John is our urban design and regeneration expert and leads on creative content for the Expo homes & gardens and our Delivering the Future City events.

John is the creative director for igloo Regeneration where he applies design thinking to projects that goes beyond the traditional bricks and mortar approach, utilising co-creation and co-design to develop a holistic approach to regeneration. Working with the talented design teams and stakeholders, this approach unlocks opportunities with an unrivalled level of design quality across igloo schemes which in turn delivers sustainable and socially responsible outcomes.

John spent the first 15 years of his professional career in London as an architect, working in a variety of practices, including; founding the London studio of the Japanese practice Ushida Findlay, establishing his own practice IDE-A and becoming the Design Intelligence Leader for the Woods Bagot European Studio.

John was a founding rider, board member and trustee of Cycle to MIPIM, helping to raise over £4 million for charity, in particular the children’s charity Coram. He was a trustee of Coram’s Legal Centre from 2014 to 2017. He was an expert client for the UK Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2016. From 2021-24 he was a Design Council Expert on Housing.