Neil Dusheiko has practised as an architect in South Africa, Sydney and London, working for firms including Walters and Cohen, Allies and Morrison and Maccreanor Lavington.
He has also built a range of private commissions, including the Timber Fin House, shortlisted for the NLA Don’t Move Improve awards 2010 and a houseboat for Yo-Sushi founder Simon Woodroffe, featured in Grand Designs.
Neil combines strong technical knowledge, acquired from working on large infrastructure and leisure projects such as the redevelopment of Kings Cross Underground Station (Allies and Morrison) and the Holmes Place at Canary Riverside (Walters and Cohen), with a creative approach and a sensitivity to environment, reflected in some of his smaller, privately commissioned projects.
Education:
•1988-1994: University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, graduating with a distinction in design
•2001: completed Part 3 RIBA accreditation at Westminster University, London UK
Employment:
•1996-1998: worked in Sydney, Australia for Gordon and Valich and SJPH Design Partnership on a series of hotel and education projects and infrastructure projects including Penrith Station and Merrylands bus terminal
•1998 – 2001: worked in London, UK for Denton Corker Marshall and Walters and Cohen contributing to projects including the Sanderson Hotel, Holmes Place at Canary Riverside and a number of residential and educational projects
•2001 – 2007: recruited by Allies and Morrison as part of the team redeveloping the underground at Kings Cross Station, project architect for the design for the second phase. Project architect for the Woolwich masterplan with Berkeley Homes – a high density residential project including a hotel and Crossrail station. Worked on high rise commercial and residential projects including the Olympian Tower in Stratford and Elizabeth House in Waterloo.
•2007 - 2009: established DMD Architects, a collaborative practice focusing on small scale residential, arts and retail projects.
•2009-2010: worked for Maccreanor Lavington contributing to projects including masterplans in North West Cambridge, Aberfeldy New Villlage and a mixed use project in Romford, Essex.
•2011: Neil has recently set up his own practice: Neil Dusheiko Architects operating out of a studio in Clerkenwell.
