Ellie Horvath
At Best Startup London we track over 100,000 London based startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top London based Director operating in the Architecture space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected].
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Daniel Ringelstein
Director of Urban Design and Planning of Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM)
Dan Ringelstein brings a Design Director – City Design Practice – Skidmore Owings & Merrill (Europe) LLP (SOM)
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About Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM): Skidmore, Owings & Merrill operates as an architectural, interior design, engineering, and urban planning company.
Benoit Pagotto
Co-Founder – Marketing Director of IVR nation
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About IVR nation: High end interactive Virtual reality experiences that have the power to changes industries.
Olivier Demangel
Founder – Design Director of IVR nation
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About IVR nation: High end interactive Virtual reality experiences that have the power to changes industries.
Christos Passas
Director of Zaha Hadid Architects
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About Zaha Hadid Architects: We work at all scales and in all sectors. We create transformative cultural, corporate, residential and other spaces .
Sara Klomps
Director of Zaha Hadid Architects
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About Zaha Hadid Architects: We work at all scales and in all sectors. We create transformative cultural, corporate, residential and other spaces .
Jim Heverin
Director of Zaha Hadid Architects
Jim joined us in 1997. He has worked on a variety of completed projects from pavilions to offices, museums and sports venues. He became an Associate Director in 2006 and Director in 2013, and currently is responsible for the overall management and delivery of key projects including the Aquatics Centre for the 2012 Olympics. im has a Bachelor’s degree in Architecture from Scott Sutherland School of Architecture, Aberdeen (1995) and a Diploma in Architecture from University of North London (1997). He has been registered with the ARB since 1999.
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About Zaha Hadid Architects: We work at all scales and in all sectors. We create transformative cultural, corporate, residential and other spaces .
Patrik Schumacher
Partner and Director of Zaha Hadid Architects
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About Zaha Hadid Architects: We work at all scales and in all sectors. We create transformative cultural, corporate, residential and other spaces .
Cristiano Ceccalo
Director of Zaha Hadid Architects
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About Zaha Hadid Architects: We work at all scales and in all sectors. We create transformative cultural, corporate, residential and other spaces .
Julia Jones
Director of Serpentine Gallery
Julia Jones is Director @ Serpentine Gallery.
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About Serpentine Gallery: Serpentine Galleries are one of London’s best-loved galleries for modern and contemporary art.
Hans Obrist
Director of Serpentine Gallery
Hans Ulrich Obrist is Artistic Director of the Serpentine Galleries, London. Prior to this, he was the Curator of the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Since his first show “World Soup” (The Kitchen Show) in 1991 he has curated more than 250 shows. Obrist’s recent publications include A Brief History of Curating, Project Japan: Metabolism Talks with Rem Koolhaas, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Curating But Were Afraid to Ask, Do It: The Compendium, Think Like Clouds, Ai Weiwei Speaks, Sharp Tongues – Loose Lips – Open Eyes – Ears to the Ground, along with new volumes of his Conversation Series.
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About Serpentine Gallery: Serpentine Galleries are one of London’s best-loved galleries for modern and contemporary art.
Romill Bettany
Co-Founder and Engineering Director of Modulous
Romill Bettany is the co-founder and engineering director at Modulous.
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About Modulous: Redefining the design & delivery of affordable, sustainable & smart homes by leveraging disruptive digital technologies
Christiaan Klaassen
Partner / Director of DBOX
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About DBOX: DBOX a creative communications agency that builds brands and develops immersive marketing campaigns for the fields of property development.
Andrew Cox
Co-Founder, Fellow Director & Mechanical Engineer of Clear Water Revival
Fellow Director and co-founder Andrew Cox is a qualified mechanical engineer and has been involved in business and new product development of environmental technologies for over 13 years. He has considerable experience in product development including specification, design, patents, prototyping, project management, procurement, manufacturing and quality assurance. Previously Andrew has designed numerous award winning clean-tech products from wind turbines to solar products. Andrew’s industrial experience is wide ranging; he has established wind turbine production facilities in Wales, written and implemented numerous manufacturing quality standards and established steel fabrication facilities in Ukraine for production of solar PV carports. Andrew is responsible for new product development, business operations and rollout of new technology.
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About Clear Water Revival: Clear Water Revival is a leading company in the design and construction of natural swimming pools and natural swimming ponds.
Michal Konicek
Director of AccuCities
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About AccuCities: 3D London & 3D City Models for Planning, Architecture, CGI, BIM, VR, Games, 3D Printing
Michael Pawlyn
Director of Exploration Architecture
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About Exploration Architecture: The London based company has been described as a pioneer of biomimicry and is best known for innovative schemes.
