Alison Haigh

Alison is an associate at DMWR and brings over 25 years of experience in architecture. Throughout her career she has led multi-disciplinary teams across all RIBA stages including refurbishment and new build for registered social landlords, private developers and contractor clients. With a strong background in master planning, Alison is passionate about placemaking, from suburban neighbourhoods to large scale strategic economic regeneration plans, residential-led and mixed-use developments in the UK and Internationally.

A strong advocate of sustainable design, Alison is also a certified Passivhaus consultant. She has been responsible for implementing and undertaking sustainability reviews, providing CPD training and leading on R&D initiatives such as the UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard (UKNZBS) Pilot project. Notable recent projects include one of the UK's first medium-rise Passivhaus certified apartment schemes and the northwest's largest. Alison is keen to advance industry learning and has participated in panel discussions at conferences, lectures at several universities and mentored Part 1 and Part 2 students.