Christopher Blust Email & Phone Number

Chris provides 14+ years’ experience. As a design director he contributes a broad strategic expertise from across AKT II’s global portfolio: from the unprecedented restoration at Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings, and the forthcoming retrofit of London’s New Zealand House, to the iconic new Zayed National Museum in Abu Dhabi.In western England, Chris has overseen the transformative heritage regeneration at Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings: the world’s first iron-framed building. He’s also now similarly leading the reconstruction of several adjoined plots at London’s Cambridge House to become a unified luxury hotel. Across these varied contexts he’s been championing the reuse of each site’s existing structure – applying a ‘first principles’ approach – to help drive a unified AEC response to the climate crisis.In London, Chris’ experience with new-build towers then includes his associate-level work on the mixed-use One Crown Place development in Hackney, as well as the cylindrical One Park Drive tower in Wood Wharf. He notably also offers a complementary expertise from the more experimental scale, having previously led our engineering teams on the curving Duke of York pavilion in Chelsea as well as on the biophilic Maggie’s Yorkshire pavilion in Leeds.And internationally, Chris is now overseeing the landmark new Ismaili Centre in Houston, having also worked on the Zayed National Museum in Abu Dhabi as well as the new Central Bank of Iraq in Baghdad. He previously practised in Canada, with a focus on renewable-energy and infrastructural schemes; he’s licensed and chartered in both Ontario and the UK respectively.

Listed skills include Structural Engineering, Civil Engineering, Engineering, Construction, and 17 others.