About the Author

Simon Foxell is an architect and principal of The Architects Practice, based in North London. He was an RIBA Council member from 1999 to 2005 and has been a main board director of the RIBA. He has chaired various RIBA committees, including the Small Practice committee, Policy and Strategy and London region.

He established The Architects Practice in 1986 and remains its principal. The practice works predominantly in the residential, commercial and education sectors and the results have been widely published. From 2007 to 2010 he was lead client design advisor to Birmingham City Council on their school procurement programmes.

Simon is the author of several bestselling books, and is a core member of the multidisciplinary construction industry think tank, the Edge.