Amandeep Kalra

Amandeep is an Architect and Urban designer. He is an Associate Director at Be First, working at the intersection of public and private practice for Barking & Dagenham. He leads a team that is responsible for strategic visions, brief writing, research, design, and procurement, while actively engaging with residents, planners, policy makers, developers, and politicians to bring these ideas to the table.

He is trustee at the charity London Neighbourhood Scholarship where he continues to champion equality by providing scholarships for people from disadvantaged backgrounds. He is a Design Council Expert, member of the Southwark, Bromley, Harrow and Hackney (Chair) Design Review Panels and was invited to join the Open City Accelerate advisory board. He has served as a guest critic at Kingston, Westminster, UCL and Sheffield University and has mentored architecture students with the RIBA.