Trevor Skempton is an architect, artist and design manager, based in North Wales and Liverpool.  He has a wide experience of public sector work, including periods as Head of Architecture in Birmingham [1997-2000], City Architect in Newcastle [1990-1993] and Chief Architect in Barrow-in-Furness [1981-1987]. He has also worked for authorities in Scotland, Wales and Yorkshire, and in private practice in Liverpool.

He lectures and writes on architecture, and has prepared a variety of international competition entries. His exhibitions, publications and commissions have included graphic art and illustration as well as conventional architectural work and urban design.  His graphic work is shown regularly at the View Two Gallery in Matthew Street, Liverpool.

He has chaired the Birmingham Design Initiative, a partnership between local authorities, private consultants and universities.  For five years from 2003, he was retained as a Consultant Urban Design Advisor to Liverpool City Council, with particular focus on the 'Liverpool One' project, which was opened in October 2008.  He is on the Council of the Merseyside Civic Society and is President of the Liverpool Architectural Society. 

He is a member of the Management Board of the community design agency, Comtechsa.  In April 2010, he was appointed by the Welsh Assembly Government to serve as a Commissioner to the Design Commission for Wales.

Contact:                 trevor@skempton.info

Links: 

Design Commission for Wales/Comisiwn Dylunio Cymru:  www.dcfw.org

View Two Gallery:  www.viewtwogallery.co.uk

Liverpool Architectural Society:  www.liverpoolarchitecture.com

Comtechsa:  www.comtechsa.org

Some Projects:    See Some Projects