For the second time in two years my projects have been mentioned in Architect's Journal - this time in a review of Leeds School of Architecture, Landscape and Design "STAR STUDENTS - The hope for the school's future is that it can turn out students like Bongani Muchemwa and Steven McCloy" writes Richard Waite in AJ number 4 volume 232 22/07/2010. The article describes the perruqueria and auction house as "Refined and decorative proposals, both with coherent, intricate models"

The architecture of the auction house, designed for the centre of Leeds, attemps to capture the curious theatre and exuberance of an auction sale. Ornament, structure and light effects are designed in CAD packages and brought into life using materials that quinessentially represent antiques and high art; white and coloured marble, gold leaf, stained glass, wrought iron, decorative tiles..

The "Perruqueria Barcelona" project has been nominated for two prestigious RIBA awards, one just for Yorkshire, one World-Wide. Both results are pending....


I was awarded the "West Yorkshire Architects Prize for Drawing" for images presented at my degree exhibtion at Leeds School of Architecture, Landscape and Design.