My design approach begins with listening. Architecture, to me, is not imposed but invited; it belongs to the site that shapes it, responding to its specific conditions and its quiet demands. Each project grows through discovery, not as replication but as resonance, an extension of the landscape, the culture, and the human story it holds.  I work with local materials and reinterpret familiar forms through a contemporary lens, not to replicate tradition but to extend it. Clarity and restraint guide my choices, allowing the past to shape the present without nostalgia. Sustainability is not a trend. It is embedded in how we build, what we choose, and how we honour the land we inhabit. Before studying architecture, I trained as an architectural technologist, later graduating from the Architectural Association. I worked on residential projects with Paxton Locher and joined the Glenn Murcutt Masterclasses in Sydney and Ireland, deepening my understanding of connection, material, light, and restraint. My exhibition Exploring the Origin marked the beginning of a lifelong fascination with stone, which led me to the Amazon Rain Forest to learn from the Wai Wai and their ways of building. I founded MOOArc in London in 1996 and returned to the Channel Islands in 2000 after winning the Grandstand for Guernsey competition. Since then, I have continued to explore how local stone might speak in contemporary ways, maintaining a dialogue with the ancient past while seeking a new vernacular. RIBA SE Region - Residential Design Award - Winner RIBA Bronze metal award - Shortlisted RIBA Michael Manser Best House Award - Shortlisted RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize - Shortlisted Bristish Gas Energy Efficiency - Winner Living Etc Top 100 Houses - Third Place Read less

Juan Palop-Casado is an architect and urban planner passionate about creating sustainable and context-sensitive environments. He is the director of LPA Studio, a multidisciplinary firm specialising in territorial planning, urban design, and landscape projects, focusing on the global south´s unique ecological and social dynamics. He describes his approach as “Biourbanism for the sunny part of the planet.”  Juan is an expert in sustainable urbanism and a certified auditor for the BREEAM assessment. He serves as president of Instituto20grados, a foundation dedicated to advancing sustainable urbanisation models for arid and semi-arid regions. His innovative work has earned national and international recognition, including prestigious awards.  Explore his projects and philosophy at www.lpastudio.net

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Jonathan is a Project Architect at ritchie*studio. He has gained a rich experience in cultural, historical and strategic planning projects in the UK and abroad. The breadth of his experience has involved many listed buildings, as well as working within conservation, archaeological important, and environmentally sensitive areas. He has worked on new builds and within existing buildings; on projects in urban, industrial, and more rural contexts, for single and multi-headed clients. Jonathan is experienced in leading strategic planning, public, cultural, workspace and heritage projects, particularly those which offer real engagement, community and environmental benefit to future users, and is an advocate for co-engagement and co-design. Jonathan is ritchie*studio’s sustainability champion, he regularly attends industry events on climate and biodiversity challenges. He has developed the studio’s programme for improving the technical climate literacy of our staff and our route path for net zero design development going forward. He is also a visiting tutor at Liverpool University, an external professional mentor at Sheffield University and for the RIBA.