engineering building. He is now heavily involved in a number of new projects at early stages, having been involved in the delivery of the first phase of the Molecular Sciences complex and architectural lead on the University’s new station. Ben has experience on a number of schools projects, including a primary school 2FE expansion and a new sixth form centre.

Ben is a leading member of the practice’s CPD and Green Team, a group with their fingers on the pulse for the latest thinking in this area from bodies such as LETI, UK Green Building Council, Passivhaus Trust, BRE Green Guide to Specification, and RIBA Sustainable Outcomes Guide, as well as our own project experience and an understanding of the latest sector best practice. As well as disseminating knowledge to the rest of the practice, the Green Team examines all projects as part of the Design and Technical Review process, identifying opportunities for sustainable approaches, reductions in embodied carbon, building physics improvements and applying lessons learnt, in order to develop a holistic understanding and recommendations to be subsequently presented to the client.