“When there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.”

RICHARD COUTTS

Richard is an architect, engineer and author whose work has focused for more than two decades on the relationship between architecture, water and resilience. His experience spans research, policy and built projects, including pioneering amphibious architecture and water-sensitive design. At OFFSHOOR, he brings technical depth and a systems mindset to complex destinations, helping teams connect ambitious design with environmental performance, engineering and long-term resilience.

NICOLA BECK

Nicola is an architect, designer and entrepreneur with a background spanning alpine environments, international hospitality and nine years working in China. She studied architecture at the University of Applied Arts Vienna in the studio of Zaha Hadid and Patrik Schumacher, and later at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles. At OFFSHOOR, she leads creative direction with a focus on identity, guest experience and the commercial logic that turns a project into a destination, from resorts and hotels to complex mixed-use and remote-site developments.

ROBERT PATTISON

Robert Pattison is the Creative Director of BACA architects and has helped lead the practice since 2003, and more recently established the Northern office in Leeds. Robert has extensive knowledge of construction detailing and is a gifted design architect. He is passionate about sustainable design having worked on a code level 5 house and is also a qualified ‘Code for Sustainable Homes’ assessor.

At BACA, Robert is involved with a large range of projects including managing works on the UK’s first amphibious house which went on site in 2013. He played a key part in the design and completion of the award winning Oak House, commended for its green attributes and contribution to improving standards of home sustainability. Robert also has first hand experience in timber frame pre-fabricated construction, low energy building systems and integrated renewable design.