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Richard Perry

Position: Director

Management Team

Richard joined the practice in 2006 was promoted to Director in 2013.

His project portfolio of schemes includes delivery of a wide range of residential, arts, education, and workplace new-builds, refurbishments and masterplans and this broad knowledge helps to inform his approach. By looking at both the macro and micro scale in tandem, he ensures that individual sites within the overall strategic design provide viable, developable plots. His understanding of both public and private sectors ensures that robust, flexible strategic solutions are developed. Richard also leads the practice’s schools projects and participation on education frameworks

In recent years, his major projects include a triple Regional RIBA Award winning and National RIBA Reinvention Award shortlisted education building in Wolverhampton. Amongst his current project is the only net-zero carbon, mixed-use, residential-led scheme in Birmingham. Richard also has expertise of working within the context of existing buildings designing a scheme of alterations to a Grade I listed station building. With a former practice he designed contemporary, contextual award-winning additions to two scheduled ancient monuments.

As Director in charge of Health and Safety and Quality Assurance, he is responsible for ensuring effective leadership and implementation of these areas within the practice.

Current and Recent Projects

School of Architecture and the Built Environment, University of Wolverhampton: The listed, former brewery has been sensitively converted into an 85,000sq.ft teaching and learning building providing space for 1,200 students

Newhall Square, Birmingham: Winner of Insider Property Awards Apartment Complex of the Year, Newhall Square comprises three residential buildings with retail and a new public square, incorporating Grade II listed buildings

Curzon Wharf, Birmingham: Four-block complex in Birmingham’s Learning Quarter featuring apartments, student accommodation, roof gardens, an integrated public square and office/leisure/retail unit – the only net-zero carbon, mixed-use, residential-led scheme in the city

Tyndall Street, Cardiff: 24-storey tower consisting of 307 studio, one and two-bedroomed apartments with ground floor retail and a residents’ skylounge clubhouse-style space, £57m

University of Birmingham School, Birmingham: Feasibility, design and delivery for a first of its kind 10,000sq.m new build school incorporating teacher education facilities

Chelveston Road School, Northamptonshire: Feasibility, design and delivery of a new build secondary school for pupils with special educational needs

Heath Primary, Chesterfield: Feasibility, design and delivery of a masterplan and project to extend the primary school’s facilities to provide an additional 500sq.m of space incorporating a main hall, classrooms, and toilets, carefully designed to complement the existing 1904 character building that is of local historic significance

Parklands Educating Together Primary, Weston-Super-Mare: Feasibility, design and delivery for a new build, two-form entry school for 420 pupils as part of a wider comprehensive masterplan by St Modwen/North Somerset Council to redevelop a former RAF base, £8.8m

University of Birmingham School UTC Birmingham

Lapworth Museum of Geology, University of Birmingham: Shortlisted for Museum of the Year, the Grade II* listed original building’s fabric was restored and rejuvenated with modern M&E installed to allow the region’s finest collection of 250,000 artefacts to be displayed in full

Southwater One, Telford: 5,000sq.m new build mixed-use building including library, council services, restaurants, public realm, and an MSCP for Telford and Wrekin Council, a flagship building for the AA-designed Southwater masterplan and winner of three RIBA Awards

Curzon Street Station, Birmingham: Fit out of Grade I listed station building into offices, exhibition space and café as part of the new HS2 Station in central Birmingham

Southwater one telford