We see good design resulting from communication and collaboration. To find out more about us, who makes up our team and who we are, please see below.
Duncan Pyle (BA (Hons), Dip GVAD)
Duncan began his career at Building Design Partnership (BDP) in London. He worked with multi-disciplinary teams on large commercial and retail projects. He has extensive European experience, having lived and worked in Paris for four years. During that period, he was a senior design consultant in France, Belgium, Germany, Holland and the UK. While in Paris, he was an essential member of the teams developing innovative designs for office, retail and industrial projects, including waste treatment plants. His work on the latter was credited twice in the French architectural publication “Le Moniteur”. He spent seven years in London as a project leader, senior designer and lead consultant with David Leon Partnership, where he was primarily involved in designing knowledge-based research environments. Many clients are household names in the nuclear, pharmaceutical, engineering, food and chemical industries. He has spoken at The Royal Institution and The Royal Society on the critical design factors in effective research environments. He set up O2i Design Consultants in 2001.
Favourite design: His R1
Andrea Pyle PgCert Architecture: AEES
Andrea began her career with the architectural practices of A. Epstein and Sons Inc, and Building Design Partnership (BDP) in London, designing within multi-disciplinary teams working on large commercial projects. When BDP expanded into Europe, Andrea relocated to Paris with BDP’s joint venture, BDP-Groupe 6. In 1992, Andrea joined S’PACE (France), designing public areas and offices for commercial and public-sector clients. After returning to London, Andrea joined PA Consulting Group, a leading global management consulting firm. She worked in various roles in the UK and overseas for 12 years with PA Consulting Group before joining O2i Design Ltd in June 2005. Andrea’s resource and project management skills, together with her design and interiors expertise, allow her to source unusual and beautiful products and finishes for our clients. Andrea has recently completed her Post Graduate qualification in Architecture and Advanced Environmental & Energy Studies.
Favourite design: Volvo P1800
Richard Bennett
Richard is O2i Design’s Senior Architectural Technician. Educated in Somerset, at Stanchester Community School, he gained a BTEC National and a Higher National Certificate in Construction at Somerset College of Arts & Technology in Taunton and a BTEC First Diploma and National Diploma in Engineering from Yeovil College. He has worked for a local Chartered Surveyor and various Somerset architectural practices before joining O2i Design Ltd in 2014. Richard has a wealth of experience in Building Regulation and Building Control requirements.
He has worked on domestic, commercial, industrial and education projects, preparing planning, building regulations, tendering, construction drawings and documents.
Favourite design: WIP
Geoff Pyle BA(Hons), Dip Arch, MPhil (Cantab), RIBA
Geoff has nearly 30 years of experience in architecture and first worked together with Duncan, his brother, in Geoff’s practice Pyle Associates in London. He is a Registered Architect with the ARB and a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and became an Associate at O2i Design in 2003. Geoff’s expertise includes strategic design and master planning and managing projects through to completion; he enjoys the ‘long’ view and uses materials creatively, working closely with builders. His experience includes apartment buildings, offices and workspaces, hotels and resorts, schools and university buildings, cinemas and buildings for the performing arts. Geoff has completed projects for private, local authority and institutional clients in the UK, France and South East Asia. He has been a visiting lecturer at several architectural schools. Geoff has an MPhil in the History and Philosophy of Architecture, and his prize-winning work has been exhibited at the RIBA and the Royal Academy.
Favourite design: Phnom Penh’s Sport Complex
Our office dogs
We cannot leave out our most trusty companions Hendrix and Reginald, the Jack Russells. They make up the meet-and-greet party. Sadly their drafting skills leave something to be desired, and they hate answering the telephone or taking minutes!