Prof 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 company 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.
External positions
2021- Ambassador, UK Design Council
2018-22 Deputy Chair, UK 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- Freeman, The Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects
2015- Member, Faversham Town Council Public Realm Group
2015- Member, Design Council CABE Oman Design Review Panel
2013- Member, Lead Expert Group on The Future of Cities, Government Office for Science
2011- Member, Design Council CABE National Design Review Panel
2009- Advocate, Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)
2008-10 Member, CABE Crossrail Design Panel
2008-10 & 2011-20 Director, The Academy of Urbanism
2008- Member, Expert Advisory Panel, Walk England
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, Health & the Built Environment Steering Group, NICE
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
2010-11 Lincoln Loeb Fellowship, Harvard University
2010-11 Loeb Fellowship, Harvard University
2006- Honorary Senior Lecturer, the Bartlett UCL
2005 Member, Royal Town Planning Institute
2004 Fellow, Royal Society of Arts
2000 Honorary Lecturer, the Bartlett, UCL
1996 Member, RIBA
Education
1995 RIBA Part 3 examination, the Bartlett, UCL
2015-22 Trustee, UK Design Council
1994 Diploma in Architecture (Distinction), Oxford Brookes University
1991 MSc in Advanced Architectural Studies (Distinction), the Bartlett, UCL
1989 BSc (Hons) in Architecture, The Bartlett, UCL
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