Projects / Personal Professional Experience

Selected Projects & Experience

Project experience spanning major residential, student accommodation, care, retail, commercial, industrial and refurbishment schemes, alongside independently delivered residential and small-commercial projects.

Projects shown include work undertaken as part of architectural practices, contractor-led design teams and independently. Individual responsibilities are identified wherever relevant.

01 /Selected at a Glance

Major project leadership, programme delivery and experience across different scales and sectors.

01 /Student accommodation

Cirrus Point

Leeds

£100m · 633 beds

Role
Project Lead
Practice / employer
Cunniff Design

Principal case study

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02 /Student accommodation

Brotherton House

Leeds

£35m · 350 beds

Role
Project Lead
Practice / employer
Cunniff Design

Principal case study

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03 /Student accommodation

Knight House

Sheffield

£18m · 257 beds

Role
Project Lead
Practice / employer
Cunniff Design

Principal case study

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04 /Live court refurbishment

Crown Court

UK location

Role
Project Lead
Practice / employer
Box Architects

Principal case study

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05 /New-build manufacturing facility with offices

Airedale Air Conditioning

Leeds

£35m

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
Darnton B3

Principal case study

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06 /Retirement living

McCarthy & Stone Retirement Living Programme

Garforth · Altrincham · Jesmond · Nantwich · Hale · Prestwich · Leicester

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
Box Architects

Principal case study

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02 /Career Project Schedule

Experience Across Practices

Roles and employers are shown to distinguish Simon’s personal experience from independent commissions and current businesses.

01

Torsion Care

1 entry

01 /Care

Care Home Programme

Kingswinford · Kilnwood Vale · Fareham · Chester · Stockport · Stevenage

Role
Project Lead / Technical Oversight
Practice / employer
Torsion Care
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02

Box Architects

3 entries

02 /Retirement living

McCarthy & Stone Retirement Living Programme

Garforth · Altrincham · Jesmond · Nantwich · Hale · Prestwich · Leicester

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
Box Architects

Principal case study

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03 /Fit out

Embassy Building

UK location

6 storeys

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
Box Architects
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04 /Live court refurbishment

Crown Court

UK location

Role
Project Lead
Practice / employer
Box Architects

Principal case study

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03

Cunniff Design

9 entries

05 /355-bed student accommodation

Crown House

Sheffield

£30m · 355 beds

Refurbishment and fit out of an existing office building together with construction of two new blocks.

Role
Team Member with model coordination and package responsibilities
Practice / employer
Cunniff Design
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06 /Student accommodation

Agard Court

Derby

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
Cunniff Design
07 /Student accommodation

Abbey House

Coventry

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
Cunniff Design
08 /Student accommodation

Knight House

Sheffield

£18m · 257 beds

Role
Project Lead
Practice / employer
Cunniff Design

Principal case study

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09 /Student accommodation

Symons House

Leeds

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
Cunniff Design
10 /Student accommodation

Merrion Street

Leeds

£100m · 660 beds

Role
Team Member — model production at Stage 3
Practice / employer
Cunniff Design
11 /Build to Rent

Mabgate Yard

Leeds

310 beds

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
Cunniff Design
12 /Student accommodation

Brotherton House

Leeds

£35m · 350 beds

Role
Project Lead
Practice / employer
Cunniff Design

Principal case study

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13 /Student accommodation

Cirrus Point

Leeds

£100m · 633 beds

Role
Project Lead
Practice / employer
Cunniff Design

Principal case study

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04

Darnton B3

3 entries

14 /New-build manufacturing facility with offices

Airedale Air Conditioning

Leeds

£35m

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
Darnton B3

Principal case study

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15 /Retirement living

McCarthy & Stone Programme

Brighouse · Cleethorpes · Cottingham · Brough · Ossett

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
Darnton B3
16 /Retail fit out

Primark Programme

Sheffield · York · Truro

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
Darnton B3
05

HCD Architects

1 entry

17 /Major shopping-centre development

Westfield Shopping Centre

Bradford

£260m

Role
Team Member with package responsibilities
Practice / employer
HCD Architects
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06

Morrisons Supermarkets PLC

1 entry

18 /Convenience retail programme

M Local Programme

Leyton · South Croydon · Strutton Ground

Layout production working with in-house development managers.

