Our Team

We recognise the high profile and complexity of this project, and propose a team with the appropriate level of skill and experience in commercial and mixed-use projects to deliver the scope of services required. We have chosen a design team with a particular expertise working on complex mixed-use towers internationally, with a focus on workplace, urban realm and mixed-use.

WilkinsonEyre has a total staff of 230 architects and support staff which has been built up to deal with the current and recent workload. The resources are managed by 12 directors, 12 associate directors and 22 associates who oversee the design teams which are assembled to carry out each project. Within this total resource, there is reserve capacity which is allocated to competitions until success brings a new commission. Potential new staff are constantly interviewed and appropriate recruits are taken on when the workload demands require it.

Our team of highly skilled architects are supported by our media, graphics, modelmaking and 3D visualisation team to enable the emerging designs to be critically assessed and developed in 3D, whilst a range of imagery and models to be produced to ease wider consultation and engagement.

We maintain an extensive CAD resource for both 2D and 3D design, drafting and visualisation comprising 180+ CAD workstations. The practice has significant BIM experience of collaboration and interdisciplinary modelling to integrate design with other design partners using live 3D integrated models, as well as our inhouse virtual reality studio.

Oliver Tyler

Director

Project Director Paul Baker

Director

Peer Review

Andrea Botti

Sustainability Peer Review Geoff Turner

Associate Director

Project Lead Julia Glynn-Smith

Associate Director

Interior Lead

Valentina Miceli

WELL Guidance

Maggie Lan

Architect Evgeny Rodionov

Architect

Additional Architectural Team: Architects + Architectural Assistants

Creative Support: VR, Modelshop, BIM, Graphics, Visualisations

Our team of highly skilled architects are supported by a range of highly skilled individuals and technological support to enable the emerging designs to be critically assessed and developed in 3D, whilst a range of imagery and models to be produced to ease wider consultation and engagement. These include:

inhouse modelshop and team of fulltime modelmakers

3D visualisation and animation team

graphic designers and media team

Interactive Modelling and Virtual Reality Group, offering realtime rendering, interactive modelling and virtual reality for all projects

Enscape™ and TwinMotion software where we are able to share 3D views and animations of CAD models that can be accessed through computers, tablets and smart phones, ideal for quick presentations and optioneering

Building Information Modelling team, enabling full support for collaboration and interdisciplinary modelling to integrate design with other design partners using live 3D integrated models

Our in-house model shop has evolved over the last decade into an invaluable resource which forms an integral part of the way we design. Physical models convey and reveal the design intent as well as providing an opportunity to demonstrate an understanding of the brief. All the models we create are designed to effectively communicate the idea or narrative at the core of our work, and are essential in describing our ideas to our clients and consultees. In our model shop we aim to produce effective, simple and wellproportioned objects through the use of state-of-the-art rapid prototyping technology, complemented by more traditional equipment and techniques.

The WilkinsonEyre visualisation team deliver cutting edge photorealistic visualisations, artworks and live action video for all practice’s future and current architectural portfolio. They work in a variety of platforms and systems, and work directly with the architectural team’s digital design models to visualise the design proposal in vibrant, fantastic artworks.

BIM, and the intelligent processes behind it, present great opportunities for the way in which we design, communicate and build our architecture. The BIM process for WilkinsonEyre is about collaboration, using a 3D model as the basis for intelligent design as well as drawing, document and schedule production. WilkinsonEyre has been at the forefront of building design through the digital revolution and bring this pioneering, front-end experience to our designs. We have our own dedicated Virtual Reality laboratory that can simulate environments for clients. All are design tools that allow us to be best placed to help clients make informed decisions right from the first stages of our projects.

Technology is evolving at an exponential rate. In every sector, the use of new and emerging technologies is greatly impacting existing business models and ways of working. For WilkinsonEyre, virtual reality, real time rendering, augmented reality and interactive modelling are allowing architects to better express, articulate and visualise buildings through all stages of design development.

