MA Dip Arch RIBA ARB

Jay co-founded Gort Scott in 2007. He is passionate about the role of design across different scales and typologies. He places great value on the quality of experience of spatial sequences and materials in the context of surrounding landscapes and cityscapes.

His directorial role is in design direction. He also manages new business and relationships, as well as overseeing major building projects.

Jay studied at Stockport College and Cambridge University and is a registered Architect, having earlier studied sculpture.

After graduating he worked at 5^th Studio architects, where he became a director.

Jay taught at Cambridge University as a Design Fellow from 2007-2012. He is co-Chair of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea quality review panel, is on the Redbridge and Brent design review panels. He regularly crits at schools across the UK and is an external examiner for London Metropolitan University.

MArch RIBA ARB

Fiona co-founded Gort Scott in 2007. She places great value on strategic design thinking from the earliest stages of a project whether architecture or masterplanning. She is known for her pioneering research involving high streets and town centres, and this reflects her interest in how buildings and spaces work to support peoples everyday lives across all scales of project.

Her directorial role is in the integration of wider architectural, societal, cultural, environmental and policy influences in the focus and trajectory of the practice and the design of projects. She also oversees research and development, and special projects.

She studied at Central St Martins, Cambridge University and the Royal College of Art and is a registered Architect. She was also a research associate at the Helen Hamlyn Centre for inclusive design.

Fiona taught with Jay at Cambridge University as a Design Fellow. She is one of the Mayor’s Design Advocates, working with City Hall to help support London’s evolution.

BSc(Hons) DipArch RIBA ARB

Chris joined Gort Scott in 2017 bringing over 18 years of professional experience delivering critically acclaimed projects of a wide variety of scales and types and at all RIBA Work Stages.

Prior to Gort Scott, he worked at Duggan Morris Architects (now Morris+Company), Tony Fretton Architects, and Simon Conder Associates.

In recent years, Chris has led teams on complex multi-faceted projects, from inception to completion. He has considerable insight into the varied issues surrounding project delivery, including a keen understanding of developing details with embodied rigour, robustness and economy.
 

MA MArch RIBA ARB 

Since joining Gort Scott in 2013 Susie has led and delivered wide variety of our award-winning projects. She developed expertise in placemaking, strategic masterplans, public realm, delivery of mixed-use and commercial buildings and adaptive reuse of listed buildings working with public and private sector clients. She has been key the practice’s ongoing High Streets research and delivery of High Street regeneration projects developing a specialism in market design and delivery. She passionately believes that innovative design enriches people’s lives and grows out of its particular context and a positive, collaborative design process. Susie leads Gort Scott’s Social Value and EDI working Group, working with our team and clients to deliver holistic social value benefits to the 

Susie has worked at other design-led practices including Long and Kentish, Duggan Morris Architects, Walters and Cohen and Turner Castle among others. 

Susie trained as an architect at Cambridge University and the Bartlett (UCL), qualifying in 2006. She has acted in an advisory capacity for the GLA.

MA MArch ARB

Alan is focused on strategic public sector projects in London. He currently leads our Pudding Mill Lane masterplan for over 900 homes, 36,000m2 of workspace, community and retail space for the London Legacy Development Corporation.

Previously he led our new-build scheme to consolidate Harrow Council’s headquarters and improve public facilities, unlocking their existing inefficient campus for new housing.

Prior to joining Gort Scott in 2014, Alan was a core team member for the 2015 RIBA Stirling Prize-winning Burntwood School at Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. At SMWM in San Francisco, he worked on the adaptive re-use of historically significant buildings, notably at UC Berkeley.

MA, AADipl ARB

Andrew joined Gort Scott in 2013 and has been involved in many of the practice’s key projects, from public realm and civic masterplans to the singular Rock residence in Whistler. With a keen interest in socially engaged, thoughtfully crafted design that makes lasting contributions to communities, he finds as much enjoyment in city-scale strategic thinking as the finer details of buildings.

