Heather Banerd

Heather is a sustainable designer with expertise in planning, architecture, and landscape. She excels in crafting enduring solutions for complex urban and regional challenges. She takes a highly flexible approach to design, with an ability to rapidly shift scales and adapt to new conditions. She approaches each project through deep understanding of the clients’ vision, and draws on her global perspective, shaped by living and working across multiple countries, to develop highly contextual solutions. With projects spanning new town planning, landscape design, urban agricultural districts, business and industrial parks, urban revitalisation, and tourism developments, Heather has experience working across highly urban, peri-urban, and regional contexts in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Communication is key to managing complexity, and Heather's ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders and partners, from private developers to government agencies, ensures cohesive and impactful outcomes. Her integrated approach and broad expertise make her a key player in shaping the future of our cities and communities.