Oliver Heywood

Oliver’s portfolio of projects spans art centres to small restaurants to global events, and ranges from discrete new insertions to completely new facilities. In recent years, he has focused on arts and education projects.

He was a key designer for the Grade I listed Royal Festival Hall transformation project, leading the refurbishment of its foyers, and maintains a role today as the principal contact for our house architect role. More recently, he delivered a new arts and media faculty building, Grosvenor East for Manchester Metropolitan University incorporating a 200-seat theatre and poetry library.

For over a decade he has led Allies and Morrison’s work at Shakespeare’s Globe, which includes the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse, new foyer spaces and, more recently, developing the design for a new Research and Collections facility on the Bankside site.

Oli is currently leading major projects at Clandon Park for the National Trust, where a fire-ravaged Grade I listed Palladian villa is being given new life; at Wimbledon, developing an ambitious new vision for the future of the tennis championships across an expanded site for the All England Lawn Tennis Club; and at the Barbican Centre, fronting the Barbican Renewal project, a major capital programme that will ensure every part of the iconic site is restored, revitalised and relevant for future generations.