Mike Riley
Architect Technical Director
Manchester- Qualifications
- RIBA Advanced Diploma Arch, BArch, BA (Hons), Certified Passivhaus Designer
- Roles
- Building Safety Group Lead
Mike is an Architect Technical Director who leads the practice's Building Safety Group and is a member of the RIBA Principal Designer Register (HRB). He also leads the Education sector in the Manchester Studio, is a Building Regulations Principal Designer, and is a Certified Passivhaus Designer.
He has a wide range of skills focusing on detailed design and delivery of high-quality, award-winning projects in multiple sectors, including higher education, schools, sci-tech, transport, heritage, adaptive reuse, arts, leisure, and sports. As part of his role, he is passionate about creating robust design information using digital delivery tools to create a digital twin of our buildings. Using this method, we can utilise the digital twin for iterative evaluation and improvement and optimise our designs. He is involved in several practice-wide initiatives focused on building safety, standardisation, efficiency, sustainability, and low-carbon construction, helping to drive forward the firm’s commitment to building safety, environmental responsibility, and design excellence.
He was the RIBA North-West Project Architect of the Year (2019) for his contribution to the Northern Hub ‘Ordsall Chord’ project.
Projects
Lancashire County Cricket Club
The redevelopment of Old Trafford Cricket Ground has turned this iconic venue into one of the UK’s finest sporting destinations.
WaterSHED at Wardle Academy
The sports hall redevelopment project at Wardle Academy is an exciting transformation of a previously unused space into a vibrant hub for education.
Manchester Metropolitan University Institute of Sport
Repurposing an existing building to create a modern teaching, research, and support facility.
Ordsall Chord
The new railway link connects Manchester’s Piccadilly and Victoria stations for the first time.
Alliance Manchester Business School
Our design for the new Alliance Business School at the University of Manchester remodels two conjoined buildings from the 1970s.
Northern Estate Programme
The refurbishment and development of multiple Grade I, II and II* listed buildings that provide office space for the House of Commons.
Palace of Westminster Restoration and Renewal
BDP was awarded a full interdisciplinary contract for client advisory services to help ensure the safe and secure future of the Palace of Westminster.
Culcheth High School
The design concept is a multi-level, linear street with three-storey ‘fingers’ of transformational learning spaces reaching out into the landscape.