Simon joined HLM in 1997 as a ‘year out’ landscape architect. Over the years, he has advanced his career through HLM’s award-winning development pathways—initially focusing on project delivery, then progressing into team leadership. He went on to lead the landscape architecture team, followed by the Belfast studio, before being appointed as a director of the practice in 2017.
As a landscape architect Simon has worked on projects across all of our sectors through the UK and Ireland and internationally. His work has always had a strong sustainability emphasis which has lead to his leadership position for the practice’s approach to sustainability. Through this work he has also obtained a qualification and project experience as a Passivhaus Consultant to lead HLM’s team of Passivhaus designers working on education and residential projects across the UK and Ireland.
Simon’s responsibilities at HLM include: serving as director for environment specialisms—encompassing landscape architecture, masterplanning, and sustainability; leading operations in Ireland as director; acting as landscape director on strategic projects; and providing leadership for the Passivhaus team.
He strongly believes that any development must deliver for the users and the environment, what we design should be comfortable, inclusive and regenerative, it should support society delivering social value beyond the project itself.