Liz Gibney
- Studios: Architecture
- Position: Partner / Masterplanner / Urban Designer
Liz is a Strategic Housing, Masterplanning, and Regeneration specialist with an award-winning background in complex and varied roles. Her experience and expertise provides a sinuous link between architecture and planning. Liz joined the practice as a Partner at the start of 2019, coming to us from one of our client organisations, a leading provider of social housing in the UK.
An exceptional and respected leader, Liz is Chair of the Coastal Communities Group, Strategic Housing Advisor and Board Director for the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP). Liz is also Chair of the Kent and Medway Economic Partnership (KMEP) and Chair of the Kent and Medway Business Advisory Board.
Originally trained as an Architect, Liz has lectured at the Universities of Newcastle and Westminster, spoken at conferences, and advised central government policy. Her diverse experience and expertise across growth and legacy change projects includes Strategic Regeneration, Urban Design and Masterplanning, Levelling Up Funding, Department for Education projects, and Strategic Housing. Her work is defined by a pragmatic yet uncompromising vision for placemaking and delivery, driven by a passion for social value and the importance of social, fiscal, and environmental sustainability in delivering long-term growth and change.
Innovative, unique, creative and ambitious, Liz has an impressive track record of achieving quality and, through over twenty years work with Design South East, has a well-established reputation as a design advisor, including work for Ashford and Swale councils, the Essex Design Advisory Panel, and the Building Schools for the Future initiative.
Liz continues her commitment to strategic vision and focus on social value outside of her work life; in 2013 she co-founded the charity ‘Dover smART Project’ which aims to provide support in her home community through creative arts projects that encourage people to discover their potential, foster a sense of belonging, develop personal confidence, and increase aspiration.
