Founding director of Marks Barfield Architects (MBA) together with husband and partner David Marks and originators and creative entrepreneurs behind the design and realisation of the London Eye and BA i360, Brighton.

MBA has won 80+ awards for design, innovation and sustainability. Projects range from the Kew Treetop Walkway, Art fund winning Lightbox, Woking and Cambridge University Training school. Current projects include a visitor’s centre in the Seychelles, and the UK’s first green Mosque, Cambridge. Julia chairs of the RIBA National Awards Panel and is on LLDC Quality Panel.