Andrew Dawes   BA BArch (Hons) ARB RIBA

Director

​Andrew joined reForm Architects in 2016 alongside Nik Randall and John Patrick, bringing experience in delivering award-winning projects to his leadership of the studio and oversight of its projects. reForm expanded in 2020 to launch rePurpose Architects in response to Covid-19 and the changing needs of all of our living, community and work spaces.

Prior to joining reForm Andrew worked with Herman Hertzberger and Claus en Kaan in Holland, on a number of housing, school and bridge projects across Europe, before setting up his own practice.
For a period of over 15 years Andrew combined his own practice with studio teaching - in Delft and at London South Bank University – focussing on innovative and sustainable approaches to housing design. Andrew has extended this research through reForm’s work in developing a critical approach to housing design and in particular to adaptation of existing fabric.

Recent project work at reForm Architects includes the direction of the conversion of an old school building into new housing at Trinity Road, Tooting and a new entrance for a shared workplace complex in a landmark modernist factory at Bedford Heights.
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Andrew is a Built Environment Expert for the Design Council and a member of the Southwark Design Review Panel since 2009. He has written for the Architectural Review and Architects Journal, alongside presenting at architectural conferences in the UK and internationally. He lives in South London with his daughter, two rabbits and over 25 acers.