He leads the practice’s Integrated Technology Action Group, which interfaces with Gort Scott’s sustainability strategy, design standards and digital workflows, including overseeing implementation of the practice’s BIM strategy.

Driven to make architecture more inclusive at all levels, he enjoys mentoring at school level as a volunteer for the Social Mobility Foundation, is a RIBA Part 3 examiner, and an invited design critic at several UK universities. Andrew is part of LB Haringey’s Quality Review Panel.

Gemma joined Gort Scott in 2023 and has over a decade of experience in business support roles within the built environment. She manages all operational aspects of the practice with the Senior Management Team.

She enjoys being behind the scenes in a creative industry, adopting a holistic approach to practice management and ensuring that the practice operates smoothly and creates the right atmosphere for the architectural team and wider design teams to do their best work.

Gemma oversees our B Corp certification and particularly cares about creating an inclusive, supportive, and healthy work environment.

BArch HDip Arch ARB

Since joining Gort Scott in 2014 Joe has developed valuable technical and delivery experience on projects including adaptive reuse of listed buildings, high-end residential, commercial, and mixed-use buildings. Most notably, he was responsible for the delivery of The Rock, a private residence in Canada, where his keen interest in the thoughtful crafting and careful detailing of buildings proved invaluable. Within the practice, he is a member of the social value and health and wellbeing working groups.

Prior to joining Gort Scott, Joe trained as an architect at Dublin School of Architecture and at University College Dublin where he gained his Part III.

He has previously worked at other design-led practices including Maccreanor Lavington Architects where he was the project architect for Garden Halls. Before moving to London in 2012 he worked at Aughey O’Flaherty Architects in Dublin where he delivered a number of award-winning projects, including House on Mount Anville.

BA(Hons) DipArch ARB

Jonathan joined Gort Scott in 2020 and has led a number of projects, including prestigious office and life science developments for Stanhope and the City of London, and housing schemes for Harrow Council’s Regeneration Unit. He brings a wealth of experience from designing and delivering complex school, university, cultural, workspace and housing projects, grounding him in CDM and Building Regulation matters.

A Certified Passive House Designer, Jonathan also has strong and long-held interests in inclusive, accessible, and sustainable design. He heads our internal Environmental Action Group, contributes to LETI work and volunteers for the Social Mobility Foundation.

BA(Hons) DipArch MArch RIBA(SCA) ARB

Sela is an accomplished architect and conservation specialist. She joined Gort Scott in 2020, where she leads the Heritage and Retrofit Group. Before joining Gort Scott, she was a Partner at Wright and Wright Architects.

In 2024, Sela was shortlisted for The MJ Long Prize for Excellence in Practice in recognition of her work on Three Mills Studios. 

Her work exemplifies a strong commitment to preserving architectural heritage while adapting historic structures for contemporary use, making a significant contribution to the field of conservation practice. Sela is an RIBA-registered Specialist Conservation Architect and also provides heritage consultancy.

BA (Hons)

Ameli joined Gort Scott in 2024 after completing her undergraduate degree with first class honours at the University of Sheffield.

Her final year design project was a polemic exploring the relationship between adaptive reuse and urban ecology, while her undergrad thesis addressed the politics of everyday placemaking in Sri Lanka. She was nominated for the RIBA Bronze medal and has won several awards for her research and design work completed during her undergrad.

At Gort Scott she hopes better to understand how social values are translated into design at an urban scale. She sketches and paints often and occasionally enjoys doing experimental work by translating her training in music into design thinking.

BA (Hons) MArch ARB

Amy is an experienced architect with a talent for translating design concepts through technical stages to construction. She was a core team member for St Hilda’s College and St Catherine’s College, managing detailed design and procurement information.

