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Cambridge Forum for Sustainability and the Environment

 

Biography

Ron is a Partner at PLP Architecture, which he co-founded with Lee Polisano, David Leventhal and Karen Cook. Ron brings his European sensibilities to projects in the UK, Europe and the Middle East, and takes an Anglo-American enthusiasm back to projects in The Netherlands, his native land. 

His recent projects include The Edge, the world's most sustainable office building developed by OVG Real Estate for Deloitte in Amsterdam; the refurbishment of a 1960s building in Westminster on behalf of Derwent London providing additional bespoke spaces for Burberry; a new high end office development in Mayfair for Grosvenor, which is integrated with the infrastructure of a new Crossrail station serving the high-speed east-west link across London; a residential-led regeneration scheme for a large brownfield site in Berkshire for Legal & General; a mixed-use project in Kuwait City, and a residential project in Kolkata, India. 

Ron has a particular interest in the architectural techniques that influence the qualities of gathering places in our cities and buildings; and an excitement about the role of new technologies in the built environment. He speaks regularly at universities in Europe and abroad, at various forums on real estate, urban development and digital technology in architecture, including at TEDx.

Founding Partner,
PLP Architects
 Ron  Bakker
Not available for consultancy

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Person keywords: 
new technologies in the built environment
city and building design
urban development
real estate