Co-founder and Director

John Shakeshaft MA
Date of Birth: 14th October 1969

Previous Professional Experience:

Associated Architects, Birmingham 2002 – 2003

King Edward VI Five Ways School
Description: New science block
Value: £1.0m

Reed Square, Castle Vale, Birmingham for Castle Vale Housing Action Trust
Description: New public square and buildings, including new parsonage
Value: £15.0m

Crown Lofts, Walsall for City Village Limited
Description: 38 residential apartments (new build / refurbishment)
Value: £2.0m

Geoffrey Reid Associates, London 1999 - 2002

Sittingbourne Retail Park for SRP Ltd
Description: Phased New retail park with units ranging from: 7,000 to 40,000 sq.ft.
Value: £10m

Wilbraham Hotel for Cheval Properties Ltd
Description: Rebuild within conservation area to include an aparthotel with 33 units, leisure facilities and Michelin star restaurant
Value: £7.0m

Llewelyn Davies, London 1997 – 1999

University of Southampton – Department of Chemistry
Description: Refurbishment of Chemistry laboratory and teaching block
Value: £5m

Tower, Abu Dhabi for Sheikh Tahnoon bin Mohammed Al Nahyan
Description: 23 storey luxury apartment tower and 3 storey retail podium
Value: £40m

West Berkshire PFI for Kier Build
Description: Mental Illness Hospital
Value: £45m

British Airways, Cranebank
Description: Offices development strategy
Value: n/a

BBC 20/20 Vision / Urban Design Strategy
Description: Offices development strategy and urban design study across all BBC London sites
Value: n/a

Mega Design Pte, Singapore 1996 - 1997

NCH Edible Oil, Singapore
Description: Factory and office development
£10.5m
Shanghai Shopping centre, Leisure, Hotel & Residential £150m

Mixed use project, Batam, Indonesia
Description: Residential, hotel and serviced apartments
Value: £83m

The Building a Theme Company, Manchester 1995 - 1996

Oberhausen, Germany for Stadium & Bovis (P&O)
Description: Retail food court
Value: £6.0m

Associated Architects, Birmingham 1991 – 1992

Birmingham School of Jewellery for the University of Central England
Description: New faculty building including new build and conversion of existing Victorian buildings
Value: £5.0m

Graduated: Birmingham School of Architecture 1994

Research:

3d form changing array - Research into artificial intelligence design; genetic and evolutionary algorithms and robotic structures, leading to development of a 3d form changing array for which patent is pending. Ongoing research including development of command and control hardware & software.