Tara Gbolade is a Mayor’s Design Advocate and co-director of award-winning Gbolade Design Studio – an architecture practice specialising in residential and mixed-use developments for public and private sector clients through insight-led place-making. She sits on a few Design Review Panels across London where she advises the council on major planning applications.

With an expertise in sustainable design, Tara has led public-sector sustainability guidance. Setting the ambition and standards for Environmental & Socio-Economic sustainability and ensuring that high quality sustainable design is embedded within new developments, and, in the regeneration of existing communities.