Alison is a chartered architect with over 25 years’ post-qualification experience, with particular interest in arts, play and considerations of place. She is co-founder and partner at Urban Fabric Architects, and heads design studio unit 5A at the University of Nottingham. A former CABE Enabler and partner at Groundworks Architects she has spent her career working with community and voluntary sector projects, and her research specialisms include the New Towns movement and the wider post-war architectural project.