Kathryn Tombling
Principal, Architect, Co-Head of UK Housing

Kathryn is an architect and principal in the London studio and also joint head of UK housing for the practice.

Drawing on her 20+ years cross-sector expertise, she is widely experienced in delivering major projects which create new sustainable communities by integrating housing, mixed-use and learning. Her specialist skills in masterplanning and strategic thinking allow her to work closely with clients and user groups to set project briefs and goals, achieve planning consents on challenging sites and ensure projects are deliverable and financially viable.

She has a strategic role in developing BDP’s work in the residential sector and is currently working on major mixed-use residential led projects in London and the South East including a new community at Plumstead West Thamesmead. Among recent completions are the estate regeneration of Tollgate Gardens in Westminster and masterplans and designs for Queen Mary University of London and King's College London.

Previous projects include the highly successful Angel Lane student residences at Stratford, the RIBA award-winning masterplan for Heslington East at the University of York and the transformation of a 1980’s office building into a modern, welcoming Headquarters for the Royal Pharmaceutical Society in central London.

Kathryn is also passionate about EDI and leads our BDPBelonging network which represents all areas of diversity and is steered by a group of employee representatives from across the practice, defining and driving forward BDP’s equity, inclusion and diversity agenda.