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
Morrisons Supermarkets PLC
07

Design Time

8 entries

19 /Retail programme

The Range Retail Programme

Broadstairs · St Helens · Glasgow · Shrewsbury · Derby · Boston · Canterbury · Bangor · Kidderminster · Erdington · Bedford · Hereford · Thurrock · Weston-super-Mare · Truro · Carmarthen

Practice / employer
Design Time
20 /Retail fit out

Wasabi

Bishopsgate, London

Role
Project Lead
Practice / employer
Design Time
21 /Survey and layout production

Greenwoods

Altrincham / Stafford

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
Design Time
22 /Survey, layout production and site coordination

LEGO

Glasgow

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
Design Time
23 /Survey and layout production

ASICS

Oxford Street / Wembley

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
Design Time
24 /Survey and layout production

Lush

Liverpool

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
Design Time
25 /Survey and layout production

Office 12

Reading / Dublin

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
Design Time
26 /Survey

Lush Offices

Poole

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
Design Time
08

DLG Architects

7 entries

27 /Retail refurbishment and extension

Fishergate Shopping Centre

Preston

£20m

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
DLG Architects
28 /Town-centre redevelopment

Willow Place

Corby

£22m

Role
Team Member with package responsibilities
Practice / employer
DLG Architects
29 /Retail refurbishment and extension

Topshop

Preston

£2m

Role
Project Lead
Practice / employer
DLG Architects
30 /Boutique retail and office

Victoria & Albert Buildings

Preston

£1m

Refurbishment of Victorian terraces to boutique retail units with a first-floor open-plan office.

Role
Project Lead
Practice / employer
DLG Architects
31 /Warehouse extension

Arla Foods

Leeds

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
DLG Architects
32 /Refurbishment of entrances

The Ridings Shopping Centre

Wakefield

Role
Team Member with package responsibilities
Practice / employer
DLG Architects
33 /Office fit out

Salts Mill

Shipley

Role
Project Lead
Practice / employer
DLG Architects
09

Darnton Elgee

3 entries

34 /Retail refresh and superstore upgrades

Tesco Superstore Upgrade Programme

Greenock · Ashford / Middlesex · Craigmarloch · Pontefract · Hoover Building · Braintree · Boston · Llandudno

Retail refresh, superstore upgrades and back-of-house extensions.

Role
Project Lead
Practice / employer
Darnton Elgee
35 /Student accommodation

Unite Leeds

Leeds

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
Darnton Elgee
36 /Alterations across university campus

University of Huddersfield

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
Darnton Elgee
10

John Hill Associates

4 entries

37 /Disability upgrade programme

St Albans Catholic Primary School

Doncaster

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
John Hill Associates
38 /Disability upgrade programme

St Joseph's Catholic Primary School

Doncaster

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
John Hill Associates
39 /Mill-to-office conversion

Davers Building

Sheffield

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
John Hill Associates
40 /School extension

Townfield Primary School

Doncaster

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
John Hill Associates
11

Carey Jones

5 entries

41 /Retail refurbishment

Avon House

Oxford Street, London

£25m

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
Carey Jones
42 /Office development

Orchard Street

Newcastle

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
Carey Jones
43 /Industrial units

Matra BAE Dynamics

Stevenage

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
Carey Jones
44 /Office refurbishment

Central Square South

Newcastle

£15m

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
Carey Jones
45 /Mixed-use residential and retail

Devonshire Green

Sheffield

£40m

Role
Team Member
Practice / employer
Carey Jones

03 /Independent Project Work

50+ Independent Projects

Extensions · Loft Conversions · New Builds · Barn Conversions · Alterations · Planning · Small Commercial

Alongside employed practice work, Simon has undertaken a substantial body of residential and small-commercial work independently. Later projects have also been delivered under the Pep Designs identity.

01

Single-storey Extensions

12 projects
02

Two-storey Extensions

7 projects
03

Loft Conversions

9 projects
04

Outline Planning

2 projects
05

New-build Residential

2 projects
06

Barn Conversions

2 projects
07

Alterations

Dormers · Bay windows · Garages · Conversions · Porches

13 projects
08

Small Commercial

Surveys · Feasibility · Change of use

7 projects

04 /Related Capability

Explore the capability and business context behind this project experience.