In 2016, at the emergence of these new technologies in the design world, WilkinsonEyre invested time and resource into understanding how they can be beneficially integrated into the design process. This rapid evolution of hardware and software in digital coordination required a series of protocols to allow these new technologies to successfully integrate with established workflows. Through rigorous research, we were able to integrate VR in all stages of design with direct integration with our designing tools, from free form modelling software to the more demanding BIM software.

VR has become a key tool in client presentations and design meetings to create a lucid and detailed understanding of individual projects. Our ongoing strategy has led to an increasingly large number of prestigious clients travelling to our offices from across the globe to experience the spatial quality of their projects. The integration of VR into our day to day workflow has further allowed the adoption of real time rendering techniques, enabling us to present a live virtual model tour to clients, design teams and community members, as well as opportunities to deliver innovation and improve sustainability outcomes.

As a practice we have invested in tangible infrastructure to support our widespread use of new technologies: dedicated VR rooms and tablets; portable VR devices; upgrades to hardware to support real time and interactive rendering; knowledge sharing groups; brand guidelines; templates; libraries and full access to gaming engines.

Through early adaptation and understanding of these new technologies, WilkinsonEyre continues to pioneer the direction of VR within architectural design.

Oliver Tyler

Director

Oliver Tyler joined WilkinsonEyre in 1991, he became an associate in 1997 and then a director in 1999.

Oliver has led some of the practice’s most important, high profile and complex projects including Stratford Market Depot and Stratford Regional Stations in London for the Jubilee Line Extension; the Dyson Headquarters in Wiltshire; the Audi Headquarters in West London; and the Liverpool Arena and Convention Centre.

More recently he has been responsible for the proposed development of approximately 1.8 million ft² of new commercial space in Aldgate on the eastern edge of the City of London and also oversees a number of other projects within the City including 6-8 Bishopsgate and Leadenhall Street Tower, Crossrail Liverpool Street Station, Bank Station and Oversite Development.

Oliver is highly experienced in delivering well executed projects within demanding timescales and securing complex planning consents on a wide range of project types from commercial office schemes to high profile complex infrastructure projects such as the Emirates Air Line.

Role and responsibilities

As Principal-in-Charge Oliver will who take ultimate responsibility for the project as well as providing the concept and design guidance for the team to develop into the designs. Oliver will maintain a ‘hands on’ involvement on design matters throughout and will attend key strategic meetings throughout the life of the project.

Paul Baker

Peer Review

Since 1995 Paul has led a wide range of large scale projects at WilkinsonEyre with a particular focus on cultural and commercial sectors. At the core of his approach is an interest in how architecture can be integrated into its context across the disciplines of urban design, landscape architecture, planning and environment – and in particular, exploring how this holistic approach can contribute to long-term sustainability and regeneration.

This has proved a vital asset to the practice. His passion for creating spaces that intrigue and delight on both an intellectual and emotional level has led to his continued work with key visitor attractions around the world. His portfolio includes the Alpine House at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the RIBA Stirling Prize winning Magna and a series of projects for the Science Museum in London including the award-winning Challenge of Materials Gallery, the Making of the Modern World Gallery and the Wellcome Wing. More recently he has overseen the extensive redevelopment of the Wellcome Trust’s Collection building and has worked with global brand, Carlsberg on the restoration of their historic brewhouse into a visitor centre and brand experience.

Role and responsibilities

Paul will act in a design review role for the 334 Oxford Street project. Directors at WilkinsonEyre generally work in pairs on larger projects, with one director assigned to lead the design, whilst the other would act in a design review capacity. This allows objective assessment of the emerging design with the benefit of a little greater perspective.

Geoff Turner

Day to Day Project Lead

Geoff joined WilkinsonEyre in 1997, and spent three years working on the Explore at-Bristol project, a refurbishment and extension of a Grade II Listed goods-shed into an interactive Science Centre in Bristol. Following this, Geoff became project architect for the Exeter Princesshay project, a mixed-use commercial development adjacent to the historic heart of Exeter. The design process evolved as a coordinated masterplan, with monthly consultations with Planners, CABE and English Heritage. The project is now complete and has been portrayed as a model for large-scale development within historic centres.

