Ailish is an experienced consultant in the built environment with over 15 years working initially as an urban designer consulting on neighbourhood plans and community engagement, then specialising more specifically in townscape and heritage. She has previously worked as a consultant in two other specialist townscape and heritage London teams, advising on projects across London, England, Scotland and Dublin. She is a founding director of TTC.

With a wide range of experience as a townscape and heritage consultant with a background in urban design, Ailish advises on tall buildings, tall building strategies, heritage sensitive schemes, place making, appeal, and strategic community focused masterplanning. She is an advocate of innovative design and architectural solutions and is particularly interested in how historical context can influence and encourage sustainable design solutions. Ailish has presented her research on the importance of place and how to introduce positive public space in the built environment at an international level, featuring at conferences in New York, Rotterdam and Belfast.

Ailish sits on the Royal Borough of Greenwich Design Review Panel.

Past Projects:

• 100 Gray’s Inn Road, LB Camden – 9 storey redevelopment in the Hatton Garden Conservation Area next to Gray’s Inn Gardens establishing the UK’s largest timber office structure by Piercy & Co.
• 24 Queen Anne’s Gate, WCC – reinstatement of the historic single dwelling use of the Grade-I listed building next to St James’s Park while also improving the operational carbon of the building designed by Gibson
• Uplands Business Park, LB Waltham Forest – redevelopment of a 5 hectare industrial estate to deliver 1,800 new homes, mixed uses and public realm strategy across the masterplan by Allies and Morrison with buildings up to 48 storeys.
• Tower Bridge Court, LB Southwark – refurbishment and extension office redevelopment with community flexible space, 100% carbon neutral, next to Tower Bridge by Stiff + Trevillion for Fore Partnerships and
• Cavalry Barracks, Hounslow – major masterplan scheme to deliver 1,600+ homes with consideration to 14 listed buildings, 19 locally listed buildings and the Cavalry Barracks CA and new use to the former military site by TP Bennett for Inland Homes.
• One Crown Place, LB Hackney – by KPF architects is a residential-led project of up to 32 storeys and retained locally listed Georgian terrace accommodating a boutique hotel, for AlloyMtd
• 21 Moorfields, City of London – mixed-use redevelopment to incorporate the new Crossrail station by Wilkinson Eyre architects from Land Securities.