Marcus Adams

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Marcus Adams

Managing Partner
DipArch MA Urban Design RIBA

Marcus is Managing Partner of JTP with responsibility for the strategic planning and management of the practice. He is supported by the practice’s Board of Partners, enabling him to maintain a hands-on approach to projects.

He is an architect and urban designer with substantial experience, working with private and public sectors to lead the design and delivery of major new mixed-use neighbourhoods, large scale regeneration, and strategic placemaking projects in the UK and internationally.

Marcus' recent projects include The Green Quarter, one of London’s largest regeneration projects delivering a dynamic new village for West London; Alconbury Weald, the regeneration of a 580 hectare airfield in Cambridgeshire; and Central Winchester Regeneration, where he led the design team in working closely with the community and local businesses, to develop a shared vision for a new uniquely Winchester pedestrian-friendly quarter in the heart of the city.

Marcus' other award-winning work includes the UK’s largest net zero carbon neighbourhood at Graylingwell Park, Chichester; the mixed-use redevelopment of St Clement’s Hospital in Bow East London, London’s first CLT which was named The Guardian's Top Architecture and Design Event of 2017 and is the recipient of two National Housing Awards; and residential and mixed-use neighbourhoods at Water Colour in Redhill, The Village at Caterham, and Queen Elizabeth Park, Guildford.

Working with the Battersea Power Station Development Company, Marcus has been involved in establishing a placemaking vision for Battersea Power Station that will guide future development of one of the best known landmarks in London.

Internationally Marcus has worked on major new settlements and sustainable neighbourhoods in Ireland, China, Abu Dhabi and Russia. Marcus has been at the forefront of pioneering the use of development frameworks and Design Codes for large-scale strategic projects across the UK and regularly talks on new ways of controlling the quality of large-scale mixed-use projects.

Marcus is a passionate believer in environmental and social sustainability and brings this passion and experience to projects. He is a committed placemaker and drives design excellence and innovation throughout the practice through community planning, charrette methodology and internal design reviews. He is also an Academician of the Academy of Urbanism, an organisation which promotes the cause of good quality urbanism throughout Great Britain and Ireland, and has also been a British Homes Awards judge for the past three years.

Related Projects
Pennington Street Warehouse, Wapping,
London, United Kingdom
Reuse of Historic Building & Place
Stage: Completed
Community
Planning
The Nicholson Quarter,
Maidenhead, UK
New Urban Quarter
Stage: Hybrid Planning Application
Leven Road Gasworks, Poplar
New Urban Quarter
Stage: Hybrid Planning Application
Community
Planning
Rugeley Power Station
New Settlement
Stage: Outline Planning Application
RadioStation Rugby,
Rugby, United Kingdom
New Settlement
Stage: On-site
Tolworth, Kingston Upon Thames
New Urban Quarter
Stage: Outline and Detailed Planning Consent
Long Marston Garden Village, Stratford-upon-Avon
New Settlement
Stage: Outline Planning Consent
Community
Planning
A Vision for Harrington
New Settlement
Stage: Community Planning
The Green Quarter,
London, UK
New Urban Quarter
Stage: On-site
Wembley South West Lands,
London, UK
New Urban Quarter
Stage: On-site
Community
Planning
Kew Retail Park
New Urban Quarter
Stage: Community Planning
St Clement's,
London, UK
Reuse of Historic Building & Place
Stage: Completed
Alconbury Weald,
Cambridgeshire, UK
New Settlement
Stage: On-site
Ashdown Road, Royal Exchange, Kingston
Reuse of Historic Building & Place
Stage: On-site
Oaks,
Prague, Czech Republic
New Settlement
Stage: On-site
Graylingwell Park,
Chichester, UK
Reuse of Historic Building & Place
Stage: On-site
Barton Farm,
Winchester, UK
Settlement Extension
Stage: On-site
Battersea Power Station,
London, UK
New Urban Quarter
Stage: On-site
Water Colour,
Redhill, UK
New Neighbourhood
Stage: Completed
Community
Planning
Maidenhead Town Centre Placemaking Vision and Charter
Regional City & Town Strategy
Stage: Community Planning
The Village at Caterham,
Caterham, UK
Reuse of Historic Building & Place
Stage: Completed
Community
Planning
Central Winchester Regeneration, Winchester, UK
Regional City & Town Strategy
Stage: Strategic Guidance
Upper Calder Valley,
Upper Calder Valley, UK
Regional City & Town Strategy
Stage: Masterplan
Market Street,
Newbury, UK
New Urban Quarter
Stage: On-site
Edenbrook,
Fleet, UK
New Neighbourhood
Stage: Completed
Royal Clarence Yard,
Gosport, UK
Reuse of Historic Building & Place
Stage: Completed
Newhall,
Harlow, UK
New Neighbourhood
Stage: On-site
Shahama and Bahia,
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Estate & Housing Renewal
Stage: Masterplan
Fairmile Hospital,
Cholsey, UK
Reuse of Historic Building & Place
Stage: Completed
Scarborough,
Scarborough, UK
Regional City & Town Strategy
Stage: Masterplan
Queen Elizabeth Park,
Guildford, UK
Reuse of Historic Building & Place
Stage: Completed
Channels,
Chelmsford, UK
Settlement Extension
Stage: On-site
Attleborough,
Attleborough, UK
Settlement Extension
Stage: Outline Planning Consent
Arthur Street Estate, London, UK
Estate & Housing Renewal
Stage: Detailed Planning Consent
Knowle Park, Cranleigh, UK
New Neighbourhood
Stage: Outline Planning Consent
One Vinyl Square, London, UK
One-off Building
Stage: Detailed Planning Application
Goldsworth Road, Woking, UK
New Urban Quarter
Stage: Full Detail Planning Application
Community
Planning
Grays Shopping Centre
New Urban Quarter
Stage: Community Planning