James studied architecture at Kingston School of Art and South Bank University, graduating in 2003 with a distinction.

At Dow Jones James worked on a diverse range of projects from private houses, exhibition and gallery design including work for Tate Britain and the V&A to strategic design reports for the Greater London Authority and various London Boroughs. Most notably James led the first phase of the redevelopment of the Garden Museum in Lambeth which won a Civic Trust Award in and was shortlisted for an RIBA Award in 2009.

James has taught undergraduate and post-graduate architecture at a number of universities in the UK and Ireland, is currently a visiting critic at schools of architecture in London, the South West and Wales and is a member of the South Somerset and Taunton Design Review Panel.

Tim is a highly experienced architect with over 15 years of experience working across a range of projects including housing and mixed use projects, cultural and education buildings, often working in historic and complex settings. Tim has a strong interest in retrofit and reuse of existing buildings, and this is complimented by an expertise in integrating contemporary buildings within the historic environment.

Tim has delivered projects across a range of sectors and scales, notably a major development of the Grade II* Listed Great Hall and Library at The Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn which refurbished the historic building and provided new education, library and office space. Tim has a wide breadth of residential experience, leading on estate regeneration and the development of new residential communities in often challenging urban environments.

In tandem with practice Tim is an external visiting critic at The University of Bath.

She studied architecture at the University of Bath, Technische Universiteit Delft in the Netherlands and the University of Westminster.

Isabella was previously an associate at Maccreanor Lavington Architects, and has a background in the education sector, large-scale masterplans and strategic housing projects including the practice’s award winning buildings at Kings Cross and the first council housing built in Barking and Dagenham for 25 years. She led the design of the new Kingsgate Infant School for the London Borough of Camden, the completed school won a RIBA London Award and a RIBA National Award in 2018.

Isabella teaches design studio at the University of Bath and is a member of the London Borough of Merton and Design West Design Review Panels.