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Alejandro Zaera-Polo (born Madrid, 1963) is an accomplished contemporary architect and co-founder of London-based Foreign Office Architects. His work has consistently merged the practice of architecture with theoretical practice, providing a strong intellectual rigour to the discourse on architecture through a sharp capacity to identify social and political trends and creatively extrapolate them.

John began life as a transport professional in 1984 after leaving Imperial College/University College London with an MSc in Transport. He worked first as a consultant for JMP and then for six years at the London Borough of Newham before joining Urban Initiatives since 1996.

As a born and bred Londoner, Kulveer has biked, bused, cabbed, cycled, driven, sailed, trained, tubed and walked his way around most of the city.

Larry Oltmanns has led the design of 20 completed mixed-use developments of £200 million or more and is interested in the intersection between architecture, strategy, and urban design.

Paul is an Associate Urban Designer and Chartered Landscape Architect in Atkins’ London office, leading on regeneration, masterplanning, and public realm projects across the UK.