Decades of passion and excellence

  • Richard Pedlar Architects (RPA) is a Bristol-based RIBA Chartered Practice established in 1978. Over nearly 50 years, we’ve built a reputation for thoughtful design, excellence in delivery and genuine expertise in historic buildings and conservation.

    Small by design, our team cares deeply about what we do and how we do it. And we stick together. Two of our four architects have been with the practice since 2004 – a consistency that translates directly into depth of knowledge, trusted client relationships and a coherent approach to design.

  • Every project starts with careful listening. We want to understand how you live, how your business operates, what the building means to you and what you want it to become. This understanding shapes everything that follows – the design decisions, the materials, the details and the way we navigate the planning and Building Regulations process, from early feasibility and planning permission through to completion on site.

    Good architecture is not about imposing a style but about finding a response that is right for this building, this client, this place. The result should feel inevitable – as though it couldn’t have been done any other way.

  • Richard Pedlar Architects is a Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Chartered Practice. All our architects are registered with the Architects Registration Board (ARB), and the practice is a member of the Green Register, reflecting a long-standing commitment to sustainable design.

Meet the RPA team

  • Ali Maskell, Architect and Director at Richard Pedlar Architects

    Ali Maskell | Architect & Director

    BSocSc, DipArch, ARB, RIBA

    Ali studied Architecture at Edinburgh University and UCL, joining RPA in 2004. She has worked extensively on residential projects and with numerous listed buildings. Her astute decision making is informed by years of experience, seeing projects through from feasibility to completion. Ali’s design is intuitive, guided by daylight, texture and views. Out of work, she sketches buildings to better understand them. A building she loves is the Thorncrown Chapel in the Ozark Mountains, designed by Fay Jones.

  • David Redfern, Architect and Director at Richard Pedlar Architects

    David Redfern | Architect & Director

    BA (Hons), DipArch, ARB, RIBA

    David studied at Sheffield and RIBA North West, his path to architecture shaped by a love of drawing and day trips with his grandfather to the castles of North Wales. He joined RPA in 2015 and has a strong interest in historic buildings and conservation, particularly drawn to contemporary interventions within historic contexts. A stand-out project is the Cosy Club, Norwich, a Grade II listed former bank transformed into something that moved him to genuine emotion on opening night. He loves the great outdoors with time in wild places sharpening his sense of why we need to tread lightly on our environment.

  • David Greening, Architect at Richard Pedlar Architects

    David Greening | Architect

    BSc (Hons), BArch (Wales), ARB

    David studied at Cardiff University and joined RPA in 2004, drawn by its warmth and emphasis on good design. Since then, he’s built expertise in listed buildings, residential work and pre-school nursery buildings – the latter featuring in his proudest projects – three very different conversions for Red Bus Nursery, with the careful adaption of a Grade II listed building, a former pub and care home to the new use. His approach is grounded: understand the building, listen to the brief, respond to both. Inspiration comes from innovative modern buildings such as the Barcelona Pavilion, united by thoughtful, human-centred design.

  • Florence Wong, Architect at Richard Pedlar Architects

    Florence Wong | Architect

    BA (Hons), BArch, MArch, ARB

    Florence studied at the University of the West of England, drawn to architecture by its ‘endless possibility’. She first joined RPA in 2004 for her Part 1 year out and, after a stint abroad, was pulled back by the team in 2018. A versatile generalist, she works across commercial and residential sectors, guided by the specific qualities of each site and always aiming for high-quality spatial experiences with minimal environmental impact. Outside the studio, she’s a keen traveller and watcher of world cinema. The building she returns to most is the Grand Palais in Paris, with its iconic glass domes and interior that adapts through time.

  • Siân Hoskins, Business and Marketing Manager at Richard Pedlar Architects

    Siân Hoskins | Business & Marketing Manager

    BSc (Econ) Social Policy

    Siân joined RPA in April 2026 as Business and Marketing Manager, drawn by the team’s warmth and quality of work. She has more than 35 years’ experience, 20 of which include running content, marketing and operations for clients across the UK and Europe and New Zealand. She first moved to Bristol from Cardiff in 1991 and since then has spent six years in Italy admiring extraordinary buildings like the Pantheon. Her approach is practical: understand the business, sort the noise from the priorities and make things run smoothly so the team can focus on what they do best.