Search for head of architecture begins as government advertises £63,000 role

By Elizabeth Hopkirk2021-06-15T05:00:00

Glenn Howells Architects' i9 office building in Wolverhampton, which is due to complete this summer

Source: GHA

Job includes embedding design quality in housing and placemaking – and overseeing planning deregulation

The government has officially begun its hunt for a new head of architecture to replace former PRP chief Andy von Bradsky who announced his departure last week.

The grade 6 post has been advertised on the civil service website with the location given as either London or Wolverhampton, where the housing ministry is due to open a second headquarters in Glenn Howells’ i9 building. In a first for a departmental centre outside of the capital, it is set to have a “regular ministerial presence” with senior civil servants based in the building.

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