Amy Francis-Smith

Amy Francis-Smith is the Vice President of the Birmingham Architectural Association, an Architectural Designer for Pinnegar Hayward Design and a passionate advocate for Inclusive Design. With her work and research focused on providing decent housing and accommodations across the Built Environment for people with disabilities.

Named as a Design Council Specialist, she has also been shortlisted from 64,000 for the National Diversity Award Positive Disability Role Model, featured in the Architects' Journal, on the Shaw Trust's Power 100 list alongside the UK's top most influential Disabled people in the UK and as a UK Construction Week Role Model.

Campaigning for legislative change, she gives talks/lectures to educate students and professionals of their social responsibility, advises on accessible environments, sits on Habinteg’s advisory board (an accessible housing association), lobbies the government to improve the Part M Building Regulations and has had numerous articles published.