Creating Lasting Impact Based in the historic heart of Lancaster, HPA Chartered Architects create remarkable built environments that make a positive, lasting impact across Lancashire, the North West, and beyond.
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leading regional architectural practice, HPA has over 40 years of experience and knowledge embedded in its specialist team, having mastered an array of services including architecture, design, planning, heritage, project management, and master planning. Founded in 1979, HPA has in recent years shifted towards a multidisciplinary practice with a contemporary approach. Now 18 employees strong - and bucking the
trend in the construction sector, with a 70:30 female to male ratio - the team utilises its diverse skillset to produce innovative, considered, and individual solutions. HPA’s consistently high quality of work has seen the practice go from strength to strength, receiving nominations and accolades from the RIBA Awards, RICS Awards, Northern Design Awards, and LABC Building Excellence Awards, as well as other regional awards. HPA’s directors Zoe Hooton and Richard Wooldridge have paved the way for a successful future, developing the practice’s national reputation for creating buildings that have a profound effect on people’s lives. Zoe, who joined HPA in 2012,
noticed the impact buildings can have from a young age, explaining: “When the Royal Albert Hospital in Lancaster closed its doors as a mental institute and people were moved to more adaptable places, I could see the greater effect it had on a community. The power of design in changing people’s lives can be enormous.”
Remarkable places HPA was originally founded on leisure work but has gained specialist architectural knowledge in a select number of client industries over the years, including leisure and hotels, heritage and conservation, industrial and commercial, education, and housing. HPA Director and RIBA North West Chair, Richard Wooldridge Photo credit: Robin Zahler
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HPA Director, Zoe Hooton Photo credit: Robin Zahler
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