Bonnie Priscilla Horsman
Chief Dogument Controller
BA(rk)
Bonnie has worked on a variety of dog houses in her time. She is particularly interested in the comfort and wellbeing of all dogs, using a range of design techniques and she achieves this by taking multiple decision-making naps a day.
She is currently working on a very big bone she found in the park.
When she’s not in her bed, you’ll find her lurking near colleagues, assessing their work and hoping for food to miraculously fall into her path.
Bonnie is a valued member of the team, contributing to the studio’s culture with her calm presence and unwavering loyalty (to anyone with food). Her other roles in the office include Wellness Officer - making sure everyone gets enough fresh air with regular walks and demonstrating the importance of chasing squirrels on the regular.
Sophie Ryder
Architect
BA(Hons) | MArch | PGDip
During her time at CZWG, Sophie has worked across residential-led and mixed-use projects from early design and planning through to technical delivery and construction. Her experience spans large-scale regeneration, social housing, waterfront developments and complex urban sites, with strengths in design coordination, BIM and the development of projects through planning and delivery stages. Most recently, she played a key role in Deptford Reach, an 800-home cross-borough regeneration scheme in Deptford, where she led the design and coordination of three residential buildings, including an 11-storey social housing block and two private sale towers, alongside contributing to stakeholder engagement and the planning submission.
Her work combines design development with a strong understanding of technical delivery. At Sydenham Hill, a 110-home social rent development, Sophie worked across Stages 4–6 and acted as BIM Lead, coordinating architectural and consultant information through construction and gaining experience of detailing, site delivery and complex technical issues. Her earlier work on East Riverside, Poplar also gave her significant experience of developing large-scale residential and mixed-use proposals through planning.
Sophie has a particular interest in sustainable design, material reuse and the circular economy, and how these principles can be embedded within architectural practice. At CZWG, she has contributed to sustainability initiatives and developed guidance around embodied carbon workflows and the use of digital tools to support informed design decisions.
Sophie qualified as an Architect through the University of Westminster, having completed her undergraduate degree with Honours and her Master of Architecture with Distinction at the University of Kent. During her studies, she was awarded the Technology Prize and nominated for the RIBA President’s Medals Silver Medal for research exploring the application of circular economy principles within architectural design.
Piers Gough
Founder
CBE | RIBA | FRIAS | AADip | RA | D. University of Middlesex | Hon. Fellow Queen Mary University London
Piers established CZWG with his partners in 1975. He is widely recognised as an architect, writer and leader in the profession and has designed many acclaimed buildings and masterplans. He was a founding member of the pioneering London Docklands Development Corporation’s Urban Panel and then became involved with English Heritage for 12 years; first as a member of the London Advisory Committee and the Urban Panel, latterly as a Commissioner. He then became a Commissioner of CABE having been a member and chair of their Design Review and Urban Panels. In 2013 he first became a member of the Planning Decisions Committee of the London Legacy Development Corporation.
Piers’ principal buildings include China Wharf, The Circle, Westferry Studios and Wharf in London’s Docklands; Bankside Lofts and Bankside Studios in Southwark, The Glass Building in Camden; Westbourne Grove public lavatories and flower kiosk in Notting Hill; new galleries at the National Portrait Gallery; Steedman Street at Elephant & Castle and the Bling Bling building in Liverpool as part of the Liverpool One masterplan. Recent acclaimed public buildings are a new public library and cultural space at Canada Water in Rotherhithe and a Maggie’s Cancer Care Centre in Nottingham.
Piers’ notable masterplans include the Crown Street Regeneration masterplan for the Gorbals in Glasgow, the latter having won universal acclaim as an exemplar of inner city regeneration. More recently, the Brewery Square redevelopment in central Dorchester encompassing the listed buildings of the Eldridge Pope site; the Arsenal Stadium masterplan in Highbury and Berkeley Home’s award winning Kidbrooke Village regeneration scheme in Greenwich.
Piers was appointed a CBE for services to architecture in the 1998 Queen’s Birthday Honour List. He was elected a Royal Academician in 2002 and Professor of Architecture of the Royal Academy School in April 2013. He has been a Trustee of Trinity Buoy Wharf since its charitable inception. He has been appointed an Honorary Fellow of both the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland and the Royal Institute of Architects in Ireland.
