I stepped down from the Board of Directors in April 2015 and took up a Consultancy with the practice, which is now led by new MD Chris Austin.My architectural career has largely been in the residential sector, designing and project managing numerous schemes involving general needs, older persons and extra care, direct access hotels, student housing and accessible housing. My other specialisms include listed building renovations, business enterprise, community projects and health centres. Projects include extra care and dementia care housing at Fernbank Drive, Bingley, new housing at Hendford Drive, Bradford, Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre, two new health centres for Bradford LIFT and student housing at Haxby Road, York.

With thirty-five years post qualification experience, I founded Brewster Bye Architects with partner David Bye in 1993. In over 20 years I drove the company from a start-up business to the multi award-winning firm it is today, now recognised as one of the leading practices in West Yorkshire,