United Kingdom
Stephen Taylor
Stephen oversees all work carried out within the office and is closely involved with each member of his team in the development of projects. Stephen was appointed as a CABE enabler as part of CABE’s Enabling programme and has also previously worked as a consultant to the London Development Agency as a member of their Design Advisors Panel and as a member of the Newham Design Review Panel. He has lectured extensively on architecture and urban design throughout Europe and is currently a postgraduate unit master at the CASS School of Art, Architecture and Design, where he has taught since 2007.
Lucie Regent
Born in France, Lucie has an MA in Arts management from Lille University. She had her own Press and public relations company in France where she worked for Festivals such as the International Photographic Festival in Arles. She moved to England and joined STA in 2002 and forms an integral part of the team managing the office and its finances.
Sam Holden
Sam as Associate Director has strategic oversight for all work in the practice. He joined Stephen Taylor Architects in 2007 and has lead a number of projects of all scales. Sam studied at Manchester University and Kingston University, gaining a distinction when graduating in 2003. He completed his professional qualification in 2005. Between 1999 and 2007 Sam worked for a number of design-led practices including Glenn Howells Architects and Hogarth Architects.
Giles Townshend
Between 2009 and 2015 Giles worked in Amsterdam for Office Winhov, a design-led architectural practice on a wide range of projects in the Netherlands and Switzerland with a particular emphasis on housing and urban redevelopment. Giles joined Stephen Taylor Architects in 2016 and has been working on the design of an apartment building as part of the redevelopment of the Nightingale Estate in Hackney.
Ross Powell-Jones
Ross is an Associate at Stephen Taylor Architects having joined the studio in 2022. He is a graduate of University of Westminster and between 2010 and 2021 worked for a number of design-led practices including DSDHA and Allies and Morrison Architects. Whilst at Allies and Morrison he was responsible for the design and delivery of a wide range of complex projects, including the masterplan and initial phases of the West Hendon estate regeneration in Barnet and the second phase of the Hale Wharf masterplan which provided 245 new homes, 190 of which were affordable housing. Ross undertakes the role of BIM project lead on the schemes he is developing and is and is an accomplished team lead used to co-ordinating Stephen Taylor Architects internal team and wider external design teams.
Adam Webster
Adam studied at Manchester University and the CASS School of Art, where he graduated in 2016. Between 2012 and 2016 Adam worked for a number of design-led practices in London, gaining experience in housing design. Since joining the practice he has been involved in a number of projects, and is currently helping to lead the redevelopment of a warehouse in East London.
Anna Bazzo
Anna graduated with distinction in 2015 at IUAV University in Venice, Italy. She has worked in Brussels and London, gaining experience on projects at various scales for both local authority and private clients, before joining Stephen Taylor Architects in April 2021. Anna is currently working on De Beauvoir Estate project, an estate-wide residential scheme for the London Borough of Hackney, providing a total of 189 new apartment units.
James Faulds
James was educated at the University of Strathclyde and the Mackintosh School of Architecture, where he graduated in 2020. Prior to joining Stephen Taylor Architects in March 2022, he gained experience with Collective Architecture in Glasgow and David Chipperfield Architects in London. James is currently working on 189 new apartments for the London Borough of Hackney, in the regeneration of a 1960s estate.
Shuning Zhu
Shuning studied at Sheffield School of Architecture and the School of Art, Architecture and Design at London Metropolitan University, where she graduated with distinction in 2022. Shuning has preciously worked in London, Tokyo, and Shanghai, and has gained experience working on a range of projects in various types and scales before joining Stephen Taylor Architects in 2022. She is currently working on the estate regeneration project for Hackney Council.
Will Hall
Will is an Part 2 Architectural Apprentice at Stephen Taylor Architects who joined the studio in 2023. He is currently studying at London Metropolitan University and studied his Part 1 at the University of Nottingham. Will has experience in the education sector and interior design from previous practices and is a trustee of Kingsgate Workshop Trust. He is currently working on a community centre and social housing scheme in Hackney delivering 70 social homes.
France
Stephen Taylor
Stephen oversees all work carried out within the office and is closely involved with each member of his team in the development of projects. Stephen was appointed as a CABE enabler as part of CABE’s Enabling programme and has also previously worked as a consultant to the London Development Agency as a member of their Design Advisors Panel and as a member of the Newham Design Review Panel. He has lectured extensively on architecture and urban design throughout Europe and is currently a postgraduate unit master at the CASS School of Art, Architecture and Design, where he has taught since 2007.
Marie de Bryas
Marie is co-director of the French office, which opened in 2022. In France, Marie leads responsibility for the management of the practice and is jointly responsible with Stephen for design direction and strategy.
She studied at the University of Bath and the University of Edinburgh, where she graduated in 2020. Since joining the practice in 2020, Marie has been involved in a number of projects, including the development of 50 new homes in Hertfordshire as well as being involved in housing schemes for Southwark Council.
Marie is a registered architect in the UK and France
Lucie Regent
Born in France, Lucie has an MA in Arts management from Lille University. She had her own Press and public relations company in France where she worked for Festivals such as the International Photographic Festival in Arles. She moved to England and joined STA in 2002 and forms an integral part of the team managing the office and its finances.
Collaborators
Andrew Houlton
Brockmann Stierlin Architekten
Dow Jones Architects
Happel Cornelisse Verhoeven
Laurent Capitani
Mouchel Parkman
Stanton Williams Architects
Henley Halebrown
Karakusevic Carson Architects
East Architecture Landscape Urban Design
Bureau Bouwtechniek
Sergison Bates
Allies and Morrison
Photographers
David Grandorge
Ioana Marinescu
Paul Tyagi
Gary Taylor
Simon Lewis