Since joining alma-nac in 2017, Adam has been involved in a wide range of projects across all work stages. He has delivered a number of bespoke residential schemes from concept to completion and is currently Project Architect on a Net Zero Carbon school for Dulwich College in London.

Based on his recent experience of designing to achieve net zero, Adam has become a sustainability champion within the practice and drives alma-nac’s Environmental Strategies across projects. In his role as Associate, He is also responsible for implementing the practices digital workflows, design standards and overseeing implementation of the practice’s BIM strategy.

Adam studied at Greenwich and the Bartlett school of architecture. His previous experience encompasses a variety of scales and sectors from a new Crossrail station at Bond Street to high street regeneration schemes in Waltham Forest and Southwark.

Chris is a founding director of alma-nac. He leads the practice’s approach to participatory design and research with a particular interest in low carbon and retrofit solutions. Prior to alma-nac, Chris worked at Arup Associates and Make. Along with his fellow directors he was guest editor for Architectural Design – New Modes: Redefining Practice (Wiley, 2018)

Chris is also a visiting Lecturer at the University of Westminster, a member of the RIBA validation board and is a Blueprint for All mentor.

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Iga is a Part 2 Architectural Assistant. Her work and interest focuses on participatory design as she believes architecture must be community driven in order to achieve broad social impact and allow people to build agency over their own environments.

At alma-nac Iga worked on the delivery of a stress-free pet clinic in Hoxton. Currently she is a member of the Design for All team supporting communities in getting their projects off the ground by providing free design expertise.

In her spare time, Iga is a producer of the architecture TV show, bringing uninhibited interviews with architects to a wider public.

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Jasmine joined alma-nac in 2024 after graduating with a First-Class degree in Architecture from the University of Edinburgh. Before that, she gained experience at BIG, working on projects of various scales.

Jasmine's design approach places people at the forefront by exploring how spaces within and between buildings are experienced. She is also passionate about sustainable design and new building technologies, and her university projects have twice won the ESALA Technology Prize.

Outside of work, Jasmine enjoys exploring cities on foot, discovering unique architecture, and observing how people interact with the built environment.

Jenny is Practice Manager at alma-nac and has been with us since 2019. She manages finance and HR matters as well as the website amongst other things. She has worked in practice management since 2008; working while studying her Part I part-time.

Jenny is part of architecture’s HR Network and the Arch Race Forum. She is currently studying for an Associate CIPD qualification.

Outside of architecture, Jenny gets out her sewing machine and makes garments (avoiding neutrals at all costs).

Oli joined alma-nac in 2023, after completing his masters from the University of Bath. He has previously worked at Stonewood Design having graduated from Oxford Brookes University.

Oli has worked on projects across a variety of scales and budgets, from bespoke private dwellings to multiple museum buildings. He completed his thesis project researching methods for incorporating social value into the architectural design process; designing a community library and theatre hub in Nottingham.

Oli has a keen eye for design and is currently working on a new residential development in London.

Phil joined alma-nac in 2024, bringing a wealth of experience across projects of varying scales and typologies. Phil has delivered education buildings with a focus on environments for SEND students and residential buildings with national housebuilders and bespoke developers amongst many others.

Alongside his architectural role, Phil assists in driving business development within the practice, attracting new clients and researching growth opportunities. Phil also has a keen interest in BIM and digital workflows and their ability to increase efficiency and improve output.

Phil’s more unusual projects include converting a double decker bus into a school library and designing several doggy day care centres.

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Rachel joined alma-nac after completing her MArch at the University of Bath where her masterplan project was nominated for the AJ Student Prize. The masterplan proposed to rewild Cardiff, opening the city to the wildlife of the Severn Estuary. She is currently studying for her part III qualification.

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Rachel is working on delivering Barking Energy Centre and a narrow house in Dublin. She enjoys organising our social activities, such as the highly contested office bake-off. Outside of the office you'll find her producing lino prints, illustrations and exploring London by bike.

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Thulani joined alma-nac in 2024 after graduating from the University of Sheffield, where her interests within architecture centred around environmentally and socially concious design. This was at the forefront of her final project, a Retrofit Food bank and Brass Band performance centre in Barnsley with a particular focus on refugees. The aim of which was to destigmatise food poverty as well as uniting diverse communities with a domestic and vibrant civic space that celebrates locality.

Thulani was also a member of the Sheffield Community Land Trust, working with Studio Polpo to create stop motion films and 2D animations to help democratise and spread information freely within the public realm.

As a founding director of alma-nac Tristan has been instrumental in the formation of the practice. Tristan studied at the University of Sheffield and The Bartlett UCL where he developed a keen interest in collaborative design processes and community engagement. This interest has been maintained in architectural practice alongside a keen interest in sustainability and how high quality design can help create robust long term solutions.

Tristan is currently leading the delivery of a net zero school building for Dulwich College. Larger scale education projects such as this are complimented by work on a series of one off houses and retrofit projects. He enjoys working closely with clients and end users and feels their active engagement is a critical part of the design process.

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