Profile
Who we are
Jonathan Holland
Johnny studied Architectural History at UEA, and then Architecture at The Prince of Wales’s Institute of Architecture. He worked for Porphyrios Associates and Peregrine Bryant before founding Hackett Holland Ltd with Jane in 2001.
He has since collaborated with The Princes Foundation for the Built Environment on several projects, and has now worked on the refurbishment and extension of more than 100 houses.
Johnny maintains a longstanding interest in the preservation of both built and natural environments. He is a keen traveller, photographer and gardener.
Jane Hackett
Jane studied Fine Art/Tapestry and History of Art at Edinburgh. After completing a number of commissions, she spent some years working for a London art dealer and then as a designer. She worked with the Interior Decorator Robert Kime before founding Hackett Holland Ltd with Johnny in 2001.
Jane now divides her time between the London office and her Dorset home where, when not working, she can indulge her passion for animals, antiques and renovation projects.
Scott Waldon
Scott is a Chartered Architect with over 20 years experience.
He has worked on prestigious private residential projects, museums and art galleries in Central London.
Scott is adept at navigating projects from Planning Applications and Listed Building Consents through to site supervision during construction. He works closely with clients to ensure they are kept abreast of events, and brings a mature guiding hand to all our projects.
His passion for history, travel, historic buildings and the fine arts nourishes Scott’s work at Hackett Holland.
Tanya Clarke
Tanya taught Design & Technology at Whitgift School, after studying Industrial Design and Technology at Loughborough University.
She further developed her passion for design by enrolling at KLC School of Design where she graduated with the ‘Top Student Award’ in Interior Design. She worked with the Design Team at Paolo Moschino for Nicholas Haslam before joining Hackett Holland in 2021.
Tanya recently got married and is looking forward to honing her design skills in her new home in West London.
Rachel Mills-Powell
Rachel studied at the London Metropolitan University School of Art, Architecture and Design where she completed her RIBA II with Distinction.
She joined Hackett Holland in 2021 on a part time basis and spends the rest of her week working on her own projects.
Sylvester Gziut
Sylvester was brought up on a building site as his father has a Contractor business.
He studied Architecture at Arts University Bournemouth. Sylvester brings a wealth of practical experience to the Hackett Holland Projects.
Louisa Askins
Lou has a background in production at the BBC, and directed several television documentaries before taking time out to raise a family and renovate a house.
Lou started a new career as Practice Manager at Hackett Holland in 2009.
Design Philosophy
We believe that good design is not the preserve of any particular style. Whilst much of our work is traditional we also design in a ‘modern’ style where appropriate. Our approach is not dogmatic but responsive; responding not only to the requirements of our clients, but also to the subtle particularities of the site and the character of it’s surroundings. We react not only to aspect, climate, topography, geology, etc but also to the existing local building traditions.
We hope our buildings have ‘good manners’ in relation to their neighbours and natural setting. We reject the fashionable late 20th Century notion of Architecture as ‘objects in space’. We believe that in the future successful Architecture will be defined as that which responds to its immediate surroundings and to the wider environment in a meaningful way.
Our aim is to create forms and spaces that are beautifully proportioned, considered, practical and formed using good quality sustainable materials.
Sustainability
Hackett Holland are passionate about finding sustainable solutions in both old and new buildings. We keep up-to-date with emerging green technologies, and the ever-increasing demands within Building Regulations for energy-efficient buildings.
We recognise that traditional vernacular buildings can provide low-tec solutions to sustainability requirements in new buildings – in both architectural form and construction. Most traditional structures were built, by necessity to be low-energy, re-cycleable, and even ‘bio-degradable’. We find inspiration in the study of vernacular typologies, and aim to build with as many natural and traditional materials as practicable, combined with discreet green technologies.
We do not subscribe to the ‘Eco-functionalist’ approach wherein the brash announcement of green credentials sidelines beauty and ignores traditional cultural reference. We prefer that sustainable technologies are subtly integrated into the whole, rather than taking pre-eminence in a building’s appearance.
