Team

Bob Bray
Bob Bray
Founding Director - Stroud
Bob has practiced as a landscape architect for over 40 years specialising in biodiverse and sustainable landscapes. A life-long interest in aquatic environments, wildlife and botany led naturally to Bob becoming a pioneer of Creative Rainwater Management - also known as Sustainable Drainage Systems or SuDS - in the UK.
Cecily Lai
Cecily Lai
Studio Manager - Bristol
Cecily has worked in a wide range of design practices, previously serving as operations manager for one of the leading architecture and design recruitment company in Hong Kong. Armed with extensive knowledge across many areas, I am able to understand the day to day operational needs of the team. You will find me doing my best to ensure the office is a fun but productive place to be.
Helen Saunders
Helen Saunders
Senior Landscape Architect - Bristol
Helen has a wealth of experience in residential and public realm projects, being involved in designing a new city centre park for Leeds. She has experience in community design, working with BeFirst on residential projects in Barking & Dagenham and engaging the neighbourhood forum in the co-design of a linear park.
Grace Ruddick
Grace Ruddick
Landscape Architect - Bristol
Grace’s upbringing in an artistic and outdoorsy household naturally led her to Landscape Architecture, applying her same process and principles learnt in drawing and painting to her current work. She has previously practiced in creative and conceptual studios in London and Rotterdam and has joined our Bristol studio with an appetite for the later RIBA stages.
Kevin Barton
Kevin Barton
Director - Bristol & Stroud
Kevin has worked in a wide range of design-focussed landscape architecture, architectural and multi-disciplinary practices in a career specialising in community-focussed sustainable design. He is a Design Council Specialist Expert, was voted Susdrain SuDS Champion 2022, and provides specialist training through CIRIA and directly to clients such as councils and environmental charities. Kevin guest-lectures in creative rainwater management and climate resilient design at universities and is invited to present at conferences throughout the UK and Europe.
Judith Puckmayr
Judith Puckmayr
Senior Landscape Architect - Stroud
Judith has been working as a Landscape Architect for over 12 years in the UK and Austria. From the beginning of her career, designing with water has been at the heart of every project she has worked on. She has extensive experience in designing and integrating imaginative and playful Sustainable Drainage systems into developments, both as new designs as well as retrofit schemes. She also regularly delivers SuDS training for Local Authorities and Transport for London.
Rob Lewton
Rob Lewton
Senior Landscape Architect - Bristol
Rob is a Chartered Landscape Architect with several years of experience assisting and leading on high quality schemes across the UK. Rob has worked closely with multi-disciplinary teams to deliver high-quality projects at all RIBA stages within the Urban Realm, Education, Infrastructure, Residential, Historic and Government sectors. Rob's previous career as a professional gardener brings a depth of experience and knowledge of planting and site management practices that are integral to the success of landscape architecture schemes.
Anwen Victory
Anwen Victory
Associate Landscape Architect - Bristol
Anwen has 15 years’ experience practicing Landscape Architecture and Urban Design in the UK. She has wide ranging project experience from masterplanning green infrastructure for major new settlements to city centre regeneration, social housing, schools, universities, and hospitals, at all project stages. Anwen lectures in Landscape Architecture at University of Gloucestershire.
Martin Hunter
Martin Hunter
Senior Landscape Architect - Bristol
Martin Hunter is a Chartered member of the Landscape Institute, with 9 years working experience both assisting and leading on a broad range of landscape projects. Martin has key experience in Education, Residential, Healthcare and Heritage Lottery Funded Park projects, working closely with multi-disciplinary design teams and clients through all the RIBA stages. Martin’s particular strengths include masterplanning, natural play, conservation management and detail design. His focus on delivering high quality, sustainable schemes that emphasise future-proofing and self-sufficient qualities makes him a key part of the design team.
Morag Cartwright
Morag Cartwright
Assistant Landscape Architect - Stroud
Morag has recently completed a Masters in Landscape Architecture at Gloucestershire University, where she was awarded the ‘Bodfan Gruffydd Award, 2019’ for best student during her conversion year. Her background is in design and she brings with her a passion for sustainable design and a thirst for knowledge.

Where are we?

We are based in the wonderfully creative and alternative city of Bristol, and equally eccentric Stroud, nestled in the beautiful Cotswold hills.

Both offices are located on high-speed rail lines so we are able to sustainably travel to sites throughout the UK.  Some of us are keen cyclists and so we may turn up on our bikes with mud on our faces and grass in our hair!

 

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Background photo : 'The Heavens', Stroud by Maple Photo

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