Amy has an extensive understanding of the residential sector providing advice and lessons learnt to housing projects within the practice. She supported technical delivery of Gainsford Road, managed the façade detailing of Gateway West and was Project Architect for Credon House during post-planning. She is currently Project Architect for Silvertown 1D2D. She is passionate about high-quality buildings and is involved in our in-house Environmental Action Group, developing knowledge and skills to improve sustainable outcomes in our projects.

Amy joined Gort Scott in 2017 after completing her postgraduate studies at The Bartlett, UCL.

BSc BA (Hons) DipArch ARB

Barnaby joined Gort Scott in 2020 and has worked on many of the practice’s recent housing projects including schemes in the Docklands, Ealing, Colliers Wood and Walthamstow. Drawing on previous experience and personal interests he also leads our internal Housing Knowledge Group, maintaining and deepening housing expertise across the practice.

More recently, Barnaby has a developed proposals for an efficient, sustainable and flexible life sciences laboratory, part of a significant new science quarter in Oxford.

Barnaby has over 11-years of experience, before joining Gort Scott he worked at Maccreanor Lavington for over 8 years principally on housing projects; and at Adams & Sutherland on public realm projects and small-scale public buildings.

Barnaby teaches a 3rd-year design studio at the Welsh School of Architecture and has been a guest critic at London Metropolitan University, where he also studied.

BA(Hons) MPhil ADPPA ARB

Since joining Gort Scott in 2022, Benjamin has been involved in projects ranging from the creative industries to life sciences, urban masterplanning to sensitive retrofit of listed buildings. He enjoys working in architecture across its different scales and sectors.

Currently he is working on the New Courts project for Girton College Cambridge, a significant expansion of the college estate involving new accommodation, communal areas, and a distinctive auditorium. Within the practice, he also contributes to Gort Scott’s Housing Knowledge Group and is a RIBA mentor.

Benjamin studied at Manchester School of Architecture, holds an MPhil in Architecture and Urban Design from Cambridge University, and RIBA Part III. In his own work he has been nominated for the Architects’ Journal Student Prize, and received the Manchester Society of Architects Future Architect Award for his thesis on repurposing postwar urban environments.

BA(Hons) DipArch ARB

Fraser joined Gort Scott in 2016 and has worked on a wide range of projects within the office including leading the refurbishment of an Edwardian Mansion block at Quenington Mansions. He is leading the renovation of Dome House which involves the upgrade of an existing building to provide flexible and low impact new workspace.

Over the years, Fraser has been a key part of numerous competitions won for the practice, including Girton College, St Catharine’s College and ‘Epic Iran’ exhibition for the V&A.

Prior to joining Gort Scott, Fraser worked at Fosters+Partners and Squire and Partners, developing his experience across a variety of sectors such as education, workspace, leisure and masterplanning. Fraser is a mentor for young people and has contributed to the RIBA student mentoring scheme for the University of East London.

BA(Hons) DipArch ARB

Since joining Gort Scott in 2020, Florence has worked on projects of varying scales and typologies, including the characterful refurbishment of 15-17 Eldon Street for the City of London, and Silvertown Quays, a residential and mixed-use development for Lendlease, in the Royal Docks Opportunity Area in Newham.

Florence is currently working on Oxford Covered Market for Oxford City Council, a project aimed at renewing the Market’s Grade II listed historic fabric and creating a flexible new open space for trading and dwelling. 

The re-use of existing building stock to revive under-invested town centres as civic offerings was the focus of her final postgraduate thesis at London Metropolitan University.

BArch(Hons) DipArch ARB

Hattie joined Gort Scott in 2019 and has worked on numerous projects including 15-17 Eldon Street, Silvertown 1D2D, and the Epic Iran exhibition for the V&A. She is currently leading the design of the commercial lab enabled office refurbishment and extension of Tavis House in the heart of Central London.

Hattie leads the Workplace Action Group and has valuable experience across a variety of sectors, having previously worked on healthcare, workspace, education, places of worship, and heritage projects.

Prior to joining Gort Scott, she worked at Cottrell & Vermeulen Architecture on complex educational projects at a range of scales and budgets.

