Phil champions passive design, energy efficiency and architectural sensitivity. He gains immense personal satisfaction from collaborating with a team to produce beautiful and functional buildings.

The practice Max Fordham fosters the intellectual freedom to think outside the box; an ethos that Phil has both benefitted from and now encourages. While he established his mechanical, electrical and environmental engineering skills working across the cultural, workspace and residential sectors, he also worked on projects which challenged himself to push the boundaries of environmental design.

For example, the seafront location of The Landmark, Ilfracombe, allowed Phil to use natural ground water as a low energy cooling source for the first time – a system that’s been applied again and again.

Since then, Phil has led teams that have successfully delivered low energy and integrated designs for laboratories, theatres, galleries, classrooms, homes and hotels.