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Ste Taylor
Director · Turley
Director and Head of Placemaking at Turley. Design code specialist and expert witness.
- Current role
- Director
- Practice
- Turley
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom
- On the podcast
- 1 episode · 2025
The story so far
The path behind Ste's work.
Ste Taylor is a Director and Head of Placemaking at Turley, leading the consultancy's design team across the UK. He has more than 20 years' experience as a designer, spanning architecture practices, in house roles at major housebuilders and urban design consultancy.
Ste studied architecture at the University of Sheffield before working in practice in Liverpool and Manchester. He moved client side as a designer with Bovis Homes and later Countryside Properties, then returned to consultancy at EDAW (now AECOM) and DPP Shape, specialising in masterplanning and urban regeneration. He joined Turley in 2010 and became a Director in 2015.
Episode 0230 · Architecture Social · 51:36
From Setbacks to Success: Ste Taylor’s Journey to Head of Design at Turley
Career setbacks can feel final in the moment, but in architecture and urban design they can also push people towards better-fitting roles and more useful expertise.
Inside the conversation
6 moments to start with- 01
00:00 · Introduction and countdown
- 02
01:28 · Meet Ste Taylor, Head of Design at Turley
- 03
01:54 · Ste's journey into architecture
- 04
02:49 · Overcoming imposter syndrome
- 05
06:21 · Moving from architecture into urban design
- 06
13:31 · Career challenges and redundancy
Profile in brief
The work and context behind Ste's conversation.
- Current role
- Director
- Practice
- Turley
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom
Continue exploring
Meet the practice behind the work.
Turley is an independent advisory business for the built environment, with 15 offices across the UK and Ireland spanning planning, design and sustainability.
- Greater Manchester
- Masterplanning
- Mixed-Use
- Urban Design
Podcast · moments that play
Start where the idea starts.
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Meet Ste Taylor, Head of Design at Turley
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Ste's journey into architecture
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Overcoming imposter syndrome
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Moving from architecture into urban design
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Career challenges and redundancy
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Joining Turley and career growth
Selected work from Turley
Three projects, one connected practice.
A closer look at the practice’s work
Wirral Waters
A long-term docklands regeneration programme for which Turley leads planning strategy and detailed applications.
View project →Bath Quays
Planning and economic advice supporting a mixed-use waterside regeneration in central Bath.
View project →The Mercian, Birmingham
Planning, heritage and viability work for a 42-storey build-to-rent development on Birmingham's Broad Street corridor.
View project →