Sean Griffiths is a director and co-founder of Fashion Architecture Taste Ltd. He has been the principal in charge of some of FAT's most important projects including the Blue House and Kessels Kramer and is currently the partner in charge of the refurbishment of the Sint Lucas Art Academy in Holland. Sean has considerable experience in housing design. He is responsible for the development of the Tanner Point housing project which has involved the sourcing of private finance initiatives and community and resident consultation. Sean has written and researched extensively on the subject of housing, contributing papers to CABE and the RIBA as well as teaching a graduate design programme looking at contemporary housing and master-planning. As well as design duties Sean is the partner in charge of developing new business.

Sam Jacob (b. London, 1970) is a founding director of FAT, architect, writer and critic.

Jacob was most recently the partner in charge of the Hoogvliet Heerlijkheid project in Holland – a park, cultural centre and community facilities completed in October '08 and developed in collaboration with WiMBY! The project explores ideas of Pop, populism and participation which form the basis of an architectural approach intended to explore the role of architecture as communicative device, programmatic agglomeration and social condenser. The project was shortlisted for a World Architecture Award.

Jacob has taught and lectured at universities in Europe and the US most recently as the Louis I Kahn Professor of Architecture at Yale in 2007. Other positions include post-graduate unit master at the University of Westminster, the Architectural Association and University of Greenwich.

Jacob is a frequent contributor to public architectural debate through regular lectures and symposia. He writes Strangeharvest.com and is architecture editor of Contemporary, a columnist for the Architects Journal, and contributes to magazines and journals including Icon, Art Review, Frieze, Metropolis and Log. Jacob is currently completing a PhD at the Center for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths College London.

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Charles Holland joined Fat in 1996 becoming a director in 1998. He has been the practice principal in charge of a number of key projects including our award winning security building in The Hague, the Bathroom Sweet and the new Heal’s restaurant and bakery. Charles was also the principal in charge of the Islington Square housing project. He led the consultation workshops and developed the design for the housing in close collaboration with the residents and other members of the client team. He has considerable experience in housing design and is also currently involved in the development of designs for low cost pre-fabricated housing for various London sites. Charles has taught and lectured widely, both in the UK and abroad. He writes about architecture and design for a number of journals and is a regular contributor to Icon and Modern Painters.

Lizzie Evans joined FAT in 2002. She studied at the University of Manchester and at the University of Westminster, London, where her diploma work was shortlisted for the RIBA President’s Silver Medal award. She graduated in Summer 2002. Prior to joining FAT she worked for the Fairhurst Design Group in Manchester. Lizzie has been involved in a number of FAT’s projects over the last two years, and was project architect for the Sint Lucas arts school refurbishment, in Holland, which was awarded a RIBA European Award 2007, Peyton + Byrne bakery and Meals restaurant at Heals department store London, the latter taking runner up position in Time Outs Restaurant Awards 2007 for Best Design. Currently, Lizzie is project architect on a two story pavilion within an existing shopping arcade which houses a cafe and retail units and is part of Liverpool's exciting and extensive Paradise Street Development.

Matt Stack joined Fat in 2004 and has coordinated the documentation of several of our main projects. He has completed projects in the residential, education and commercial sectors in the UK as well as working for two years on urban regeneration projects in Perth, Western Australia after completing his architectural qualifications. Matt has accumulated considerable site and contract administration experience and is a key resource for our construction projects.

Sally Quinn joined FAT in 2007. She received First Class Honours in Architectural Design from the University of Edinburgh before completing an MA at the Royal College of Art in London. She graduated in 2004, when her work was awarded runner up in the Transco Creative Thinking For a Responsible Future Award. Prior to joining FAT she worked with MacCormac Jamieson Prichard Architects in London where she was involved in projects including the Kendrew Quadrangle for St Johns College, Oxford and A Vision for the Victoria Embankment, London. She has taught and been a critic for undergraduate Architecture at Brighton and Nottingham Universities. She is currently involved on the Lindsay Road housing project and the 80 unit residential development, Riverside ONE @Middlehaven.

Charmaine is the latest edition to the Fat team, joining as the office manager in September 2007. Trained in Textiles, Visual Arts at Goldsmiths University, London, Charmaine previously worked at OMA in New York as office manager and material researcher. She was involved with the material research for several large current projects at OMA including the Museum Plaza, Louisville, The Wyly Theatre, Dallas and Caltech University, California

Henrietta joined Fat in 2007 as a Part 1 Architectural assistant. She studied at the Welsh School of Architecture (WSA), receiving a First Class honours. Whilst studying at the WSA she was awarded a “best performance” prize for her design work. Prior to joining FAT Henrietta gained work experience at AOC architectural firm and the graphical design company Bamber Forsyth Ltd. Since joining FAT she has been an assistant on most major projects. In particular she was intensely involved with Stages D and E of Riverside One at Middlehaven, a large residential building in Middlesborough.

Tomas Klassnik joined Fat in 2007. He studied architecture at Cambridge University and the Royal College of Art where he was awarded the DIN associates design prize and was nominated for the RIBA silver medal. Prior to joining Fat he worked for Reiser and Unemoto NY, Ian Simpson Architects, and the AOC. Recently Tomas has contributed to delivering a mixed use Middlehaven development, refurbishment of the Museum of Croydon and the KK Outlet Interior. Tomas teaches interior and spatial design at Chelsea College of Art, has edited the London Architecture Diary and exhibited at the Architecture Foundation and the 10th Venice Biennale.

Emma was a director of FAT. She trained as an artist and acted as lead artist on a range of projects with FAT including Outpost, Adsite, Roadworks and Shopping. She contributed to the exhibition 'Kill The Modernist Within' at Cube, Manchester. She is currently completing an MA in printmaking at Camberwell.