Rowan Seaford | Carmody Groarke | Tecnoglass Lecture Series

ROWAN SEAFORD joined Carmody Groarke in 2012. With over 20 years of experience in-practice spanning mixed-use regeneration, residential projects and public buildings, she has played a key role in some of the practice’s most recognizable projects—including the Stirling Prize shortlisted Windermere Jetty Museum. Rowan is currently leading a major student housing project in central London for the London School of Economics. Rowan has a keen eye for detail and relishes the challenge of working within sensitive heritage settings to unlock the full potential of a site or a building. She sits on the Tower Hamlets Design Review Panel, has chaired RIBA Awards juries and has delivered numerous talks on the studio's work and professional practice. In 2026, Rowan was shortlisted for the MJ Long Award for Excellence in Practice for her work on Power Hall at the Science and Industry Museum, Manchester. CARMODY GROARKE is a London-based architectural practice founded in 2006 by Kevin Carmody and Andy Groarke. The practice has developed a reputation for its international work on a wide range of commercial, arts, cultural, heritage, and residential projects. Current projects include a significant refurbishment and extension to the Design Museum in Ghent, Belgium; a new archive building for the national collection of the British Library in Yorkshire; the Bibliothèque Nationale de France Conservation Centre in Amiens, France; the London School of Economics (LSE) Bankside House; and the heritage restoration and significant extension of the London Wall Buildings in the City of London. Completed work include the critically acclaimed Windermere Jetty Museum in the Lake District and a temporary home for Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s Hill House. The practice recently completed the transformation of a former 1970s textile workshop on Bethnal Green Road into a contemporary, low-carbon workspace—a compelling model for adaptive commercial reuse. Carmody Groarke’s work has been recognized through several prestigious architectural awards, most recently the Architects’ Journal Design of the Year in 2025. Previous projects have been shortlisted for the EU Mies van der Rohe Award, the 2021 RIBA Building of the Year Stirling Prize, and the Civic Trust National Panel Special Award 2020. Four monographs of the practice’s work have been published by El Croquis, 2G, AMAG, and A+U.