The Partners are delighted to announce the promotion of Associates, Steve Hodges and Sam Karr to positions as Associate Directors within the practice. Sam and Steve are both familiar faces to our clients and collaborators having worked in our team for over ten years.  Their promotions are timed to coincide with changes in the structure of the business as Andrew Haines moves to a consultant role and steps down from the board.

Andrew will continue to work with the practice where he has provided strong leadership for over 30 years, and designed and managed the delivery of many of our award winning projects across a range of sectors. His ongoing focus will be project management within the independent school sector.

Sam and  Steve’s promotions reflect their hard work and commitment to the business, and the Partner’s ongoing desire to deploy senior individuals to look after key client relationships in the coming years.

We are pleased to confirm the appointment of three new equity owning Partners to the practice’s board. Jon Moore, Alistair Brown and David Sercombe are familiar to many of our clients having been key members of the management team for the last few years. They join Andrew Foster and Andrew Haines in managing the practice with plans to strengthen commercial, residential and education teams.

In a related change to the company’s ownership, Nick James has stepped down as a director, taking up the role of consultant and advisor to the board.  Having worked for Robothams for 28 years, Nick has generated an enviable reputation in the commercial and residential sectors with strong design skills and expertise in planning. His new role will allow him to focus on business development and design leadership which will feed into the business’ wider strategy to attract more privately funded projects.

With a broad portfolio of projects in design or starting on site, 2017 looks like an exciting year for the practice.

We are really pleased to announce that from the 1^st November we have restructured our team. This has led to well-deserved promotions for a number of staff. In adapting to improving market conditions and growth in enquiries we have promoted Justin Metcalfe and Ravi Sambhi to Associates, Stephen Jackson, Chris Ballantine, Dawn Spicer and Alistair Brown to Associate Directors and Jon Moore and David Sercombe to Salaried Partners.

The restructure will allow continued career paths within the practice for this strong team and also create opportunities for all our staff to progress and develop at Robothams.

Ravi Sambhi, a familiar face to many of our clients, has been successful in her application for full membership of the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists. Her accreditation as MCIAT reflects her extensive experience and high levels of technical competence.

Joining Robothams in 2006 she has worked on our projects at City College Coventry, Sidney Stringer Academy, Diglis Water, Homewood Care Home and Abingdon & Witney College to name a few.

Above, images of a few projects Ravi has worked on whilst with Robothams.

To reflect an increasing work load and commissions on a number of exciting new projects,  we are currently seeking candidates to join us in the following roles:

• A qualified Architect with a minimum of 2 years post part 3 experience to work on a range of projects for prestigious education and residential clients.

• A Part 1 ‘Year Out’ Architectural Assistant to work on a range of further and higher education projects.

CVs should be emailed to architects@robothams.co.uk including examples of recent work for the attention of Andrew Foster.

Robothams Architects are an equal opportunities employer.

Strictly no agencies please.