Edward is an Associate Director at Bennetts Associates having worked in Belgium, The Netherlands and France. At Bennetts Associates, he has developed winning competition designs from the new humanities division and library at the University of Oxford and the transformation of the listed Royal Infirmary into the Edinburgh Futures Institute.
He was involved with the regeneration of the King’s ross area, leading the conversion of the historic Midland Goods Shed and the all-timber Sports Hall. Edward has recently been developing the practice’s European profile and portfolio, leading competitions for projects such as the Ghent Opera House and Theatre De Molenberg in Delfzijl and overseeing an office-led scheme in central Athens.
Since becoming a Built Environment Expert, he has acted as a design review panel member for Thurrock and Waltham Forest. Edward studied architecture and structural engineering at the University of Ghent and in Amsterdam at The Berlage Centre for Advanced Studies in Architecture and Urban Design, acquiring design skills which embrace multi-disciplinary working.