I am passionate about positive change through our built environment, whether it is in a local community, on a difficult site, or in a carefully designed bespoke home. I am educated in Norway and Japan, and have worked on everything from large infrastructure schemes to log cabins. My clients and collaborators call me a clear headed optimist; I always find a way to inject some unexpected colour or texture, a bit more joy, into a project.The right architect should help translate your vision and allow you to be an active participant in the process. Whether it’s a new construction or a renovation, a housing project, a school or a cultural centre, we partner with you to create spaces that will work for you and for everyone, now and in the future. At Collective Works, we approach architecture as a collaborative endeavour and a force for good. Together with my fellow directors, Alasdair Ben Dixon and Khuzema Hussain, we combine decades of experience in the hospitality, educational, community, housing and cultural sectors. We all bring something valuable to the process – and in my case it is my positive mindset which seems to push the nuts and bolts of architecture beyond the ordinary. Here’s how our clients speak about the experience of working with us at Collective Works:‘I was struck by the quality of work provided by Collective Works: their capacity to listen and fully understand the design brief, their rigour, excellent communication, and explicit ethos, all of which ensured absolute quality in all that they do.’Ben Hasan, Wentworth Nursery School‘Crucially the project became as personal to them as it did me, and the results speak for themselves. I would have no hesitation in recommending this extremely innovative and energetic partnership.’Matt Kemp, The Cookery School.We get excited by the potential of beautiful and responsible architecture, and we want everyone that comes across our work to feel just the same.sz@collectiveworks.net+447733166059