Robert Hopkins
Director, Architecture
Qualifications
BA DipArch MA RIBA RA Eng VP
![Robert Hopkins](https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Robert-Hopkins_1600x1734.jpg?w=1200&h=1300&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684016073&s=62e3f3326ce51c029da035c5e02df52c)
Robert Hopkins leads on our long-established commitment to sustainability. He is driven to create unique, healthy, and inspiring places and is passionate about collaborative working and sharing his knowledge. As a mentor to many, not only within the practice, Rob is also a familiar face at conferences and often contributes to technical papers.
“At AHR, we focus on creating spaces that enhance the lives and wellbeing of users, and I am proud to champion this.”
Since joining the practice in 2003, Rob’s experience in creating offices, homes, universities and schools has influenced his designs improving how we work, learn and play. Inspired by biophilia, Rob enhances the way people experience spaces, with consideration to light, air, movement, and nature and has led on the creation of one of the healthiest workplaces in the world. His enthusiasm for sustainability is evident not only in his work but his everyday life too and he enjoys creating innovative solutions to different situations, that benefits all.
Rob thrives on making a difference, he understands that the way we live is evolving and works to create environments that support this. Together, with the collaboration of talented individuals across the practice, Rob drives us to the forefront of sustainable design which embeds wellbeing and productivity within.
He has played an important role in delivering AHR’s Zero Carbon Today Methodology, which we are now building upon as we face new climate challenges. Rob is an advocate for the future of architecture, often you’ll find him delivering talks at Universities and events. His Royal Academy of Engineering Visiting Professorship at Cardiff Metropolitan University for Biophilic Design and Sustainability allows him to share his passions and enhance the skills of staff and students alike.
Key Projects
![Daphne Steele Building](https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/University-of-Huddersfields-Health-and-Wellbeing-Academy/1.jpg?w=100&h=75&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684016022&s=28c9203c8256d8adaef35fcf0066ea66 100w, https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/University-of-Huddersfields-Health-and-Wellbeing-Academy/1.jpg?w=400&h=300&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684016022&s=c7362cfd055a54f5680af509ca19e197 400w, https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/University-of-Huddersfields-Health-and-Wellbeing-Academy/1.jpg?w=600&h=450&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684016022&s=53bae3ec46359b1cd37d52a6142070c2 600w, https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/University-of-Huddersfields-Health-and-Wellbeing-Academy/1.jpg?w=800&h=600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684016022&s=ec6292ef6a44e9de85a96b4533a70611 800w, https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/University-of-Huddersfields-Health-and-Wellbeing-Academy/1.jpg?w=1000&h=750&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684016022&s=b20bf4cd3cfd242d1361634723e2848e 1000w)
Daphne Steele Building
Forming part of the new national health and research innovation campus, the development is the first university building to be designed to WELL Platinum Standard.
![Christ the Word Catholic School](https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/Christ-the-Word/ChristTheWord0042.jpg?w=100&h=75&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684015533&s=dc42efd8b9a54d814e9dc9b4270e9907 100w, https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/Christ-the-Word/ChristTheWord0042.jpg?w=400&h=300&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684015533&s=beea9e6fc93a817203db662e9faac9bc 400w, https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/Christ-the-Word/ChristTheWord0042.jpg?w=600&h=450&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684015533&s=a505cd1df60ff4e758078cef488fc213 600w, https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/Christ-the-Word/ChristTheWord0042.jpg?w=800&h=600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684015533&s=0216faec43a846d4e558d284b9edb9ce 800w, https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/Christ-the-Word/ChristTheWord0042.jpg?w=1000&h=750&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684015533&s=6019ecad5b86137eb228604714039706 1000w)
Christ the Word Catholic School
The first school in Wales designed to reflect the findings of the Donaldson report, provides an innovative and transformational, faith-based education.
![East Quad Building](https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/Grangegorman-Campus-East-Quad-Building/SM_1210_1085_edit.jpg?w=100&h=75&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684015634&s=504bf132c3656d46a50f40860167a88e 100w, https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/Grangegorman-Campus-East-Quad-Building/SM_1210_1085_edit.jpg?w=400&h=300&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684015634&s=0bd2a9068c94bbe9a584651936217545 400w, https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/Grangegorman-Campus-East-Quad-Building/SM_1210_1085_edit.jpg?w=600&h=450&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684015634&s=509022281ba736f935568d74a0ceade0 600w, https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/Grangegorman-Campus-East-Quad-Building/SM_1210_1085_edit.jpg?w=800&h=600&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684015634&s=7765292f3a2f8e31859bc8eb694a5374 800w, https://ahr-website.transforms.svdcdn.com/production/uploads/Projects/Grangegorman-Campus-East-Quad-Building/SM_1210_1085_edit.jpg?w=1000&h=750&q=80&auto=format&fit=crop&crop=focalpoint&fp-x=0.5&fp-y=0.5&dm=1684015634&s=57948644a3eaf488ff76652f21887cc4 1000w)
East Quad Building
Through evolutionary design, the space nurtures a new inspired generation, fostering collaborative relationships, whilst addressing the University’s aspirations and supporting the wider community.