Hattie volunteers for the Social Mobility Foundation, mentoring secondary school pupils who want to study architecture but would otherwise have a limited professional support network.

BA(Hons) DipArch ARB

Joe joined Gort Scott in 2015 after completing his postgraduate diploma at the London Metropolitan University. He is a Certified Passive House Designer.

Joe has been part of the cross-disciplinary team on the Pudding Mill Lane masterplan and has worked on the St Hilda’s College project from the competition stage through to construction. He has been involved in a series of international projects, leading the Kerasia House project situated on the Greek island of Corfu.

Joe Elbourn joined Gort Scott in 2024 and is currently working on two projects to create modern serviced office spaces within Grade II listed Georgian houses.

In his academic work, he concentrated on how ownership structures and material production have intersected with the complex histories of urban environments, especially in developing and maintaining mass housing typologies.

This has lead to a professional career mostly focused on reuse and contemporary interventions within existing structures. Before joining Gort Scott, he worked on the Courtauld Connects project for Witherford Watson Mann Architects and on several new build and retrofit projects with Nick Hill Architects.

BArchSc(Hons), MArch

John joined Gort Scott in 2024 and is currently working on a life sciences laboratory in Oxford North. Prior to joining the practice, he worked in design-led practices in London, Seoul, Toronto, and most recently at David Chipperfield Architects where he worked on complex residential and commercial projects. He also worked at 107 Design Workshop Architects, where he delivered a small community centre in a rural village in South Korea.



He graduated from McGill University where he received the American Institute of Architects Henry Adams Medal and was named to the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Honour Roll. His thesis project, ‘Milton Park as Found’, was the winner of the Canadian Architecture Student Award of Excellence. He completed his Part III studies at Westminster University.

John is a guest critic at McGill University and Bergen Arkitekthøgskole.

BA(Hons) & MArch

Since joining Gort Scott in 2022, Josh has been involved in a number of projects, including the adaptive reuse of Dome House to create a flexible workspace and the development of a sustainable urban district in Old Oak West.

Josh studied at Kingston University and London Metropolitan University, graduating with first-class honours and distinction, respectively. At both Undergraduate and Masters level, his work has been based around the reuse and retrofitting of existing buildings, creating socially sensitive and sustainable spaces that integrate into the existing context.

Prior to joining Gort Scott, he worked at Rundell Associates, working on residential projects of varying scale and budget.

Kate joined Gort Scott in 2023 and works part-time in the role of Communications Manager. She is responsible for Gort Scott’s internal and external communications and marketing activities. With a background in art book publishing and visual communications, Kate applies her keen eye for design and attention to detail to the practice website, social media, architectural awards and events.

Kate graduated from the Royal College of Art in 2010. Alongside her work in communications she has worked as an independent artist for 14 years, developing projects in response to, and in collaboration with, archives, collections and libraries in the UK and Internationally.

B.Arch, M.Arch, MA ARB

Lan is a BIM coordinator with a decade of experience working in BIM environment. She has experience in residential, infrastructure and healthcare and is interested in the integration of BIM and sustainable design.

Lan studied at Glasgow School of Art and London Metropolitan University, qualifying as an Architect in 2022. Between her studies, she gained experience at AC Architects, Aedas and OR Consulting Engineers, supporting cross-disciplinary collaborations.
 

BA(Hons) MArch

Lewis joined Gort Scott in 2024 and is currently working on the commercial lab enabled office refurbishment and extension of Tavis House, Central London.

Lewis studied at Northumbria University and The University of Sheffield, graduating with first-class honours and Distinction respectively. His undergraduate work was nominated for the RIBA Bronze Medal, whilst his Master’s joint-thesis was awarded the Kenneth H. Murta Prize and is nominated for the Architects’ Journal Student Prize. The joint-thesis, ‘Home / Grown’, explored non-extractive, affordable housing that looked to further the interrelationship between food, material growing and construction.