Geoff has over 20 years experience at WilkinsonEyre, particularly in leading projects with complex stakeholder and legislative requirements to a positive conclusion.

Geoff has extensive experience as project architect overseeing the delivery of a number of large scale complex projects in London. Most recently this has included the One Braham office development, soon to be new headquarters for BT, redevelopment of the Mount Pleasant site for Royal Mail and new facilities at Wisley for the Royal Horticultural Society.

Role and responsibilities

Geoff will oversee the day to day running of the 334 Oxford Street team in particular managing their outputs. Geoff will spend the majority of his time on the project particularly through the early design working closely with Oliver and other senior members of the design team. Geoff will manage both the WilkinsonEyre architectural team within the office but also, as Design Team leader, be responsible for coordinating and driving forwards the design with the other consultants.

Julia Glynn-Smith

Interior Design Lead

Julia Glynn Smith has worked on a range of WilkinsonEyre’s interior, fit out and exhibition component design based projects since 1999, initially working on the Making of the Modern World Gallery for London’s world-famous Science Museum.

Julia led the design team for a ground breaking suite of Medicine Galleries at the Science Museum in London. The £24 million development creates a stunning backdrop for over 3,000 objects that tell the story of how our lives have transformed by the changes in medicine and health over the last 400 years.

Her commercial experience includes working with Oliver on 8 Bishopsgate and Gresham St Paul’s in the development of an interior design scheme.

She was also part of the team that worked on the award-winning redevelopment of the University of Oxford’s world-famous Bodleian Library including a new public exhibition spaces, detailed design of bespoke display cases and accessories. Julia was also part of the team for the redevelopment of the Wellcome Trust’s collection building in London, featuring gallery, exhibition and visitor amenity spaces.

Role and responsibilities

Julia will lead on the interior design aspects of the project, working closely with Oliver and Geoff.

Evgeny Rodionov

Architect

Evgeny practiced in a series of leading architectural firms in London delivering locally responsive projects of varying scales, prior to joining WilkinsonEyre in 2018. He enjoys exploring the physical and digital at the intersection of design, nature, and technology.

As part of the design team for a series of commercial and mixeduse buildings internationally, Evgeny has developed his understanding of these sectors and how to deliver value and innovation.

He is experience across all RIBA stages with an emphasis on early design stages: competitions and concepts, feasibility and planning.

Evgeny excels at parametric design; using these skills to make design and production more efficient as part of his approach to design, together with developing 3D visualisations, animations, Virtual Reality. He also demonstrates in-depth understanding of Building Information Modelling workflows.

Role and responsibilities

Evgeny will be full time on the project providing support to Oliver and Geoff in developing the design deliverables in line with the programme.

Maggie Lan

Architect

Maggie joined WilkinsonEyre as a Part I Architectural Assistant in 2014, spending two years developing her knowledge and experience across a range of projects. In 2019 she qualified as an architect.

Her experience on 8 Finsbury Circus, a high quality commercial project in the City of London, completed in 2016, has provided Maggie with site experience from demolition to construction and creating tender/drawing packages, together with problem solving alongside clients, contractors and engineers.

For Gresham St Paul’s, Maggie has been part of a team redeveloping an existing commercial building, introducing flexible office space and new retail space. The design also makes improvements to the existing external facade.

She is also very adept at producing quick option studies at concept design stage, and has developed her model making expertise over several projects and competitions.

Maggie has an organised and logical approach to her work and is skilled in detailed CAD 3D modelling and CAD 2D drawing In addition to her digital skills, Maggie is proficient in drawing, sketching and modelmaking.

Role and responsibilities

Maggie will be full time on the project providing support to Oliver and Geoff in developing the design deliverables in line with the programme.