Amy Francis-Smith RIBA

Architect, Inclusive Design and Access Consultant

Science and Engineering

Amy Francis-Smith is a multi-award winning Disabled Architect, Inclusive Designer and Access Consultant, Project Lead at Pinnegar Hayward Design and the outgoing Vice-President of the Birmingham Architectural Association. Campaigning for legislative change, her work and research focuses on providing improved accessibility for people with Disabilities in the Built Environment.

Named as a Design Council Specialist in Accessible Environments, providing expert advice on accessibility, policy, design and top-level strategy. Amy has experience across Design and Construction, particularly with Residential schemes, multi-million-pound Healthcare projects for the NHS as well as Access Consultancy for buildings and new product development.

Fighting for improvements on access policies around accessible housing and the Building Regulations, she educates students and professionals on their social responsibility, sits on Habinteg’s advisory board (an accessible housing association) and lobbies the government.

Amy has worked with companies such as The Financial Times, BBC, Microsoft, British Council, Coventry City of Culture, City A.M., Wallpaper*, RIBAJ and the Architects Journal. A founding board member/Disability Power Broker with The Architecture of Hope publication, Associate consultant for Purple Tuesday and an ambassador for the Architect’s Benevolent Society.