Vinesh Pomal is an architect, and has over 10 years of professional experience having worked at TPBennett, TateHindle, Levitt Bernstein and ECD Architects where he gained varied experience designing sustainable communities, housing across all tenures, schools and community buildings. He undertook his full architectural training at Portsmouth School of Architecture. He is currently a Senior Architect at ButcherBayleyArchitects working 20 new homes in Leicester designed to meet the Passivhaus standard.  

 

His experience to date varies from housing projects at all scales – including estate regeneration schemes across all tenures – through to specialist housing including independent living, extra care, nursing homes and intergenerational living. In this sector, Vinesh has worked on numerous schemes across the UK and has drawn on his lived experience. 

 

Outside the workplace, Vinesh has been teaching in the first-year design studio for the past 8 years at Leicester School of Architecture and co-led the cohort this year. He has undertaken guest reviews at several architecture schools including Sheffield, Ulster, Reading, UAL and Loughborough. He sits on the Ealing, Harrow and Sutton Design Review Panels, the Young Architects and Developers Alliance board and is a Design Council Expert (Associate).

 

Vinesh is an advocate of equality, diversity and inclusion and has co-founded the Asian Architects Association. He was formerly an active member of the RIBA having worn numerous hats including RIBA Presidential Ambassador for Young Architects, co-chair of RIBA's EDI committee Architects for Change and sat on RIBA Council representing the London region, being the youngest Chartered member to do so.

 

Vinesh has published numerous articles in the architectural media including a building review of the Haveli Building at the Hare Krishna temple by Cottrell Vermeulen for the Architects Journal. He has also written a chapter on ‘Intergenerational Living: Care for the Common Good’ for Retropioneers: Architecture Redefined, a book published by RIBA Enterprises which talks about topics that will face our future generations.