Piers spoke to Pamela Buxton for a RIBA Journal Hindsight Profile.
Richard Buckley
Associate (Information Technology)
Richard has worked at the intersection of architecture and technology throughout his career, with a broad role at CZWG encompassing IT and BIM management, 3D visualisation and project support. Having joined the practice in 2004, he was made an Associate in 2024, recognising the breadth of his contribution across both practice-wide systems and project work.
He began his career with GMW Architects in 1986, training as an Architectural Technician before moving into the emerging field of CAD and IT. Working with some of the earliest architectural CAD systems, he went on to become a CAD Manager and provide technical support across a range of major commercial office and airport projects, including Atatürk Airport in Istanbul and the Pier 4 development at Gatwick Airport. He later developed a particular interest in architectural visualisation, working as a 3D visualiser before joining CZWG.
At CZWG, Richard combines responsibility for the practice’s IT and BIM systems with 3D visualisation and direct involvement in project teams, particularly during the design and planning stages. His role spans both practice-wide systems and project work, giving him a detailed understanding of how technology can support architectural workflows from early design development through to planning.
Richard has a keen interest in emerging technologies and their practical application within architectural practice. He is actively exploring the use of AI across 3D visualisation, creative workflows and IT management, with a particular interest in how new tools can improve efficiency, communication and the way project teams work.
David Donachie
Director (Delivery)
BA(Hons) | PG DipArch | RIBA
David is a Director and part of CZWG's core management team, focusing on quality management and technical delivery. He has worked on numerous construction stage projects for residential, commercial and mixed-used developments and understands the importance of programme and package delivery as well as having technical expertise in construction methods, specification and detailing.
He has most recently been managing a number of projects both pre-construction and on-site. These include 99 social rent apartments and 11 houses at Sydenham Hill with Lovell London, Chapel Place in Ilford on behalf of Telford homes, Colindale Gardens for Redrow Homes, a 130 home scheme in Tottenham Hale for United Living and Argent, and 16 buildings (four retained and two listed) on the Jewellery Quarter development in Birmingham for Galliard.
David's recently completed projects include overseeing the construction of the award winning Islington Square, the £370m mixed-use development that sits behind the retained facade of the former Edwardian North London Royal Mail Sorting Office, Islington. David also led the delivery of Queensland Terrace and QN7, a residential-led regeneration development and the last piece of the Arsenal ‘On the Move’ residential masterplan, and was subsequently invited by the client to deliver Wembley Park Gate, 211 new homes adjacent the stadium in the London Borough of Brent. David was also Project Architect for the Miller Building, a £7 million 5,100m² office building in Edinburgh, Queen Elizabeth Square, a £12 million housing development in Glasgow, and the striking ‘Bling Bling’ office and retail building in Liverpool City Centre.
David's strengths lie in his technical knowledge, detailed design and delivery experience, and the open and reliable approach to communicating with clients and contractors. He also takes a leading role in the practice’s approach to our internal knowledge transfer on projects post-completion. David studied architecture at South Bank University and the University of Westminster.
Conor Breslin
Architect
BArch (Hons) | RIBA
Conor’s experience reflects the diversity of projects, across scales, contexts, uses, and stages, in which CZWG have been involved since he joined in 2022.
He played an instrumental role in the redesign of the Leegate Centre in Lewisham, a London Square development comprising 620 homes and 2,785m² of commercial space which, following an intensive pre-application process, secured Section 73 planning approval. The scheme rigorously reworked an extant consent to meet to the latest fire regulations while also strengthening the project’s viability, giving Conor invaluable experience of the design requirements for higher-risk buildings at planning stage. More recently, Conor has led the design development for the adjacent Leegate garages site, a new scheme of five townhouses which completes London Square’s Leegate Centre masterplan.
Prior to this, he played a key role in the design of Northstowe Community Centre, an exemplary sustainable civic building shaped by meaningful community engagement. As BIM lead on this project, Conor exemplified CZWG’s Revit capabilities both in aiding the spatial coordination of the design within the consultant team, and in the production of visualisations and walkthroughs to help maximise client and stakeholder input throughout the design process.
