5 minutes with… John Puttick, director, John Puttick Associates

By John Puttick2020-01-10T06:00:00

John Puttick tells Building about Ken Shuttleworth’s wise words, Preston bus station and Renzo Piano

What has been your biggest career challenge?

I started our practice five years ago from my spare bedroom with no team and very little work. Less than a year later, I won the competition to refurbish Preston bus station – the biggest building of its kind in the UK. It was a big step up.

If you could change one thing about the industry, what would it be?

The structure of the industry instils conflict between people who design buildings and people who build them. We want to be deeply involved with the construction of our projects, so are always trying to break down those barriers.

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