Architecture & Design
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Rock Townsend Architects has evolved over its 50-year history and, since 2012, has built an exciting portfolio of work across its commercial, education, and residential sectors.
Rock Townsend, an RIBA Chartered Practice, is ISO 9001 accredited for its established Quality Management System (QMS). This captures clear lines of leadership, process, and communication for each project.
Our approach to each project and each design brief is to understand our clients broader underlying goals and business plan, ensuring we explore all options to create 'added value' wherever possible. We interrogate the brief, challenge assumptions, and clarify assumptions in order to achieve the best possible outcomes for the project.
As an accredited 1SO 14001 business, in 2021 we began measuring our scope 1, 2, and 3 carbon emissions and have implemented a plan to reduce emissions year on year. Since January 2023, through a portfolio of carbon capture credits,
Rock Townsend is now operating as a carbon-neutral business. We are signatories to Architect’s Declare, and through continued learning, we are growing and sharing knowledge to ensure our design practices align with the RIBA’s 2030 Climate Challenge.
We have a long-established programme of supporting our staff through the early part of their careers as well as ongoing supplementary support to explore specialism and additional knowledge and skills. As a business, we are committed to our EDI policy recognising that there is always continued improvement needed.
Our team of architects, designers, and technicians is passionate about design and the wider built environment, and through workshops and design reviews, individual effort becomes a collaboration of ideas, skills, and experience. We like to extend this approach to the other disciplines we work with, as well as our clients, so that the process is as enjoyable and successful as the outcomes.
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![Charlotte Hagerty]()
Charlotte Hagerty
Associate Architect & Certified Passivhaus Designer
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![Dan Bangs]()
Dan Bangs
Associate
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![Finn McGurn]()
Finn McGurn
Architectural Assistant PtI
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![Francesca Lloyd]()
Francesca Lloyd
Architectural Assistant PtII
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![Heather Tatton]()
Heather Tatton
Associate Architect
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![Hidely Garcia]()
Hidely Garcia
Associate
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![Izzy Mullen]()
Izzy Mullen
Architect
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![Jacqueline Lam]()
Jacqueline Lam
Architect
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![Kiran Milton]()
Kiran Milton
Architect
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![Lauren McCann]()
Lauren McCann
Architect
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![Lorenzo La Magna Zimmermann]()
Lorenzo La Magna Zimmermann
Architect
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![Mark Gabbey]()
Mark Gabbey
Partner
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![Max Higgs]()
Max Higgs
Architectural Assistant PtII
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![Molly McAllister]()
Molly McAllister
Architect Assistant PtII
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![Oli Rash]()
Oli Rash
Architectural Assistant PtII
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![Peter Phillipps]()
Peter Phillipps
Associate Architect
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![Phil Rogers]()
Phil Rogers
Partner
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![Richard Sharp]()
Richard Sharp
Partner
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![Sally Thompson]()
Sally Thompson
Associate
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![Steve Stokes]()
Steve Stokes
Partner
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![Zarin Mir]()
Zarin Mir
Architectural Assistant PtII
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![Cezara Misca - Architect - London - Chicago - A young woman with shoulder-length light brown hair, wearing gold hoop earrings and a black top, standing in front of a white brick wall.]()
Cezara Misca
Architect
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![Caroline Lander]()
Caroline Lander
Practice Manager
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![Martha Moshinsky]()
Martha Moshinsky
Studio Coordinator
Architectural Design Services
Architecture & Interior Design
We provide architectural design services through all stages of a project, from strategic evaluation and brief writing to concept design and planning submission, and from technical design and building control submission to construction support and post-occupancy evaluation.
Design Guardian & Technical Adviser
Through our role as Design Guardian, we provide client-side support, assisting clients in ensuring the design that was commissioned is the design that is delivered.
Our Technical Advisor role also provides client-side support, assisting clients in ensuring robust, technically sound delivery through the construction stages of a project.
Principal Designer CDM & BR (BSA)
We also offer Principal Designer services for CDM (Construction, Design, and Management)2015 regulations relating to the Health and Safety of the design works and, separately, Principal Designer services for Building Regulations, reflecting recent changes brought about by the Building Safety Act 2022 and 2023 amendments to the Building Regulations.
How to work with us
We recognise that the procurement of our design services for public bodies is governed by rules and regulations and can appear difficult. We have therefore established ourselves on a number of open frameworks suitable for local authorities, charitable bodies, and housing association appointments. These frameworks have assessed our services and quality and ensure that we are working according to best practices and within the current legal framework.
