About
I have been Cities Practice Lead for international architects Grimshaw since 2021. In November 2020, I stepped down after 3 years as Cities Leader for Arup Australasia, having been from 2011-2017 CEO of Committee for Sydney(CFS). At Grimshaw I have helped develop the analysis of urban trends and changing real estate markets in the wake of Covid as new agendas around maximising social and environmental benefit prevail. I provide advisory services to clients in areas such as 'density done well' housing, land use and transport integration, economic development and strategies to maximise outcomes from infrastructure - such as the work I have been doing advising on the Olympic legacy in Queensland. My niche is I know theory but also how you actually get stuff done.
I took the Committee for Sydney from fewer than 20 active members to one with 130, $1.6m in reserves and a lot of influence over urban policy in Sydney but also at national level.
Before moving to Australia in 2010, I was recognised as a UK thought-leader in urban regeneration where having advised UK governments and helped to develop East and southeast London as CEO of the Thames Gateway London Partnership.
From 2005 to 2010 I was special /specialist advisor on urban development, governance and housing/planning to 5 successive UK ministers. I advised the Mayor of London on his housing design guide in 2009 and Lend Lease's UK CEO on strategy vis a vis Olympics 2012. I also advised Olympic Host Boroughs on their legacy strategy for the 2012 Games.
As CEO of CFSI advised on the design of the Greater Sydney Commission, having helped negotiate new powers for the London mayor in 2005 to 2006. I was a founding member of the Federal Cities Reference Group in Australia and am part of a new Federal government urban policy network of urbanists offering advice on Australian cities. I have been a business rep on the NSW Architects Registration Board since 2019, retiring in November.
I have written on public policy, housing +urban issues in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Daily Telegraph and the Fifth Estate and often appear on radio and TV. Since 2000 I've had a column in the UK’s main urban regeneration journal and was a weekly columnist in The Scotsman paper 1998-2000. I’m an Adjunct Prof (and Hon.Doc) at Western Sydney Uni. I was educated at Bryncelynnog Comp, Peterhouse, Merton, University College Cardiff, Glamorgan Poly and Inns of Court School of Law. I had a great schooling in a disputatious Welsh mining community whose lessons and values resonate with me still. My faults are my own.
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Boomtown speech and visit of Western Sydney to East London
Boomtown speech and visit of Western Sydney to East London
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Opinion: Housing need cannot be fully met by the market
Opinion: Housing need cannot be fully met by the market
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Opinion: We need new thinking for left behind areas
Opinion: We need new thinking for left behind areas
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Well it's the right idea and it might as well be implemented right. Am in the 6OZ COFFEE cafe in Sydney waiting to have a chat with Trina Jones the…
Well it's the right idea and it might as well be implemented right. Am in the 6OZ COFFEE cafe in Sydney waiting to have a chat with Trina Jones the…
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Data nerd alert 🤓 An impressive 2024 dataset just released by the ABS that charts our collective wellbeing. The ‘Measuring What Matters’ framework…
Data nerd alert 🤓 An impressive 2024 dataset just released by the ABS that charts our collective wellbeing. The ‘Measuring What Matters’ framework…
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Yesterday I was delighted to be joined by the Victorian Minister of Planning, Sonya Kilkenny, the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Nick Reece, Yuzo…
Yesterday I was delighted to be joined by the Victorian Minister of Planning, Sonya Kilkenny, the Lord Mayor of Melbourne, Nick Reece, Yuzo…
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I think we should have both a pattern book and an award for the worst designed housing in New South Wales. A kind of 'rotten tomatoes' award for…
I think we should have both a pattern book and an award for the worst designed housing in New South Wales. A kind of 'rotten tomatoes' award for…
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SALVOS HOUSING AND DC8 STUDIO WIN 2024 QUEENSLAND DEVELOPMENT OF THE YEAR FOR CHERMSIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING Members The Salvation Army Australia and…
SALVOS HOUSING AND DC8 STUDIO WIN 2024 QUEENSLAND DEVELOPMENT OF THE YEAR FOR CHERMSIDE AFFORDABLE HOUSING Members The Salvation Army Australia and…
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If you're interested in low embodied carbon façade elements with a story to tell you might enjoy this construction site news item about our Croton…
If you're interested in low embodied carbon façade elements with a story to tell you might enjoy this construction site news item about our Croton…
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An aside: the owner of a digital platform can now be arrested in Europe for failing to censor material. The answer to ideas you don't like is…
An aside: the owner of a digital platform can now be arrested in Europe for failing to censor material. The answer to ideas you don't like is…
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https://lnkd.in/gbVb4RHp My latest column
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Of the many differences between Old South Wales, where I am from and New South Wales where I and my Aussie family live, this is one: lemons from our…
Of the many differences between Old South Wales, where I am from and New South Wales where I and my Aussie family live, this is one: lemons from our…
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ABC NEWS: DESIGN-LED SOCIAL HOUSING MAKING RESIDENTS PROUD Midtown MacPark is among new projects taking an approach to social housing that focuses on…
ABC NEWS: DESIGN-LED SOCIAL HOUSING MAKING RESIDENTS PROUD Midtown MacPark is among new projects taking an approach to social housing that focuses on…
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Minister Rose Jackson strikes me as eager to be a serious reformer with a passion for what she is doing. Remarkably few politicians seem to really…
Minister Rose Jackson strikes me as eager to be a serious reformer with a passion for what she is doing. Remarkably few politicians seem to really…
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A woman yelled at my son Josh yesterday. He was out with his support worker, walking along a nature walk. He was coughing (he has a cough) he is…
A woman yelled at my son Josh yesterday. He was out with his support worker, walking along a nature walk. He was coughing (he has a cough) he is…
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