Profile — Russell Curtis

With extensive experience including high-end retail, new-build and refurbishment as well as research buildings for a range of blue-chip clients, Russell has overseen a number of high-profile projects for RCKa, including the Technology Centre for global currency and security experts De La Rue.

Russell is a trustee of the Architecture Foundation and a founding director of Project Compass CIC, a not-for-profit organisation campaigning for increased transparency and accessibility in public sector procurement in the UK. He has recently been appointed by Sadiq Khan as a Mayor’s Design Advocate and sits on design review panels for Croydon Council and the London Legacy Development Corporation. He has written articles for Icon magazine and Building Design, and is a regular commentator for the Architects’ Journal.

Small Sites: Demystifying Development 17 January 2019

Let’s hope the lessons of Carillion’s failure will be learned 17 January 2018

Heart of the matter: Why architects need a key role in the construction process 27 September 2017

After Grenfell 20 July 2017

Letter to the Mayor of London 10 May 2017

The Lost Art of Drawing 10 June 2014

The choice was between flat-pack and Frank Gehry 23 April 2014