Dan Smyth
Principal, Architect

Dan is a principal and founded the Birmingham Studio in 2004.

Dan has a particular interest in the regeneration of Birmingham and the many major projects currently transforming a city he considers wonderfully self-effacing. The city is on the verge of a boom with many more new occupiers and investors than for several decades, and he compares what is now possible with that achieved in Birmingham’s Victorian heydays.

He specialises in complex projects and has been architect/masterplanner for many transformation commissions with a range of ‘blue chip’ clients with designs recognised through prestigious awards. Following investment cycles in the last 30 years, his experience crosses a range of sectors including retail, leisure/hotel, offices, process, healthcare, education and residential while having also delivered conservation projects in historic environments. This range of experience brings a strong insight and skill set in the creation and activation of contemporary places.

His most famous local project is Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth ‘Super Hospital’ where he took the project through the Planning process and led the site office in the early years of construction.