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About the author
Nigel Ostime is an architect with 25 years’ experience in the construction industry.
He is currently principal of whiteroom architecture, having previously been a
director at 3DReid.
He has wide experience in the design and delivery of complex projects, including
numerous large-scale developments in aviation, utility infrastructure, commercial
offices, high-end residential, retail, town-centre mixed-use and industrial/
distribution buildings. He has delivered planning permissions on sensitive sites,
both urban and rural, and has expertise in the management and coordination
of multidisciplinary consultant teams through all project stages.
He has a long-standing interest in the process of design and specifically a
knowledge-led, ‘lean’ approach to project work, developed at 3DReid, that
ensures all the necessary information and skills are fed into the project at the
right time to consistently provide the best solutions with the greatest efficiency.
whiteroom architecture also focuses on the benefits of collaboration with other
specialists in the construction industry as well as the core issues of design quality,
value and sustainability.
Nigel is an active member of the RIBA and chairs both the Client Liaison Group,
which provides an interface between the Institute and client representative
bodies, and the Future Leaders Group, which develops and implements an
education programme for business-focused, post-Part 3 skills for architects.
He was co-author of the previous edition of this book (2008) and of the current
edition of the Architect’s Handbook of Practice Management (RIBA Publishing,
2010). He was also a member of the editorial board of the fourth edition of the
Metric Handbook (Architectural Press, 2012) and a member of the steering group
for the government-sponsored Creative Industries KTN Beacon Project on the
future of digital tools for designers (2010).
He lives in north London with his wife, three children and six bicycles.
