Richard Hyams
Richard Hyams is the founding director of Astudio, the 好色先生TV Awards Architectural Practice of the Year 2012.
Richard鈥檚 educational experience stems from over 10 years of delivering schools projects across PFI, BSF, academies and free schools. Richard has a passion for creating inspirational learning spaces within the tightest budget, and has worked on projects such as St Paul鈥檚 Way Trust School in Tower Hamlets, Raine鈥檚 Foundation School in east London, School21 in Newham, and Hampton and Twickenham Academies.
Richard is a member of design review panels for the Home Office and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.
CommentLooking beyond the horizon
Zoologists, scientists and chemists could provide construction with a fresh perspective on cutting carbon emissions from buildings
CommentTwo schools of thought
It鈥檚 ironic that this government is pushing for standardised designs for most schools but has a liberal approach when it comes to academies and free schools
CommentStandardise cost plans, not school layouts
The best schools are flexible spaces developed from a site-specific brief. Standardised layouts simply won鈥檛 work, says Richard Hyams - but standardised cost plans might 鈥