Gary Young

Founder, Place 54 Architects

Gary has collaborated with Sir Terry Farrell for 40 years on award winning, mixed use developments including: Reusing existing buildings combined with new infill at Comyn Ching Triangle in Covent Garden listed by Historic England in 2016; Masterplans at Greenwich Peninsula, Earls Court, Norwich Riverside, Newcastle Quayside, Birmingham’s Brindley Place, Otterpool Park garden town, NW Bicester Eco Town and Cambourne garden village. Gary as director of Place 54 Architects has completed residential, retail and industrial masterplans including: business parks of 500,000m2 in UK and Germany and E commerce logistics masterplan at Al Maktoum Airport for Dubia South. Awards include: 1993 Europan 3 housing competition in Haarlem, Netherlands, completed in 2005, British Homes Awards Home of the Future and RIBA Tomorrows Garden City housing in Letchworth 2007, completed in 2012. Contributions to publications include: First European Passive Solar design handbook 1980, Teaching at Kent University 1990-2000, Market Garden City 2014.