Director - MA

A specialist consultant in mental health design, Christopher has 27 years’ experience in healthcare architecture. He enjoyed long involvement with the Medical Architecture Research Unit at the now London South Bank University prior to founding Medical Architecture (MA) in 1991 and has since driven the global growth of the company. A passionate advocate for evidence based design, significant elements of his day-today work involve the research and evaluation of health buildings in the UK and worldwide. A particular area of his expertise lies in strategic health planning to enable the enhancement of clinical outputs and the human experience of medical care. He sits on the Executive Panel for Architects for Health and was an elected member of the Architects Registration Council from 1992-1996. He is a professional advisor for projects in Denmark, Turkey, Australia and Canada and continues to speak at industry events and write on environments for mental health and acute hospital care.