The LOEB Fellowship | Tim Stonor

In this, the first of Space Syntax’s 'Challenges in Urban Planning' executive training film series, Tim Stonor addresses the importance of public realm design: "Social and economic transactions between people are normally made after they've been on foot. But to many architects and transport professionals this has seemed to be too trivial to be a significant focus for care in the design process. The seemingly soft stuff is actually the hard-nosed reality of how places function: economically, socially and culturally."

Tim Stonor is an architect and urban planner specialising in the design of human behaviour patterns – the ways in which people move, interact and transact in buildings and urban places. He is recognised internationally for his work in the development and application of data-driven design techniques, including generative AI, to create places in which human life thrives.

Tim was appointed Managing Director of Space Syntax in 1995. He has led this architectural and urban planning practice from its origins at The Bartlett, University College London to its position today as a practice operating globally.

He is a member of the Advisory Board of the Norman Foster Foundation and a former Deputy Chair and Trustee at the UK Design Council, where he is now an Ambassador. He is also a founding member and former director of The Academy of Urbanism, a Visiting Professor at The Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, and a Harvard Loeb Fellow.

Tim is a popular keynote speaker, chair and panellist at events online and throughout the world. He acts as a jury member in international planning and design competitions, and as a senior advisor to public and private clients.

Appointments
2021- Ambassador, Design Council

2018-22 Deputy Chair, Design Council

2018- Advisory Board Member, Norman Foster Foundation

2017- Senior International Advisor, China Urban and Rural Construction Industry Union

2016- Trustee, The Faversham Society

2016- Liveryman, The Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects

2015-22 Trustee, Design Council

2015- Freeman, The Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects

2015-17 Member, Faversham Town Council Public Realm Committee

2015-16 Member, Design Council CABE Oman Design Review Panel

2013-15 Member, Lead Expert Group, Foresight: The Future of Cities

2013-16 Member, British Standards Institute Smart Cities Advisory Group

2008-10 Member, CABE Crossrail Design Panel

2008-20 Director, The Academy of Urbanism

2008- Member, Expert Advisory Panel, Walk England (now Walk Unlimited)

2008- Director, London Promenade Company

2007-10 Member, CABE National Design Review Panel (extended term)

2006- Founder Member, The Academy of Urbanism

2005-09 Member, NICE Physical Activity and the Environment Steering Group

2004-07 Member, CABE National Design Review Panel

2003-11 Member, NHS National Design Review Panel

2002-04 Member, South East of England Design Panel

1996- Founding Director, Morrison Brink Stonor architects.

Awards
2012 Visiting Professor, The Bartlett, University College London

2010-11 Lincoln Loeb Fellowship, Harvard University

2010-11 Loeb Fellowship, Harvard University

2006- Honorary Senior Lecturer, The Bartlett, University College London

2005 Member, Royal Town Planning Institute

2004 Fellow, Royal Society of Arts

2000 Honorary Lecturer, The Bartlett, University College London

1996 Member, RIBA.

Education
1995 RIBA Part 3 examination, The Bartlett, University College London

1994 Diploma in Architecture (Distinction), Oxford Brookes University

1991 MSc in Advanced Architectural Studies (Distinction), The Bartlett, University College London

1989 BSc (Hons) in Architecture, The Bartlett, University College London.