Urban Design

Richard Walshaw

Ben Williams

Meet Ben. Qualified Urban Designer and Recognised Practitioner, Ben spent the early part of his career in the technical team at a National Housebuilder. He also worked for a large architects’ practice, with project work across employment, distribution and retail sectors.

Spending much of his earlier life travelling (pre-children!), one of Ben’s favourite architectural experiences occurred when wandering the streets of Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon). He was struck by the French colonial villas set out along the now bustling and vividly coloured grid-structure street network.

When he’s not dreaming up new designs, Ben enjoys a round of golf (when Dad’s Taxi commitments allow) and is especially fond of “the Links”. Annual society weekends over 15 years have enabled Ben to play most of the highest ranked seaside courses in England and Wales.

Email: ben.williams@nineteen47.co.uk

Georgina Hallam

Meet Georgina. An urban designer with a degree in Architectural Technology, Georgina is happiest when designing detailed housing layouts and planning application packs for small or large scale developments.

Starting her career with a National Housebuilder, Georgina loves seeing the end result of a design project and is partial to a peek of a show home. She enjoys visiting architectural buildings and well-designed places all over the world but her favourite place is Singapore for its modern approach to urban design.

When she is not busy designing, Georgina enjoys long walks with her dog.

Email: georgina.hallam@nineteen47.co.uk

Emma Allard

Meet Emma. Qualified Urban Designer with a degree in Interior Architecture and Design, Emma has a keen eye for detail and enjoys the architectural elements of the design and planning process. Before joining nineteen47, Emma was an Architectural Technician at a Chartered Surveyors, working across the Residential, Rural and Development sectors.

Emma particularly enjoys visiting the historic town of Lincoln and takes inspiration from the historic place making elements of the city.  

When she’s not designing houses, high level masterplans or writing Design and Access Statements, Emma can be found enjoying the outdoors, exploring new places and supporting her local sporting teams.

Email: emma.allard@nineteen47.co.uk

Ellie Squiers

Meet Ellie. Qualified Urban Designer and recent Master’s graduate, Ellie joined nineteen47 in 2017 and has managed to fit in a Master’s Degree whilst working alongside the urban design team over the last three years!

Ellie’s favourite project is Chesterfield Waterside, a flag-ship development for Avant Central. With the scheme so close to home, Ellie loves seeing the build progress on her drive into work and on canal-side dog walks.

When she’s not helping with the preparation of masterplans and feasibility layouts, Ellie loves exploring new cities.

Email: [email protected]

Joshua Foster

Meet Joshua. After seven-years serving as a Royal Engineer in the British Army, Joshua decided to pursue a lifelong ambition as a designer.

After completing an Undergraduate Degree in Product Design and Creative Innovation, Joshua gained a passion for urban / residential design, and after completing his Postgraduate Degree in Urban Design, he joined nineteen47.

Outside of work, Joshua enjoys a range of hobbies, keeping up to date with his favourite basketball team, snowboarding in the winter, and keeping active and healthy at the gym.

Abi Pegg

Meet Abi. Abi has a wealth of experience communicating information visually. She has previously worked as a freelancer creating educational resources, web design and user interface as well as logos and branding strategies.

As a strong creative thinker, she utilises design technique effectively to capture the reader’s attention and spark their curiosity. She is passionate about communicating ideas and translating information into visuals in a way that is accessible for all. Communicating a clear understanding of the world forms the foundation of her work.

In her own time, Abi enjoys reading, climbing with her family and assists as a disability advocate within the community.

Sophie Gibson

Meet Sophie. She gained a degree in Interior Design from the University of Northampton before transitioning to the urban design sector.

Sophie loves working on a variety of different projects and visiting project sites. She is passionate about biophilic design and is interested in how patterns and attributes of nature are integrated into architecture, in order to enhance people’s health and wellbeing.

Outside of work, she enjoys travelling and exploring new countries such as Bali and Singapore which inspires her in her project work. She also loves to learn new skills and hobbies, no matter how obscure.