Andrew Dawes

Andrew has considerable experience with intelligent and innovative housing design, bringing the best international experience to reForm’s work. He is responsible for all live projects at reForm Architects and helps ensure high design standards and quality of work across the office. Most recently, he was responsible for reForm’s work for Contractors’ Osborn during the site phase of Avondale Square, a 100% social housing project for City of London Corporation.  He was also recently responsible for leading on the successful competition submission for a 40 apartment residential development in Maidenhead.

He has a wide range of experience with housing design and schools, working on a number of award-winning school buildings for RIBA Gold Medal winner, Herman Hertzberger. Prior to this he worked for a number of design focused practices in Amsterdam, including Claus & Kaan and Hans van Heeswijk. His expertise includes bridges, offices, theatres, laboratories and public buildings.

Andrew trained at the University of Liverpool and taught and ran the Final Year at London South Bank University for a number of years. He has also taught at Greenwich and Delft Universities. He currently teaches professional practice at Westminster University and tutors for the RIBA Office-based Exam. He has contributed chapters and articles to various publications and has been a speaker at conferences in the UK and internationally. He is a member of the Southwark Design Review Panel.