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Elizabeth Smith, Chairman
How can we protect historic properties from the threats of climate change, especially considering the impact of increased rainfall and flooding events.
Nicholas de Klerk, Head of Hotels
Five minutes with our Head of Hotels, Nicholas de Klerk.
Minley Manor, a French Gothic-style house in Hampshire, demonstrates how heritage and development can be balanced.
To celebrate Yorkshire Day 2025, Purcell’s York studio team revisit some of the remarkable buildings in the historic county of Yorkshire they’ve had the privilege of working on.
We are excited to share our new website. Our Chairman, Elizabeth Smith, explains how its design and new visual identity is founded on our practice values.
Tracey Skovronek, Managing Director
As an employee-owned practice, we value the rich knowledge across our practice and diverse projects, clients and communities we work in.
Tom Brigden, Partner at Purcell, explores how our historic built environment holds untapped potential to deliver economic, social, and environmental value.
Owen Plummer, Associate Partner
Several Purcell projects have been directly affected by the climate emergency. As a global team of heritage custodians and conservation experts, we feel the need to respond and take responsibility towards the growing impact that climate change is having on our industrial heritage.
This year has seen Purcell’s Cultural Sector team attend the International Museums Construction Congress for the first time. Purcell Chairman and Cultural Sector Lead Liz Smith, and Edinburgh Studio Lead Lorna Crane attended the congress, held in venues across the beautiful World Heritage Site of Edinburgh.
Reflecting on Purcell's place in architecture following our RIBA Stirling Prize shortlisting.
Kit Stiby Harris, Senior Architect
Purcell's 2024 Design Programme focussed on timber, from its cultivation as a material to methods of joinery. In the first such collaboration, the school was hosted this year at Hooke Park, the Dorset woodland campus of the Architectural Association.
Brittany Elliott, our Sydney studio architectural graduate, shares her experiences at The Longford Academy; a seven-day, hands-on building conservation course.
Lucy Burke-Smith, Partner
Asia Pacific Associate Partner and Trustee Director Lucy Burke-Smith reflects on a day of concrete conservation with international colleagues at West Dean College.
Purcell will formally launch their publication, which sets out guidance specifically focusing on RAAC (Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete) in Listed Buildings at an event at the Houses of Parliament next week.
The fire at Copenhagen’s historic stock exchange is a reminder that we need to value traditional building skills as much as the buildings themselves, writes Liz Smith for Building Design magazine.
Jonathan Deeming, Regional Partner
Purcell Partner, Jo Deeming, explores how to turn a restoration challenge into funding opportunities that can enhance, rather than diminish the public experience.
