Deborah Saunt

Deborah is a Founding Director of DSDHA, leading high-profile spatial strategies, urban masterplans and public realm proposals. Projects include the reinvention of the National Youth Theatre’s London headquarters, the refurbishment of London’s iconic Economist Plaza in St James’s and a new mixed-use building on Piccadilly for The Crown Estate. Urban scale work includes the regeneration of a 600–home estate for London Borough of Southwark with a strong focus on engagement, the creation of Cundy Street Quarter, a new 2.4–acre mixed-tenure neighbourhood in Westminster, the redesign of the public realm around the Royal Albert Hall, the public realm framework for the West End Project including the reimagining of Tottenham Court Road, and Exchange Square – a new park for the City of London above Liverpool Street Station. Much of her work is concerned with democratising architecture, having set up the Jane Drew Prize in Architecture, and helping to redefine the role of architecture in the 21s