An impassioned, all-round licensed architect, university instructor, restaurateur and fermenter.
Will was educated at Millfield School in the UK and completed his architectural qualifications at the Bartlett, University College London. He has worked with practices in Hong Kong, Berlin, Paris, Bangkok and London on major commercial, residential, religious and heritage projects and now teaches on the INDA BSc international program at the Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok
At INDA Will enjoys sharing his accumulated wisdom from practice and business through teaching 4th year design studio, classes in environmental and structural technology and lectures on professional practice and business management.
Contact
Will Hulbert
3399/1166 Oka Haus
Sukhumvit 36, Bangkok 10110
+66(0)65 234 5533
will.hulb@gmail.com
LINE: willhulbert01
INDA International Program in Design and Architecture (INDA), Faculty of Architecture, Chulalongkorn University Bangkok 8/2017 – present.
Instructor and lecturer on the 4-year BSc Architecture program:
Instructor year 4 design option studio, 2018 to present.
Instructor architectural construction and environmental technology years 2and 3.
Year 4 lecturer in professional practice and business management.
Guide student architecture study trips to Berlin in 2018 and London in 2019.
Instructor year 3 student design and build projects: Library, Chumphon, Thailand 2018. Refectory Tak, Thailand 2019, Treehouse Phra Khanong, Bangkok 2020.
Randolph Gray Architects Bangkok 9/2019 - present (freelance/part time)
Design coordinator
350 bedroom JW Marriott 5* hotel Udaipur, India
Andrew Lett Architects London11/2007 - 10/2010 & 6/2012 - 03/2018 (6 years)
asst. Director
Will has led design direction across masterplannning, concept design and detail design development. He has also driven forward business development opportunities with existing and new Clients.
66-72 New Cavendish Street London. Development of 18 luxury apartments behind the retained historic facade. Completion August 2015 cost £8m.
47-53 Queen Anne Street London. New 2,700m2 office building with 2 apartments behind a retained facade. Construction start 2015 cost £12m.
1-3 Bedford Place London. Restoration three early 19th Century townhouses as 9 luxury apartments. Completed 2013 cost £4m
Reading International Phase 3. Competition winning scheme for a hotel and office cluster at the southern gateway to Reading. Cost £50m.
Novotel St Pancras London. Scheme for the expansion of the hotel and a new public realm connection with the British Library piazza. Cost £30m.
MYAA Mangera Yvars London 10/2010 - 5/2012 (2 years)
Associate
Will managed the London office of this award winning design studio and led the detail design and financial management on a number of projects.
Mosque Doha Qatar. Detail design for a large new Mosque forming part of the Msheireb Heart of Doha new City quarter. Under construction.
Prayer hall and community centre North Harrow London. Detail design to construction for a 5,000m2 development with large subterranean sports hall and gym. Cost £25m.
AukettSwanke London 9/1998 - 11/2007 (8 years)
asst. Director
Will was jointly responsible for managing and guiding design across the studios and led the design and delivery of 3 BCO award winning headquarters buildings.
Napp Pharmaceuticals Cambridge. 13,000m2 of competition winning offices enclosing a south facing courtyard. Completed 2009 cost £22m. 2010 BCO regional award Best Corporate Workplace.
Airpark de Paris Ile de France. Competition winning scheme for a new office park close to Orly airport. Phase 1 completed 2005 cost 24m euros.
National Air Traffic Services Solent. 22,000m2 offices and technical facilities for the UK’s air traffic manager. Completed 2004 (phase 2 06). Contract value £30m. 2005 national BCO winner Commercial Workplace.
Sun Microsystems TVCP Farnborough. BCO award winning headquarters for the soft-/hardware company. Completed 2001 cost £60m. 2001 BCO commendation Commercial Workplace.
Elz & Rothkegel Berlin 1996 – 99 (3 years)
Conservation architect
Altes Stadthaus Berlin. Condition survey and restoration of a historic town hall built in 1911 and extensively damaged during WWII to provide new offices for the City administration. Reconstruction 1997-2000 cost 120m euros.
Staatskanzlei Potsdam. Fabric survey, restoration and refurbishment of historic army cadet school built in 1912 and conversion to City authority offices. Completed 2001 cost 11m euros.
DEGW Berlin 1994 - 96 (2 years)
Conservation architect and masterplanner
Hotel Esplanade Jena. 152 room 4* Hotel forming a cornerstone in the regeneration of the Carl Zeiss works. Completed 1998 contract value 25m euros.
Carl Zeiss Jena. Masterplanning, fabric survey, re-purposing and part restoration of the 19th century former Carl Zeiss factory in the centre of Jena. Construction 1997 – 2000.
Llewelyn Davies Hong Kong 1988 - 89 (9 months)
Queen Mary Hospital Hong Kong. Assistant architect completed design and production information for 2 new buildings - 29-storey and 11-storey accommodating 850 beds, 78,500m2. Construction completed 1989.
YRM International Hong Kong 1986 - 88 (18 months)
Mass Transit Railway Hong Kong. Assistant architect completed design and production information for new platforms, concourses and station entrances for the Island Line extension.
Volunteering
Sir John Cass School of Design - Mentoring/crits
Marylebone Association – Design review panel
RIBA Architect in the House
ICOMOS
20th Century Society
Millfield School Careers Convention - Careers in architecture
IT
Autocad 2D & 3D, Rhino, Vray, Adobe Creative Suite, Project management software
Education
Bartlett University College London RIBA pt III 1992
Bartlett Diploma RIBA pt II 1984 - 86
Architecture School Bristol University RIBA pt I (3rd year scholarship)
Millfield School UK