Hana Loftus is co-director of HAT Projects, an award-winning architecture, urban design and planning practice based in Essex. A chartered planner as well as a designer, Hana has over 20 years experience leading complex projects at many scales. From her early career working with the London Thames Gateway Design Review Panel, to recent work on masterplanning, policy and design codes, improving the quality of new development has been a focus of her practice and research.