About

Simon James qualified as an Architect at the then Manchester Polytechnic and later Manchester Metropolitan University in 1992 and directly set up an office in the centre of Manchester. The first guise was as 'TEAS Architects' which enjoyed early award winning success with an open RIBA competition and various commendations in subsequent competition entries. TEAS Partners split up to follow different career paths while Simon James continues to practice to this day from the Manchester City Centre Grosvenor street studio. Apart from a period of 4 years working as a senior Architect; as Hotel and Education and then Workplace sector leader Simon James has worked as an independent Architect mainly in the North of England with a number of projects also completed in North Wales and Spain. 25 years on the practice is still going strong with a significant amount of experience in the small and large scale residential and leisure sector.