RSHP

Jack Evans-Newton – Associate Director

Jack Evans-Newton – Associate Director

Jack was one of the two lead architects for the London School of Economics, (LSE) Centre Building, a sustainable landmark academic building at the heart of the school’s Aldwych campus located within the Strand Conservation Area. LSE Centre Building achieved a BREEAM Outstanding classification and won a 2021 RIBA National Award

 

Jack’s professional experience ranges from civic, industrial, commercial, educational to residential and across all project stages from concept/competition through to completion.

Jack’s first project was The Leadenhall Building, where he played a key role in each stage of the planning and design process including the structure, landscape, and interiors, seeing it through to its completion in 2014. This included spending three years on-site, working closely with the contractor, Laing O’Rourke.
Between 2014 and 2018 Jack worked on the redevelopment of the central campus at the London School of Economics (LSE), where he was one of the two the lead architects, overseeing the facade and structure. LSE Centre Building achieved a BREEAM Outstanding classification and won a 2021 RIBA National Award. In 2021 Jack was also project lead on an international airport competition and team member for a large net zero masterplanning competition.

Jack was the Project Lead for a business centre in Vilnius, Lithuania; a project that creates a new city square linking the old and the new in the city. He is now Project Lead for Casablanca Airport’s new terminal at Mohammed V International Airport. The terminal will initially accommodate 20 million passengers annually, with capacity increasing to 45 million in subsequent phases.
Jack is also working on a 555-unit residential redevelopment of the historic Bethnal Green Gasholder site, called Regent’s View which is currently under construction.

Alongside his project work, he is a lead for the RSHP Design Think Tank at the London School of Architecture. Jack is a mentor for Blueprint for All (formerly The Stephen Lawrence Trust) supporting young people from underrepresented backgrounds helping them into careers in architecture. He is also a member the RSHP Sustainability Committee and a Technical Tutor at the Bartlett School of Architecture at University College London (UCL).

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