With a successful career in architectural news and publications, and the massive task of running the Open House / Open City events for four years, Rory brings to PTE an enthusiasm for promoting and furthering excellence in architectural practice. His background in architecture and within the videogames industry provides a base for his analytical approach to reviewing and inputting his expertise into the wide range of PTE projects.

A recent success involved convincing diverse writing talent – from Sunday Times bestselling authors to internationally recognised poets and graphic novelists – to write short stories about infrastructure in north London for a pre-design code book for a hard-nosed developer!

At PTE, Rory is maintaining and also developing a new culture of writing, research and criticism to support the intense design challenges facing the practice. An exponent of critical insight, with a talent for lateral thinking, he will continue to use his strengths in writing and public speaking to explore and apply emerging ideas and practices in design and culture.

Rory has been a member of the New London Architecture Expert Panel on Wellbeing.

• Studied at University of Strathclyde (Part 1 and Part 2)
• Previous work: CEO for Open House, Open City; Editor, The Architects’ Journal
• Joined Pollard Thomas Edwards in 2020