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Mandy is a highly experienced architect and RIBA-accredited Conservation Architect with over 15 years of international experience delivering capital projects across a range of sectors, with particular expertise in cultural and education projects within complex historic settings. A longstanding member of the practice, she has worked across all scales and roles including architect, lead designer, conservation architect and Associate Director, leading projects in both Oxford and London. She champions MICA’s sustainable approach to architecture in both retrofit and new-build projects, recognising the close relationship between environmental impact and social value.
Mandy brings strong design leadership, stakeholder engagement and project delivery skills to ensure the highest quality outcomes. Much of her work focuses on retrofit, conservation and adaptive reuse, where she carefully reinterprets historic fabric to accommodate contemporary social, technical and environmental needs. Her design solutions are logical, contextual and maintain a high standard of architectural quality.
Her portfolio includes major university and cultural projects, particularly within the collegiate setting of the University of Oxford. She led the design and construction of the Corpus Christi College Auditorium built within medieval bastion walls, the ‘invisible’ library beneath the Provost’s Garden at The Queen’s College, and the Cheng Yu Tung Building – an innovative all-electric student hub for Jesus College on Oxford’s High Street. Her experience also includes the redevelopment and adaptive reuse of Centre Point in London, creating new retail spaces that celebrate the building’s original 1960s character, as well as projects for the London Boroughs of Camden and Brent and the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith.
A specialist in the adaptation of historic buildings, Mandy takes a forensic and thoughtful approach to working with listed buildings, considering their fabric, use and setting before reimagining them for new purposes while revealing their heritage value. She has led and contributed to conservation plans and heritage statements, working closely with conservation authorities and funding bodies to deliver innovative architecture within historic settings aligned with sustainability targets such as LETI and the RIBA 2030 Climate Challenge.
Mandy is currently overseeing several projects in Oxford, including the Hertford College Library development and the refurbishment of Nuffield College, while also acting as Conservation Architect for projects such as the refurbishment of Goodenough College in London.
Committed to architectural education and professional development, Mandy has contributed to teaching for over a decade as a guest critic at the University of Bath and institutions in Dresden, Germany. She mentors through the RIBA and Women in Architecture programmes and has helped establish MICA’s internal mentoring scheme.
She is an advocate for a more sustainable profession and leads the practice’s response to Architects Declare: Climate and Biodiversity Emergency, supporting climate literacy and the integration of carbon metrics to help achieve RIBA 2030 targets. Mandy is a member of the Architects Declare Steering Group and serves on the Harrow and Oxford Design Review Panels, as well as the NLA Expert Panel on Retrofit and Conservation (2023–2025). In 2019 she was a finalist in the European Women in Construction & Engineering Awards for Best Woman Architect.
Paul has been in professional practice for over 25 years working across the arts, cultural and education sectors, Paul is passionate about architecture, masterplanning and regeneration. Paul values design excellence through inclusive stakeholder collaboration and creative leadership of capital projects.
Paul is at the forefront of design and transformative change both in the UK and internationally that brings creative skills to placemaking, inclusion, community involvement and economic sustainable development.
Notable projects include the South Bank Centre masterplan, Fairfield Halls, in Croydon and multiple education and boarding houses at Stowe School and Wellington College. Paul has worked with museums and galleries including Ipswich Museum and the National Museums Liverpool reshaping existing building fabric to be more welcoming, accessible and sustainable. Paul has recently completed the Woodland Quad at Wellington College and is currently leading the transformation of The Maltings Theatre, Berwick upon Tweed, England’s most northerly performing arts venue. Paul has been closely involved with developing spatial briefs, design codes and buildings to reflect the pedagogical and pastoral requirements for premium international schools projects for Wellington College International’s schools in Pune, Busan, and Lagos
Paul has been the Project Architect on a number of multi-disciplinary projects, such as the Barking Town Centre Masterplan, Wellington College, Cheltenham Ladies’ College, Stowe School Masterplan within the historic setting of Stowe House and Gardens, and the Sustainable Residential Quarter in Central Milton Keynes. Paul has also worked on large scale campus masterplans for the Universities of Lincoln, Southampton, East London and Kings College London, and the largest residential Passivhaus scheme in the UK, Chester Balmore, for the London Borough of Camden.
Paul has extensive experience working with clients and stakeholders, including charities and trusts, local authorities, heritage bodies including Historic England and NLHF. Paul is a key interface linking local communities, stakeholders and clients with design professionals.
Paul has played a key role in the development of MICA Architects which has a crafted a reputation working in sensitive and historic settings, creative reuse, low energy and decarbonisation.
Lilian has made a significant impact during her decade-long career in the architectural industry. As a highly skilled professional in procurement, business development, PR, marketing, and communications, Lilian leads MICA’s bids team with outstanding results.
Under her leadership, the team has successfully secured major projects in competitive UK markets and expanded MICA's reach into new international territories, including the United States and South Asia.
In addition to her expertise in winning bids, Lilian excels in graphic design and the development of marketing materials, including printed brochures, video, branding, website design, and social media output. These efforts have significantly improved MICA's business outreach, increasing visibility and engagement with clients and stakeholders.
Lilian is also instrumental in shaping the firm's outreach, equality, and diversity initiatives. She oversees ISO and Quality Management Systems, playing a key role in aligning the practice’s ethos, narrative, and strategies for future growth. Her well-rounded leadership and innovative thinking continue to drive MICA’s success on a global scale.
Jessie brings a wealth of knowledge to the practice having worked on numerous cultural, commercial and residential schemes in America, Japan and the UK.
Jessie completed her architectural training at Cambridge University in the UK and Princeton University in the United States, and she recently led the design and delivery of the major new facility, the H B Allen Centre, for Keble College in Oxford, including student accommodation and education facilities, all centred around a new sixth quad for the city.
Jessie is also currently part of the team developing designs for Cheltenham Ladies’ College, informing an Estate Masterplan Framework setting out the future needs of the College for the next 20-25 years, as well as bringing her expertise to the team developing the Fairfield Masterplan in the London Borough of Croydon.
Through her commitment to fostering equal opportunity for all in the profession, Jessie has been instrumental in the practice’s partnership with the Women in Architecture campaign which aims to increase commitments to equality within the profession and raise the profile of women across the construction industry. Jessie has been key in setting up our inhouse Equality Forum which aims to evaluate the company’s procedures and initiatives in order ensure equality, opportunity and development for all, and is our key link to the Social Mobility Foundation.