Secretary: Simon Gedye

Simon Gedye has worked as an architect in the region for nearly 20 years, specialising in designing new buildings in historic areas and the imaginative reuse of listed buildings.

Simon qualified as a registered Architect in 1989. He studied at Oxford Polytechnic and Hull School of Architecture with an exchange year in Aarhus, Denmark, which is where his passion for European modernism was born.

Until late 2007, Simon worked as a director for Allen Tod Architecture (ATA). Projects under Simon’s direction included: Longshaw Discovery Centre, which was commended in Wood Awards and RIBA East Midlands; the Vestry Hall community learning centre; Scarborough Creative Industries Centre; and the Art House, accessible studios for disabled artists.

In January 2008, Simon left ATA to set up Studio Gedye, a design led practice that focuses on producing distinctive architecture, for a wide range of clients. Projects have include managed workspace projects for digital sector, residential projects including a barn conversion in Staffordshire and a new build house. Simon has also remodelled Site Gallery and Firs Hill school Hall. His work on listed buildings includes a contemporary extension to a listed Grange and the conversion of Anns Grove School in Heeley.

Simon established Sheffield Civic Trust as a vehicle to raise the level of debate about the quality of the built environment and was Chair during the Trust's formative years. Simon set up The Sheffield Design awards in 2008 which run biannually with the RIBA Yorkshire.