Andrew is an ambitious and highly skilled construction professional who has acquired experience of different building types including, Commercial, Education, Community, Residential, Transport and University Student Accommodation. Andrew enjoys tackling the challenges that each project offers and developing workable and innovative solutions which meets the client’s aspirations.

Chris trained at the University of Sheffield, School of Architecture before joining AXIS in 1995. He became a Director of the Practice in 2001 and is also a board member of Four Architecture & Design.

Alongside working on a number of residential and regeneration projects, including work for several housing associations, Chris has been involved in high-profile projects across England. He was influential in the development of HSBC’s new UK headquarters in Birmingham and has worked with the global bank across the UK.

Chris has also taken the lead on ‘The Bothy’ spa at Heckfield Place, a hotel dubbed ‘Most Impressive Country Hotel in England’ by Forbes Magazine. He has experience taking on challenging projects and delivering exceptional results.

Chris has undertaken a range of work across the financial, residential and hospitality sectors, demonstrating his versatility and diligence as an architect.

Within AXIS, Chris has overall responsibility for IT facilities and Chartered Practice Management. Chris is a qualified Eco Homes/Code for Sustainable Homes assessor and is a certified member of the Association of Project Safety.

David has more than 18 years’ experience across the oil & gas and construction industries involving extensive travel throughout the world notably USA, Europe, South East Asia, Russia and the Middle East working for both consultancies and contractors.

In 2009 David joined HLN and is currently acting as Managing Director overseeing engineering operations, commercial contracts and Bid Management for the Group whilst also playing a key role in the organisation’s future growth strategy.

Prior to 2009, David held various roles at GE, Foster Wheeler and Bechtel acting initially as a project design engineer and then later as a project manager responsible for the design and project engineering/management, construction, installation and commissioning phases for various multi-million-pound projects both onshore and offshore.

Kirsten joined A&Q Partnership in 2006, going on to run the Dorchester office, and become a Director in 2015. Kirsten has led a variety of retail and commercial projects for clients with national property requirements, including Banking, Building Societies, Pubs and retail outlets. She has strong working relationships with both clients and contractors, and has developed expertise in the design and management of highly pressured retail schemes.

Since joining A&Q Partnership in 1993, and becoming a Director in 1995, Tony has developed an established track record within the Financial Services sector, embracing Retail Network Store programmes, Head Office buildings, Investment and Private Banking, Call and Cash Centres, Training Facilities and Data Centres. Tony leads the Workplace Team.

Tony joined A&Q Partnership in 1986, becoming a Director in 2015. He currently specialises in Retail Commercial Banking, leading the national retail banking team, based across several offices, developing and managing client relationships over a wide range of projects and contract types, including traditional, design and build and Global Framework activities.

Chris has been with HLN since its formation over 20 years ago. He has worked on a variety of projects, large and small, private  and public sector covering space planning, planning submissions, new build  schemes and refurbishments.

Chris currently heads up the Custodial sector projects, working closely with both the Ministry of Justice and its construction  partners. He has a proven ability to  build excellent working relationships with Clients and Contractors alike, born out by the volume of follow-on projects in this and other sectors.

Chris also currently heads up our Principal Designer department and has recently assisted the Nationwide Building Society with their national Branch Transformation rollout alongside projects for Rockwool and numerous other clients.

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Emyr is a Chartered Architect with 25 years’ experience.  He joined HLN in 2019 and has been an integral part of the Nationwide Branch Transformation Programme alongside the role of project architect for The Urdd’s - Camp Llangrannog extension in West Wales.

Prior to joining HLN he had extensive experience in designing public buildings both as part of ‘in house’ county architects departments and as a consultant architect. Emyr’s expertise covers a wide range of building sectors including nursery, primary and secondary education, sport and leisure, housing, retirement apartments, office accommodation, food processing plants, industrial buildings and within the finance sector.

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Ewa graduated from the Academy of Fine Art in Warsaw, having studied Interior Design and Exhibition Design. She then worked as an Interior Designer in the Hotel and Leisure sector and Retail sectors in Poland and mainland Europe.Ewa permanently located to the UK in 2008 and has subsequently worked in the Retail, Exhibition and Leisure sectors in this country.Ewa joined A&Q Partnership in 2017, and has been working in retail banking projects since joining the practice.

Leanora is an RIBA Chartered Architect who has been with the practice since 2004. She has delivered projects in a broad range of sectors including residential, commercial and retail, with experience in Conservation, Listed Buildings, Planning and Construction. Leanora has over 10 years’ experience working with HSBC as well as a range of commercial projects throughout Sheffield and the U.K. She has also delivered a series of complex change-of-use schemes, some being Listed Buildings and all requiring a sensitive and thoughtful approach. The latest of these sites also includes a substantial new-build portion with challenging site constraints.

She is President of the Sheffield Society of Architects, who are regularly consulted by the Local Authority over proposed planning reform. The SSA also provide training and networking opportunities for local Architects, which have enabled Leanora to build relationships across our local design community. Family events and schools programmes have also enabled Leanora to share experience and knowledge as well as gain insight into our community’s needs.

She is also a regular tutor at Sheffield University, and enjoys seeing the 3rd year student’s projects develop between the technical support sessions she provides.

Leanora is organised and efficient, with a keen eye on the smallest details as well as achieving overall quality of design and service for our clients. She enjoys motivating her team and is passionate about our Employee Owned status; encouraging everyone to give their best in order to achieve design quality as well as quality of life for those occupying our architecture, for our clients, and for ourselves.

