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Lisa Raynes
Founder · Pride Road
RIBA Chartered Architect and founder of Pride Road, an architectural practice franchise for the residential sector.
- Current role
- Founder
- Practice
- Pride Road
- Location
- Manchester, UK
- On the podcast
- 1 episode · 2021
The story so far
The path behind Lisa's work.
Lisa Raynes is a RIBA Chartered Architect and the founder of Pride Road, an architectural practice franchise for the residential sector. She set up Raynes Architecture in 2010, founded the urban architecture outreach festival Manchester Curious in 2015, and then created Pride Road to make running a domestic architecture practice repeatable for other architects.
Pride Road focuses on homeowners and small residential projects, an area Lisa sees as large and underserved. Its franchise model gives architects an established brand, systems and support so they can practise with more flexibility and a better work-life balance, something she is candid about after seeing how careers, and women's careers in particular, can stall after having a family.
Episode 0077 · Architecture Social · 32:36
A conversation with the fantastic Lisa Raynes, Founder of Pride Road Architects
Lisa Raynes's Pride Road Architects story is useful because it is not only about one practice. It is about making architecture services easier for clients to understand, access and trust.
Inside the conversation
6 moments to start with- 01
00:00 · Introduction to Lisa Raynes and Pride Road Architects
- 02
04:00 · Raynes Architecture and Manchester Curious
- 03
09:00 · Founding Pride Road Architects
- 04
15:00 · Making architecture services more accessible
- 05
20:00 · Residential clients, process and trust
- 06
25:00 · Franchise model and practice growth
Profile in brief
The work and context behind Lisa's conversation.
- Current role
- Founder
- Practice
- Pride Road
- Location
- Manchester, UK
Continue exploring
Meet the practice behind the work.
Looking for Architects across the UK to join our franchise Pride Road
- Greater Manchester
- Residential
- Commercial
Podcast · moments that play
Start where the idea starts.
- 04:00Lisa Raynes · Audio onlyListen from 04:00 in the full episode.
Raynes Architecture and Manchester Curious
- 09:00Lisa Raynes · Audio onlyListen from 09:00 in the full episode.
Founding Pride Road Architects
- 15:00Lisa Raynes · Audio onlyListen from 15:00 in the full episode.
Making architecture services more accessible
- 20:00Lisa Raynes · Audio onlyListen from 20:00 in the full episode.
Residential clients, process and trust
- 25:00Lisa Raynes · Audio onlyListen from 25:00 in the full episode.
Franchise model and practice growth
- 30:00Lisa Raynes · Audio onlyListen from 30:00 in the full episode.
Final advice from Lisa Raynes