James Cook is a creative student who is highly motivated with a proactive attitude to work and great attention to detail. He is computer literate with advanced and intermediate skills in architectural software, producing plans, sections and elevations. With a passionate interest in improving a person’s life through design, his work often explores how to better peoples daily lives and improvements in health as a tool for creating architecture that can benefit and influence a person’s lifestyle through design. Often elevating the importance of form and function are one, his work seeks to explore how the form can also be linked to the function of the building and attempts to incorporate sustainability aspects into these areas where possible. James is capable of working individually as well as in a team, with the ability to motivate. He is an avid learner with a goal-oriented approach, who is always up for a challenge and looking to learn and progress his skills within the architectural industry.

He has worked on many different types of building within his projects such as residential and commercial and is confident in using a wide variety of architectural computer skills to present different aspects of a project. James has also had the opportunity to have office experience where he was able to experience the work life of an architect and be involved within a team.