Tony McGuirk - Retired 2014

Tony McGuirk

Director, architecture London

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Tony is an architect and urban designer and was chairman of BDP from 2006 to 2012. Previously he chaired BDP's London studio, the architecture profession and was sector champion for education.

TONY RETIRED FROM BDP IN 2014.

Tony is an architect and urban designer and was chairman of BDP from 2006 to 2012. Previously he chaired BDP's London studio, the architecture profession and was sector champion for education. It was in this role that he originated BDP’s vertical urban school idea, which has become one of the hallmarks of the practice’s work in education over the past decade.

His work spans projects which look to interlink learning with living to create new communities. He has led the design teams for many award winning buildings, notably the exemplar and Stirling Prize contender Hampden Gurney School in Marylebone.

Tony champions the ethos and philosophy of BDP’s founder Sir George Grenfell Baines in his commitment to humanist design and interdisciplinary working. He set the vision and ethos for BDP as ‘Creating Places for People’ with the view that designing integrated and interrelated activities that draw people together in urban places is the way forward to a truly sustainable culture; socially, environmentally and economically.

What is your biggest personal influence?
Scandinavian design has been a major influence in my architectural career. At the commencement of my life as an architect I worked with Ralph Erskine on the Byker Housing Project In Newcastle upon Tyne, re-housing and renewing a community of 12,000 people working in the shipyards of Tyneside. Byker was awarded Grade II listed status in 2007.

Projects

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Armada Housing, Paleiskwartier, Den Bosch

Ground-breaking residential scheme celebrates the great outdoors. We planned the location and orientation of ten mixed long and tall houses to capture the sunpath and minimise overshadowing.

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Hampden Gurney

A groundbreaking city centre school and residential scheme. We created a new school over six levels — comprising a ground floor nursery, three floors of classrooms and a rooftop teaching room.

University of Sunderland

A true marriage of art and technology. The campus is designed around the concept of ‘open accessible learning’ with a three-phase programme of building on the banks of the River Wear.

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Bridge Academy

The academy forms a seven level interactive learning environment in a dense inner city multi ethnic site alongside the Regent's Canal.

Aintree Racecourse

BDP reconfigured the entire racecourse around key user needs. The project included placing the stables, new pre-parade ring and main parade ring in a logical, safer sequence.

All England Lawn Tennis Club

Ace makeover for tennis championship venue. This project was underpinned by our masterplan, which reorganised the entire championship site to improve facilities while retaining the spirit of ‘tennis in an English garden’.

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Channel Tunnel UK Terminal

A world-class road/rail interchange linking the UK to the Continent.

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Keyworth Centre, London South Bank University

Bard-inspired university building. Our flexible teaching space sits alongside a west-facing glazed hall, which acts as a naturally ventilated buffer, mediating air and light from the hot, bright side of the building.

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Leigh Technology Academy

Specialising in technology and ICT, Leigh Technology Academy is located in four new colleges all under one roof.

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St Joseph's Hospital

Creating an innovative ‘resort’ care home. We worked with the Bon Secours Sisters to develop the concept from singular resort into a whole village, creating distinct residential clusters with their own lounges and support facilities.

Fairfield Secondary School

A secondary school for 1120 pupils providing greater accessibility and inclusion in education provision. We designed this school as a vertical school on 6 levels with galleried classrooms set around an internal school 'piazza' and gathering space.

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University of Cambridge, Faculty of Education

A convivial environment for the exchange of ideas. The design concept creates a natural wrap of lawn and tree groupings to form a relaxed relationship of faculties, adjacent Georgian Villa and rekindled garden.

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Berrick Saul Building

This postgraduate research centre links study space, teaching space and social space by a central street on a lakeside campus.

National Football Centre

A centre of excellence for football coaching and player development.

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Heslington East Masterplan, University of York

The new campus is designed around the concept of a new living and learning community with each element creating a sense of place and human scale.

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