9 July 2025 from 9am to 11.15am
Join us for our Spec Offices and Workspace Design webinar, on 9th July, when we will be examining award winning and BREEAM Excellent design for office and workspace developments.
Case studies from architectural experts will examine the latest office and workspace schemes from across the UK.
We will cover the latest products and materials and explore how collaboration between architects, consultants and manufacturers are helping create better designed, inclusive, inspiring and sustainable offices and workspaces.
Featured speakers include:
- Sam Scott, Associate Director, AHMM who will deliver a case study presentation on Town Hall, Tower Hamlets, RIBA London Building of the Year - a project that encompasses a Grade II restoration and new build extension enabling a more accessible location for the London Borough of Tower Hamlets council offices.
- Shauna Bradley, Partner, Howells who will deliver a case study presentation on One Centenary Way, Birmingham, RIBA West Midlands Award – a project that hosts Birmingham’s first large-scale cycle hub, and for which maximising sustainability and reducing embodied carbon were central to the design process.
- Ben Taylor, Director, LOM Architecture and Design who will deliver a case study presentation on Unity Place, Milton Keynes, a project that redevelops a former car park, which is set to achieve BREEAM Excellent and for which the substructure exceeds LETI 2030 targets for embodied carbon.
Our speakers:
Jan-Carlos Kucharek Deputy editor RIBAJ & editor RIBAJ Spec
Jan-Carlos Kucharek is an architectural journalist and registered architect. He studied his part 1 at Canterbury College of Art and his architecture diploma at The Bartlett (UCL) and worked for five years at Foster + Partners. He took a part-time role at the RIBA Journal in 2004 and continued working freelance at Marks Barfield, Hudson Featherstone, David Morley and Fourthspace architects. He is the editor of RIBAJ Spec.
Sam Scott, Associate Director, AHMM
Sam joined AHMM in 2014 after working for 18 years at a senior level in a leading London practice. She has worked across private residential, office and industrial workplace sectors for both public and private clients and has extensive experience in brief development and client engagement. Since joining AHMM Sam has been involved in a luxury residential development in Marylebone; the refurbishment of three listed buildings for residential use at Royal Arsenal in Woolwich; and the fit-out of Stanhope's new London office in New Oxford Street. She is currently leading the transformation of the Grade II listed Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel into a new town hall for Tower Hamlets. Sam was promoted to Associate Director in 2021, and in 2022 was elected as an Employee Director of AHMM’s Employee Ownership Trust.
Shauna Bradley, Partner, Howells
Based in our Birmingham office, Shauna leads a design studio with a focus on masterplans and city-scale regeneration. Her current focus is on the creation of a unique new multi-generational community at Port Loop, and she has spent over a decade designing and leading the Paradise development and is now overseeing the transformation of Campbell Park North in Milton Keynes.
Shauna studied at Queen’s University Belfast and Birmingham City University’s School of Architecture and Design and now calls Birmingham her home. She is passionate about the city and in creating great places for people to live and work in. Her considered approach often involves large-scale and micro thinking to repair the city grain and knit together communities.
Shauna was a key leader of our ‘People Plan’ initiative, which continues to transform how we promote mentorship, mental health awareness and wellness, to ensure Howells is an enjoyable working environment that is constantly improving.
Outside of Howells, Shauna helps to inspire the next generation of designers, giving talks at local schools, universities and to visiting groups. She has been a member of the Birmingham Civic Society Planning Committee, Birmingham Architectural Association, and a judge for the RIBA West Midlands. In 2020 Shauna was given the BCO’s NextGen West Midlands award in recognition of her influence in the region. In 2023 she joined the independent design review panel, Design:Midlands, as a trustee and in January 2025, Shauna was appointed as the RIBA Regional Chair of the West Midlands.
Ben Taylor, Director LOM Architecture and Design
Ben is a director at LOM, specialising in commercial and residential architecture and with a particular interest in how to balance material and structural innovation with sustainability and commercial viability.
He has a particular passion for façade and building envelope design, balancing material and structural innovation with sustainability and commercial viability. He also has an interest in repurposing existing buildings to benefit local communities and promoting innovative building uses and commercial value.
Since joining LOM in 2009, he has helped to win and deliver an number of high-profile projects across the UK, Europe and the Middle East. Notable projects include the National Bank of Oman’s flagship HQ in Oman and Business Bay Towers in Dubai. Ben is currently leading the design of Santander’s 50,000sqm new workplace campus in Milton Keynes, as well as the delivery of Q3 Tigné point – a high-end residential development in Malta.
Ben studied architecture at Newcastle University and the Barlett, UCL. Before joining LOM he worked in Leeds and Toronto, Canada. He is a keen supporter of Huddersfield Town AFC and Yorkshire Country Cricket Club.
This webinar is in association with CMAP Oscar Acoustics, Gemino System