Make announces appointment of new Director
Make has announced the appointment of Katy Ghahremani as a Director.
Ghahremani has been a part of Make’s senior team since the start of the practice in 2004 and will join Ken Shuttleworth, Sean Affleck and Jason Parker as a Board Director of Make. Barry Cooke has stepped down as a Director, but will remain a trustee and partner.
Ken Shuttleworth commented: “I am absolutely delighted that Katy has joined the Board of Make’s unique employee-owned structure. Katy is highly respected by the partners at Make and brings a wealth of experience and judgement to the role. This is an exciting moment for Make as we look forward to the year ahead.”
Since joining Make, Ghahremani has worked on a broad range of projects, including several hotels and mixed use schemes in locations as diverse as London, Dubrovnik, Mauritius, Honduras and the Caribbean. In the process, she has collaborated with a number of operators to ensure each scheme offers a guest experience wholly appropriate to the company’s brand.
At present, Ghahremani is currently overseeing The Temple House and Spa as lead architect. The project consists of a new boutique hotel in Chengdu, China, set to open in Spring 2015.
Prior to joining Make, Ghahremani worked at Foster and Partners where she was involved in a wide range of projects, including the London International Financial Future office building and the Electronic Arts’ European Headquarters building in Chertsey. She also worked as project architect for the redevelopment of Selfridges, London’s iconic Oxford Street department store.
Aside from her role at Make, Ghahremani sits on the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’s Architecture Appraisal Panel, a body that aims to protect the architectural heritage of the area and advises upon the borough’s major development proposals. She is also part of the RIBA Breaking Barriers to Women in Architecture group, and in 2012 was shortlisted for the Architect’s Emerging Woman Architect of the Year award.
