Andrew Mulroy

Director - BA BArch RIBA - RIBA Client Advisor

Andrew studied at the Liverpool School of Architecture prior to professional qualification in 1992. He has worked previously with Biggins Sargent Partnership, King-McAllister and Paxton Locher Architects. Prior to the founding of Mulroy Architects in 2008, Andrew worked at Nicholas Hare Architects where he was project leader to a variety of projects. These included, the headquarters for Nominet at the Oxford Science Park and the expansion project at Alexandra Park School which went on to win a Haringey Design Award and Civic Trust Commendation in 2006. Andrew is a keen cyclist and rides with Rapha Cycling Club.

What are the most rewarding aspects of your job?   It’s all about the people.  I love creating architecture but the bit that really gives me a buzz is overcoming someone else’s problems with architecture.  The obvious one is helping a client articulate their needs and then giving them a building solution that they hadn’t thought of. Equally rewarding is listening to our team and helping them work through their own design and process problems. The first is definitely hands in, the second is hands off where questions and encouragement are the only tools you have at your disposal.

What is your favourite book that you've ever read? I love cycling and my favourite book is ‘The Rider’ by Tim Krabbé.  It’s a story about a rider’s annual road race on a hilly course in the south of France.  It really captures what it feels like to race, from the moments of pain and intense focus to the random and surreal wanderings of the mind.

If you were to go back in time, when and where would you go? My parents met in Liverpool and I studied architecture there. It’s a great city and I would love to see it in its Victorian heyday and also go back and experience the Liverpool of my childhood as an adult.  I have a very vivid memory of entering Liverpool Lime Street station going through the huge cutting on a slam-door train as a three year-old. Seeing the Mersey docks full of tall ships must have been amazing.

What kind of activities energise you? Did I mention cycling? I love cyclocross and being out in the countryside riding remote tracks and solving technical problems is a real antidote to the hustle and bustle of running a business. When you ride hard your mind with its day-to-day worries has no opportunity to make an appearance.