John is an Architect and Urban Designer by profession with over thirty-five years' experience of delivering major projects and regeneration initiatives across the UK, in both the public and private sectors, as a practicing architect and urban designer, project manager and client. He is particularly identified with the multi-award winning arts-led urban regeneration of Gateshead Quays.
He recently formed John Devlin Consulting Limited as a creative development & enterprise consultancy offering a range of services to public and private sector clients, including development & regeneration advice, arts-led urban regeneration, major projects and project management and visioning.
Amongst other projects, John is currently working on the development of radical new sustainable communities and is investigating the contribution of tall buildings to true sustainable urban living. He was heavily involved in the successful EU Interreg3b "Waterfront Communities Project" – a three-year study into best practice in European waterfront regeneration.