Prior to joining the Gort Scott, Lewis worked within Field Practice, contributing to a range of ecologically sensitive, low carbon homes and retrofits in and around Sheffield.

MArch, BA

Martin joined Gort Scott in 2023 after graduating the Collaborative Practice course at the University of Sheffield with a distinction. His final year thesis focused on adaptive reuse and the propositional use of bio-based materials, winning the SSoA SFCA Sustainability prize and the SimpsonHaugh and Partners model making prize.

In the office, Martin has been involved in residential, life sciences, meanwhile use and retrofit projects and he is a member of the Environmental Action Group.

Prior to joining Gort Scott, Martin was part of GRID Architects, being involved in mixed-use and restoration projects.

BSc (Hons) ARB

Megan joined Gort Scott in 2022 after graduating from University of Sheffield with a Distinction in her Masters. Megan’s final year thesis project explored the possibilities of retrofit and low impact construction within the 1960s modernist estate, Gleadless Valley, winning the RIBA Yorkshire student prize.

In the office, Megan is currently working on a range of residential and commercial projects, and is a member of the Heritage and Retrofit Working Group.

Prior to joining Gort Scott, Megan was part of the team at Ollier Smurthwaite Architects in Manchester.

BA(Hons) MArch ARB

Oliver has been working at Gort Scott since 2019. He has been involved in the design of council-owned heritage assets such as Oxford Covered Market and Woolwich Old Town Hall & Library.

At London Metropolitan University, Oliver’s MArch final project was nominated for the RIBA Silver Medal. He is particularly interested in natural building systems and was one of a group to receive the AJ Small Projects Sustainability Award.

Oliver is a member of Gort Scott’s EDI & Social Value working group, championing social value through design. He has experience as a tour guide and writer for the Architecture Foundation, with a focus on Lambeth social housing.

BIntDes BA(Hons) DipArch ARB

Joining Gort Scott in 2015, Pamela brings diverse experience to our team spanning research and strategic design, adaptive reuse of heritage buildings, new-build residential schemes and multi-purpose community hubs. She’s part of the practice’s Housing working group and has helped to deliver High Streets – Adaptive Strategies, One Hoe Street, Central Parade, Bridge Avenue and 131 Gloucester Terrace.

Pamela has a specialist interest in retrofit projects as well as wider urban strategies stemming from her postgraduate studies, where her work considered how the non-residential activities of high streets and industrial areas could be conscientiously strengthened and intensified for a growing economy.

BArch(Hons) MArch ARB

Since joining Gort Scott in 2016, Paul has developed a specialist understanding of civic projects, working with Walthamstow, Greenwich and Harrow Council on a variety of public buildings to help enhance and regenerate the wider Borough. In addition to this, he has led the design, placemaking strategy and community consultation for numerous new housing schemes, at a variety of scales, across London. Paul is an active member of Gort Scott’s Environmental Action Group and is a Certified Passive House Designer.

Prior to joining Gort Scott, Paul was involved with a variety of award-winning commercial, residential, and mixed-use buildings at several design-led practices, including Piercy & Co.

Paul recently completed a Diploma in Journalism. He is an active mentor for both the RIBA and the Social Mobility Foundation and has been a visiting tutor at Kingston University, The Bartlett and UCA.

BSci Arch, MArch, PGDip ARB

Stephen joined Gort Scott in 2024 and is currently working on a Life Sciences, Retrofit project in Central London due to go on site in early 2025.

Stephen has good experience of third level education, life sciences, workplace design and housing; having previously worked on projects for several leading Universities and tech companies including Kings College London, University of East Anglia and IBM.

Stephen also has a particular interest in the adaptive re-use of existing buildings having worked on retrofitting Georgian, Victorian and Modernist buildings. His MArch thesis considered derelict infrastructural sites in Glasgow as fallow landscapes - exploring potential new uses yet retaining and displaying their own history.