Conor is particularly interested in architecture’s inherent sociability, in how inventive pragmatism can result in generous, community-making spaces. He worked as an architectural assistant in Melbourne, Australia, before completing his Bachelor of Architecture (Part II equivalent) at Technological University Dublin and has since gained his Part III accreditation from the Architectural Association.
Eion Curtis
Director (BIM, Technology and Quality Assurance)
BA(Hons) | DipArch | RIBA
Eion is a director in CZWG's core management team, focussing on BIM, technology and quality assurance. Eion leads the strategic implementation of BIM and Revit, advanced visualization and Virtual Reality technologies across the practice, a role that involves managing staff training as well as routinely assessing new technologies.
Eion brings a comprehensive knowledge of quality assurance and project delivery systems from his experience working on large scale schemes across a wide range of sectors. He has spearheaded several practice-wide initiatives to set standards and internal working processes. He also has an instrumental role in maintaining and improving our quality systems, managing project set-up and delivery, and ensuring consistency of technical content across the practice.
Eion has a broad range of experience, both in project size and type, and in the range and depth of project responsibility. Most recently, Eion led currently overseeing the feasibility, planning and detailed design packages for Free Wharf, a residential-led mixed-use waterfront scheme in Shoreham-by-Sea. The use of BIM technology early during the design process was key to communicating the vision for this project with planning officers, local councillors and the wider public.
Eion studied architecture at South Bank University and Greenwich University.
Luigi Beltrandi
Consultant
AADip | RIBA
Luigi has a passion for urban regeneration. He has considerable expertise in masterplanning and residential developments of all scales, including the regeneration of a large derelict canal-side area in Smethwick, Birmingham and design proposals for the 52,000m² Barnsley Market in Yorkshire. Luigi led CZWG’s revision of the strategic masterplan for a 7ha site for Berkeley Homes’ acclaimed Kidbrooke Village regeneration scheme in Greenwich, securing hybrid planning permission for 1,260 homes on the site known as the ‘Meridian Gate’ masterplan. Following the successful delivery of 375 homes, Luigi has led revised planning applications for 1,645 homes on the masterplan site and continues to work on behalf of Berkeley Homes to maintain the design and quality standards throughout the ongoing construction programme.
Luigi's principle buildings include Bankside Lofts, a seven storey building in Bankside adjacent the Tate Modern, the award-winning Alfred Court residential building on Fortune Green Road in Hampstead, Rose Joan Mews, comprising 10 courtyard houses in West Hampstead, ‘Randall Court’, a 5-storey development formed of 8 homes in Elephant & Castle, Southwark and The Stones private house in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in Greatstone on Sea, short-listed for the Manser Medal, AJ House of the Year Award.
Luigi is no longer a director at CZWG, but remains involved with a number of clients and the commercial management of the practice. He studied architecture at the Architectural Association in London.
Alexandra Horsman
Senior Architect
BArch(Hons) | MArch | DipArch | RIBA
Alexandra has worked across a wide range of large-scale construction and planning projects, bringing a strong combination of design capability, technical expertise and delivery experience to the practice.
She is currently leading the Stage 4–6 delivery of Sydenham Hill, a social-rent housing scheme comprising apartments and terraced homes, now approaching completion. This role has continued to strengthen her technical coordination skills and has further expanded her evolving Stage 4 design and construction knowledge, particularly in detailing, specification writing, compliance, and collaboration with contractors on site.
Alexandra has worked on a broad range of residential and public-use projects, including Islington Square—the major mixed-use conversion and new-build scheme—and the design and planning submission for Canfield Place, a row of eight mews houses on a constrained site adjacent to a railway in Camden. She contributed to the delivery of two large mixed-residential schemes: Colindale Gardens on behalf of Redrow Homes, and the Jewellery Quarter redevelopment with Galliard and Apsley, where she was responsible for coordinating works involving two Listed buildings and two retained structures.
Alongside her project experience, Alexandra continues to expand her technical capabilities across BIM coordination, detailed drawing packages, construction sequencing, and sustainable material integration. She is committed to continuously developing her technical knowledge to support high-quality, buildable, and future-focused design.
Alexandra completed a BTEC National Diploma in 3D Design at North West Kent College before gaining her Bachelor of Architecture with Honours from Oxford Brookes University and her Master of Architecture and DipArch from the University of Westminster.
