Jonathan is a qualified Architect, Urbanist and Town Planner with experience across a wide range of sectors and building typologies. Having worked at MMU since 2017 in both BA1 and BA2 studios as an Associate Lecturer, Jonathan now also teaches on the Masters in Architecture and Urbanism course and is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Jonathan’s research focus centres around community engagement and raising design quality. He has received RTPI Excellence Awards for his residential design guides and neighbourhood plans across Yorkshire and the Humber and has recently worked with the RIBA as part of the Future Places initiative to develop a targeted community engagement strategy for Bradford, shaping the future of the city centre.
Jonathan recently worked in a medium sized practice in Sheffield as an Associate with a focus on residential design and master planning, healthcare refurbishment and commercial redevelopment. He also facilitated a number of community-led housing schemes in East Yorkshire. In previous roles Jonathan gained an expertise in higher education buildings, transport interchanges and energy from waste facilities. He also acted as Yorkshire Design Review Panel Manager and has acted as a Building For Life Assessor on a number of high profile schemes.
Jonathan has recently started a role at Sheffield City Council in the City Futures team.
Teaching
Jonathan has taught at a number of Schools of Architecture across the country. He created and led a Y5 Part 2 unit at the University of Nottingham entitled ‘Urban Manufacturing’ and taught in Year 2 at University of Nottingham on the Zero Carbon Housing project. He has also acted as a tutor at Oxford Brookes University and became the Y2 co-lead at Sheffield School of Architecture in 2021 for a period of one year. Jonathan has taught at Manchester School of Architecture since 2017, having taught on the BA1, BA2 and MAAU courses. He has also been an external reviewer at a number of Universities including Lincoln and Derby.
Career highlights
2026Project Architect for completed St. Matthews Enterprise Centre Hull, the refurbishment of a Grade II listed former church in Hull to create a community enterprise centre.