Team New

Director
BA, MA, Dip Arch, RIBA

Richard has completed a mixed portfolio of projects including housing, hotels and commercial work. He has taken charge of some particularly sensitive conservation area development schemes in Westminster and the City of London. Richard is a leading specialist in retirement housing and a member of the Retirement Housing Group. He participated in the drafting of British Standard for BS EN 16118 on Sheltered Housing.

Director
BSc, BArch, PG Dip Law, RIBA, FRSA

Yarema trained in Canada where he gained considerable experience in timber construction.  Moving to the UK in 1998, he has advised major developers and landed estates on the redevelopment potential of complex sites in Central London and Birmingham.  He has secured planning consent for over 3 million square feet of prime office and 500 residential units.  

Associate

Himanish, after completing his initial training in India, came to the Prince’s Institute in London. He completed his architectural qualification at the AA and later gained a doctorate from the University of Cardiff. Himanish worked for Sidell Gibson for a number of years and also ran his own practice in India before joining RMA in 2013.

Asua has recently re-joined us as a Senior architect having worked with the firm previously between 2012 and 2014. Prior to that Asua worked with Richard and Yarema for a number of years at Sidell Gibson.

Born in Hong Kong, Christine trained at the Bartlett school of Architecture and qualified in 1994 before joining Sidell Gibson. She has worked for RMA since the summer of 2013.

John is a qualified architectural technician and perspective artist with extensive experience in the housing sector. After working for Sidell Gibson from 1994 onwards John then joined RMA in 2013.

Laura joined RMA in early 2013 after studying first in Edinburgh and then at Oxford Brookes. She qualified as an architect in 2016, having passed her RIBA part 3. 

Rayan trained initially in Syria at the university of Latakia before coming to the UK to do a masters in environmental design. He has been working at RMA since 2014 and has also commenced work on a doctorate.

Grazyna completed her architectural training at the Gdansk University of Technology in 2006 before coming to the UK to work for Sidell Gibson. She has been with RMA since early 2015.

She now heads up the Polish office, working remotely with the team.

Nicolas completed his Part I at Westminster University and joined us in October 2016 for his placement year out.

Caveh qualified as a medical doctor  and worked in that role for a number of years in Iran and China before deciding on a career change and training as an architect, first in Northern Cyprus and then in the UK.

He is currently studying for his Part II qualification and helps in the office during the holidays.