GSSArchitecture are delighted to announce the recent promotions of a number of staff members. Chris Cheuk, based at the GSS Midlands head office, and Evie Parker-Rowles at the Milton Keynes studio, have both been promoted to Associate.

Chris, who joined GSS in 2016, gained his Part III qualification from the University of Westminster whilst being supported through his studies by GSS. He has worked on several significant projects throughout his career at the Practice, including the Dame Margaret Barbour Building for Newcastle University, and more recently, the three South Central Institute of Technology buildings for Milton Keynes College.

Evie joined the Practice in 2014 on a year-out placement as a Post-Graduate Architectural Assistant, having gained her honours degree in Architecture from De Montfort University in Leicester. Recently, Evie was the lead architect on the newly completed Walnut Tree Housing Development in Milton Keynes, together with the first industrial building that forms part of the wider GSS commercial masterplan at Olney Park in Buckinghamshire.

L-R: Tom Lyons - Senior Partner, Chris Cheuk - Associate, Ian Bray - Managing Partner

L-R: Chris Chapman - Partner, Evie Parker-Rowles - Associate

As Investors in People Gold standard, GSS have supported both Chris and Evie throughout their studies and are proud to see how they have progressed throughout their time with the Practice so far and are looking forward to seeing how they succeed in the future.

Across the Practice, there have been other celebrations with Derrick Osafo in the Gloucester Studio, Phil Hunt at the Midlands Head Office, and Alex Proctor in the Harrogate Office all promoted to Senior Associates.

Tom Lyons, Senior Partner, said “We are thrilled to announce these well-deserved promotions as part of our continued growth nationally, and thank Chris, Evie, Derrick, Phil, and Alex for all of their hard work and dedication to the Practice. GSS are proud to continue to offer various career paths for our people to progress as we have done for all of our 144-year history and will continue to do so for the next generations to come at the Practice.”