Our quarterly record of senior movement across UK architecture. This edition covers forty appointments into twenty-seven practices between July and September 2026, every one date-checked against the practice's own announcement or the individual's LinkedIn experience.
It leads on Adam McPartland's move from Glancy Nicholls to Ridge as partner for architecture in Birmingham, set against Ridge's growth and CVC's investment in the business in September. The list then runs practice by practice, ordered by how many each hired, and the quarter is read across five themes: Gensler's six hires, the regional teams HLM Architects and Studio KMA built, twelve director-level appointments into studios outside London, senior hires who kept a practice of their own, and specialist and technology leadership. Internal promotions and base-grade roles are left out.