She is a keen park runner, enjoys lengthy walks (between pubs) in idyllic European cities, and, as a Lancashire–Yorkshire migrant, discussing the modern war of the roses – Blackpool versus Bridlington. Away from her desk she can most often be found sampling the latest beer in the family’s microbrewery, planning more foreign adventures or larking about in tents in the Peak District.

Peter joined HLN in 1991 and has over 25 years construction  industry experience. He has developed an excellent reputation for delivering  quality projects from inception through to completion on a wide variety of diverse projects.

Peter has worked on a wide variety of projects, including New Build and Refurbishment, in the Commercial, Financial, Retail,  Leisure, Residential and Historic & Listed Building sectors.

Peter’s responsibilities include Client liaison, consultant co-ordination, technical details, preparation of specifications, submission of local authority consents, Landlord approval licenses, on site management and ensuring that challenging project timelines set by our clients are achieved

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Rose has over 20 years of design experience encompassing interior architecture, furniture, and product design. She has a broad range of experience, but at the heart of each project she works on, is a determination to understand the clients needs and translate this into spaces which are functional, enriching and underpin a company’s spirit or Brand whilst taking into account budgets and site conditions.
Rose came to interior design through a slightly unusual route. After studying Architecture she undertook an MA in Furniture Design, and subsequently set up a small contemporary furniture design business, which she ran for 8 years. She exhibited at 100% Design and had work chosen for exhibitions at the V&A and the Design Museum in London. Her pieces were published in the likes of Blueprint, Crafts magazine, Dwell, Elle Decoration, The Guardian magazine, and the New York Times.

This background, designing furniture and working with manufacturers, gave Rose invaluable detailing experience, which is integral to her approach to design. She delights in combining materials, colour, texture and lighting to create spaces which fulfil a brief. Rose is passionate about interior design and its capacity to affect end users in positive ways, which in turn can help to ensure that businesses are healthy and successful. She is experienced in taking projects from initial brief right through to completion on site.

Prior to joining us, Rose gained experience in small one-off interior design projects, from Harriet Kelsall, an independent boutique jewellery shop in Cambridge, to large brand roll outs such as Lakeland Ltd & the new and vibrant brand concept for Pizza Hut. As well as retail and restaurant projects Rose’s experience also includes the design of spas such as the SoSPA at Sofitel London St James, and hotels such as the W Hotel in Doha, Qatar.

During her role with us, she has worked on the concept for a new, and very funky, challenger bank, student accommodation projects, a high-end hotel in Hampshire and Grosvenor House for HSBC bank. Rose was largely responsible for the graphics and way finding concept at Grosvenor House and took great pride in designing and detailing the feature staircase which permeates the atrium in the centre of the building.
In her spare time Rose loves gardening. She also makes jewellery in precious metals combined with porcelain, selling her creations at Craft fairs.

Since joining us in 2014, Ryan has been heavily involved in many of our retail banking projects. This has led him to gain valuable knowledge regarding retail / commercial design and technical detailing, as well as implementing global design standards.

Ryan is currently heading up our Nationwide Building Society Account and has successfully delivered many projects, from small refurbishments to large acquisitions, with an attitude to always go above and beyond the client’s expectations.

Steve joined A&Q Partnership in 2016. Coming from a design-led background, Steve brings experience in conceptual development and implementation of architectural spaces across multiple business sectors including; retail, hospitality, workplace and commercial environments. Having completed projects ranging from large multi-site commercial retail developments to high-end boutiques, both in the UK and abroad. While working at A&Q Partnership Steve has been involved predominantly with Nationwide Building Society in the development and national roll out of their new retail design concept and architectural branding.

Tim has over 20 years’ experience as an interior designer after qualifying with a First Class degree at Ravensbourne, University London. Tim has worked on many offices nationally as well as globally. Over the past few years Tim’s focus has been on delivering high end projects for HSBC bank. These projects include the fit out of a new call centre in Leeds which was awarded LEED Gold, as well as the restack and refurbishment of the First Direct Headquarters in Leeds. Most recently Tim has delivered the restack of the HSBC offices in Birmingham and was part of the project team who successfully delivered HSBC Grosvenor House, Sheffield; the bank’s global IT hub. He was also involved with the new HSBC UK HQ in Birmingham, for which he was awarded the client’s Shine award for his ‘hard work and dedication at a challenging time of the project’.

As well as working with HSBC, Tim has also worked on offices for the The Environment Agency, AMA nuclear fuels, and Berneslai Homes. He has also had plenty of involvement in the retail and hospitality sector of the business, delivering new concepts for retail banking branches along with delivering retail units for H&M and Godiva Chocolates. Prior to AXIS, Tim worked on an array of office projects globally for clients such as, Amazon, Adobe, Babcock International, Bayer Pharmaceuticals, Nvidia and Westfield Shopping Centres.

Tim has a proven track record of working with the project team and with end users, to design environments which are not only practical and contemporary but are designed to meet client and customer requirements whilst being mindful of budget and programme. Tim is passionate about design and thinks himself lucky that his hobby became his career. He is very proud of each project and the team’s approach to client needs. He is keen that every project looks different, that lessons learnt are implemented and that improvement continues through the interior design department at AXIS. Tim strongly believes that ‘ You are only as good as your last project’.

Outside of work his passion for creativity continues; his allotment keeps him busy and very mindful of the change in seasons and environment. He loves to see the seasonal cycle and gets plenty of enjoyment from not only eating home grown produce but from his children who help pick and eat the fruit, marvelling at the size of the vegetables as well as the weeds!