New design review panel members for CABE

Twenty new experts are joining two of CABE’s design review panels. Sixteen will join the national design review panel, and four are joining the schools design panel. They begin their three year terms in February 2009.

The new members on the national design review panel, replacing members at the end of their term, are:

• Alison Brooks – architect and founder of London-based Alison Brooks Architects
• Annie Coombs – a chartered landscape architect and independent consultant
• Catherine Burd – architect and partner of Burd Haward Architects
• David Hills – one of the founding directors of the architectural studio DSDHA
• Gerard Maccreanor – director at Maccreanor Lavington
• Gillian Horn – partner at Penoyre & Prasad
• John Pardey – architect and director at John Pardey Architects
• Jonathan Ward – associate director at Arup in the Building Sustainability team
• Keith Williams – design director at Keith Williams Architects
• Marcus Lee – co-founder of FLACQ Architects
• Paul Appleton – partner at Allies and Morrison
• Simon Hudspith – partner at Panter Hudspith Architects
• Stephen Hodder – founder of Hodder Associates
• Tim Ronalds – founding director of Tim Ronalds Architects
• Tony Edwards – architect, landscape architect and director of PLACE
• Peter Clash – architect and director of Clash Associates

The new members on the schools design panel are:

• Neil Davidson – partner at J&L Gibbons
• Michál Cohen – architect and founding director of Walters and Cohen
• Katy Staton – director at Farrer Huxley Associates
• Noel Farrer – director of Farrer Huxley Associates

Commenting on the appointments, Diane Haigh, director of architecture and design review at CABE, said:

“I am delighted to have been able to appoint such a distinguished group of new members to CABE’s design review panels. Between them they bring a vast range of experience and understanding to the scrutiny of the design proposals that come to CABE. We will also be working with them to ensure that good design standards are not compromised during the economic downturn, so that we do not build a generation of buildings that are later regretted.”

Notes to editors

• CABE is the government’s advisor on architecture, urban design and public space. As a public body, we encourage policymakers to create places that work for people. We help local planners apply national design policy and offer expert advice to developers and architects. We show public sector clients how to commission buildings that meet the needs of their users. And we seek to inspire the public to demand more from their buildings and spaces. Advising, influencing and inspiring, we work to create well-designed, welcoming places. www.cabe.org.uk
• Read more about design review panel members