People · Podcast guest
Justin Parsons
Inside Innovation: BDP's Justin Parsons Talks Transformative Design
Justin Parsons, Design Director at BDP, on interior design across retail and residential projects in London and internationally.
- Current role
- Design Director
- Practice
- BDP
- Location
- London, UK
Conversation
The thinking behind the work.
Episode 0212 · Architecture Social
Inside Innovation: BDP's Justin Parsons Talks Transformative Design
Dive into the world of architecture at BDP with Justin Parsons, the creative force behind some of the most innovative retail and residential spaces across the globe.
Explore episode moments
Use the timestamps below to find each moment in the full episode.
- 05:00 · Justin's route through art, design and architecture ↗
- 10:00 · Connecting architectural concepts and interiors ↗
- 15:00 · Retail, changing shopping centres and experience ↗
- 20:00 · Project examples and current work at BDP ↗
- 25:00 · Home, office and the overlap between work and living ↗
- 30:00 · Advice for applicants and holistic design thinking ↗
Selected work
Selected work.
London, United Kingdom · 2024
Google HQ King's Cross
Google's 60,400 sq m London headquarters, with BDP leading design delivery alongside Heatherwick Studio and BIG.
Explore the project ↗Liverpool, United Kingdom · 2015
Alder Hey Children's Health Park
A 270-bed children's hospital integrated with a public park through architecture, landscape and interior design.
Explore the project ↗London, United Kingdom · 2022
Leighton House Museum
A Grade II* listed museum restoration that improves access, visitor facilities and connections to the house and garden.
Explore the project ↗Other public work
Oak Cancer Centre ↗
A six-storey cancer research and outpatient centre designed around daylight, gardens and collaborative clinical work.
Glasgow Queen Street Station ↗
A £120m station redevelopment that restores the Victorian train shed as a civic gateway and expands passenger capacity.
About
The story so far.
The person behind the work.
Justin Parsons is a Design Director at BDP (Building Design Partnership), based in the practice's London studio. He leads a team of retail and residential designers working on shopping centre refurbishments and extensions and on residential developments in the UK and internationally.
He came to interior design through art, completing an art foundation before a degree in interior design at Middlesex. Through the 1990s he worked in Japan and across Asia, including Osaka and Brunei, on projects ranging from hotels to golf clubs, an experience that shaped a restrained, detail-led approach to materials and the manipulation of space.
At BDP his work has included shopping centre projects for the IKEA retail group across several countries, the move to inner-city IKEA showroom formats in London, and narrative-led residential interiors such as Grand Union. He is a Fellow of the RSA and a member of the Chartered Society of Designers, and he supports emerging designers through mentoring and links with universities.
Watch or listen to the full conversation in the Architecture Social CPD: Interior Design in a Multidisciplinary Practice with Justin Parsons at BDP.
The practice
BDP
Original multidisciplinary house of design since 1961
Architecture practice · Greater London
Expertise
What I bring.
- Current role
- Design Director
- Practice
- BDP
- Location
- London, UK
- On the podcast
- 1 episode · 2024
Profile updates
Something needs updating?
Claim your profile, suggest a correction or report a concern. Our team reviews every report.