Robert Guest

Robert is a highly experienced architect with wide ranging skills across a broad range of architectural scales, typologies and contexts. 

After leading a number of challenging and complex projects at design focused London offices, he established his practice in 2019. His subsequent work has included sensitive historical building refurbishments, self-build houses, urban design and housing. He leads an environmentally engaged practice with projects both in the UK and abroad. Robert is well versed in planning principles, project management and contract administration, focused on delivering high quality design results using collaborative approaches.

He undertakes research in architecture, from participating in an inter-practice led programme to strengthen UK ties to European cities to designing and curating an installation for the London Festival of Architecture and initiating multidisciplinary collaborative projects with the local community.

Luton Borough Council

During his placement at Luton, which spanned eight months at the time of writing, Robert worked on a broad range of cases and provided design guidance for several major developments within Luton Town Centre. He supported improvements to the department’s assessment and allocation of planning fees, presented to committee on multiple occasions, and assessed the policy and planning implications of proposed masterplan developments.

Over time, his role expanded to include technical design review, acting as a design guardian on key schemes, and advising on listed building applications and heritage-sensitive development. Within the planning team, he was primarily assigned to major applications but also supported minor cases and participated in design review sessions with junior colleagues, offering guidance from a design and non-planning perspective.