my PhD working title is 'Richard Seifert and Partners: Commercial Architecture During the Post-War Compromise.' It examines the work of Britain's largest commercial architecture practice in the post-war period and the social, political and economic context for commercial architecture in the period from 1953-1984. Richard Seifert and Partners rose from obscure beginnings to prominence during the commercial property boom of the late 1950s and early 1960s. The practice originally concentrated on designing large office blocks in London, before expanding to design hotels, private hospitals, conference centres, town centre regeneration schemes, retail parks and travel infrastructure. At its height the practice boasted UK branch offices in Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester and Glasgow, as well as a subsidiary practice in Australia, and it undertook commissions around the world.It's best regarded buildings are Centre Point and Space House in London, and the Alpha Tower in Birmingham, all of which are Grade II listed buildings.

For three years from 2012 I worked as a heritage consultant for Atkins Global. My role largely involved completing heritage statements to support heritage consent applications, particularly applications for listed building consent, for a range of clients including the Royal Household, the Crown Estate and the City of London School for Girls. I also completed several Conservation Management Plans, including for the listed buildings comprising the Plymouth History Centre estate, on behalf of Plymouth City Council and for Brompton Cemetery, on behalf of The Royal Parks. I also completed several EIA's for large infrastructure schemes, including the Great Western Mainline Electrification, which necessitated working in the Bath World Heritage Site, and the Thames Tideway Tunnel DCO.

Currently I am also a voluntary assistant for the Buildings of Scotland, the Scottish counterpart to the Pevsner Guides, a role which has largely involved documentary research work.

During my time as a research assistant on the Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Architects project I worked to update the dictionary website with information on the careers of Scottish architects in the period from 1975.

From September 2010 I worked as a volunteer research assistant at RCHAMS. During this time I compiled an illustrated gazetteer of selected Scottish educational buildings. This will be included in an upcoming thematic study.