Katy Ghahremani appointed to the inaugural Westminster Design Review Panel

We are delighted to confirm the appointment of Make director, Katy Ghahremani, to the inaugural Westminster Design Review Panel.

The Design Review Panel provides independent, expert and objective design advice on development proposals across the City of Westminster. It provides advice to both scheme promoters and the local planning authority, acting as a ‘critical friend’ to support delivery of high-quality, sustainable development in line with the Council’s objectives and working in the public interest.

It brings together a diverse and multidisciplinary group of leading professionals in their respective fields, drawn from a pool of circa 30 members (including three Chairs). DRP members are selected to provide a broad range of expertise, including in sustainability and low carbon design, architecture, greening and biodiversity, urban design and heritage, public realm and landscape architecture.

Seymour Centre sports hall

Katy has been appointed to the Panel for her experience in architectural and interior design services. Her current projects in Westminster include the refurbishment of the Grade II-listed Seymour Centre in Marylebone as well as the Harrods department store in Knightsbridge.

Completed facades on Brompton Road, including the reinstated awnings in ‘Harrods green’ by Morco Awnings – a return to the rectilinear late-Victorian style. The new awnings are fully automated, animating the facades as they extend and retract at the beginning and end of each day.