John is Senior Director at BLDA Consultancy. With a career spanning over forty years in the high-end residential market, he has worked on projects in the UK, Europe, America and Canada on commissions up to £50,000,000. A graduate of the University of Bath, he is also now a visiting lecturer at the School of Architecture. Employing a vast wealth of experience, John brings his expertise to clients who include major London estates, development companies, family wealth offices, insurance companies, private individuals and London boroughs.

His meticulous work has seen him achieve planning and listed building consents for new buildings and refurbishments in both city centres and at major rural estates. These projects include the award-winning listed apartment building Oceanic House in Pall Mall, and UK Property Award winner 24 St James’s Square London SW1, as well as the development of low carbon emission housing across the UK, marrying technology specifications with low-energy requirements.

John finds working on Listed Buildings highly rewarding and enjoys envisioning a building’s new potential with an ambitious and imaginative approach. Attentive to the finest details, and with decades of expertise, John takes pride in understanding his clients and their requirements to deliver architecture that exceeds their greatest expectations. From John’s early career in Canada designing buildings for the Cree Eskimo population in northern Ontario, via an international competition win in San Diego to delivering the highest quality architecture in Central London he thrives on new learning and the continual development of BLDA. John brings his experience as an expert witness to architectural and construction matters.

Dom is Associate Director at BLDA Consultancy. He is an urban planner and lighting specialist, being on hand to deal with daylight, sunlight and rights of light matters day to day. Dom is advising architects, property developers, housing associations, private individuals and Local Authorities on matters of natural light. This specialist expertise is growing in need in urban areas, and Dom’s knowledge and experience in the field ensures that light levels within clients’ developments are maximised while adverse effects on neighbouring properties are minimised. At the same time, Dom’s work involves ensuring that clients’ interests are protected in terms of potential rights of light infringements.

Dom has worked on many complex urban regeneration schemes, preparing reports and environmental statements on major Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) projects. On all projects, he manages daylight and sunlight discussions with Local Authorities and organises workshops. Dom knows well how the industry operates, having worked on a full range of projects in London and across the UK and its Territories. Dom prides himself on his commitment, diligence and communication with clients. His thorough understanding of the legal matters, his urban planning background and his expanding lighting expertise allows him to offer a tailored and contextualised advice.

Dom’s education, which is diverse and multicultural, has seen him obtain a handful of degrees, including a degree in Economics and Development Studies and in Urban Planning and Policy. His is currently pursuing a part-time MSc degree in Light and Lighting at The Bartlett, University College London (UCL), where he studies all aspects of lighting design and lighting calculations.