Joe is an architect and urban designer, practising from the Custard Factory in Birmingham. He was previously Director of the MA(Urban Design) course at Birmingham City University. His practice is primarily concerned with masterplanning and regeneration; he is currently working on the regeneration of the Chance Brothers glassworks site and Boulton and Watt’s Soho Foundry site, both in Smethwick. He is also a conservationist, and does casework for both the Victorian Society and the Twentieth Century Society.