John Thorp,
Civic Architect, Leeds City Council
John was born in Leeds, studied at the Liverpool School of Architecture and has worked for the City Council for over 35 years. Examples of John’s work include the Henry Moore projects at Leeds City Art Gallery and more recently the £12 million creation of Millennium Square – which was the result of a successful Millennium Bid.
John has been instrumental in developing the current programme of City Centre Squares, Buildings and Spaces such as City Square and Briggate, major Civic Buildings such as Leeds Town Hall, the City Library and Art Gallery, Victoria Gardens and the renewal of green spaces as Park Square and Merrion Gardens.
He is a member of the CABE Design Review Panel, the Yorkshire Forward Renaissance Programme, the West Yorkshire Society of Architects, the Leeds Architecture & Design Initiative and ‘Concourse’ a group established to encourage an understanding of the interdependence of art, design and construction in the built environment.
