Rachel Haugh

Beetham Tower, Manchester

Rachel Haugh is an English architect who co-founded SimpsonHaugh and Partners with Ian Simpson in 1987.[1] Her practice operates in Manchester and London.[2] Haugh was shortlisted for the Woman Architect of the Year Award in 2015.[3][4]

Haugh attended Marple Hall School in Manchester and studied architecture at the University of Bath.[3]

Haugh worked on the Beetham Tower in Manchester, a landmark 47-storey mixed use skyscraper which was completed in 2006.[5] She also worked on One Blackfriars,[6] a mixed-use development at No. 1 Blackfriars Road in Bankside, London, known as The Vase due to its shape, which completed in 2018.[7] Haugh has also worked on the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station and the overhaul of Granada Studios in Manchester.[6]

Her clients include the Beetham Organisation, Berkeley Group Holdings, Downing Developments, Manchester City Council, Treasury Holdings, Urban Splash, University of Manchester and University College London.[8]

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