Arkilab

Craig joins us as a Senior Architectural Technologist with expertise to support Arkilab in our commercial and public sector projects. With a strong background in technical design, building regulations, project lead and coordination, Craig brings a creative approach to technology. His strengths are based in understanding the design intent and translating this into fully detailed, high-quality, compliant and cost-effective construction packages. Detail driven by a passion for innovation, quality, and technical excellence, he will thrive in our energetic Studio and is committed to continuously improving project outcomes whilst contributing to the growth of the practice.

Outside of the office, Craig is an avid sports enthusiast who regularly plays hockey, golf, and most recently, padel tennis. As a dedicated supporter of Premier League football, he is hoping to see in another league title this year.

With a BSc degree in Architecture, Natalia understands the technological aspects of design, balanced with an interest in interiors and sustainable design, and a specific focus on creating spaces that combine comfort, detail, and wellbeing. Collaborative and detail-orientated, Natalia brings positivity, enthusiasm, and a strong desire to learn with every project she works on.

When she’s not in the studio, Natalia can usually be found rewatching 2000s romcoms, listening to Chris Stapleton, or flicking through her growing collection of Vogue magazines, all while keeping up with the latest skincare trends. Having recently moved from Coventry to Manchester, she is enjoying exploring her new city – especially its many food spots.

Katie is currently on a year out from her Architecture studies at Loughborough University where she hopes to gain a more in depth understanding of the industry.  She has key interests in social housing and sustainable design. Throughout her time at university she has enjoyed seeing how research could go hand in hand with architectural designs to help form a more sustainable and inclusive built environment.

Outside of work, Katie is a keen climber and enjoys spending time hiking in the Lake District. She was able to strengthen her teamwork skills when completing World Challenge in Borneo which she hopes to bring into her career.

When Sophie is not in the studio, she enjoys keeping active whether that be avoiding balls hurled at her face whilst playing water polo or dashing around the netball court, she loves to embrace her competitive side.

Sophie is a recent graduate with skills in Revit, AutoCAD, and Adobe suite software. With a keen interest in healthy design principles, she is passionate about designing equitable, inclusive, and diverse spaces that positively impact the social, physical, and emotional health of the users.

Sophie prides herself on being a team player and loves to bring enthusiasm to the studio environment. With high levels of self-motivation, she is detail-orientated and thorough in her work.

For Greg nothing is impossible, whether he wants to design and build his own HIFi stereo amplifier, 3d printer or CNC machine, he will always fulfil his passion and curiosity.

Greg is an architect who can balance creativity and innovation with an understanding of technical detailing and buildability. He has a wide range of experience across the education, residential, commercial and sports sectors.

Greg is fully conversant with offsite / MMC methodologies, having worked previously on the DfE offsite Free Schools programme and dovetails well into our specialisms.

His 15 years of expertise in Revit, including BIM content creation and visual programming using dynamo offers exceptional professional service in building information modelling as well as 3D visualisations.

Aside from watching back episodes of Friends, and the inner geek of playing boardgames, Andrea focuses her attention to architecture building the best dens on the planet for her young child and a puppy. She is always at her best constructing some healthy cooking and designing the optimum solution of decanting a fine glass of red wine at the end of the week.

Having worked in varied roles from Legal Executive and Office Management to Events and Front of House Coordination in large hotel settings, Andrea successfully achieved an honours degree as a mature student in Forensic Psychology at UCLAN.  This was an amazing challenge for her, and she extended this process by working as an Intelligence Analyst and Prison Custody Officer within a secure setting.  People management was critical in this as well as understanding individuals from a different perspective to the mainstream view.

Andrea is now able to transfer this experience into a Studio Management role with exceptional organisational abilities, a strong work ethic and an understanding of multiple management systems put in place to maintain a stable and managed workplace with a varied approach.

Iain’s passions for golf, rally navigation and whisky emphasise his approach to mental and physical health, exploration and a little culture, surpassed only by his passion for creating exceptional spaces for people to explore and learn in.

A founding member of Arkilab, Iain is an experienced Architect with 22 years post qualification experience. Throughout his career, Iain has largely been involved in the education sector, originally in the Diocesan sector followed by a brief involvement with the design of PFI bids, and more recently the design of several schools ranging in value from £1m to £20m under the DfE’s Free School and Priority School Programmes.

Iain has also worked as a Design Technical Advisor for the DfE and has a detailed knowledge of DfE design and procurement processes, Output Specifications and Building Bulletins including current area and cost allocations. Iain is a talented designer and a collaborator, thriving on stakeholder engagement in this role, with excellent communication and presentation skills.

With a high level of self-motivation, galvanising a team’s collective sense of direction, Iain always keeps the end goal as the focus. With a bias for exploration, Iain looks to innovation and finding new ways of doing things, a visionary offering challenging and sometimes radical ideas, with intellectual insight.

David is a senior property and estates professional with over 25 years’ experience, engaging effectively with clients at all levels ensuring strategic estate solutions can be implemented. Operating very successfully in the Public Private Partnership field, David has an excellent track record in the delivery of health and social projects with challenging timeframes and budgets.

A founding member of Arkilab, David is also an experienced manager and leader of multi-disciplinary teams delivering strategic estates management and project delivery with Castle Gate Projects. Prior to this, David was a Project Director for three LIFT (Local Improvement Finance Trusts) companies and Development Director for the private equity partner.

He was responsible for delivering 14 private financed health/mixed use developments over 35,000m2/£120m in a six year period, five-year estate planning, rationalisation and building compliance on multi agency sites, supporting the ‘one public place’ agenda, delivery of two carbon negative accredited schemes and the development of a benchmark health and education offsite construction design and construction model.

What Ranbir doesn’t know about health foods, and herbal teas isn’t worth knowing, surpassed only by the number of options he produces on the design of any one given project.

Ranbir has worked as Architect for more than 15 years in the UK and has been involved in schemes within multiple sectors including Commercial, Healthcare, Transport, Cultural and Residential.
More recently Ranbir has been involved within the DfE Free School and Priority Schools Programmes, providing bespoke design and detailing in the modern methods / offsite construction sector.

Ranbir is a creative and critical thinker who pushes experimentation with innovative materials and new technologies.

With excellent design and technical skills, he is passionate about every detail of a project. He has the ability to lead and work collaboratively in teams to meet project deadlines and budgets.

Most of Oscar’s ideas come to fruition within the ‘urban jungle’ he has created in his flat; where he has fully embraced biophilia and coved it from floor to ceiling in plants.

Oscar is an experienced architectural technologist specialising in BIM. Having previously worked as BIM Manager for an award-winning Interior Design & FF&E consultancy, where he oversaw a busy team of 12 people. Oscar’s passions lie in being at the forefront of innovation; he will always be thinking of ways to improve the quality and speed of the design process.

With previous experience within residential, commercial, healthcare and laboratory schemes; Oscar’s main line of experience has come from the education sector where he has worked on well over a hundred projects.

Oscar loves the collaborative approach to design and believes that a project can always be delivered successfully with the right amount of dedication and organisation.