Kevin Wang
Associate
BAS | BArch (Hons) | MArch
During his time at CZWG, Kevin has delivered residential-led and mixed-use regeneration projects across a range of scales, from community-focused developments to multi-site masterplans. He worked with South Cambridgeshire District Council to develop the brief for its new community centre at Northstowe; coordinated the 2,000-unit hybrid Crossharbour project incorporating a new District Centre; led an 800-unit cross-borough regeneration proposal in Deptford; and delivered the residential component of the multi-site stadium masterplan at Southend.
His work brings together placemaking, public realm and meaningful engagement to create distinctive places that respond to local character and contribute positively to their wider context. He seeks to combine design quality with social value, creating places that are responsive to the people who use them and contribute positively to the communities in which they sit.
Kevin brings varied architectural perspectives shaped by his experience in New Zealand, Taiwan and the United States, and is passionate about exploring the role of diverse voices within architecture and the impact of the built environment on the wider public. At CZWG, he contributes to the practice’s sustainability and social value initiatives, alongside public engagement activities including LFA events and managing student mentoring programmes.
He graduated with First Class Honours in Architecture from the University of Auckland, completed an MArch with Distinction at Oxford Brookes University, and undertook his Part 3 professional practice at the Architectural Association.
Sanjiv Gohil
Director
BA(Hons) | DipArch | RIBA
Sanjiv is passionate about ‘getting under the skin’ of our clients - to truly understand what added value means for their aspirations and business models, and in doing so creating the kind of trusted relationships that last beyond the life of any single building and, in some cases, decades.
He has led several major projects from the early stages of feasibility studies and the planning process through to completion, and has built up particular expertise in high density residential-led developments. His principal schemes include Cascades (Grade II listed in 2018); Millennium Harbour on the Isle of Dogs; and the Cornell and Dryden buildings of the landmark ‘Aldgate Triangle’ in Whitechapel. Sanjiv has also led a series of refurbishments and new buildings in Clerkenwell and Soho, Fulham Island and Southwark and has overseen the multi-phased, ten-year delivery of the 4-hectare Brewery Square regeneration masterplan in Dorchester.
Sanjiv studied architecture at Kingston University.
Adam West
Director
BSc(Hons) | DipArch | RIBA
Adam has a particular interest in the environment and sustainability. He is committed to providing high calibre architecture and thrives on resolving the ambitions of the client with the complexities of sustainable development and a given site. Adam is a director in the core management team focusing on design and leading CZWG’s response to the Climate and Biodiversity Emergency.
Throughout his career at CZWG, Adam has been involved in the design and running of many of the studio’s major projects for a range of clients from housing associations to major developers and individual entrepreneurs. He was in charge of the initial Arsenal Football Club developments totalling over 1,600 residential units and 34,000m² of mixed-use commercial accommodation. He was responsible for the highly successful implementation of VizioN7, 487 homes and 6340m² commercial, within the masterplan.
Adam designed and led CZWG’s delivery of Aurelia Rathbone Market, the pivotal 165-unit second phase of a flagship mixed-use development in Canning Town, Newham for English Cities Fund and, at the heart of Southampton’s Cultural Quarter, the Studio 144 commercial, residential and arts complex. Working for Redrow, he secured planning permission for 200 homes at Barton Park, Oxford, a new garden city suburb and Healthy New Town created by Grosvenor and Oxford City Council. Adam oversaw CZWG’s design and delivery of Oaklands, over 240 affordable and 360 PRS homes for Notting Hill Genesis / QPR FC, the first major development to be approved by the Old Oak and Park Royal Development Corporation (OPDC). Other projects include a residential /industrial co-location development in Hackney, a new railway station and residential development in the London Borough of Merton and residential and student housing proposals in the London Boroughs of Camden and Tower Hamlets. A s73 application successfully rationalised a mixed-use scheme and added >10% (59) new homes in Lewisham for London Square. Adam designed the highly sustainable community centre for the new town of Northstowe, Cambridgeshire, which is now complete and winning awards.
Adam joined CZWG in 1995. He studied architecture at Bath University and gained Part II and Part III qualifications with Distinction at the University of Westminster.
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