Practice

Lorna Griffiths

Managing Director

Lorna’s degree was awarded by Leeds Metropolitan University in 1992 – After nearly 30 years of working at Taylor Design, Lorna took over the business in 2021. Her hands on approach, ‘never say never’ positivity and motivation continues to be a strong driving force to Taylor Design.

Adam Dolby DipArch

Director

Adam has contributed in excess of 20 years’ service with Taylor Design – so he’s another member of the team with an outstanding breadth and depth of experience working with premium motor manufacturers. A graduate of Sheffield University, he began his career in the healthcare and food processing sectors, and now his design-led strategy drives many of our brand identity implementation projects.

Lee Harper BArch BArch(Hons)

Associate Director

Lee has worked his way through the ranks after joining the Practice as an Architectural Assistant following his graduation from the Manchester School of Architecture in 2002 – taking further professional exams as well as gaining an extensive understanding of how creative design solutions can deliver efficient motor trade facilities.

Jonathan Ravenscroft BA (Hons) MArch

Associate

Jonathan graduated in Architecture from the University of Sheffield. He has experience in the distribution, health and commercial sectors as well as over 10 years’ experience with Taylor Design Architects where he qualified as an architect and has moved up the ranks to Associate level. He is proficient in BIM and enjoys the challenges running a project on site brings.

Oliver Veitch-Smith BA (Hons) BArch (Dist) MA (Dist)

Associate

Oliver has over 15 years of construction industry experience within the commercial and healthcare sectors. He enjoys working with his clients to ensure quality at every stage of the design process. Oliver joined Taylor Design in 2016 and studied at the Manchester School of Architecture. Since joining Oliver has been promoted to Associate.

Martin Blakeley BA (Hons) Arch, Dip Arch, RIBA

Architect

There’s no substitute for experience; and Martin has been with Taylor Design for over 25 years after graduating from Manchester Polytechnic School of Architecture. He brings a technically-minded approach to resolving details in every project with his in depth knowledge of the construction process.

Alia Paschali BA(Hons) MArch

Senior Architect

Alia uses all her excellent client liaison skills as she oversees projects end-to-end, through every work stage. She is another member of our team who joined Taylor Design after graduating, then continued her studies – earning the title of ‘Architect’ whilst she was working with us.

Francesca Turcato

Architect

We’re happy to say we’ve had a worldwide search for the best architectural talent; and Francesca joins us afer graduating from IUAV Architectural University of Venice. She has experience working on prestigious multi-million pound residential projects which have given her the skills needed to tackle some of the practice’s most important and high-profile central London projects.

Paul Medley BA (Hons) BArch

Architect BA (Hons) MArch

Paul is another of our team who has a background from Liverpool John Moores. After leaving university, he first made his mark in a London practice – focusing on prestigious residential and education projects; and it’s here that he built up his strong technical knowledge which he combines with precise and highly detailed design skills.

Ian Chesworth

Architect

Ian graduated from Liverpool John Moores University in 2006 and prior to joining Talyor Design gained experience in various sectors, particularly residential design including multi-million-pound retirement living and extra-care developments where his design-led approach resulted has resulted in award-nominated schemes.

Charlotte Stone BA(Hons) MArch

Architect

After qualifying with a Masters’ at Manchester School of Architecture, Charlotte re-joined the practice to continue her studies for the Part 3 qualification. While at MSA she focused her studies on retrofitting historic buildings and focused her dissertation on wellbeing and the built environment.
Charlotte completed her Part 1 at Taylor Design in 2019 gaining experience in the automotive projects and now continues to work with multiple clients including the Al Mulla group in Kuwait and enjoys taking projects through to construction.

Stephen Koehler

Stephen’s been with Taylor Design for thirty years now, since graduating from the Manchester College of Building. In that time he has used his technical ability to prepare thousands of drawing packages for the practice. We’re lucky to be able to call upon the skills of one of the most experienced guys in the business.

Ryan O’Reilly BSc (Hons)

Sean Williamson BA (Hons)

Sean brings our architect’s vision to life with his beautifully realised 3D visualisations, animations and technical illustrations. He graduated from Blackpool & The Fylde College in 2003 with a degree in Technical & Information Illustration, however he still keeps right up to date with the newest, most innovative developments in VR and visualisation which complement his photography skills.

Katherine Baker BA (Hons)

Interior Designer

A passion for design and its commercial potential led to Katherine gaining her degree from Nottingham Trent University in Interior Architecture/Design. Since joining Taylor Design in 2013, Katherine’s outstanding career achievement continuous to be the implementation of the Bentley CI across the brand’s global portfolio. She thrives on interior design focused projects and opportunity to collaborate with our Retailer groups on their brand developments.

Vikki Halsey BA (Hons)

We certainly appreciate that it takes the patience of a saint to calmly organise so many architects busy with so many projects; which is possibly where Vikki’s degree in Religious Studies comes in so useful. Working together Kimberley, Vikki helps to keep everything running smoothly. Vikki has also led the company to acquiring ISO 9001 and 14001 accreditations in quality and environmental management.