Who we are

The Architecture Centre Devon and Cornwall is the operational organisation of Design Action Devon and Cornwall CIC a Community Interest Company. It is an independent, not for profit company limited by guarantee.

The Directors of the board of Design Action Devon and Cornwall CIC are :-

• Mark Pearson
• Professor Adrian Gale
• Professor Jeremy Gould
• Professor Michael Wigginton
• Maggie Bolt
• Pat Steward
• Andrew Chandler
• Thelma Sorensen
• Tanya Griffiths

Director
Tanya Griffiths
MA Cantab RIBA

Tanya Griffiths is a registered Architect with over 12 years of practice experience. She became the director and established the Architecture Centre Devon and Cornwall in June 2006.

Educated at Cambridge University and University College London, Tanya was an associate of Foster and Partners where she worked for 10 years. After leaving Fosters in 2003 she joined Sonnemann Toon Architects, a small design practice in central London as a partner. She has worked on a very wide range of projects and on both public and private commissions. These have been located in Europe and in the UK, in both rural and urban settings; projects include masterplans, office buildings, public buildings, healthcare facilities, residential developments, product and furniture design. She is a member of- and the secretary for, the Plymouth Design Panel.

Funding of the centre is provided by CABE the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and Creating Excellence the South West Centre for Sustainable Communities.