Get in touch, and we can talk through the process. We would also be pleased to discuss alternate routes to working with you.
awards
2025
Airport Food and Beverage (FAB) - Hospitality Awards - The Mezzanine, Luton Airport, Luton- Airport Restaurant Design of the year- European Winner
AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards - The Social Space, London School Of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine - Fit-out - Shortlisted
Construction News - Marchwood Port - Carbon Reduction Champion - Shortlisted
RIBA London Awards 2025 - Kings College The Quad - Winner
2024
FX Awards 2024 - Photography Department & The Games and Emerging Media Department- Public Sector - Shortlisted
The Concrete Society’s Awards - 2024 - The Quadrangle Building, King’s College London - Shortlisted
LABC Awards (East Anglia) - Ironworks, Mill Road, Cambridge - Best large social housing development - Highly Commended
Eastern Echo Awards - Ironworks, Mill Road, Cambridge - Residential Development of the Year - Winner
2023
Building Magazine Awards - Kings College The Quad - Refurbishment of the Year - Winner
Inside Housing Development Awards - Mill Road, Cambridge - Best development 101-500 - Shortlisted
Inside Housing Development Awards - Webb Rise - Best Development 0-100 - Shortlisted
Inside Housing Development Awards - Whiteway- Best Partnership 1-100 - Shortlisted
2022
Cambridge Forum for the Construction Industry - Akeman Street, Cambridge - Best New building over £2m - Commended
Inside Housing Development Awards - Minster House, Hatfield - Best older peoples housing development - rural/suburban - Finalist
2021
Herts Building Futures Awards - Hall Grove, Welwyn Garden City- Design Excellence - Housing Development - Winner
Herts Building Futures Awards - Landbeach, Welwyn Garden City- Design Excellence - Housing Development - Finalist
2020
Civic Trust Awards - Stockwell Hall of Fame- National - Highly Commended
Building Awards - Stockwell Hall of Fame- Social Value category - Finalist
2019
Civic Trust Awards - Stockwell Hall of Fame- Regional Finalist
LABC Awards Building Excellence National - Lime Court & Furzen Garden, Welwyn Hatfield - Winner
LABC Awards Building Excellence Hertfordshire - Lime Court & Furzen Garden, Welwyn Hatfield - Winner
2018
Building Futures Awards Herfordshire - Lime Court & Furzen Garden, Welwyn Hatfield - Winner
AJ Retrofit Awards - Higher & Further Education - MAD Library, Harrow Campus University of Westminster- Shortlisted
FX Awards - MAD Library, Harrow Campus University of Westminster- Shortlisted
2017
Spaces Awards - Paul Webley Wing, SOAS - Joint Winner
Architects Journal - Holy Trinity Primary School- School Project of the Year - Winner
Architects Journal - Holy Trinity Primary School- Mixed-use Project of the Year - Shortlisted
Education Estate - Paul Webley Wing, SOAS - Refurbishment of the Year - Shortlisted
Housing Design Awards - Holy Trinity Primary School - London Sustainable Development Commission - Winner
New London Awards - Holy Trinity Primary School - Mixed-use - Built Winner
Building - Holy Trinity Primary School - Housing Project of the Year - Finalist
Architects Journal Retrofit Awards - Paul Webley Wing, SOAS - Listed Building over £5m - Finalist
2016
Building Design - Interiors - Berghaus Headquarters - Shortlisted
Building Council for Offices - Fit-out of Workplace - Berghaus Headquarters - National Winner
Building Council for Offices - Fit-out of Workplace - Berghaus Headquarters - Regional Winner
BCO NEXTGEN - Tim Robinson: Berghaus Headquarters- Winner
First Time Buyer Award - Readers Award - Bridgewater Gardens - Shortlisted
RICS - Bridgewater Gardens- Shortlisted
Inside Housing - Top 60 Developments - Bridgewater Gardens - Finalist
2015
New London Architecture - New Ideas for Housing - Green Urban Spaces- Shortlisted
FX Awards - Psychology Dept. New Cavendish Campus, University of Westminster - Winner
FX Awards - Library, Marlebone Campus, University of Westminster- Finalist
2014
Chartered Institute of Housing Awards - Cambridge Road, Fulbourne - Outstanding Development of the Year (>24 homes) - Shortlisted
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