Philip Baker
BA (Hons), Dip.Arch, PG Dip, RIBA
Position: Architect
Joined gcp: September 2021
qualifications & professional memberships
BA (Hons) in Architecture - Thames Polytechnic, Dartford Diploma in Architecture - Oxford Polytechnic, Oxford, UK RIBA Professional Qualification - Oxford Polytechnic, Oxford, UK Royal Institute of British Architects Member ARB Registered Architect
background
Philip is an architect with extensive project delivery experience. He has worked internationally for over 20 years on iconic projects under demanding conditions. He has successfully led design teams to produce coordinated information to meet the project’s requirements. His key strengths are communicating with stakeholders, motivating the design team and organising their output. Philip takes a creative and practical approach in overcoming and solving project design conflicts to keep in budget and meet deadlines.
Following his time abroad, Philip moved back to the UK and rejoined gcp where he takes great pleasure in sharing his love of Bristolian history with the whole practice.
experience
Philip has successfully led design teams on many high-profile international developments, including ones in Cyprus, India, and Kazakhstan. Prior to his work in Asia, Philip ran his own architectural practice in Cyprus, managing a modest team that served the expatriate community in the Paphos region.
Since rejoining gcp, Philip has led projects predominantly in the industrial sector carefully balancing manufacturing requirements and planning constraints and coordinating the design team. In addition to this, Philip is coordinating estate regeneration and retrofit works to social housing developments.
His design management skills ensure that the design meets the client’s brief, strict budgets, quality standards, and agreed schedules.
Philip has completed an APS Accredited Principal Designer Course, enabling him to support all projects under the current CDM2015 Regulations.
