Director
MA (Cantab) DipArch RIBA

Robert studied architecture at the University of Cambridge and the University of Sheffield. He has over 25 years’ experience working in private practice as a project architect and associate. Prior to co-founding 3xa Design he led the design and delivery of projects regionally and nationally across a range of sectors including healthcare and education buildings, commercial office design, residential design and the commercial re-use of existing buildings. He is an adept and creative designer interested in the conceptualisation and technical realisation of design ideas into built form. Robert taught architectural design at Sheffield School of Architecture from 2012 to 2021. He was appointed as an RIBA Part III professional examiner at the University of Cambridge in 2022.

Director
MA (Cantab) DipArch (Dist) PhD ARB

Jo studied architecture at the University of Cambridge and the University of Sheffield, where she stayed to complete a PhD in Architecture. She has over 25 years’ experience writing about, teaching and practising architecture. Prior to co-founding 3xa Design, she worked in private practice before taking up a lectureship at Sheffield School of Architecture where she co-led the RIBA part II masters programme and directed architectural humanities teaching. She was a member of Sheffield City Council’s Conservation Advisory Group from 2013-2020 and sits on the Saltaire World Heritage Site Steering Group, a role she has undertaken since 2012. Jo leads on developing spatial strategies that effectively respond to client requirements and she is interested in design that responds to setting and place. She has taught architectural design at the Universities of Leeds and Sheffield, and at Leeds School of Architecture, and was previously an external examiner at Kingston University.